Fighter of the decade

[genialus75]

my pick would be floyd mayweather jr...

if he comes back and beats JMM, pacquiao and/or mosley.

right at this moment its hopkins for me.

[The_Demon]

BOYS, with a year to go before the decade ends, who do you think should be fighter of the decade?

HOPKINS- undisputed middleweight champion with 20 successful defenses, a schooling of oscar de la hoya, antonio tarver and kelly pavlik ...

MAYWEATHER jr- superb boxing skills with incomparable defense... championships in five different weight classes and an undefeated record

CALZAGHE- undisputed super middleweight champion (regardless of politics) and lineal light heavyweight champion who is also undefeated...

PACQUIAO- a former flyweight champion who has a TKO win over a former middleweight titlist... championships in five different classes (regardless of politics)

they are all great fighters,gota say hopkins though,hes still going strong but pacquiao could over-take him imo

[Ishy Aytan]

Easily Money Mayweather, closely followed by Pac or Hopkins, possibly Pac over Hopkins.

Hopkins losses to Taylor and Calzaghe show a blip in his resume i think personally. Pac lost to Morales who already had wars with Barerra.

As it stands at the moment, Mayweather is fighter of the decade.

[FloydsEra]

Floyd Money Mayweather #1!!!!

Slopkins had undersized opponents

Pac hasn't faced the comp and is one dimensional...same goes for Joe C.

[Left Hook Tua]

Hopkins
He has 10 defenses of his middleweight title in the 2000s, and beats Trinidad, De La Hoya, Tarver, Winky Wright, and Kelly Pavlik.

yeah but 8 of those 10 defenses were against robert allen.

[Savino]

If i'm going off you're list then id go with;

Hopkins
Mayweather
Pacman
Calzaghe

[Left Hook Tua]

this decade belongs to pacquiao.

beat ledwaba in 2001 when ledwaba was top 1 or 2 at 122. manny was also a last minute replacement.

beat barrera in 2003 when barrera was high on the top 10 p4p list. manny was just suppose to be a tuneup considering he was jumping to fight his 1st fight at 126.

he went on to fight barrera , marquez and morales who were the top guys at 126 and 130. barrera and marquez was his 1st 2 fights at 126 jumping from 122. morales was his first fight at 130 jumping from 126. all of this in a space of a year and a half.

from 2001-2008 manny won the ibf122 , ring 126 , wbc130 , ring130 and wbc135 titles.

he's now on his way to challenge for the ring140 against another top 10 p4p fighter.

he's fought 2 atg's in barrera and morales , 6 hofers who has been top 10 p4p in a total of 10 fights in a space of 6-7 years.

[talip bin osman]

MP already has 2 RING & BWAA fighter of the year honors... none in the candidates has had 2 in this decade except MP...

all his past accomplishments & a 4th lineal title if he beats hatton seals the frigging deal...

[bsrizpac]

Hopkins = 13-3

Mayweather = 17-0

Calzaghe = 19-0

Pacquiao = 21-1-2


Therefore Calzaghe is fighter of the decade due to most fights won in the 2000's without a loss.

this is really bad logic even for a Joe fan.

ALSO PAC got KOed in 1996 and 1999. He only has one loss in the 2000s.

Glad I can help educate.

[bsrizpac]

yeah but 8 of those 10 defenses were against robert allen.

Hopkins still KOed Tito. I know you'll never get over it, but he's a great fighter despite your man-love for only fat fighers.