Your Top 5 Fight of the Year so far????

Good list.

I haven't seen Bika/Codrington yet so I can't put that one on my list but I'm sure I will once I watch it.

My list:

1.Vasquez/Marquez 2
2.Pavlik/Miranda
3.Katsidis/Amonsot
4.Pavlik/Taylor
5.Vasquez/Marquez 1

 

no order yet

mormeck - bell 2
vazquez - marquez 2
pavlik - taylor
cotto - judah
calzaghe - kessler

 

1. Bika/Codrington
2. Pavlik/Taylor
3. Valuev/Chagaev
4. Peter/Mccline
5. Calzaghe/Kessler

 

Peter is one of my favorite fighters, so the fight meant a little more to me than the average fan. It was an exciting fight, that Peter was able to battle back and win in the end.

 

1. Marquez vs. Vazquez II
2. Bika vs. Codrington
3. Katsidis vs. Earl
4. Taylor vs. Pavlik
5. Vazquez vs. Marquez I

Honorable Mentions: Marquez vs. Barrera, Cotto vs. Judah, Katsidis vs. Amonsot, Calzaghe vs. Kessler, Mormeck vs. Bell II

 

1. Marquez-Vasquez 2
2. Barrera-Marquez (how are people forgetting about this>
3. Taylor-Pavlik

All big fights that more than lived up to the hype. After that, I think there were a bunch of great fights, but I can't rank them and these are the clear top 3.

I can't believe how many people are mentioning yesterday's Contender match as the #1 fight. Maybe I like technical brawls between elite fighters way more than all out brawls between B level fighters, but still I don't think it deserves to be near #1 at all. That opening round was amazing though.

Especially Valuev vs Chagaev.. that was boring as hell. Valuev's lack of killer instinct makes nearly all of his fights boring.

 

Bika/Codrington isn't even in my top 20.

1) Rafa/Izzy 2
2) Pavlik/Taylor
3) Katsidis/Earl
4) Calzaghe/Kessler
5) Rafa/Izzy 1

HMs to Cotto/Judah, Agbeko/Lopez, Montiel/Melendez, F. Angulo/P. Lopez, Mormeck/Bell

 

If Katsidis/Earl is your number 3, then Bika/Codrington should be higher than that.. unless you are biased toward Katsidis.

 

1. Bika-Codrington :happy
2. Taylor-Pavlik :happy
3. Marquez-Vasquez II :happy
4. Calzaghe-Kessler:happy
5. Taylor-Spinks :happy

 

Please tell me you're kidding

 

Nah. There was more drama, it was on a bigger stage (i.e. actually for a regional belt, not a made up TV one), there was a bit more actual boxing involved, it was a bit less sloppy and there was less lag in the action. Bika/Codrington just crossed the line on the sloppiness factor for me. Round 1 was great, but a lot of the later rounds were just torture to watch.

 

All of these lists are amazing... WHAT A YEAR!

Still to come...

Mosley-Cotto:bbb

Vargas-Mayorga:bbb (The Brawl of the Bums)

Mayweather-Hatton :bbb

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