The Decade thus far: What has been the worst year for boxing?

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  1. errsta

    errsta Boxing Addict banned

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    I'd say 2009.
     
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    Ever hear of Joe Louis' "bum of the month" fights?
     
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    I say 2005...

    one could argue it was cool because we got judah vs spinks 2, morales vs pacquiao 1, wright vs trinidad, tarver vs johnson 2, mayweather vs gatti, w. klitschko vs peter, tarver vs jones 3, and taylor vs hopkins 1..

    ...however, there was a a bunch of crap too, wasted time by shitty Showtime PPV's, ESPN PPV's, and Vitali Klitschko's injuries.....
    which by the way, by the end of the year, your heavyweight champions were...

    Chris Byrd
    John Ruiz
    Hasim Rahman
    Lamon Brewster

    Also, that was the year Tyson lost to Kevin McBride.

    ..and as for those who complain about cancelled/postponed bouts... these did not happen on their original scheduled dates in '05 (or never happened)...
    In Jin Chi vs Rocky Juarez
    Michael Moorer vs Fres Oquendo
    Juan Diaz vs Acelino Frietes
    Jeff Lacy vs Joe Calzaghe
    Chris John vs Juan Manuel Marquez
    and of course, as mentioned, Vitali Klitschko vs Hasim Rahman
    ...and there were many others, but i'm sick of writing now...
    ...or maybe not...

    ...there were a ton of other "big fights" that did took place but they were mostly good guy vs mediocre guy ...
    Samuel Peter vs Yanqui Diaz
    Kassim Ouma vs Kofi Jantuah
    Owen Beck vs Monte Barrett
    Bernard Hopkins vs Howard Eastman
    Miguel Cotto vs DeMarcus Corley
    Wladimir Klitschko vs Elieser Castillo
    Hasim Rahman vs Monte Barrett
    Shannon Briggs vs Ray Mercer
    Marco Antonio Barrera vs Robbie Peden
    Chris Byrd vs DaVarryl Williamson
    David Tua vs Cisse Salif
    Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Sharmba Mitchell

    okay okay, thats enough. very depresssing.

    ...speaking of depressing...
    Brewster vs Golota
    :-(
     
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    Some good fights coming up..............