Ranking the greatest fighters of the 21st century

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  1. jas

    jas ★ Legends: B-HOP ; PAC ★ Full Member

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    How would you rank the greatest fighters of the 21st century?

    Pacquaio
    Mayweather
    Hopkins
    Wladimir
    Barrera
    Morales
    Marquez

    Amongst others

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  2. pugs

    pugs Boxing Addict Full Member

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    1. Pacquiao
    2. Bhop
    3a/b Morales/Mayweather
    4a/b Marquez/Barrera
     
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  3. asero

    asero Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    easily pacquiao with bhop and jones battling for 2nd
     
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  4. jas

    jas ★ Legends: B-HOP ; PAC ★ Full Member

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    jones beat ruiz in the 21st century but never did much besides that! :bbb
     
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  5. MVC!

    MVC! The Best Ever Full Member

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    Floyd

    the rest
     
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  6. Collie

    Collie Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I did a list before I think, let me dig it up


    Found it

    Main criteria: Only a fighters career in the 2000's is considered. For example, Roberto Duran fought in 2002 but obviously he doesn't come into this list. That was probably where the biggest problem lay: trying to rank guys who's careers overlapped with the 90's and 2000's, for e.g. Roy Jones Jr. Guys who fought exclusively in the 2000's or who peaked in the 2000's probably have an advantage here and may be ranked higher in this list than they would be in an ATG P4P list for example.

    Anyway, this is what I came up with so far:

    1. Manny Pacquiao
    2. Floyd Mayweather Jr
    3. Juan Manuel Marquez
    4. Bernard Hopkins
    5. Marco Antonio Barrera
    6. Joe Calzage
    7. Oscar De La Hoya
    8. Eric Morales
    9. Wladamir Klitschko
    10. Winky Wright
    11. Shane Mosely
    12. Kostya Tszyu
    13. Ricky Hatton
    14. Felix Trinidad
    15. Roy Jones Jr.
    16. Vitali Klitschko
    17. Miguel Cotto
    18. Andre Ward
    19. Diego Corrales
    20. Jose Luis Castillo
    21. Ivan Calderon
    22. Nonito Donaire
    23. Rafael Marquez
    24. Sergio Martinez
    25. Carl Froch
    26. Wonjongkam
    27. Timothy Bradley
    28. Israel Vasquez
    29. Antonio Tarver
    30. Sergio Martinez
     
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  7. jas

    jas ★ Legends: B-HOP ; PAC ★ Full Member

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    :thumbsup
     
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  8. dangerousity

    dangerousity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Should Mayweather even be on that list? The guy is a certified coward.

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  9. Richel Hersisia

    Richel Hersisia Well-Known Member Full Member

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    do we only rank the fights of this century?

    Then it's close. Otherwise it would be B-Hop by a landslide
     
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  10. jas

    jas ★ Legends: B-HOP ; PAC ★ Full Member

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    yea, fighters achievements solely since the year 2000
     
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  11. modernfonzie

    modernfonzie Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    FMJ is clearly 1. Then Pac. Floyd's been on top for 18 years. P4P top 5 for 16.
     
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  12. jas

    jas ★ Legends: B-HOP ; PAC ★ Full Member

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    for me it can be grouped into 2 groups

    hopkins
    pacquaio
    mayweather

    ----------------

    mab
    marquez
    morales
    wlad



    there must be others that i am missing that deserve a mention

    i do think morales is better than marquez and barrera but he tested positive twice for PEDs :bart
     
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  13. jas

    jas ★ Legends: B-HOP ; PAC ★ Full Member

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    wlad is the most dominating of the champions, barely losing a round since his last loss
     
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  14. KO-KING

    KO-KING Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Floyd is up there, but clearly 1??

    No cotto in 06-09. No margarito, No Williams, No Pacquiao
     
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  15. HoldMyBeer

    HoldMyBeer Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    there is no argument for margarito
    I've put this one to bed already
     
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