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By Jake Donovan - The first ten years of the 2000’s was a decade that saw more unification matches than any other ten-year period since the inception of alphabet titles.
It was a decade in which we said goodbye to boxing on free network television, but found a replacement to the long-ago phased out black box in the form of online piracy and video uploads.
The power structure of the sport shifted from the heavyweight division – in a dismal state – to the lower weight classes, with the greatest paydays to be found in and around the welterweight division, but for the land of super bantamweights to provide the most instant classics.
Pay-per-view was used as a tool far too often, although the sport finally managed to get it right as the 00’s came to a close.
History was made at the box office as well as in the ring over the past ten years, producing the highest grossing fight of all time, record-breaking title reigns at super middleweight and flyweight, and a fighter who would singlehandedly redefine the term pound-for-pound, with records set for lineal and alphabet championships won in the most weight classes.
But history alone is not defined by world records. The most lucrative films of all time are rarely if ever the best. The same holds true in the ring. In fact, rare is the occasion when the sport’s biggest stars can be found in the fights greater remembered for what took place from bell to bell than for the pre-fight hype leading up to an event.
Case in point, Boxingscene.com’s list of the best fights of the first ten years of the 2000’s. [Click Here To Read More]
It was a decade in which we said goodbye to boxing on free network television, but found a replacement to the long-ago phased out black box in the form of online piracy and video uploads.
The power structure of the sport shifted from the heavyweight division – in a dismal state – to the lower weight classes, with the greatest paydays to be found in and around the welterweight division, but for the land of super bantamweights to provide the most instant classics.
Pay-per-view was used as a tool far too often, although the sport finally managed to get it right as the 00’s came to a close.
History was made at the box office as well as in the ring over the past ten years, producing the highest grossing fight of all time, record-breaking title reigns at super middleweight and flyweight, and a fighter who would singlehandedly redefine the term pound-for-pound, with records set for lineal and alphabet championships won in the most weight classes.
But history alone is not defined by world records. The most lucrative films of all time are rarely if ever the best. The same holds true in the ring. In fact, rare is the occasion when the sport’s biggest stars can be found in the fights greater remembered for what took place from bell to bell than for the pre-fight hype leading up to an event.
Case in point, Boxingscene.com’s list of the best fights of the first ten years of the 2000’s. [Click Here To Read More]
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