My Huge Sweeping Comprehensive Top 25 Matches Of 2016 List And The Runners Up - Yours?

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  1. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    1. Francisco Vargas vs. Orlando Salido
    2. Carlos Cuadras vs. Roman Gonzalez
    3. Leo Santa Cruz vs. Carl Frampton
    4. Sergey Kovalev vs. Andre Ward
    5. Keith Thurman vs. Shawn Porter
    6. Dillian Whyte vs. Dereck Chisora
    7. Marlon Tapales vs. Pungluang Sor Singyu
    8. Robert Easter Jr. vs. Richard Commey
    9. Yunier Dorticos vs. Youri Kayembre Kalenga
    10. Mairis Briedis vs. Olanrewaju Durodola
    11. Shinsuke Yamanaka vs. Anselmo Moreno II
    12. Antonio Margarito vs. Jorge Paez Jr.
    13. Jamie Conlan vs. Anthony Nelson
    14. Anthony Crolla vs. Jorge Linares
    15. Adonis Stevenson vs. Thomas Williams Jr.
    16. Gennady Golovkin vs. Kell Brook
    17. Lucas Browne vs. Ruslan Chagaev
    18. Renan St. Juste vs Francis Lafreniere
    19. Denis Lebedev vs. Murat Gassiev
    20. Maxim Vlasov vs. Rakhim Chakhkiev
    21. Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley Jr. III
    22. Jermall Charlo vs. Austin Trout
    23. Jason Sosa vs. Stephen Smith
    24. Juan Manuel Lopez vs. Wilfredo Vazquez Jr.
    25. Marco Huck vs. Ola Afolabi IV



    Runner Ups....
    Jessie Vargas vs. Sadam Ali
    Frank Buglioni vs. Hosea Burton
    Shingo Wake vs. Jonathan Guzman
    Naoya Inoue vs. Kohei Kono
    Mark Magsayo vs. Chris Avalos
    Jesus Andres Cuellar vs. Abner Mares
    Leo Santa Cruz vs. Kiko Martinez
    Edwin Rodriguez vs. Thomas Williams Jr
    Jesus Soto Karass vs. Yoshihiro Kamegai
    Alert Pagara vs. Cesar Juarez
    Danny Garcia vs. Robert Guerrero
    Sergey Lipinets vs. Leonardo Zappavigna
    Jose Benavidez vs. Francisco Santana

    Honorable Mentions.....
    Antoine Douglas vs. Avtandil Khurtsidze
    Jamie McDonnell vs. Liborio Solis
    Denis Shafikov vs. Richard Commey
    Canelo Alvarez vs. Amir Khan
    Julian Ramirez vs. Abraham Lopez
    Canelo Alvarez vs. Liam Smith
    Krzysztof Glowacki vs. Oleksandr Usyk
    Ricky Burns vs. Kiryl Relikh
    Juergen Braehmer vs. Nathan Cleverly
    Bernard Hopkins vs. Joe Smith Jr.
    Tom Doran vs. Luke Keeler
    James DeGale vs. Rogelio Medina
    Krzysztof Glowacki vs. Steve Cunningham
    Giovanni De Carolis vs. Tyron Zeuge
    Giovanni De Carolis vs. Tyron Zeuge II
     
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  2. KiwiMan

    KiwiMan Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Good list!

    Personally I had Chisora-Whyte as FOTY, I found that the most entertaining fight of 2016. Perhaps because of the size and power at HW compared to the lower weight fights it was contending with.
     
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  3. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Top 25 is a bit much.:lol: Your top 5 or even 3 will do.
     
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  4. DoubleJab666

    DoubleJab666 Dot, dot, dot... Full Member

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    That brings me back in the game....

    1. Sergey Kovalev vs. Andre Ward - Just because it was such a huge fight, a very good one and served up endless chances to discuss it (troll) on ESB
    2. Leo Santa Cruz vs. Carl Frampton - Great scrap, tactical and technical masterclass from the Jackal and LSC played his part too
    3. Dillian Whyte vs. Dereck Chisora - An all-out war. Technically awful but that kinda added to its appeal. Sometimes all we want is a proper toe-to-toe humdinger
    4. Gennady Golovkin vs. Kell Brook - Simply because someone dared to try and take the fight to GGG when he knew in his heart-of-hearts what would eventually happen.
    5. I'm awkward - neither three or five picks
     
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  5. KiwiMan

    KiwiMan Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    My top 3:

    1. Chisora-Whyte
    2. Vargas-Salido
    3. Kovalev-Ward
     
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  6. drenlou

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    I thought Garcia-Guerrero was a good fight and should find its way on that list..
     
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  7. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    I knew I'd forget one or two, I added it to the runner ups.:thumbsup:
     
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  8. Shoshana

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    Miura-Vargas

    OP, how do you not have this as a Top Three? Unless this fight was in 2015 and I thought it was 2016?

    :aplastao::confundio1:
     
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  9. lewis gassed

    lewis gassed The Bronze Dosser Full Member

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    Ok here's mine :osvaisacagar:

    1. Lebedev-Gassiev
    2. Kalenga-Dorticos
    3. Kovalev-Ward
    4. Briedis-Durodola
    5. Chisora-Whyte
    6. Indongo-Troya
    7. Linares-Crolla
    8. Lomachenko-Martinez
    9. Frampton-LSC I
    10. Rojas-Budler
    11. Gonzalez-Cuadras
    12. Douglas-Khurtsidze
    13. Vlasov-Chakh
     
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  10. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Because it was 2015, but if it makes you feel any better it was my number 1 for 2015.
     
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  11. Henke67

    Henke67 One of the 45% Full Member

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    I might need to watch it again but I had Yamanaka v Moreno II top of my list.
     
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    Henke67 One of the 45% Full Member

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    Off the top, my top 5 would be;

    Yamanaka - Moreno II
    Vargas - Salido
    Frampton - LSC
    Whyte - Chisora
    Gonzalez - Cuadras
     
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    Odins beard Fentanyl is one hell of a drug.... Full Member

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    Vargas v Salido
    Whyte v Chisora
    Gonzalez v Cuadras
    Lebedev v Gassiev
    Golovkin v Brook ( more so for the hype of having GGG fight in the UK).
     
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  14. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    The second time I watched it, it was slightly less suspenseful and thrilling, but still solid.
     
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    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    1 punch isn't FOTY caliber.:lol:
     
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