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By Cliff Rold - Ten years goes by fast. The first truly great fight of the decade, Marco Antonio Barrera-Erik Morales I, doesn’t feel like that long ago.
Then again, neither do the primes of Mike Tyson and Sugar Ray Leonard.
The point is time passes quickly. Once a year, the world acknowledges that with remembrances of the last twelve months. Those aren’t too difficult. They work the short term memory, picking out those things which still felt vital in the time of their selection. A whole decade can be more difficult, forcing a harder look at the pockets of time, comparing moments of greatness to longer bodies of work.
Voting was solicited amongst the BoxingScene staff for top ten’s of the decade but some went above and beyond in their considerations and rated more. Many of those votes are included and reflected here as well; all fighters from 18 forward received editorial voting consideration.
This fighter review, a look back at the best of the 00’s, began previously by examining fighters who just missed the cut. Today, attention turns to the first fifteen fighters who did. Remarkably, in a supposed down decade, there is not a single fighter who doesn’t deserve to be at least voted on for the Hall of Fame and there are less than a handful that aren’t almost guaranteed enshrinement. [Click Here To Read More]
Then again, neither do the primes of Mike Tyson and Sugar Ray Leonard.
The point is time passes quickly. Once a year, the world acknowledges that with remembrances of the last twelve months. Those aren’t too difficult. They work the short term memory, picking out those things which still felt vital in the time of their selection. A whole decade can be more difficult, forcing a harder look at the pockets of time, comparing moments of greatness to longer bodies of work.
Voting was solicited amongst the BoxingScene staff for top ten’s of the decade but some went above and beyond in their considerations and rated more. Many of those votes are included and reflected here as well; all fighters from 18 forward received editorial voting consideration.
This fighter review, a look back at the best of the 00’s, began previously by examining fighters who just missed the cut. Today, attention turns to the first fifteen fighters who did. Remarkably, in a supposed down decade, there is not a single fighter who doesn’t deserve to be at least voted on for the Hall of Fame and there are less than a handful that aren’t almost guaranteed enshrinement. [Click Here To Read More]
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