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What are your guys on last decades boxing? How will it be remembered?

The demise of the Heavyweight, The tragic deaths in 09, The emegence of Manny Pacquiao as an all time great, Ricky Hatton's amazing journey, Golden Boy Promotions rise, Tyson ruined, Gatti v Ward Trilogy, Britain's success towards the decade's back end.

Any more guys?????

the demise of don king as a big time promoter.

lewis-klitschko.

lewis retiring and the division promptly going right down the toilet.

the demise of the sanctioning bodies.

box office continuing to affect the popularity of the sport.

the demise of roy jones.

the rise of manny pac.

goldenboy overthrowing arum, king etc as the biggest promotional firm in the sport.

money may and all his antics.

joe calzaghe finally fulfilling some of that potential.

the disappearance of the prince.

ricky hatton becoming the biggest ticket draw in british boxing history. :)

Roy jones setting a record then going downhill

tysons final decline

a guy named klitschko dominating since lewis left

a debate UFC or boxing

Golden boy showing its influence

a long argument floyd or pacman

Oh man Roy Jones. How could I forget?

How about Bernard Hopkins defying the odds?

older heavyweights vying for titles such as holyfield and foreman

A bit off topic, but domestically the Rhodes story is an intriguing one and the sort you could write a script on.
In July 1999 he suffered a devastating loss to Matthews, and it took a lot of soul searching before he decided to carry on.
He found himself way down undercards, boxing infrequently against fighters he didn't think he'd face.
In 2002 he had another devastating loss to Blundell, and again it looked all over.
In 2003 and 2005 he was weighing in regularly at over 12st.
He then left the gym he had grown up in, seeking something to spark him up again.
In 2006, despite having a chronic back problem he took on Lockett and lost narrowly on points.
He knew then that if he got himself right injury wise he had the chance to come again.
In April 2008 he beat Woolcombe to regain the British title at 11st over 10 years after the first time.
In November 2008 he beat Vuma to become WBC International Champ.
Then in 2009 to close the decade off in the best possible way, he won the EBU title in the fight of the year.
Now if it hadn't happened you'd accuse me of being a fantacist.
Great story.

damianhucker1 wrote:older heavyweights vying for titles such as holyfield and foreman

thats the 90s

Adamj1987 wrote:

damianhucker1 wrote:older heavyweights vying for titles such as holyfield and foreman

thats the 90s

was it that long ago ? well holyfield still fought for the title in the naughties.

Still not perfect, but alot better than the 90's in delivering the super fights.

Golden Boy ruining boxing???!!!???!!! We'll see - at the moment Golden Boy is delivering more of the superfights than any other promoter.

I do think the noughties will be remembered in history as a time that changed the sport forever - in that it is really the period in which fighters started to turn promoters. I think that is something that will only continue now.

From an Irish point of view, I will remember the noughties as the period that one boxer from Dublin brought the glory days back to Irish boxing. Take a bow Bernard Dunne.

I will also remember it for the achievements of the Olympic team in 2008 with Kenny Egan, Paddy Barnes and the late Dazzler Sutherland picking up medals.

On a bitter-sweet note I will remember it as the period an Irishman ended the career of Iron Mike Tyson.

Finally I'll never forget the battles between 'Irish Thunder' Micky Ward and Arturo Gatti [RIP]

The decline of boxing as a "household" sport, and the decline of boxers as household names.

The rise of the internet, and the comparable decline of the usefulness of printed magazines.

whicker wrote:The decline of boxing as a "household" sport, and the decline of boxers as household names.

The rise of the internet, and the comparable decline of the usefulness of printed magazines.

Sadly very accurate.

Reading in the 90s, this guy comes up and asks if I could get a glove signed by all the Fighters on the Bill for Spinal Bifida. I said okay of Iwent going round getting it signed, the only one to decline was Naz. Went into Ryan Rhodes Room, He was gloved up and asked what it was for, told Him, straight away He told John to take His glove off. I said Ill come back later and apologised, but He was insistent and signed. That night I became a fan

Ant Evans wrote:Lewis cementing his legacy as top 10 heavy ever (in the eyes of all but numpties like Bert Sugar)
The fall of the Prince
Calzaghe wasting far too much time but showing enough to convince me that he was, after all, a p4p talent
The British public finally waking up to allegedly, leaving him a small hall promoter in 2010
British boxers finally waking up to allegedly, leavin ghim a small hall promoter in 2010
Three Olympics with medals!
Boxing falling into niche sport
Mayweather and Pac-Man becoming this generation's Leonard and Haglar
Deigo Corrales's epic story and death
Golden Boy ruining boxing, or coming pretty close to it
David Haye doing it his way - and doing it right
Ricky Hatton's amazing rise, and rise and rise from 2000 to 2007
Don King's fall
So many great fights, fights to stay in the collection forever...

Golden Boy have been brilliant for boxing. What are you talking about?

Happy Slapper wrote:

Ant Evans wrote:Lewis cementing his legacy as top 10 heavy ever (in the eyes of all but numpties like Bert Sugar)
The fall of the Prince
Calzaghe wasting far too much time but showing enough to convince me that he was, after all, a p4p talent
The British public finally waking up to allegedly, leaving him a small hall promoter in 2010
British boxers finally waking up to allegedly, leavin ghim a small hall promoter in 2010
Three Olympics with medals!
Boxing falling into niche sport
Mayweather and Pac-Man becoming this generation's Leonard and Haglar
Deigo Corrales's epic story and death
Golden Boy ruining boxing, or coming pretty close to it
David Haye doing it his way - and doing it right
Ricky Hatton's amazing rise, and rise and rise from 2000 to 2007
Don King's fall
So many great fights, fights to stay in the collection forever...

Golden Boy have been brilliant for boxing. What are you talking about?

what, you mean by hogging 75% of HBO dates and forcing the likes of hopkins on us over and over again?

Golden Boy have their moments but for the most part it's a load of dross, recycled old fighters, hypocrisy, etc. etc.