Fighters of the decade by weightclass

[THE REED]

It's hard not to. From 00-03, he was still IMO the best fighter in the world. The slip starts in Tarver I and then avalanches, but he still has that first win. That Roy would be Light Heavyweight champ right now though Dawson may be getting the seasoning to make a case against that.

Yeah, which was pretty much my main point... Roy was MAIN LHW for 4 years... the last 6 is mixmatched between Tarver, Johnson, and Dawson... Where none really RAN the entire division. Until now Dawson has cleared out the old guys. 2010 decade will be Chads though, as long as he doesn't drop down to 168 for lack of paydays at LHW.

[IMDAZED]

Yeah, I don't know about Roy...

His LHW days went from 2000-2002.. then one win over Tarver in 2003.

And it ended there... His decade was the 90's.

I don't even know who you would put for this decade... Tarver? ehhh...

It kinda went Roy > Tarver > Dawson for the 2000s

I agree. I think it's a toss-up between Tarver and Dawson and I lean toward the latter. Gotta think about this a bit.

[BritishBoxing92]

we all know mannys the fighter of the decade good 4 him
but what fighters owned their or a single weightclass for the most time outta the decade or just who was the best in that perticular weightclass heres what i have so far


heavy weight~wladimir klitchko
light heavy~roy jones jr
super middle ~joe calzaghe
middle~b hop
light middle~winky wright
welterweight~floyd mayweather
light welter~ricky hatton
lightweight~castillo
featherweight~marquez

i personally think vitalis better than wald but wald did so much more these past 10 yrs with vitali being hurt

and i wouldnt give anyone a shot @ prime 154 winky not even floyd unless of course he was robbed

agree with ur list...good pick as well

[THE REED]

I agree. I think it's a toss-up between Tarver and Dawson and I lean toward the latter. Gotta think about this a bit.

Read some of my posts on page 2.

[ИATAS]

Yeah, I don't know about Roy...

His LHW days went from 2000-2002.. then one win over Tarver in 2003.

And it ended there... His decade was the 90's.

I don't even know who you would put for this decade... Tarver? ehhh...

It kinda went Roy > Tarver > Dawson for the 2000s

Tarver gets it at LH.

The Ring Already did this in it's last issue. In order 1 to 3:

HW - Lewis, Vitali, Wlad
Cruiser - David Haye, O'Neil Bell, Mormeck
LH - Tarver, Jones, Dawson
SM - Calzaghe, Ottke, Kessler
M - Hopkins, Pavlik, Taylor
JM - Winky, Trinidad, Oscar
WW - Shane Mosley, Floyd, Pac
JW - Tszyu, Hatton, Cotto
L - Floyd, Castillo, JMM
JL - Pac, Floyd, JMM
F - JMM, Pac, Barrera
JF - Israel Vazquez, Pac, Larios
B - Rafael Marquez, Hasegawa, Sahaprom
JB - Darchinyan, Montiel, Tokuyama
Fly - Wonjongkam, Donaire, Darchinyian
Jr Fly - Calderon, Arce, Cazares



Lewis gets it at HW because of wins over Mike Tyson, Grant, Rahman, Botha, Tua and Vitali.

[THE REED]

Tarver gets it at LH.

The Ring Already did this in it's last issue. In order 1 to 3:

HW - Lewis, Vitali, Wlad
Cruiser - David Haye, O'Neil Bell, Mormeck
LH - Tarver, Jones, Dawson
SM - Calzaghe, Ottke, Kessler
M - Hopkins, Pavlik, Taylor
JM - Winky, Trinidad, Oscar
WW - Shane Mosley, Floyd, Pac
JW - Tszyu, Hatton, Cotto
L - Floyd, Castillo, JMM
JL - Pac, Floyd, JMM
F - JMM, Pac, Barrera
JF - Israel Vazquez, Pac, Larios
B - Rafael Marquez, Hasegawa, Sahaprom
JB - Darchinyan, Montiel, Tokuyama
Fly - Wonjongkam, Donaire, Darchinyian
Jr Fly - Calderon, Arce, Cazares

Oscar doesn't know ****

[IMDAZED]

What in the world has Oscar De La Hoya accomplished this decade? And don't tell me about titles that he took from chumps or has-beens. What has he done?

[THE REED]

What in the world has Oscar De La Hoya accomplished this decade? And don't tell me about titles that he took from chumps or has-beens. What has he done?

Sold a **** ton of PPVS?

[IMDAZED]

Well Tarver got 2 titles when he beat Griffin... then he lost them in his very next fight when Roy came back from HW to beat him.. then Tarver got em back in the rematch... then he lost to Johnson... then he beat Johnson and Roy in the rubbermatch... then Tarver lost to BHOP, had a couple more wins and then lost to Dawson twice.

To be fair, I thought Tarver beat Dawson BOTH times. Anyway, I'm beginning to lean towards Dawson for the decade. He beat Adamek, Tarver and Johnson twice...not too shabby.

[ИATAS]

What in the world has Oscar De La Hoya accomplished this decade? And don't tell me about titles that he took from chumps or has-beens. What has he done?

What do you mean?

Disputed loss to shane mosley, TKO Gatti, Castillejo, TKO Fernando Vargas, TKO Campas, TKO Mayorga.

That doesn't sound THAT great but looking at the top 10 JM well, #4 sounds about right. (i missed mosley by mistake). Here is the rings top 10 for JW:

1. Winky
2. Trinidad
3. Mosley
4. Oscar
5. Vargas
6. Sergei Dzindziruk
7. Daniel Santos
8. Kassim Ouma
9. Vernon Forrest
10. Cory Spinks