1) Juan Manuel Marquez KO9 Juan Diaz
2) Carl Froch TKO12 Jermain Taylor
3) Bernard Dunne TKO11 Ricardo Cordoba
4) Brian Viloria KO11 Ulises Solis
5) Andre Berto UD Luis Collazo
6) Manny Pacquiao KO2 Ricky Hatton
7) Nate Campbell MD Ali Funeka
8) Chris John Draw Rocky Juarez
9) Shane Mosley TKO9 Antonio Margarito
10) Tomasz Adamek TKO8 Johnathon Banks
JuanMa-Mtgawa MUST be on any top-10 list for 2009. That was a GREAT fight, as JuanMa was pushed much further than expected and needed to dig deep to win.
hopefully we'll be able to add a HW fight to that list soon, vitali/arreola has the potential to be a real slugfest.
i think the bouts in the super 6 will figure heavily over the coming years as well - imo JT vs AA could well be on a shortlist for fight of the year.
hopefully williams makes a fight with mundine/sturm or who knows maybe even kelly, b-hop at 168 is not right for him imo.
If you've seen it then it has to be Cordoba v Dunne but if you havent you will probably go for Marquez v Diaz
I urge everyone to youtube the Dunne/Cordoba fight - it had everything.
Not close to be honest, JMM vs Diaz has been by far the best IMO.
The Dunne fight was good but lacked the class, Cotto vs Clottey was another cracker but falls short of the Marquez scrap
The updated list:
1) Juan Manuel Marquez KO9 Juan Diaz
2) Carl Froch TKO12 Jermain Taylor
3) Bernard Dunne TKO11 Ricardo Cordoba
4) Miguel Cotto SD Joshua Clottey
5) Brian Viloria KO11 Ulises Solis
6) Marcos Maidana TKO6 Victor Ortiz
7) Andre Berto UD Luis Collazo
8) Manny Pacquiao KO2 Ricky Hatton
9) Nate Campbell MD Ali Funeka
10) Jean Pascal UD Adrian Diaconu
It's been a pretty good year so far despite all the cancellations, but Marquez-Diaz is still #1 in my eyes.
I would take off 8 and 9 and replace with Fragomeni-Wlodacryz, Mundine-Geale, or Cintron-Angulo. There was another candidate on Showtime Abregu-Garcia I think
U forgot Cotto-Clottey!!!! It was far better than half those fights, but Marquez/ Diaz was by far the best fight so far this year.
once again, it's an old thread, read the updated list I posted on page 3
1) Juan Manuel Marquez KO9 Juan Diaz
2) Carl Froch TKO12 Jermain Taylor
3) Bernard Dunne TKO11 Ricardo Cordoba
4) Brian Viloria KO11 Ulises Solis
5) Andre Berto UD Luis Collazo
6) Manny Pacquiao KO2 Ricky Hatton
7) Nate Campbell MD Ali Funeka
8) Chris John Draw Rocky Juarez
9) Shane Mosley TKO9 Antonio Margarito
10) Tomasz Adamek TKO8 Johnathon Banks
U forgot Cotto-Clottey!!!! It was far better than half those fights, but Marquez/ Diaz was by far the best fight so far this year.
I picked Froch vs Taylor.
However.... Why isn't Cotto/Clottey on this list? It deserves to at least make an appearence.
This is an old thread I just bumped it and I don't know how to update polls.