# Top 13 Boxers of the 2000s

> The decade of Mexican trilogies, Filipino knockouts and a 50-0 run that was only getting started.

*By YPB Team · Published September 20, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/top-13-boxers-of-the-2000s*

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1. **Manny Pacquiao** — score 1000/1000
   Climbed from super bantamweight to welterweight in one decade, stopping Barrera, Morales and De La Hoya.
2. **Juan Manuel Marquez** — score 503/1000
   Fought Pacquiao to a draw in 2004 and lost a split decision in 2008.
3. **Erik Morales** — score 503/1000
   Fought Barrera and Pacquiao in a run of fights that defined Mexican boxing in the 2000s.
4. **Oscar De La Hoya** — score 436/1000
   The decade's biggest pay-per-view draw until Mayweather took the title from him.
5. **Miguel Cotto** — score 435/1000
   Won titles at light welterweight and welterweight and packed Madison Square Garden every June.
6. **Bernard Hopkins** — score 435/1000
   Unified the middleweight titles and knocked out Oscar De La Hoya in 2004.
7. **Roy Jones Jr.** — score 356/1000
   Won the heavyweight title in 2003 before dropping back to light heavyweight.
8. **Israel Vazquez** — score 356/1000
   Fought Rafael Marquez four times in a super bantamweight series still cited as the decade's best.
9. **Antonio Tarver** — score 261/1000
   Knocked out Roy Jones Jr. in 2004 and took the light heavyweight crown.
10. **Marco Antonio Barrera** — score 261/1000
   Beat Naseem Hamed and fought Morales three times in the decade's best rivalry.
11. **Floyd Mayweather** — score 261/1000
   Moved up four divisions in the decade and beat De La Hoya and Hatton without losing a round of momentum.
12. **Wladimir Klitschko** — score 261/1000
   Rebuilt after early losses and held the heavyweight titles from 2006 onward.
13. **Shane Mosley** — score 0/1000
   Beat De La Hoya twice and stayed a top welterweight throughout the decade.

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