In your time following boxing..

Best Fight the Best
2001
Bernard Hopkins vs Felix Trinidad
Marco Antonio Barrera vs Naseem Hamed
Floyd Mayweather vs Diego Corrales
Felix Trinidad vs William Joppy
Kostya Tszyu vs Zab Judah
Rafael Marquez vs Mark Johnson
2002
Shane Mosley vs Vernnon Forrest
Marco Antonio Barrera vs Erik Morales
Marco Antonio Barrera vs Johnny Tapia
Floyd Mayweather vs Jose Luis Castillo
Oscar De La Hoya vs Fernando Vargas
Erik Morales vs Paulie Ayala
Lennox Lewis vs Mike Tyson
Rafael Marquez vs Mark Johnson
2003
Shane Mosley vs Oscar De La Hoya
Bernard Hopkins vs William Joppy
Roy Jones Jr vs John Ruiz
Marco Antonio Barrera vs Manny Pacquiao
Lennox Lewis vs Vitali Klitschko
James Toney vs Vassiliy Jirov
2004
Shane Mosley vs Winky Wright
Bernard Hopkins vs Oscar De La Hoya
Roy Jones Jr vs Antonio Tarver
Marco Antonio Barrera vs Paulie Ayala
Marco Antonio Barrera vs Erik Morales
Felix Trinidad vs Ricardo Mayorga
Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez
2005
Bernard Hopkins vs Jermain Taylor
Roy Jones Jr vs Antonio Tarver
Felix Trinidad vs Ronald Wright
Kostya Tszyu vs Ricky Hatton
Erik Morales vs Manny Pacquiao
Jose Luis Castillo vs Diego Corrales
2006
Shane Mosley vs Fernando Vargas
Bernard Hopkins vs Antonio Tarver
Oscar De la Hoya vs Ricardo Mayorga
Erik Morales vs Manny Pacquiao
Winky Wright vs Jermain Taylor
2007
Shane Mosley vs Miguel Cotto
Bernard Hopkins vs Ronald Wright
Marco Antonio Barrera vs Juan Manuel Marquez
Marco Antonio Barrera vs Manny Pacquiao
Floyd Mayweather vs Oscar De La Hoya
Floyd Mayweather vs Ricky Hatton
Jose Luis Castillo vs Ricky Hatton
Miguel Cotto vs Zab Judah
Rafael Marquez vs Israel Vazquez
Nonito Donaire vs Vic Darchinyan
Joe Calzaghe vs Mikkel Kessler
2008
Shane Mosley vs Ricardo Mayorga
Bernard Hopkins vs Joe Calzaghe
Bernard Hopkins vs Kelly Pavlik
Oscar De La Hoya vs Manny Pacquiao
Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez
Miguel Cotto vs Antonio Margarito
Rafael Marquez vs Israel Vazquez
Carl Froch vs Jean Pascal
2009
Shane Mosley vs Antonio Margarito
Manny Pacquiao vs Ricky Hatton
Manny Pacquiao vs Miguel Cotto
Juan Manuel Marquez vs Floyd Mayweather Jr
Sergio Martinez vs Paul Williams
Andre Ward vs Mikkel Kessler
Carl Froch vs Jermain Taylor
2010
Shane Mosley vs Floyd Mayweather Jr
Bernard Hopkins vs Roy Jones Jr
Bernard Hopkins vs Jean Pascal
Manny Pacquiao vs Antonio Margarito
Ivan Calderon vs Giovanni Segura
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam vs Koki Kameda
Sergio Martinez vs Paul Williams
Sergio Martinez vs Kelly Pavlik
Andre Ward vs Sakio Bika
Fernando Montiel vs Hozumi Hasegawa
Carl Froch vs Mikkel Kessler
Carl Froch vs Arthur Abraham
2011
Shane Mosley vs Manny Pacquiao
Bernard Hopkins vs Jean Pascal
Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez
Miguel Cotto vs Ricardo Mayorga
Miguel Cotto vs Antonio Margarito
Ivan Calderon vs Giovanni Segura
Wladimir Klitschko vs David Haye
Nonito Donaire vs Fernando Montiel
Nonito Donaire vs Omar Narvaez
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam vs Edgar Sosa
Paul Williams vs Erislandy Lara
Andre Ward vs Arthur Abraham
Andre Ward vs Carl Froch
Brian Viloria vs Giovani Segura
2012
Shane Mosley vs Saul Alvarez
Floyd Mayweather vs Miguel Cotto
Manny Pacquiao vs Tim Bradley
Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez
Roman Gonzalez vs Juan Francisco Estrada
Sergio Martinez vs Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
Andre Ward vs Chad Dawson
Danny Garcia vs Amir Khan
Carl Froch vs Lucian Bute
2013
Floyd Mayweather vs Saul Alvarez
Nonito Donaire vs Guillermo Rigondeaux
Nonito Donaire vs Vic Darchinyan
Juan Francisco Estrada vs Brian Viloria
Tim Bradley vs Juan Manuel Marquez
Danny Garcia vs Lucas Matthysse
Carl Froch vs Mikkel Kessler
Carl Froch vs George Groves
2014
Bernard Hopkins vs Sergey Kovalev
Manny Pacquiao vs Tim Bradley
Miguel Cotto vs Sergio Martinez
Wladimir Klitschko vs Alexander Povetkin
Nonito Donaire vs Nicholas Walters
Roman Gonzalez vs Akira Yaegashi
Juan Francisco Estrada vs Giovani Segura
Terence Crawford vs Yuriorkis Gamboa
Vasyl Lomachenko vs Gary Russell Jr
Naoya Inoue vs Omar Narvaez
Kell Brook vs Shawn Porter
Saul Alvarez vs Erislandy Lara
2015
Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao
Miguel Cotto vs Saul Alvarez
Wladimir Klitschko vs Tyson Fury
Roman Gonzalez vs Edgar Sosa
Roman Gonzalez vs Brian Viloria
Sergey Kovalev vs Jean Pascal
Gennady Golovkin vs David Lemieux
Krzysztof Glowacki vs Marco Huck
2016
Manny Pacquiao vs Tim Bradley
Terence Crawford vs Viktor Postol
Sergey Kovalev vs Jean Pascal
Keith Thurman vs Shawn Porter
Oleksandr Usyk vs Krzysztof Glowacki
Leo Santa Cruz vs Carl Frampton
Krzysztof Glowacki vs Steve Cunningham
Roman Gonzalez vs Carlos Cuadras
Sergey Kovalev vs Andre Ward
2017
Wladimir Klitschko vs Anthony Joshua
Sergey Kovalev vs Andre Ward
Gennady Golovkin vs Danny Jacobs
Gennady Golovkin vs Saul Alvarez
Leo Santa Cruz vs Carl Frampton
Keith Thurman vs Danny Garcia
Errol Spence Jr vs Kell Brook
Mikey Garcia vs Adrien Broner
Juan Francisco Estrada vs Carlos Cuadras

