Goodbye '00s: A Salute to the 20 Greatest Fighters of the Decade

I think you are confusing career with decade. record for the last decade Roy 14-5 Oscar 8-5 Tito (Who I love, my all time favorite) 6-3 Dude Bradley has not have the longevity, he really broke out in 2008. Tzsuy really only fought till 2002 anything after that he was only fighting once a year. Didn't have the longevity. Juan Diaz? Come on bro now you just being a hater. Truthfully Calzaghe easily is top 20 fighters of the last decade. Is really not even up for debate. dude i might be a hater but calzaghe fought nobody kessler was raped by ward and bhop was 90 yrs old i dont mean wins losses i mean quality of opposition

1.roy jones 2.tito 3.bhop 4.oscar 5.manny 6.miguel cotto 7.&8. klits 9.arthur abraham 10.tszyu 11.eric morales 12.mab 13.jmm 14.rafael marquez 15.israel vasquez 16.sugar shane mosley 17.winky wright 18.floyd mayweather jr 19.vernon forrest 20.timothy bradley 21.juan diaz thats all i got from the top of my head I think you are confusing career with decade. record for the last decade Roy 14-5 Oscar 8-5 Tito (Who I love, my all time favorite) 6-3 Dude Bradley has not have the longevity, he really broke out in 2008. Tzsuy really only fought till 2002 anything after that he was only fighting once a year. Didn't have the longevity. Juan Diaz? Come on bro now you just being a hater. Truthfully Calzaghe easily is top 20 fighters of the last decade. Is really not even up for debate.

Name 20 fighters that were better than Calzaghe in this decade? 1.roy jones 2.tito 3.bhop 4.oscar 5.manny 6.miguel cotto 7.&8. klits 9.arthur abraham 10.tszyu 11.eric morales 12.mab 13.jmm 14.rafael marquez 15.israel vasquez 16.sugar shane mosley 17.winky wright 18.floyd mayweather jr 19.vernon forrest 20.timothy bradley 21.juan diaz thats all i got from the top of my head

1. Matthew Hatton (37-4-2, 14 KO's) Biography Hatton was born in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England to Ray and Carol. Before becoming a professional boxer, Hatton worked for the family carpet business as a carpet fitter. He and his girlfriend Jenna Coyne have a son named Jack, who was born in 2006. Unlike his brother Ricky, dad Ray, and the majority of his family who are supporters of Manchester City, Matthew supports Manchester United. Amateur Hatton began boxing at the age of 12, and had 22 amateur contests, winning 18. Professional Boxing Career Hatton's career as a professional boxer began in late 2000 with a point's victory over David White, on the undercard of brother Ricky's fight with Giuseppe Lauri. Hatton was undefeated in his first 13 fights before a point's loss to journeyman David Kirk in 2003. In 2004, Hatton went on to defeat Robert Burton to win the British Central Area welterweight title, and six months later defeated the same man to claim the light middleweight version of the title. British Title On 20 October, 2006, Hatton was disqualified for low blows in the tenth and final round of a British Welterweight title eliminator against Alan Bosworth. Victory may well have given Hatton a shot at the British Welterweight title which was held at the time by Scottish boxer Kevin Anderson. In 2007, Hatton won the IBF International welterweight title by defeating American Frank Houghtaling, and in his next fight defeated Puerto Rican Edwin Vazquez to win the IBF Inter-Continental title. Both fights were held in Las Vegas, Nevada on the undercard of Ricky Hatton's fights with Juan Urango and Jose Luis Castillo. Commonwealth Title On 28 May, 2008, Hatton lost to Craig Watson on a points decision with scores of 116-112, 117-112 and 118-111 in a challenge for the Commonwealth welterweight championship. The fight was held at the City of Manchester Stadium on the undercard of Ricky Hatton's fight with Juan Lazcano. A short time after his loss to Watson, Hatton decided to leave long-time trainer Billy Graham and his Phoenix Camp Gym. Hatton would go on to be trained at Bobby Rimmer's Boxing Academy based in Stalybridge under the guidance of Lee Beard, who is also assistant trainer to Ricky Hatton. Hatton vs. Ben Tackie Hatton fought former World title challenger Ben Tackie on the undercard of Ricky Hatton's fight with Paul Malignaggi at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas on 22 November, 2008. Tackie was defeated by Ricky Hatton over 12 rounds in December 2003. Hatton defeated Tackie via a convincing unanimous decision with scores of 98-92, 98-92 and 97-93 in a performance which has been described as the best of his career. Hatton vs. Bami On 28 March, 2009, Hatton defeated Ted Bami via a 6th round stoppage in an eliminator for the IBO welterweight Title. Hatton vs. Judah Hatton was scheduled to fight Zab Judah on September 19, 2009 at the MGM Grand arena in a welterweight bout as part of the undercard of the Mayweather-Marquez fight. This fight was postponed due to the main bout being postponed owing to a rib injury to Mayweather. Instead Hatton fought Lovemore N'dou for the IBO Welterweight title at Fenton Manor in Stoke-on-Trent on Novermber 13, 2009, the contest was scored a draw. Hatton vs. Mayweather British daily newspaper The Sun reported on 30 December 2009 that Hatton could face Floyd Mayweather Jr in a shock fight after Mayweathers proposed fight against Manny Pacquiao looked like it would not go ahead. I have to admit, that shit was funny

Who made this list a manny fan who has been watching boxing for a year?

