Best victory of the 21st century poll included cast your vote

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Best victory of 21st century?

  1. Shane Mosley UD Oscar DLH

    7.5%
  2. Vernon Forrest UD Shane Mosley

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  3. Manny Pacquiao TKO11 Marco Antonio Barrera

    45.0%
  4. Erik Morales UD Manny Pacquiao

    35.0%
  5. Andre Ward TKO8 Sergey Kovalev

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  6. Teofimo Lopez UD Vasiliy Lomachenko

    12.5%
  1. tinman

    tinman Loyal Member Full Member

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    Ok guys so time for ESB to declare boxing's greatest single victory of the last 21st century. New submissions will surely be added in the coming years. After all, we have 79 years to go.

    Disclaimer, I've only included official victories. I believe MAB Morales I deserves inclusion. And I believe Kovalev Ward I does as well. But for the sake of being 100 percent official I am NOT allowing robberies to be considered in my thread. So dont try it. Yes I know the Kovalev Ward decision pains me to this day 5 years later. Yes I know Sergey got screwed, but that's for another thread. Got it?

    So cast your vote.
     
  2. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    Where is Mayweather over Canelo in ass beating?

    P4P #1 VS. future P4P 4P #1

    Might not like it but it did happen.

    #1 win of the decade.
     
  3. JOKER

    JOKER Froat rike butterfry, sting rike MFER! banned Full Member

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    Clenelo was green and drained. Floyd was roids.
     
  4. JOKER

    JOKER Froat rike butterfry, sting rike MFER! banned Full Member

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    It's obviously Roidquez KO6 Pac.
     
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  5. tinman

    tinman Loyal Member Full Member

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    I thought about it, but Morales already beat a prime Pacquiao so how could I include a Marquez KO6 Pac?
     
  6. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Tarver ko Jones, for the moment, or Mayweather dec Canelo, with hindsight.

    Honorable mention: Marquez laying out Manny face first with millions watching from all parts of the world.
     
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  7. shadow111

    shadow111 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Either Canelo beating GGG or Canelo beating Saunders. Canelo beating GGG in a fan friendly style, 12 round back and forth war, that fans to this day still can't stop talking about, with how unbeatable GGG was seen as before he ran into Canelo. Canelo Saunders for how spectacular the event was, setting the indoor attendance record with over 73,000+, being the first match with a big crowd for over a year, with that unbelievable uppercut in the 8th round, with the lack of controversy in the result, with the post fight excitement of Boo Boo getting clowned at the press conference, etc.

    There's never been a better atmosphere for a boxing match this century than Canelo Saunders at AT&T Stadium. Seeing that many people in a stadium to watch a boxing event after the pandemic, I don't think anything else can compare to that atmosphere and how significant of an event that was and how big of a win that was for the country and the world.
     
  8. tinman

    tinman Loyal Member Full Member

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    The same reason I'm not including Pacquiao Cotto. Im not including catchweights. No draining allowed in my poll.
     
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  9. tinman

    tinman Loyal Member Full Member

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    Not including Tarver Jones after RJJ had to come back down in weight.
     
  10. shadow111

    shadow111 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Comparing any of these mini matches to Canelo Saunders it's like putting a high school football game played in front of a couple thousand ahead of an SEC College football game at Alabama.
     
  11. Caper

    Caper How about a fair shake? banned Full Member

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    Where is Luis Collazo SD over an undefeated overhyped Hatton?
     
  12. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    Well then where is:

    P4P #1 vs P4P #2
    Mayweather vs. Pacquiao
     
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  13. shadow111

    shadow111 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    That was the biggest disappointment and biggest ripoff of the 21st century.
     
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  14. tinman

    tinman Loyal Member Full Member

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    Again not included for the same reason Marquez KO6 Pac isnt included. Morales has already beaten a better version of Pac.
     
  15. shadow111

    shadow111 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    So this begs the question, why didn't you include Canelo beating GGG or Canelo beating Saunders? Both GGG and Saunders were undefeated at the time.