Ranking the 50 greatest fights 2010-2019

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  1. The Phenom

    The Phenom Pretty Handsome Full Member

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    1 Juan Manuel Marquez v Manny Pacquiao 4
    2 Anthony Joshua v Wladimir Klitschko
    3 Canelo Alvarez v Gennady Golovkin 2
    4 Srisaket Sor Rungvisai v Roman Gonzalez 1
    5 Orlando Salido v Juan Manuel Lopez 2
    6 Jarrett Hurd v Erislandy Lara
    7 Marcos Maidana v Erik Morales
    8 Francisco Vargas v Takashi Miura
    9 Oleksandr Usyk v Mairis Breidis
    10 Naoya Inoue v Nonito Donaire
    11 Amir Khan v Marcos Maidana
    12 Manny Pacquiao v Keith Thurman
    13 Juan Manuel Marquez v Michael Katsidis
    14 Jean Pascal v Badou Jack
    15 Terence Crawford V Yuriorkis Gamboa
    16 Manny Pacquiao v Antonio Margarito
    17 Brandon Rios v Mike Alvarado 1
    18 Francisco Vargas v Orlando Salido
    19 Floyd Mayweather v Miguel Cotto
    20 Lucas Matthysse v John Molina Jr
    21 Marcos Maidana v Adrien Broner
    22 Roman Martinez v Orlando Salido 1
    23 Peter Quillin v Hassan N’dam N’Jikam
    24 Tyson Fury v Deontay Wilder 1
    25 Andrzej Fonfara v Nathan Cleverly
    26 Timothy Bradley v Ruslan Provodnikov
    27 Floyd Mayweather v Marcos Maidana 1
    28 Carl Frampton v Leo Santa Cruz 1
    29 Lamont Peterson v Amir Khan
    30 Carl Froch v George Groves 1
    31 Vasyl Lomachenko v Jorge Linares
    32 Orlando Salido v Terdsak Kokietgym
    33 Juan Manuel Lopez v Daniel Ponce De Leon 2
    34 Erislandy Lara v Alfredo Angulo
    35 Victor Ortiz v Andre Berto 1
    36 James Kirkland v Glen Tapia
    37 Mike Alvarado v Brandon Rios 2
    38 Marcos Maidana v Josesito Lopez
    39 Errol Spence V Shawn Porter
    40 Josh Taylor v Regis Prograis
    41 Miguel Berchelt v Francisco Vargas
    42 Josh Warrington v Carl Frampton
    43 Lucas Matthysse v Humberto Soto
    44 Leo Santa Cruz v Carl Frampton 2
    45 Julian Williams v Jarrett Hurd
    46 Marcos Maidana v Jesus Soto Karass
    47 Zurdo Ramirez v Jesse Hart 1
    48 Mikkel Kessler v Carl Froch 1
    49 David Lemieux v Hassan N’Dam Njikam
    50 Andy Ruiz v Anthony Joshua 1

    Honorable Mention
    Tommy Coyle v Daniel Brizuela
    Omar Figueroa v nihito Arakawa
    Ivan Calderon v Giovanni Segura 1
    Oscar Valdez v Scott Quigg
    Tyson Fury v Steve Cunningham
    Juan Francisco Estrada v Carlos Cuadras 1
    Hernan marquez v Luis Concepcion 1
    Robert Guerrero v Yoshiro Kamegai
    James Degale v Lucian Bute
    Juan Manuel Marquez v Mike Alvarado
    Brandon Rios v Miguel Acosta
    Shinsuke Yamanaka v Anselmo Moreno 1
    Lucas Matthysse v Ruslan Provodnikov
    Nathan Cleverly v Tony Bellew 1
    Sergey lipinets v Lamont Peterson
    Anthony Joshua v Dillian Whyte
     
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    The Phenom, Jan 13, 2020
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  2. tee_birch

    tee_birch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Very tough to do.

    Hard to see how Rios Alvarado is a greater fight than Joshua Klitschko
     
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  3. The Phenom

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    Much more sustained action.but Joshua v Klitschko was a classic also.
     
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  4. McGrain

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    It's a nightmarishly difficult thing to do. Two contenders for the number one spot that you've missed:

    Takayama-Rodriguez Jnr.
    Pompramook-Yaegashi

    These are top ten locks, could be number one and number two.

    Another 105lb fight that's a lock for the list:

    Novoa-Menayothin

    So, some lower weight masterpieces missing.
     
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  5. The Phenom

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    I must watch those fights.you might be right because I thoughts There wasn’t as many outstanding contenders for top spot as there was in the previous decade.
     
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  6. Drew101

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    Among those lower weight masterpieces: Poorpramook-Hernandez I, Estrada-Viloria, Gonzalez-Cuadras, Tanaka-Kimura, Marquez-Concepcion I, and many more.
     
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  7. McGrain

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    Yeah you could squeeze more than one Marquez fight in there.

    More than one Rodriguez fight, too.

    But it's the most difficult job. You have to watch 70-100 fights to make a call like this, and who has time?
     
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  8. Henry Hank

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    Thats a good list.

    Heres my top ten:

    1- JMM vs Pac IV
    2- Francisco Vargas vs Orlando Salido
    3- Orlando Salido vs Juanma Lopez II
    4- Roman Gonzalez vs Sridaket Sor Rungvisai I
    5- Orlando Salido vs Terdsak Kokkietgym
    6- Giovanni Segura vs Hernan Marquez
    7- Francisco Vargas vs Takashi Miura
    8- Adrian Hernandez vs Kompayak Poorpramook I
    9- Yuki Beppu vs Ryota Yada
    10- Victor Ortiz vs Andre Berto I
     
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  9. sid

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    Very had to call fights that goes in Taylor v Regis I would add.
     
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  10. The Phenom

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    Good list.i thought the first half of Ortiz vs berto was impeccable but second half was not as good.
     
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  11. Henry Hank

    Henry Hank Mexicans Run Houston Full Member

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    A while ago i made a list of the top 250 fights ever imo.

    I watched close to 700 fights that i had listed as very good to great. It was very hard but it was also nice to see all those fights.

    I think if i did it again (i wont lol ) it would come up a completelly different list.

    Now i just add fights to it if i watch a fight that i think deserves being there.
     
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  12. Eggman

    Eggman "The cream of the crop! Nobody does it better! Full Member

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    Maidana could have about 6 places in the top 50

    vs Khan
    Vs broner
    Vs Soto karass
    Vs joesito (war)
    Vs morales

    honourable mention

    pushing Mayweather to the brink
     
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  13. The Phenom

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    I made lists of the 50 greatest fights of 80’s and 90’s and 2000’s aswell.i had to add fights too.when I first made the 00’s list I hadn’t seen Gonzalez v letterlough and it was one of the very best of the decade.i had a list of 96 fights written down for the 10’s list.very hard to get it down to 50.james Kirkland had a few fights in contention v angulo,tapia,Alvarez none of the made the list
     
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  14. Reppin501

    Reppin501 The People's Champ Full Member

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    list is busted without Kirkland vs Angulo
     
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  15. The Phenom

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    I could have put the josesito Lopez fight in there.the mayweather fight was very good but there were many many better fights including others that I left out.
     
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