Fighter of the decade.

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  1. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The decade is just about over.

    Who's your pick for the best fighter of the 2010s?
     
  2. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    If Canelo beats Kovalev it's him.

    So it's probably Pacquiao
     
  3. Boxing Prospect

    Boxing Prospect Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Pacquiao went 12-4 (1) for the decade, with wins against the likes of Joshua Clottey, Brandon Rios, Chris Algieri, Jessie Vargas

    So no...not him

    Mayweather, Canelo, Roman Gonzalez, Donnie Nietes all in the mix IMO
     
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  4. George Crowcroft

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    You make out that his résumé is poor this decade.
    He beat Mosley, Margarito, Thurman and Marquez. Bradley, Algeri, Broner, Clottey, Rios and Vargas were all champs.

    There's also an argument that Pac has also lost twice. Although he should've lost the third Marquez fight imo.
    He's also broken at least 3 records this decade.
     
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  5. sid

    sid Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Pacquiao for me cos he never backed away from a fight whoever it was.
     
  6. HerolGee

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    pac, runner up canelo, third ward
     
  7. timeout

    timeout Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It's between PAC / GGG / Loma


    2020 will be the clincher
     
  8. CutThroatFade

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    Possibly Fury. If he beats Wilder in the rematch. Not just for his in ring achievements but the personal battles he has overcome.
     
  9. Boxing Prospect

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    I'm making out that Pacquiao of 2010-2019 isn't the Pacquiao of 2000-2009. His resume doesn't have a PRIME HOF guy on there. There is no Cotto, Morales, Barrera or prime JMM.

    Using Mosley as a good win ignores the fact that Shane was 39 and more than 2 years removed from his last win (Mosley actually went 3-5-1 in the decade so...).

    I'd certainly have Pacquiao in the top 10, but no where near the #1 place, and find it impossible to have him ahead of Mayweather (who I'm no fan of). In the same stretch of time Mayweather beat Mosley, Pacquiao, Berto, Maidana (twice), Alvarez, Cotto, Ortiz, Guerrero.
     
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  10. George Crowcroft

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    The only 2 that do are Mayweather and Ward.

    Wards was incredibly controversial and Mayweather's was against a drained Canelo who was clearly green.
    Tbh I only used him as a name coz he's a HOFer for sure
    Only 1 of them is worth, much by the standards held to Pacquiao, and that's Canelo.
    He also did this with a catchweight and against a pre prime Canelo.
     
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  11. timeout

    timeout Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Mayweather doesnt even come close his last boxing match against a "boxer" was 2015 and that was berto.:eek::eek::eek:
    Thats over half a decade ago...:nonono
    let that sink in....:wanker
     
  12. lepinthehood

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    Mitch87 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Between Loma, Usyk and Ward for me.

    Usyk
    Unified the divison
    Beat the likes of Glowacki, Hunter, Huck, Biredis, Gassiev and Bellew in their own countries.

    Lomachenko
    World champion in fewest pro fights
    3 x weight divison world champion in fewest amount of pro fights.
    Wins over Russel JR, Walters, Rigo, Linares, Pedraza and Campbell.

    Ward
    2 weight champion
    Wins over Kessler, Abraham, Froch, Barrera and Kovalev.

    For me Canelo shouldn't be a contender as I thought GGG beat him in both fights and Lara also.
     
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  14. The Funny Man 7

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    Andre Ward is a contender, although not the front runner. If Ward hadn't sat out due to promotional squabbles in the middle of his career he could have really boosted his case.

    I remember there was talk of him moving up to fight Jean Pascal and even Antonio Tarver. A fight with Lucien Bute would have been a layup against a then heavily hyped rival champion. But again, Andre sat idle and Carl Froch picked up a signature win instead. If things had gone smoother, and he'd filled those lengthy absences with wins over Pascal, Tarver, Bute, a Froch rematch, or even a novelty fight against Glen Johnson, that really would have burnished Ward's FOTD credentials.

    Then again, he apparently felt like he was getting ripped off, so its not really fair to ask the guy to compete when he feels he has an adversarial relationship with his own promotional team as well as chronic hand/shoulder/elbow injuries.
     
  15. heerko koois

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