We got a winner! Congratulations! 100,000 donated to mbandit!:banana: 1. Manny Pacquiao (PHI) 23(20)-1-2 Lineal World Titles: 3, Light Welterweight (02/05/09-Present); Super Featherweight (15/03/08-2008); Featherweight (15/11/03-2005) Sanctioning Body World Titles: 4, WBO Welterweight Champion (14/11/09-Present); WBC Lightweight Champion (28/06/08-2009); WBC Super Featherweight Champion; (15/03/08-2008); IBF Super Bantamweight Champion (23/06/01-2003) Notable victories : TKO 12 Miguel Cotto, KO 2 Ricky Hatton, RTD 8 Oscar de la Hoya, TKO 10 & KO 3 Erik Morales, TKO 11 & UD 12 Marco Antonio Barrera, UD Juan Manuel Marquez, TKO 9 David Diaz, TKO 6 Lehlohonolo Ledwaba There really wasn’t much discernible difference between Pacquiao and Mayweather’s resume this decade—the 2.5 point difference is testament to that. So I attribute this ranking to two things—i) Mayweather’s 18-month period of inactivity from 2008 to September 2009 (during which time Manny defeated Marquez, Diaz, De la Hoya, and Hatton); and ii) Manny’s annihilation of Miguel Cotto which transpired just six weeks ago. Unlike Mayweather, Pacquiao wasn’t greatly acknowledged by boxing insiders when 2000 began. It took time before Manny had the type of recognition lavished upon him that we see today. History judges elite fighters in large measure by their record against other elite fighters. Pacquiao has faced five of the fighters on this list—going 7-1-1. If you add his victory against Oscar de la Hoya, Manny has defeated seven Hall of Fame fighters this decade. Manny does not carry around an ‘0’ as if it's some affidavit to his credibility. He indeed has experienced three blights on his record, arguably four if you consider his rematch with Marquez. These knocks on his resume are a direct result of consistently fighting the best boxing has to offer—inevitably following such a path will result in defeat at some point. Six different weight classes have been graced with the Pac-Man’s presence. In the process, he has won four world titles at four different weights, adding two lineal championships in the other two divisions. He began the decade at Super Bantam where he was a naive, rugged, unrefined fighter who was defensively suspect. It was Freddie Roach who can take the credit for moulding him into the powerful, all-around fighter that stands before us today. Roach’s mentoring immediately paid dividends when in their first fight together Manny upset the lineal champion Ledwaba. His victory over Marco Antonio Barrera marked his coming out party at Featherweight and finally Manny gained recognition from boxing insiders. Barrera was the world No. 1 at 126 lbs. The Mexican legend had cleared out the division with defeats of Hamed, Morales, and Tapia. Pacquiao blew Barrera away scoring a resounding 11th-round stoppage and adding his second lineal title. During the period of 2004-2005, Manny drew against Marquez and suffered his last defeat of the decade against Morales. It was to be a year later that he began his remarkable run that lasts until this day. It began with avenging his defeat against Erik Morales in which he handed "El Terrible" his first stoppage loss. A rematch with Marquez shortly followed, and Pacquiao’s third-round knockdown of the Mexican proved to be the deciding factor in a series which requires a third and, hopefully, conclusive chapter. Manny followed up his sole bout at 135 lbs. by challenging the "Golden Boy." Although Manny looked extremely impressive in forcing Oscar to quit on his stool, the Golden Boy was a severely dehydrated shell of his former self. If anyone wished to argue that Bernard Hopkins or Floyd Mayweather was more deserving of this top spot, the rebuttal of such a theory was etched all over Miguel Cotto’s battered, bruised, and swollen features in November 2009. It could be argued Manny deserves a place on this list for that win alone. Manny fought the best and knocked out the best, 20 KOs in 23 bouts is an awesome percentage considering the majority of his bouts were against elite fighters. "The Pride of the Philippines" has pulverised genetic barriers with an awesome determination and will to succeed. Often he has been placed in scenarios where he has been forced to dig deep, but as the true greats often do, he comes out with a victory. I hope all of you have enjoyed my countdown, and I look forward to hearing your own lists and comments. Thank you, I really can't argue against that pick.

