Best year in boxing since it began fading away?!?!

gatti-ward 3 was good but below gatti-ward 1 IMO. i think 2003 aint got nothing on 2007. nothing!

 

And you're forgetting Freitas-Barrios and Toney-Jirov, all 2003 fights. 2007 hasnt been bad, bu cant be compered to 2003, the last great year for boxing IMHO.

 

:good thanks for bringing those to my attention

Toney-Jirov ****ing classic

 

Post Ali-Fraizer the heavyweight division was still very much alive.

Tyson was a monumental disappointment in his return but Holyfield pulled it together. His epic battles with Riddick Bowe are far too overlooked on this forum. As well as pretty exciting matches with Cooper and Moorer.

I would infact put Holyfield-Bowe 1, 2 & 3 up there next to any of the big rivalries that happened in heavyweight history. All 3 matches lived up to their potential.

If you ask me the sport started to struggle when guys like Lennox Lewis came into the picture. Him, John Ruiz, Chris Byrd and some others, noteably those who mimic the shitty jab and grab styles or the duck and run styles.

It has only been maybe 2 decades where this has surfaced and the game has suffered. Even in the 80s when Tyson was pounding guys the other divisions were very compelling.

 

Its been dam good id say. You got 2 guys about to unify 2 Heavyweight belts in Chaveg or whatever his name is ? and Ibragimov then theres Wlad who dominates everybody in front of him so the Heavyweight picture looks better in July 07 then it did in July 06 thats for sure. Was Floyd-Oscar a great fight ? NO but it did break the all time PPV records for ANY fight thats saying alot for a sport that supposebly noboddy cares about. The Mexican Featherweights once agian make us proud when MAB and JMM put on a fight with enough drama,toe to toe action,technique,and chess playing to satisfy any fan. We had a WAR with Bell and Mormeck setting up the 1st big Cruiserweight Trilogy in the future hopefully. We have got to see fights like Margarito-Williams,Pavlik-Miranda,Judah-Cotto,Marquez-Vasquez 1 and we all know 2 is going to be another barn burner,Corrales(RIP Bud)and Clottey and so many more sorry to forget any. Our good freind Ding Wilson gave us a KO which we may never ever forget how the **** could you ? Scary KO. Some of the sports best fighters divison or p4p had the courage to step into the ring with each other MAB-JMM,Vasquez-Marquez,Mormeck-Bell 2,Wright-Hopkins,DLH-Mayweather,Freitas-Diaz,Hatton-Castillo got into the ring with each other some good some bad but give them credit for giving us the fights we wanted and hell theres still Vasquez-Marquez 2 in a week,MAB-Pacquiao 2,Pavlik-Taylor,Jones-Trinidad ? Vargas-Mayorga sure fights long overdue but better later then never,Calzaghe-Kessler,Mosley-Cotto probablly. This is a fine fine year that I dont see anyway it cant get even better with whats on tap.

 

and credit HBO for putting most of these fights on HBO not HBO PPV. gives a chance for the casual fan to see some of the emerging stars for free.