Top 10 Must Watch Fights Of The Year (From 2000 on)

[El Chicano]

thats a good list but it seems to be lacking in heavyweight fights?

That's cuz the Heavy's have been lagging it for that past decade.

[Silencers]

Lesser known fights like Luis Collazo vs Jose Antonio Rivera (2005), Ivan Valle vs Jose Reyes (2008), Jorge Arce vs Rafael Concepcion (2008), Michael Gomez vs Alex Arthur (2003), Antwun Echols vs Charles Brewer (2001), Richard Hall vs Julian Letterlough (2003), Sergei Lyakhvovich vs Lamon Brewster (2006), Israel Vazquez vs Oscar Larios 2 (2002), Clinton Woods vs Julio Cesar Gonzalez 2 (2007), Tomasz Adamek vs Paul Briggs 1 & 2 (2005, 2006), Michael Katsidis vs Graham Earl (2007), David Haye vs Carl Thompson (2004), Diego Corrales vs Joel Casamayor 1 (2003), Dean Francis vs Tony Oakey (2008), Vinny Maddalone vs Shannon Miller (2005), Tomas Villa vs Rogers Mtagwa (2008), Amir Khan vs Michael Gomez (2008), Jeff Lacy vs Epifanio Mendoza (2008), Alfredo Angulo vs Richard Gutierrez (2008) etc. may not be the most 'must watch' fights since 2000 but would definitely keep you entertained.

Most of the more popular ones have already been listed.

[El Chicano]

Lesser known fights like Luis Collazo vs Jose Antonio Rivera (2005), Ivan Valle vs Jose Reyes (2008), Jorge Arce vs Rafael Concepcion (2008), Michael Gomez vs Alex Arthur (2003), Antwun Echols vs Charles Brewer (2001), Richard Hall vs Julian Letterlough (2003), Sergei Lyakhvovich vs Lamon Brewster (2006), Israel Vazquez vs Oscar Larios 2 (2002), Clinton Woods vs Julio Cesar Gonzalez 2 (2007), Tomasz Adamek vs Paul Briggs 1 & 2 (2005, 2006), Michael Katsidis vs Graham Earl (2007), David Haye vs Carl Thompson (2004), Diego Corrales vs Joel Casamayor 1 (2003), Dean Francis vs Tony Oakey (2008), Vinny Maddalone vs Shannon Miller (2005), Tomas Villa vs Rogers Mtagwa (2008), Amir Khan vs Michael Gomez (2008), Jeff Lacy vs Epifanio Mendoza (2008), Alfredo Angulo vs Richard Gutierrez (2008) etc. may not be the most 'must watch' fights since 2000 but would definitely keep you entertained.

Most of the more popular ones have already been listed.

All good fights there Silencers. Just wanna add Julio Cesar Gonzalez vs. Julian Letterlough, 2001 I believe, what a slugfest.

[Silencers]

All good fights there Silencers. Just wanna add Julio Cesar Gonzalez vs. Julian Letterlough, 2001 I believe, what a slugfest.

Yeah, that was a very good one as well.

[MissDeeCole]

thanks alot, keep them coming people

[Thread Stealer]

thats a good list but it seems to be lacking in heavyweight fights?

Brewster-Liakovich was an excellent HW fight.


Marco Antonio Barrera-Erik Morales 1 (2000)
Felix Trinidad-Fernando Vargas (2000)
Micky Ward-Emmanuel Augustus (2001)
Micky Ward-Arturo Gatti 1 (2002)
James Toney-Vassily Jirov (2003)
Michael Gomez-Alex Arthur (2003)
Diego Corrales-Jose Luis Castillo 1 (2005)
Miguel Cotto-Ricardo Torres (2005)
Sergie Liakovich-Lamon Brewster (2006)
Somsak Sithchatchawal-Mahyar Monshipour (2006)
Israel Vazquez-Rafael Marquez 2 (2007)
Tomas Villa-Rogers Mtagwa (2008)
Antonio Margarito-Miguel Cotto (2008)
Israel Vazquez-Rafael Marquez 3 (2008)

[Sin City]

Here is top 10 for 2005:
Castillo v Corrales I
Erik Morales v Pacquiao I
Miguel Cotto v Ricardo Torres
Jorge Arce v Hussien Hussien
Tomasz Adamek v Paul Briggs
Jesus Chavez v Jose Hernandez
Vicente Mosquera v Yodsanan Nanthachai
Vinny Maddalone v Shannon Miller
Jhonny Gonzalez v William Gonzalez
Jason Litzau v John Nolasco
Michael Hunter v Esham Pickerin
Oscar Larios v Wayne McCullough I



don't thank me.. thank espn:

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/columns/story?id=2271568

[Sin City]

I got tired of typing so here is 2006:

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/columns/story?id=2698681

2008:

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/columns/story?columnist=rafael_dan&id=3800364

[El Chicano]

In terms of name value, fight quality, historical importance, and fight hype, I came up with the following list of fights that I felt were the top 10 in each year since 2000. I think replay value tells a lot and most of these fights I can watch over and over again.

