top five fights of 2005

that one fight on showtime where they had the double KD

This is probably blashemy to many of you but I think the Chico-Castillo fight is a tad overrated. Don't get me wrong, it was dramatic and a good fight but I had problems with it stylistically. I generally don't care for phone booth fights where the two guys are on top of each other all night plus neither boxer appeals to me personality wise so I don't have a real rooting interest when I watch it. I do admit it was the best fight this year but if you gave me a choice of what I'd want to watch, it wouldn't be all that high on my list

1. Diego Corrales vs. Jose Luis Castillo I 2. Jorge Arce vs. Hussein Hussein I 3. Jesus Chavez vs. Carlos Hernandez 4. Oscar Larios vs. Wayne McCullough I 5. Erik Morales vs. Manny Pacquiao I 6. Ricky Hatton vs. Kostya Tszyu 7. Calvin Brock vs. Jameel McCline 8. Humberto Soto vs. Rocky Juarez 9. Jean-Marc Mormeck vs. Wayne Braithwaite 10. Jermain Taylor vs. Bernard Hopkins I Some of my next 15 didn't make the cut because they were lopsided and/or didn't really last long enough to fairly rate against the Top 10... SECOND 15 (in no particular order): Brewster-Krasniqi, Brewster-Golota, Castillo-Corrales II, Powell-Bundrage, Bell-Rothmann, Tarver-Johnson II, Spinks-Judah II, Mayweather-Gatti, Wright-Trinidad, Adamek-Briggs, Cotto-Torres, Jones-Braithwaite, Barrett-Beck, Taylor-Hopkins II, Lacy-Williams

1. Diego Corrales vs. Jose Luis Castillo I 2. Jorge Arce vs. Hussein Hussein I 3. Jesus Chavez vs. Carlos Hernandez 4. Oscar Larios vs. Wayne McCullough I 5. Erik Morales vs. Manny Pacquiao I 6. Ricky Hatton vs. Kostya Tszyu 7. Calvin Brock vs. Jameel McCline 8. Humberto Soto vs. Rocky Juarez 9. Jean-Marc Mormeck vs. Wayne Braithwaite 10. Jermain Taylor vs. Bernard Hopkins I My next 10 didn't make the cut because they were lopsided and/or didn't really last long enough to fairly rate against the Top 10... SECOND 15 (in no particular order): Brewster-Krasniqi, Brewster-Golota, Castillo-Corrales II, Powell-Bundrage, Bell-Rothmann, Tarver-Johnson II, Spinks-Judah II, Mayweather-Gatti, Wright-Trinidad, Adamek-Briggs, Cotto-Torres, Jones-Braithwaite, Barrett-Beck, Taylor-Hopkins II, Lacy-Williams

1. Castillo-Corrales 1 2. Cotto-Torres 3. Arce-Hussein 4. Hatton-Tszyu 5. Castillo-Corrales 2

Hatton Tszyu Corrales Castillo Morales Paquiao Cotto Torres And RJJ Tarver... just kidding...maybe...raheem morales.

1. castillo/corrales 1 2. morales/pacquiao 1 3. arce/hussein 1 4. cotto/torres 5. adamek/briggs thats my list.

i did see the briggs fight which was awsome and also i was at the braithwait fight . on the undercard was collazo vs rivera it was a great fight but was not televised

lol, at first, i just thought this was a link to the mainpage when i saw poppapump in here... 1. Corrales vs Castillo I 2. Morales vs Pacquiao 3. Arce vs Hussein I 4. Cotto vs Torres 5. Larios vs McCullough I ...among others really wish fight fans (myself included) would've been able to see Paul Briggs-Tomasz Adamek. Pretty good year for boxing. and although 'fight of the year' honors go to fighters of typically equal talent, i really enjoyed Wright/Trinidad & Soliman, Barrera/Peden, Lacy/Reid & Pemberton this year too.

5. braithwaite vs mormeck This fight is totally out of place among the other four, Braithwaite was dominated in a one-sided fight.