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

[Hydro]

1990s:

10) Rid**** Bowe W DQ 9 Andrew Golota
9) Rid**** 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

[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.

[The Surgeon]

Good lists Hydro! I cant be ****ed making mine just now but i doubt id change TOO much anyway!

[The Raging Bull]

Good lists Hydro! I cant be ****ed making mine just now but i doubt id change TOO much anyway!

You willing to trade bro?

And Hydro, that's a great list.

[-EX-]

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

[K-Nine]

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

[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.

[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.

[K-Nine]

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.

[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.