Top Ten Fights of the 90s and 00s (thus far)

1990s: 10) Riddick Bowe W DQ 9 Andrew Golota 9) Riddick Bowe W 12 Evander Holyfield 8) Michael Moorer TKO 5 Bert Cooper 7) Arturo Gatti KO 6 Wilson Rodriguez 6) Robert Quiroga W 12 Kid Akeem Anifowoshe 5) Marco Antonio Barrera TKO 12 Kennedy McKinney 4) Nigel Benn KO 10 Gerald McCellan (I hate this fight and never watch it) 3) Julio Cesar Chavez TKO 12 Meldrick Taylor 2) Ivan Robinson W 10 Arturo Gatti (first fight) 1) Michael Carbajal KO7 Humberto Gonzalez Others outside the top 10: Kevin Kelley KO 8 Derrick Gainer, Naseem Hamed KO 4 Kevin Kelley, Arturo Gatti TKO 5 Gabe Ruelas, Frankie Randall W 12 Julio Cesar Chavez, Jorge Castro TKO 9 John David Jackson, Derrick Jefferson Ko 6 Mo Harris, Frank Liles KO 3 Tim Littles 2000- present: I'm still waiting on my copy of Sithchatchawal-Monshipour so it's not on the list, yet. 10) Oscar De La Hoya TKO 11 Fernando Vargas 9) Micky Ward W 10 Emanuel Burton/Augustus 8) Marco Antonio Barrera W 12 Erik Morales (3rd fight) 7) James Toney W 12 Vasilly Jirov 6) Sergei Liakhovich W 12 Lamon Brewster 5) Micky Ward W 10 Arturo Gatti 4) Felix Trinidad TKO 12 Fernando Vargas 3) Miguel Cotto TKO 7 Ricardo Torres 2) Erik Morales W 12 Marco Antonio Barrera 1) Diego Corrales TKO 10 Jose Luis Castillo Others outside the top 10: Fernando Vargas W 12 Ike Quartey, Manny Pacquiao TKO 10 Erik Morales, Manny Pacquiao D 12 Juan Manuel Marquez, Lennox Lewis TKO 6 Vitali Klitschko

Comments (11)

Antonio

That's an error, for Barerra Morales! It should be the first and third! As for Jones-Telesco..... I gues it's a matter of opinion. For me, it was the single greatest display of boxing I've ever seen in my life. Awe-inspiring. Mayweather-Gatti was beautiful in the same sense. Maybe I'm a sadist. I love to see the beatdowns which were implemented through skill. Im with you on the Mayweather/Gatti beat down. It was a showcase of beautiful boxing skill.

19y ago

oldgringo

That fight was crazy. Torres dropped in round one. Cotto badly hurt in round 2 and then dropped. Cotto making a comeback in rounds 3 and 4 and doing some good work. Then Cotto again badly hurt in round 5. Cotto comes back and drops Torres in round 6. Then Miguel finishes the job in round 7. And when Cotto was hurt, it wasn't momentarily. He was almost out on his feet, stumbling around, in both rounds 2 and 5. exactly...that fight was gold. i'd say taylor/chavez was my #1 of the 90's (its my favorite fight of all-time because of everything encompassed in the fight). i think that toney/jirov was one of the 5 best fights since 2000. phone booth mayhem on top of a beautiful style contrast on top of last round drama. the cruiserweight king against the cagey ex-champ on a compelling comeback. it had one of the finest final rounds of all-time.

19y ago

Hydro

As for Jones-Telesco..... I gues it's a matter of opinion. For me, it was the single greatest display of boxing I've ever seen in my life. Awe-inspiring. Mayweather-Gatti was beautiful in the same sense. Maybe I'm a sadist. I love to see the beatdowns which were implemented through skill. I'm a little sadistic too. I enjoy watching beatings when there's top notch skill involved too. But I thought Roy's beating of Hall was better than his beating of Telesco. Some of my favorite beatings of all-time are Qawi-L. Spinks, Chavez-Rosario, Duran-Moore, PBF-Gatti, PBF-Ndou, Tyson-Biggs, Tszyu-MAGO, and Hopkins-Johnson. Actually that's for another thread I will start.

19y ago

KNine

I'm a little puzzled by these choices. Jones-Telesco and PBF-Gatti were one-sided beatdowns (especially PBF-Gatti) and Barrera-Morales II was by far the weakest of their trilogy. That's an error, for Barerra Morales! It should be the first and third! As for Jones-Telesco..... I gues it's a matter of opinion. For me, it was the single greatest display of boxing I've ever seen in my life. Awe-inspiring. Mayweather-Gatti was beautiful in the same sense. Maybe I'm a sadist. I love to see the beatdowns which were implemented through skill.

19y ago

Hydro

Good list, but I don't know about Cotto-Torres being up there. That fight was crazy. Torres dropped in round one. Cotto badly hurt in round 2 and then dropped. Cotto making a comeback in rounds 3 and 4 and doing some good work. Then Cotto again badly hurt in round 5. Cotto comes back and drops Torres in round 6. Then Miguel finishes the job in round 7. And when Cotto was hurt, it wasn't momentarily. He was almost out on his feet, stumbling around, in both rounds 2 and 5.

19y ago

Hydro

2000-Present? Jones-Telesco Morales-Barerra II Oscar-Fernando Ward Gatti I Mayweather-Gatti Ward-Augustus Trinidad-Vargas Barerra-Morales I Manshipour-Sithchatchawal Coralles-Castillo I I'm a little puzzled by these choices. Jones-Telesco and PBF-Gatti were one-sided beatdowns (especially PBF-Gatti) and Barrera-Morales II was by far the weakest of their trilogy.

19y ago

KNine

90's? Benn-Logan (just watch!) Barerra-Mckinney Sosa-Tate (loved the fight) Hamed-Kelley Mayweather-Burton Tyson-Ruddock I Bowe-Holyfield I Tua-Ruiz (lol) Chavez-Taylor (sad, sad fight.... a travesty, really) Carbajal-Gonzales 2000-Present? Jones-Telesco Morales-Barerra II Oscar-Fernando Ward Gatti I Mayweather-Gatti Ward-Augustus Trinidad-Vargas Barerra-Morales I Manshipour-Sithchatchawal Coralles-Castillo I

19y ago

Good list, but I don't know about Cotto-Torres being up there.

19y ago

The_Raging_Bull

Good lists Hydro! :biggthump I cant be fucked making mine just now but i doubt id change TOO much anyway! You willing to trade bro? And Hydro, that's a great list.

19y ago

The_Surgeon

Good lists Hydro! :biggthump I cant be fucked making mine just now but i doubt id change TOO much anyway!

19y ago

Hydro

Bowe-Golota II would be higher but the ending makes it a little lower. Besides Golota's insanity, that was a crazy and brutal fight.

19y ago