# 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.

*By YPB Team · Published November 2, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/top-24-boxing-fights-of-the-2010s*

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1. **Pacquiao vs. Márquez IV** — score 1000/1000
   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.
2. **Matthysse vs. Molina** — score 952/1000
   Lucas Matthysse was knocked down twice before knocking out John Molina Jr. in the 11th round in Carson, California, in April 2014.
3. **Fury vs. Wilder I** — score 822/1000
   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.
4. **Usyk vs. Briedis** — score 792/1000
   Oleksandr Usyk edged Mairis Briedis by majority decision in Riga in January 2018 in a World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight semi-final.
5. **Mayweather vs. Canelo** — score 621/1000
   Floyd Mayweather Jr. beat a 23-year-old Canelo Álvarez by majority decision in Las Vegas in September 2013, Canelo's first professional loss.
6. **Rigondeaux vs. Donaire** — score 621/1000
   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.
7. **Ward vs. Froch** — score 548/1000
   Andre Ward outpointed Carl Froch in Atlantic City in December 2011 to win the Super Six World Boxing Classic super middleweight final.
8. **Vargas vs. Salido** — score 548/1000
   Francisco Vargas and Orlando Salido traded punches for 12 rounds to a majority draw in Carson, California, in June 2016.
9. **Froch vs. Groves I** — score 548/1000
   Carl Froch rose from a first-round knockdown and stopped George Groves in a disputed ninth-round finish in Manchester in November 2013.
10. **Spence vs. Porter** — score 548/1000
   Errol Spence Jr. dropped Shawn Porter in round 11 and won their welterweight unification by split decision in Los Angeles in September 2019.
11. **Ward vs. Kovalev I** — score 548/1000
   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.
12. **Joshua vs. Ruiz I** — score 548/1000
   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.
13. **Mayweather vs. McGregor** — score 464/1000
   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.
14. **Fury vs. Klitschko** — score 464/1000
   Tyson Fury outpointed Wladimir Klitschko in Düsseldorf in November 2015 to take the WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight titles.
15. **Joshua vs. Klitschko** — score 464/1000
   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.
16. **Mayweather vs. Pacquiao** — score 464/1000
   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.
17. **Bradley vs. Provodnikov** — score 464/1000
   Timothy Bradley survived a near-stoppage and a 12th-round knockdown to beat Ruslan Provodnikov by unanimous decision in Carson, California, in March 2013.
18. **Canelo vs. Golovkin II** — score 365/1000
   Canelo Álvarez took Gennady Golovkin's middleweight titles by majority decision in their September 2018 rematch in Las Vegas.
19. **Martínez vs. Williams II** — score 365/1000
   Sergio Martínez knocked out Paul Williams with a single left hand in the second round in Atlantic City in November 2010.
20. **Ortiz vs. Berto** — score 365/1000
   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.
21. **Inoue vs. Donaire I** — score 249/1000
   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.
22. **Vargas vs. Miura** — score 249/1000
   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.
23. **Canelo vs. Golovkin I** — score 249/1000
   Canelo Álvarez and Gennady Golovkin fought to a split draw for the middleweight titles at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in September 2017.
24. **Golovkin vs. Jacobs** — score 0/1000
   Gennady Golovkin beat Daniel Jacobs by unanimous decision at Madison Square Garden in March 2017, ending Golovkin's run of 23 straight knockout wins.

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