Manny Pacquiao? We got a winner! Congratulations! 100,000 donated to mbandit!:banana: 1. Manny Pacquiao (PHI) 23(20)-1-2 Lineal World Titles: 3, Light Welterweight (02/05/09-Present); Super Featherweight (15/03/08-2008); Featherweight (15/11/03-2005) Sanctioning Body World Titles: 4, WBO Welterweight Champion (14/11/09-Present); WBC Lightweight Champion (28/06/08-2009); WBC Super Featherweight Champion; (15/03/08-2008); IBF Super Bantamweight Champion (23/06/01-2003) Notable victories : TKO 12 Miguel Cotto, KO 2 Ricky Hatton, RTD 8 Oscar de la Hoya, TKO 10 & KO 3 Erik Morales, TKO 11 & UD 12 Marco Antonio Barrera, UD Juan Manuel Marquez, TKO 9 David Diaz, TKO 6 Lehlohonolo Ledwaba There really wasn’t much discernible difference between Pacquiao and Mayweather’s resume this decade—the 2.5 point difference is testament to that. So I attribute this ranking to two things—i) Mayweather’s 18-month period of inactivity from 2008 to September 2009 (during which time Manny defeated Marquez, Diaz, De la Hoya, and Hatton); and ii) Manny’s annihilation of Miguel Cotto which transpired just six weeks ago. Unlike Mayweather, Pacquiao wasn’t greatly acknowledged by boxing insiders when 2000 began. It took time before Manny had the type of recognition lavished upon him that we see today. History judges elite fighters in large measure by their record against other elite fighters. Pacquiao has faced five of the fighters on this list—going 7-1-1. If you add his victory against Oscar de la Hoya, Manny has defeated seven Hall of Fame fighters this decade. Manny does not carry around an ‘0’ as if it's some affidavit to his credibility. He indeed has experienced three blights on his record, arguably four if you consider his rematch with Marquez. These knocks on his resume are a direct result of consistently fighting the best boxing has to offer—inevitably following such a path will result in defeat at some point. Six different weight classes have been graced with the Pac-Man’s presence. In the process, he has won four world titles at four different weights, adding two lineal championships in the other two divisions. He began the decade at Super Bantam where he was a naive, rugged, unrefined fighter who was defensively suspect. It was Freddie Roach who can take the credit for moulding him into the powerful, all-around fighter that stands before us today. Roach’s mentoring immediately paid dividends when in their first fight together Manny upset the lineal champion Ledwaba. His victory over Marco Antonio Barrera marked his coming out party at Featherweight and finally Manny gained recognition from boxing insiders. Barrera was the world No. 1 at 126 lbs. The Mexican legend had cleared out the division with defeats of Hamed, Morales, and Tapia. Pacquiao blew Barrera away scoring a resounding 11th-round stoppage and adding his second lineal title. During the period of 2004-2005, Manny drew against Marquez and suffered his last defeat of the decade against Morales. It was to be a year later that he began his remarkable run that lasts until this day. It began with avenging his defeat against Erik Morales in which he handed "El Terrible" his first stoppage loss. A rematch with Marquez shortly followed, and Pacquiao’s third-round knockdown of the Mexican proved to be the deciding factor in a series which requires a third and, hopefully, conclusive chapter. Manny followed up his sole bout at 135 lbs. by challenging the "Golden Boy." Although Manny looked extremely impressive in forcing Oscar to quit on his stool, the Golden Boy was a severely dehydrated shell of his former self. If anyone wished to argue that Bernard Hopkins or Floyd Mayweather was more deserving of this top spot, the rebuttal of such a theory was etched all over Miguel Cotto’s battered, bruised, and swollen features in November 2009. It could be argued Manny deserves a place on this list for that win alone. Manny fought the best and knocked out the best, 20 KOs in 23 bouts is an awesome percentage considering the majority of his bouts were against elite fighters. "The Pride of the Philippines" has pulverised genetic barriers with an awesome determination and will to succeed. Often he has been placed in scenarios where he has been forced to dig deep, but as the true greats often do, he comes out with a victory. I hope all of you have enjoyed my countdown, and I look forward to hearing your own lists and comments.

salute im going to sleep. much love to manny http://www.hbo.com/boxing/img/features/234x246/pacquiao-b-234x246.jpg

:rofl: he already said it's Pacquiao bro that cant be... quote please

okej whats going on here. this threat is not over jet its not close ... where is the TS. where is he why dont he tell us who won..

100,000 points to the 1st poster who can aswer it right.:fing02: Manny Pacquiao?

oy my goodness what in hell are u doing ..tell us who won Im fukkin serios

Wrong answer!:p Im dreaming about all these nice things i can buy with these 100k points :D:D i got that i got that:boxing:

emmanuel augustus Wrong answer!:p

jes it is Is that your final aswer?:p jes it is :owned:

Is that your final aswer?:p I think bbboxing has the right answer...

100,000 points to the 1st poster who can aswer it right.:fing02: emmanuel augustus

hahaha at clazaghe and ottke being in the top 20 Name 20 fighters that were better than Calzaghe in this decade?

Vitali K. : Is that your final aswer?:p

100,000 points to the 1st poster who can aswer it right.:fing02: Vitali K. :