Boxing in the 2000s

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1 Lists of notable fights by year
- 1.1 2000
- 1.2 2001
- 1.3 2002
- 1.4 2003
- 1.5 2004
- 1.6 2005
- 1.7 2006

[edit] Lists of notable fights by year

[edit] 2000

February 19 Erik Morales defeats Marco Antonio Barrera to unify the WBO and WBC super bantamweight belts.
June 17 Sugar Shane Mosley defeats Oscar de la Hoya by split decision for the WBC welterweight title.
December 2 Felix Trinidad defeats Fernando Vargas to unify the WBA and IBF light middleweight titles. Trinidad was knocked down early in the first round to comeback and defeat Vargas.

[edit] 2001

January 20 Floyd Mayweather Jr. dominates Diego Corrales to successfully defend his WBC super featherweight title. Corrales was knocked down five times, before his corner threw the towel in the tenth round.
March 24 Oscar de la Hoya wins decisively against Arturo Gatti by knockout in five in a non-title match. de la Hoya was criticized later for taking the fight .
April 7 After a fourteen minute introduction, Naseem Hamed loses to Marco Antonio Barrera by unanimous decision. Barrera, then known as a brawler, surprisingly out-boxed Hamed, who later retired after his next bout.
April 22 Lennox Lewis gets knocked out by Hasim Rahman in South Africa and loses the heavyweight title. Rahman landed a perfect right hand and knocked Lewis out cold.
May 12 Felix Trinidad defeats William Joppy, by technical knockout in 5, to take the WBA middleweight title
September 29 In a career defining performance, Bernard Hopkins defeats Felix Trinidad by techinical knockout in 12, to successfully unify the WBA, WBC, and IBF titles to become the Undisputed Middleweight Champion.
November 3 Kostya Tszyu becomes the undisputed champion of the Light Welterweight division as he defeats Zab Judah by a dramatic second round knockout in Las Vegas, Nevada.
November 17 Lennox Lewis recaptures the heavyweight title as he defeats Hasim Rahman by fourth round knockout.

[edit] 2002

January 26 Vernon Forrest upsets Shane Mosley by unanimous decision, to capture the WBC Welterweight title.
May 18 Micky Ward defeats Arturo Gatti in a very competitive non-title light welterweight bout. After getting knocked down in the ninth round Gatti came back and traded power punches with Ward. The fight was later named the 2002 Ring Magazine fight of the year
May 20 Floyd Mayweather Jr. wins by controversial decision against José Luis Castillo to defend his WBC Lightweight title.
June 1 Evander Holyfield defeats Hasim Rahman by technical decision in eight rounds. A welt the size of a golf ball formed on Rahman's head leading the referee to stop the fight.
June 22 In their rematch, Marco Antonio Barrera defeats Erik Morales by unanimous decision to take the WBC featherweight title.
July 20 Vernon Forrest defeats Shane Mosley in their rematch by unanimous decision, in Indianapolis, Indiana to defend the WBC Welterweight title.
September 14 Oscar de la Hoya defeats Fernando Vargas to unify the WBC and WBA light middleweight belts.
December 7 Floyd Mayweather Jr. defends his WBC lightweight title as he defeats José Luis Castillo in their rematch.

[edit] 2003

January 25 Ricardo Mayorga knocks out Vernon Forrest by 3rd round knockout, to unify the WBC and WBA Welterweight titles.
June 8 Lennox Lewis defeats Mike Tyson by eighth round knockout. The fight is overshadowed by its prefight melee, in which Tyson rushed Lewis and started a brawl.
July 12 Ricardo Mayorga successfully defends his WBA and WBC welterweight belts as he defeats Vernon Forrest by controversial majority decision.
September 13 Shane Mosley defeats Oscar de la Hoya in their rematch to unify the WBC and WBA light middleweight title belts.
November 8 Roy Jones Jr. defeats Antonio Tarver by controversial majority decision to recapture the light heavyweight title. Many thought this was Jones's first real challenge in his career.
November 15 Manny Pacquiao upsets Marco Antonio Barrera by eleventh round technical knockout.
December 13 Cory Spinks becomes the Undisputed Welterweight Champion after he defeats Ricardo Mayorga by majority decision.

[edit] 2004

March 13 Winky Wright becomes the Undisputed Light Middleweight Champion after defeating Shane Mosley by unanimous decision.
April 10 Cory Spinks defends his undisputed welterweight title as he defeats Zab Judah by unanimous decision.
May 15 Antonio Tarver upsets Roy Jones Jr knocking him out in the second round to take the WBC,WBA, and WBO light heavyweight title.
June 21 Lennox Lewis defends his title as he defeats Vitali Klitschko by technical knockout in 6, due to a Kiltschko cut in his left eye. Klitschko was up on all of the scorecards and had the momentum at the time of the stoppage.
September 18 Bernard Hopkins adds the WBO title to his undisputed middleweight status as he defeats Oscar de la Hoya by a bodyshot knockout in the ninth round.
September 25 Roy Jones Jr gets knocked out for the second consecutive fight as he loses to Glen Johnson for the IBF light heavyweight title.
November 20 Winky Wright beats Shane Mosley in their rematch, to defend the light middleweight title.

[edit] 2005

February 5 Zab Judah knocks out Cory Spinks in 9 rounds, in Spinks's hometown St. Louis, Missouri as he becomes the new Undisputed Welterweight Champion. Spinks had a dramatic ring entrance with rapper Nelly before the fight started.
May 7 Diego Corrales defeats José Luis Castillo by 10th round knockout, for the WBO-WBC lightweight title unification. Both men were exchanging a brutal amount of punishment throughout the fight, before a dramatic tenth round in which Corrales scored a TKO after getting knocked down twice. It won Fight of the Year for 2006.
June 4 Ricky Hatton defeats Ring Magazine champion and universally acknowledged #1 Light-Welterweight Kostya Tszyu by 11th round TKO for the IBF Light-Welterweight title. After a highly physical battle, