Ring magazines list of the best fighters of the decade per weight class

Yes.


No.



I don't know. It's a lot to consider.

 

Seems pretty solid to me

 

Pretty good list.

 

Tarver? Really?
Oh and Calderon is a badass:happy

 

Good list but for Lt.flyweight I would put Jorge Arce instead of Calderon.

 

Roy Jones Jr.

 

The Featherweight of the decade was Marco Antonio Barrera.

Wins over Naseem Hamed, Erik Morales, Johnny Tapia, Paulie Ayala, Enrique Sanchez, and Kevin Kelley. All former World Champions, the first two were undefeated and P4P rated at the time)

In comparison, Juan Manuel Marquez has a draw with Manny Pacquiao, and victories over Manuel Medina, Robbie Peden, and Derrick Gainer. (All former World Champions)

 

Tarver "The rematch after losing man"??? Everything else looks pretty solid.

 

I would also put Hatton down at 140.

 

I'd have Barrera at Featherweight. Marquez's draw against Pacquiao isn't enough to justify him as the best.

 

I'd leave Tszyu as the 140 fighter. He ruled the first have of the decade, Hatton had the second half, but I think his accomplishments were greater.

 

Not Tarver.

 

As a whole I'd say it's fine more or less, but I'm not really quite sure what to make of some of the choices on this list. What criteria are they going by? Who was the best at their peak? Who had the most achievement at that weight? A combo of both? I don't feel best and greatest are interchangeable, I separate the two.

Tarver had the deeper resume at 175 than Jones, and won 2 out of 3, but do people really think Tarver at his best beats the Jones of a couple years earlier? They picked Tarver in this case, who has the better resume.

Mayweather got picked @ 135, which must be for H2H matchups and who is the best fighter at his peak, since Castillo's resume is far deeper at 135 as he spent much more time there and fought a who's who of the division. Mayweather has one win over Castillo that's disputed and one clear win.

But @ 130, do people really think the Pacquiao of that weight beats the Mayweather of that weight? Most who would pick Pac over May do so at a higher weight where Pac is more comfortable physically from not draining himself and more importantly, has worked out some of the rough edges in his game and appears to be a considerably more well-rounded and intelligent fighter.

 

For the 90's yes but not this decade.