Comment On My Top 5 Fighters of the Decade For the 2000s

[sigrab jr]

Fighter of the decade: Floyd Mayweather Jr - 18-0 from 2000-2009. Fought from 130 to 154. Lineal champ at 130, 135 and 147. WBC champ at 130, 135, 140, 147(and IBF), 154. Champion in 5 weight classes. Notable wins are Corrales, C. Hernandez, J. Chavez, Castillo(2), Sosa, Corley, Gatti, Mitchell, Judah, Baldomir, De La Hoya, Hatton and Marquez.


Runner up: Manny Pacquiao - 25-1 from 2000-2009. Fought from 122 to 147. Lineal champ at 126, 130, and 140. Champion in 6 weight classes. Notable wins are Hussein, Ledwaba, Lucero, Barrera(2), Marquez(2), Morales(2), Solis, Diaz, De La Hoya, Hatton, and Cotto.

Notable losses: Erik Morales(Had he never lost to Morales he would have been my FOTD)


3. Wladimir Klitschko - 23-2 from 2000-2009 - Current Ring/Lineal, IBF and WBO Heavyweight champ. Last loss was in 2004, since then he's 12-0 with 10 fights not going the distance. Notable wins: Barrett, Byrd(2), Botha, Mercer, McCline, Peter, Brock, Austin, Brewster, Ibragimov, Thompson, Rahman, Chagaev, Chambers.

Notable losses: Sanders, Brewster


4. Joe Calzaghe - 19-0 from 2000-2009 - Went undefeated in 21 title defenses at 168. Ring/Lineal champ at 168 from 2006 - 2008. Notable wins: Sheika, Veit(2), Mitchell, Lacy, Bika, Manfredo Jr, Kessler, Hopkins, Jones.



5. Bernard Hopkins - 14-3 from 2000-2009. Ring/Lineal champ at 160 from 2001 to 2005 and Ring/Lineal champ at 175 from 2006-2008. Notable wins: Echols, Trinidad, Joppy, Allen, De La Hoya, Eastman, Tarver, Wright, Pavlik.


Notable losses: Taylor(2), Calzaghe.


Discuss.

[ChampBox@PR]

******ed as hell.

Manny>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Floyd!!!!

[cleaner147]

not bad at all my brotha but I think Floyds 2 year layoff took the FOTD away from him in my opinion and the ring magazines either.

I would rate Vitali over Wald just because after his 4 year layoff he came to dominate and KTFO his foes with easy... simply amazing... I forgot what he won... some award or something for this impressive comeback...

sounds a bit paradoxical to agrue why I would rate old vitaly over wladdy because of his layoff and pac over floyd because of his layoff, but the comeback is my point was more impressive

[ИATAS]

Hopkins went 17-3 from 2000-2009. And with all three of his losses being highly debatable I would put him as #3, above calzaghe because bhop faced better opponents, same goes for Wlad and he never got KO'd by two chumps.

Pac
Floyd
Hopkins

[cleaner147]

Hopkins went 17-3 from 2000-2009. And with all three of his losses being highly debatable I would put him as #3, above calzaghe because bhop faced better opponents, same goes for Wlad and he never got KO'd by two chumps.

Pac
Floyd
Hopkins

this seems right to me

and after these living legends they have to be the unstoppable K-brothers

[TheMagicMan]

Mine is similar
1. Calzaghe
2. Floyd
3. Manny
4. Wlad
5. Vitali

(runner up bhop)

[B.U.R.N.E.R]

Not feeling Calzaghe.

[Born2Live]

not bad at all my brotha but I think Floyds 2 year layoff took the FOTD away from him in my opinion and the ring magazines either.

I would rate Vitali over Wald just because after his 4 year layoff he came to dominate and KTFO his foes with easy... simply amazing... I forgot what he won... some award or something for this impressive comeback...

sounds a bit paradoxical to agrue why I would rate old vitaly over wladdy because of his layoff and pac over floyd because of his layoff, but the comeback is my point was more impressive

Yep, the 2 year lay off was definitely a factor, i think Pacquiao being in more memorable/war bouts was another reason.

I'm more of a Mayweather fan then Pacquiao & it's definitely arguable but i thought Pac just slightly deserved it.

[cleaner147]

oh yeah and ??? jr,

chambersfight was in 2010 I think, wasnt it?

[Dick Buffman]

Floyd doesn't even belong on the list.

Oh wait, he beat Baldomir...Never mind. Solid stuff Floyd.