 

I've been watching boxing since I was just a wee little 5' 6" boy, so that's over 3 decades ago. There probably have been years in that timeframe with even more big and good fights, but then you just couldn't watch them all.

good times to be a boxfan

 

you have too much time on your hands ;

 

Yep, pre-youtube days if you didn't see it live and it wasn't airing in your market you didn't see it. Now, we see everything. Somsak Sithchatchawal vs Mahyar Monshipour 2006 fight of the year and nobody saw it outside of France, except for on youtube. That resource is a game changer.

 

Nah, Rigo's too old and small. This is going to be more like Khan vs Canelo or Brook vs GGG. Kovalev and Inoue are both p4p but if they fought it's still a farce.

 

How could you forget Haye - Bellew?

 

Why would I care about two nobodies fighting each other? Only people in Britain give a **** about either of their careers. They aren't even the fifth best guys in their respective divisions. Haye was a top heavyweight contender from 2009-2012 but hasn't been relevant in five years. I don't think anyone ever cared about Tony Bellew.

 

The first real memory of boxing is a horrible one. Eubank vs Watson 2. Can still remember my drunk uncle saying Eubank is only hitting Watson's gloves. Yeah, I think you're wrong. I've been watching since late 80's with family when I was still in a pram. Early 90s is where I can remember from. Seen plenty of years that had greater fights. They've already been mentioned above.

It has been a great year though.

 

A lot of fans on here won't agree.

The first three fights you listed involved a fighter moving up a weight class or two.

We all know how boxingforum24 feels about that... "no contest!"

 

I bet 2018 will be even better.

1) Loma vs Garcia
2) Kovalev vs Beterbiev
3) Parker vs Povetkin (It will happen)
4) Usyk vs Gassiev
5) GGG vs Canelo rematch
6) Wlad vs either Wilder or Joshua again. I don’t think he’s finished.
7) Gvozdyk vs Stevenson

 

Hush it you!
(Im 5' 6" now and in 3 decades i might be 5' 5")