Top 10 Per Decade

[Johnwoo8686]

Sonny Liston Top 10 for the 1950's?

No chance.

Sergio Martinez in the top ten of the 2000s? That's even worse.

[MrTambourineMan]

another dumbo who thinks decade is 2000-2010?

two crap fights? 2009 hatton and cotto?

or 2010 clottey and marg?

even clottey and marg were good opponents. especially with how tough, big, strong they are.

Holy ****, are these guys this ******?

[soul_survivor]

What's his best win in the 50's? Valdez or Williams.

There ain't no way he's Top 10.

How could he possibly be in there instead of Harold Johnson?

I would have no gripe with Johnson being in your top 10, why don't you post it?

But I just believe Liston was much more feared and dominant and had a wider impact on the sporting public. Johnson had some wins but also some losses which maybe he shouldn't have had.

Sergio Martinez in the top ten of the 2000s? That's even worse.

He was the lineal MW champion of the world, the top guy in the division for an extended period of time with some exceptional wins, not to mention a steady rise throughout the decade. Name me 10 fighters UNDOUBTEDLY better than Martinez in that period.

[Barn]

Aaron Pryor?

[soul_survivor]

Aaron Pryor?

Name me 10 fighters that would be better than him in the 80s.

I'd like to see lists from all you guys and your criteria. Cmon lads, dont be lazy.

[JmH Reborn]

Seriously, Cotto isn't in the top 10 for the 2000s? Losing out to JMM and Sergio? Cotto fits all your criteria.

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[-DSG-]

Before you put up the P.S. disclaimer, I'd suggest that you add a little blurb about the accomplishments during the decade, to give some idea to your reasoning

[1/1/00-12/31/10 dovetails pretty clearly with Floyd's career defining run (Corralles, the two Castillo wins, destruction of Gatti, unifying all the belts at 147, beating Oscar, knocking out Hatton, utterly embarrassing Marquez after eighteen months off) and Pacquiao closed out the decade with two **** fights, if we're honest, while also dropping a fight to Morales (while also having three life/death fights with Marquez)]

personally, i think that Mayweather and Hopkins both clearly had the best 2000s of anyone, with Calzaghe/Klitschko/Pacquiao all around the same level under that.

oh well

note: made a typo in my time window. A decade is actually 1/1/00 through 12/31/09, just outside of Pacquiao two **** fights in early 2010 and Pacquiao getting stopped in late 1999. cong****, folks

Martinez? But not Tito are you sick?

[-DSG-]

I didn't know decades were 15 years??? Lol

[Chrismart]

Nice lists mate, interesting.

I don't know why people are nit-picking individual fighters from your list...they should just post their own top 10 from the decade that they disagree with.

[soul_survivor]

Nice lists mate, interesting.

I don't know why people are nit-picking individual fighters from your list...they should just post their own top 10 from the decade that they disagree with.

Thanks and having members making their own lists and actually engaging in a boxing discussion for once, rather than worrying about fighters they suck off cos of nationality or some misplaced sentiment.

What kind of top 10 would you have for the various years.

Seriously, Cotto isn't in the top 10 for the 2000s? Losing out to JMM and Sergio? Cotto fits all your criteria.

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JMM has those exceptionally close fights with Pacquiao and Martinez was THE LINEAL middleweight champion of the world by the time decade closed out.

Cotto was exceptional, I've always been a fan but he was always in the top 3 or 4 of a division, never quite solidifying himself as the best at 140 (that was Hatton) or at WW (Pacman, Mosley, Margarito, Mayweather).