Top 10 fights of the 2000s?

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  1. KeedCubano

    KeedCubano Read my posts in a Jamaican accent Full Member

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    Simple really. What's your top 10? Here's mine

    1 Vasquez vs Rafa 4
    2 Gatti vs Ward 1
    3 Morales vs Barrera 1
    4 Corrales vs Castillo 1
    5 Pacquiao vs Marquez 1
    6 Marquez v Diaz 1
    7 Toney vs Jirov
    8 Morales vs Pacquiao
    9 Cotto vs Torres
    10 Cotto vs Margarito

    Good decade.
     
  2. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    #10. Gonzalez-Letterlough
    #9. Monshipour-Sithchatchawal
    #8. Toney-Jirov
    #7. Tito-Vargas
    #6. Gatti-Ward I
    #5. Marquez-Diaz I
    #4. Morales-Pacquiao I
    #3. Corrales-Castillo I
    #2. Marquez-Vasquez III
    #1. Morales-Barrera I

    This is correct. :deal:
     
  3. Jel

    Jel Obsessive list maker Full Member

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    The order I have based on my own top 100 fights list (which may change when i finally get round to watching Monshipour-Sithchatchawal):

    1. Trinidad-Vargas (2000)
    2. Corrales-Castillo 1 (2005)
    3. Morales-Barrera 1 (2000)
    4. Vasquez-Marquez 4 (2008)
    5. Marquez-Diaz 1 (2009)
    6. Morales-Pacquiao 1 (2005)
    7. Ward-Gatti 1 (2002)
    8. Gonzalez-Letterlough (2001)
    9. Vasquez-Marquez 2 (2007)
    10 Larios-Vasquez 2 (2002)

    Some honourable mentions:
    Mosley-De La Hoya (2000)
    Ward-Augustus (2001)
    Toney-Jirov (2003)
    Gomez-Arthur (2003)
    Vasquez-Gonzalez (2004)
    Cotto-Torres (2005)
    Duddy-Campas (2006)
    Macklin-Moore (2006)
    Vasquez-Marquez 1 (2007)
    Cotto-Margarito 1 (2008)
    Froch-Pascal (2008)
     
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  4. ChrisJS

    ChrisJS Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Morales-Barrera I
    Trinidad-Vargas
    Vazquez-Marquez IV
    Corrales-Castillo I
    Ward-Gatti I
    Barrera-Morales III
    Marquez-Diaz I
    Toney-Jirov
    Monshippour-Sitchatawai
    Ward-Augustus

    I loved Marquez-Pacquaio I & II, Morales-Pacquaio, Marquez-Barrera, Marquez-Vazquez I & II also. I think it’s fair to say the Marquez-Pacquaio-Barrera-Morales rivalries and fights alongside Vazquez-Marquez series are the best things to happen in boxing in the last 25 years.
     
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  5. KeedCubano

    KeedCubano Read my posts in a Jamaican accent Full Member

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  6. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    1. Corrales--Castillo I
    2. Morales--Barrera I
    3. Gatti--Ward I
    4. Liakovich--Brewster
    5. Maurice Harris--Derrick Jefferson
    6. Trinidad--Vargas
    7. Rios--Alvarado 1
    8. Marquez--Vasquez, pick one
    9. Marquez--Austin
    10. Toney--Jirov

    Almost: Hamed--Sanchez
     
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  7. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Barrera vMorales 1 was in 2000 therefore it qualifies ,and it was a close fight that could have gone either way