Who do you think is the leading candidate for the fighter of the decade?

Easily Floyd Mayweather, he is the best fighter of the last 20 years, possibly all time!

 

Good question.

 

it's not close at all....Pac by a mile

 

Hopkins

 

Pacquiao
FMJ
Hopkins

 

Pacquiao is the leading candidate.

 

It will be between Hopkins, Pacquiao, and FMJr. Pacquiao is going to take it. If he fights three times next year like he did this year, he will be a lock.

His possible schedule for next year is just insane, so many highly rated fighters. Hatton, FMJr, JMM, Campbell, Bradley, Juan Diaz, Berto, Cotto, Winner of Holt-Torres III. There are so many people he could face, even if he suffered a loss he could go back to 135. If he wanted he could Koletnik and assuming he wins face Hatton in a unification match in the summer. He could fight Hatton then fight Bradley. Too many to list

 

Manny for me at the moment. He's beaten 4 first ballot HoF's - 1 controversially in JMM - But holds the win none the less and has dropped him 4 times and stopping the other 3 - MAB, EM and now ODLH.

I then would pick Hopkins for achievement.

Floyd a comfy third for me, if he'd fought more significant competition in between JLC and ODLH he would be number 1 for sure.

I think Floyd is without doubt the most skilled fighter of the decade though.

 

there is alot of fighting left to be done, hell some fighters could have as many as 10 fights to close out the decade...You just dont know, hell someone could come out of the blue and blow away some great fighters....For example what happens if Hatton were to get a fight with Pac and win, which would most likely lead to a rematch with floyd..And lets say that he won that fight...In the meanwhile lets say that Cotto wins the second and third fights with Margo and Hatton and Cotto fought at the end of 2009 and hatton won that fight, then you would have Hatton beating Tsyzu, Pac, Mayweather and Cotto, I cant think of anyone that could top that.

right now I think that I would list the leader broad as follows

1. Mayweather, who will not be if he doesnt come back and fight

2. Pac but its kinda hard for me cuz i thought that he lost both fights vs JMM and he did lose to Morelas even thought he come back and won.

3. Calzaghe I know that he did almost nothing until his won over Lacy but even a anti-Calzaghe guy like myself has to admitt beatting Kessler, Hopkins and Jones is pretty impressive...Right up there with what Pac has done plus Hopkins and Jones were greater fighters then MAB, Marquez, and Morelas...Should Calzaghe add someone like Pavlik, Dawson, or Taylor to his resume he would shoot up in my mind over pac.


Others that were too up and down but COULD still be in the runnings is Hopkins, Wlad, Isreal Vazquez and JMM.

 

I've seen some write-ups in American publications slowly questioning PBF's resume...