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I was just wondering what your take was on the following categories in world boxing:

1. Top 10 fights of the year
2. Top 10 fighters of the year
3. Top 10 knockouts of the year

I ask because I am going to compile all 3 categories and use magazine clippings etc with each particular section to look back on in future years. I have my own opinions but it would be great to get a wider opinion.

Fighters of the Year British.
1) Jon Thaxton - Great Story.
2) Calzaghe
3) Clinton Woods
4) Junior Witter
5) Carl Froch
6) David Haye
7) Enzo Maccrinelli
8) Lenny Daws
9) Ricky Hatton
10) Jamie Moore

Honourable Mention - Kevin Anderson.

Fights of the Year (British).
1) Moore v Macklin
2) Anderson vs Mutley
3) Hobson vs Maccrinelli 1.
4) Woods vs Johnson 3
5) Rocky Dean vs Matthew Marsh (I know we only saw half the fight, but that alone was worth it).
6) Corcoran vs Hughes.
7) Froch vs Magee
8) Earl vs Ramonov
9) Morris vs Munroe
10) Earl vs Ramirez


Probably missed a host of non tv fights and forgot loads. Mutley vs Jennings was another beauty.

I won't do KO of the year, I cannot remember that many memorable ones domestically.... Though Barker vs Samuels is probably the best.


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Well you say world boxing so -

Top 10 Fighters

1. Manny Pacquiao
2. Miguel Cotto
3. Joe Calzaghe
4. Floyd Mayweather
5. Antonio Margorito
6. Carlos Baldomir
7. Bernard Hopkins
8. Mikkel Kessler
9. Winky Wright
10. Shane Mosley

Fights of the Year

1. Calzaghe v Lacy
2. De La Hoya v Mayorga
3. Pacquiao v Morales 3

These are the three that spring to mind most

Knockouts

1. Klitschko v Brock
2. Pacquiao v Morales 3
3. Alex Arthur v Sergio Palomo
4. Maccrinelli v Hobson 2
5. Cotto v Quintana

Oh yeah, he did say world boxing okay.

1) Pacquaio
2) Vic Darchinyan
3) Mayweather
4) Hopkins
5) Calzaghe
6) Oscar De La Hoya
7) Israel Vasquez
8) Mikkel Kessler
9) Winky Wright
10) Carlos Baldomir

Honourable mentions.
Marco Antionio Barrera, Rocky Juarez, Edwin Valero, Shane Mosley, Ike Quartey, Arthur Abraham, Jermain Taylor, Wlad Klitchsko, Jorge Arce, Chris John. Joel Casamayor.

Fights of the year would have to include.
Valero vs Mosquero
Hatton vs Collazo
Barrera vs Juarez 1
Moore vs Macklin
Mbaye vs Balbi (forgot that little gem),
Adameck vs Briggs 2
Vargas vs Moseley 1
Pacquiao vs Morales 2
Baldomir vs Gatti
De La Hoya vs Mayorga

(Calzaghe vs Lacy was too one sided to be consider a classic fight).

Fight of the year (and its not even close in my mind):
Mahyar Monshipour vs Somsak Sithchatchawal

Top 10 fighters

1. Manny Pacquiao
2. Floyd Mayweather
3. Mikkel Kessler
4. Wladimir Klitschko
5. Juan Diaz
6. Joe Calzaghe
7. Shane Mosley
8. Chris John
9. Marco Antonio Barrera
10. Miguel Cotto

1. Calzaghe v Lacy
2. De La Hoya v Mayorga
3. Pacquiao v Morales 3

How are those fights of the year? They may have been your favorite results, but none of them were at all close, and before you get going that Hagler/Hearns was only 3 rounds, they were 2.5 extremely competitive rounds, Pac/Morales was anything but that.

1. Sithchatchawal/Monshipour
2. Moore/Macklin
3. Adamek/Briggs II

World

1. Pacquiao (I'm slightly dubious on this though as Raheem shut out Morales previous and Barrera beat him too)
2. Mayweather (top 2 at 147)
3. Baldomir (people forget now)
4. Wlad Klitchko (very good 18months)
5. Hopkins
6. Taylor
7. Vazquez
8. Cotto
9. Valero
10. Calazage
11. Cassamoya
12. O Neil Bell
13. Winky Wright
14. Delahoya
15. Ike Quartley

Fight of the Year

Mayol vs Kyowa
Monshipour vs Sithchatchawal
Lyakovich vs Brewster
Vazquez - Gonzales
Adamek - Briggs 2

salaco wrote:Fight of the Year

Mayol vs Kyowa
Monshipour vs Sithchatchawal
Lyakovich vs Brewster
Vazquez - Gonzales
Adamek - Briggs 2

Good calls Salaco...i started watching Mayol V Kyowa yesterday morning! Can't wait to see the finish. Heard Valero-Mosquera was a war as well, not seen it though.

Add Moore-Macklin to that above list and i totally agree. Monshipour-Sithchatchawal was awesome too. Good year

steve689 wrote:

salaco wrote:Fight of the Year

Mayol vs Kyowa
Monshipour vs Sithchatchawal
Lyakovich vs Brewster
Vazquez - Gonzales
Adamek - Briggs 2

Good calls Salaco...i started watching Mayol V Kyowa yesterday morning! Can't wait to see the finish. Heard Valero-Mosquera was a war as well, not seen it though.

Add Moore-Macklin to that above list and i totally agree. Monshipour-Sithchatchawal was awesome too. Good year

yeah, check out the Valero fight, its worth it, it is good for the first 3-4 rounds and becomes an ass-kicking thereafter....there've been better or more even fights....hernandez-escalante comes to mind, or cherry - santa cruz, but they're not world class....I wasn't too bothered about macklin-moore as both of them are scrubs IMO...

How are those fights of the year? They may have been your favorite results, but none of them were at all close, and before you get going that Hagler/Hearns was only 3 rounds, they were 2.5 extremely competitive rounds, Pac/Morales was anything but that.

Granted they weren't close results, but just because they weren't close doesn't mean they weren't good fights.
Calzaghe proved how good a fighter he was in the Lacy fight. He wasn't favoured by everyone and boxed rings around Lacy.
Oscar De La Hoya came back with a decent win and Morales/Pacquiao fight was a good ending to the trilogy.
I rated more on the fact they were important fights rather than as in the fight itself necessarily.
But i know where your coming from and in terms of actual fights there were probably some better ones out there.

P4P fighter ... Vacant

Fight ... Jose Miguel Cotto v Juan Diaz

Scrubs?? Dickhead, probably never had a fight!!

Freiheit wrote:Fight of the year (and its not even close in my mind):
Mahyar Monshipour vs Somsak Sithchatchawal

Good call, the super-bantamweight Castillo Corrales

Fight of the year:
Martin Kristjansen vs Stefano Zoff!