2000:
Erik Morales vs Marco Antonio Barrera I
Tito Trinidad vs Fernando Vargas
Shane Mosley vs Oscar De La Hoya I
Tito Trinidad vs David Reid
Fernando Vargas vs Ike Quartey
Floyd Mayweather vs Emanuel Burton
Lennox Lewis vs Michael Grant
Paul Ingle vs Junior Jones
Ben Tackie vs Roberto Garcia
Paulie Ayala vs Johnny Tapia II

2001:
Micky Ward vs Emanuel Burton
Julio Cesar Gonzalez vs. Julian Letterlough
Marco Antonio Barrera vs Naseem Hamed
Hasim Rahman vs Lennox Lewis I
Bernard Hopkins vs Felix Trinidad
Felix Trinidad vs William Joppy
Floyd Mayweather vs Diego Corrales
Jose Luis Castillo vs Cesar Bazan
Antwun Echols vs Charles Brewer
Joel Casamayor vs Roberto Garcia

2002:
Micky Ward vs Arturo Gatti I
Arturo Gatti vs Micky Ward II
Marco Antonio Barrera vs Erik Morales II
Oscar De La Hoya vs Fernando Vargas
Floyd Mayweather vs Jose Luis Castillo I
Israel Vazquez vs Oscar Larios II
Lennox Lewis vs Mike Tyson
Rafael Marquez vs Mark Johnson II
Raul Balbi vs Leonard Dorin
Shane Mosley vs Vernon Forrest

2003:
Micky Ward vs Arturo Gatti III
Richard Hall vs Julian Letterlough
Vassiliy Jirov vs James Toney
Acelino Freitas vs Jorge Barrios
Diego Corrales vs Joel Casamayor I
Rafael Marquez vs Tim Austin
Manny Pacquiao vs Marco Antonio Barrera
Roy Jones Jr vs John Ruiz
Corrie Sanders vs Wladimir Klitschko
Roy Jones Jr vs Antonio Tarver I

2004:
Marco Antonio Barrera vs Erik Morales III
Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez I
Diego Corrales vs Acelino Freitas
Tito Trinidad vs Ricardo Mayorga
Bernard Hopkins vs Oscar De La Hoya
Glen Johnson vs Roy Jones
Antonio Tarver vs Roy Jones II
Lamon Brewster vs Wladimir Klitschko
Erik Morales vs Jesus Chavez
Daniel Santos vs Antonio Margarito II

2005:
Diego Corrales vs Jose Luis Castillo I
Erik Morales vs Manny Pacquiao I
Miguel Cotto vs Ricardo Torres
Jorge Arce vs Hussien Hussien
Jean Marc-Mormeck vs Wayne Braithwaite
Ricky Hatton vs Kostya Tszyu
Antonio Margarito vs Kermit Cintron I
Floyd Mayweather vs Arturo Gatti
Joel Casamayor vs Almazbek Raiymkulov
Miguel Cotto vs DeMarcus Corley

2006:
Somsak Sithchatchawal vs Mahyar Monshipour
O'Neil Bell vs Jean-Marc Mormeck I
Israel Vazquez vs Jhonny Gonzalez
Manny Pacquiao vs Erik Morales II
Manny Pacquiao vs Erik Morales III
Marco Antonio Barrera vs Rocky Juarez I
Rafael Marquez vs Silence Mabuza II
Bernard Hopkins vs Antonio Tarver
Oscar De La Hoya vs Ricardo Mayorga
Arthur Abraham vs Edison Miranda I

2007:
Rafael Marquez vs Israel Vasquez I
Israel Vasquez vs Rafael Marquez II
Sakio Bika vs Jaidon Codrington
Kelly Pavlik vs Jermain Taylor I
Miguel Cotto vs Zab Judah
Paul Williams vs Antonio Margarito
Floyd Mayweather vs Ricky Hatton
Miguel Cotto vs Shane Mosley
Floyd Mayweather vs Oscar De La Hoya
Juan Manuel Marquez vs Marco Antonio Barrera

2008:
Israel Vasquez vs Rafael Marquez III
Antonio Margarito vs Miguel Cotto
Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez II
Tomas Villa vs Rogers Mtagwa
Joel Casamayor vs Michael Katsidis
Chris Arreola and Travis Walker
Antonio Margarito vs Kermit Cintron II
Lucian Bute vs Librado Andrade
Chad Dawson vs Glenn Johnson
Manny Pacquiao vs Oscar De La Hoya

[ATFsven]

James Toney vs. Vassily Jirov
2003

That was a fantastic fight