Top 24 Boxing Fights of the 2010s

Heavyweight coronations, shock knockouts and two-way wars fill this decade, and a couple of the draws still start arguments in gyms.

1. 1
   Pacquiao vs. Márquez IV

   Juan Manuel Márquez knocked out Manny Pacquiao in the sixth round in Las Vegas on December 8, 2012, after both men had been down earlier.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Matthysse vs. Molina

   Lucas Matthysse was knocked down twice before knocking out John Molina Jr. in the 11th round in Carson, California, in April 2014.
   952pts
3. 3
   Fury vs. Wilder I

   Tyson Fury rose from a 12th-round knockdown against Deontay Wilder and the WBC heavyweight title fight ended in a split draw in Los Angeles in December 2018.
   822pts
4. 4
   Usyk vs. Briedis

   Oleksandr Usyk edged Mairis Briedis by majority decision in Riga in January 2018 in a World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight semi-final.
   792pts
5. 5
   Mayweather vs. Canelo

   Floyd Mayweather Jr. beat a 23-year-old Canelo Álvarez by majority decision in Las Vegas in September 2013, Canelo's first professional loss.
   621pts
6. 6
   Rigondeaux vs. Donaire

   Guillermo Rigondeaux survived a tenth-round knockdown to outpoint Nonito Donaire and unify the WBA and WBO super bantamweight titles in New York in April 2013.
   621pts
7. 7
   Ward vs. Froch

   Andre Ward outpointed Carl Froch in Atlantic City in December 2011 to win the Super Six World Boxing Classic super middleweight final.
   548pts
8. 8
   Vargas vs. Salido

   Francisco Vargas and Orlando Salido traded punches for 12 rounds to a majority draw in Carson, California, in June 2016.
   548pts
9. 9
   Froch vs. Groves I

   Carl Froch rose from a first-round knockdown and stopped George Groves in a disputed ninth-round finish in Manchester in November 2013.
   548pts
10. 10
    Spence vs. Porter

    Errol Spence Jr. dropped Shawn Porter in round 11 and won their welterweight unification by split decision in Los Angeles in September 2019.
    548pts
11. 11
    Ward vs. Kovalev I

    Andre Ward rose from a second-round knockdown to win Sergey Kovalev's light heavyweight titles on a unanimous 114-113 decision in Las Vegas in November 2016.
    548pts
12. 12
    Joshua vs. Ruiz I

    Andy Ruiz Jr., a late replacement, knocked Anthony Joshua down four times and stopped him in round seven at Madison Square Garden in June 2019.
    548pts
13. 13
    Mayweather vs. McGregor

    Floyd Mayweather Jr. stopped UFC champion Conor McGregor in the tenth round of their boxing match in Las Vegas in August 2017, moving to 50-0.
    464pts
14. 14
    Fury vs. Klitschko

    Tyson Fury outpointed Wladimir Klitschko in Düsseldorf in November 2015 to take the WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight titles.
    464pts
15. 15
    Joshua vs. Klitschko

    Anthony Joshua got up from a sixth-round knockdown and stopped Wladimir Klitschko in round 11 before about 90,000 fans at Wembley Stadium in April 2017.
    464pts
16. 16
    Mayweather vs. Pacquiao

    Floyd Mayweather Jr. beat Manny Pacquiao by unanimous decision at the MGM Grand in May 2015, a welterweight unification that set pay-per-view sales records.
    464pts
17. 17
    Bradley vs. Provodnikov

    Timothy Bradley survived a near-stoppage and a 12th-round knockdown to beat Ruslan Provodnikov by unanimous decision in Carson, California, in March 2013.
    464pts
18. 18
    Canelo vs. Golovkin II

    Canelo Álvarez took Gennady Golovkin's middleweight titles by majority decision in their September 2018 rematch in Las Vegas.
    365pts
19. 19
    Martínez vs. Williams II

    Sergio Martínez knocked out Paul Williams with a single left hand in the second round in Atlantic City in November 2010.
    365pts
20. 20
    Ortiz vs. Berto

    Victor Ortiz took Andre Berto's WBC welterweight title by unanimous decision in April 2011 in a fight where each man was knocked down twice.
    365pts
21. 21
    Inoue vs. Donaire I

    Naoya Inoue fought through a fractured orbital bone to outpoint Nonito Donaire in the World Boxing Super Series bantamweight final in Saitama in November 2019.
    249pts
22. 22
    Vargas vs. Miura

    Francisco Vargas got off the canvas to stop Takashi Miura in round nine for the WBC super featherweight title in Las Vegas in November 2015.
    249pts
23. 23
    Canelo vs. Golovkin I

    Canelo Álvarez and Gennady Golovkin fought to a split draw for the middleweight titles at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in September 2017.
    249pts
24. 24
    Golovkin vs. Jacobs

    Gennady Golovkin beat Daniel Jacobs by unanimous decision at Madison Square Garden in March 2017, ending Golovkin's run of 23 straight knockout wins.
    0pts

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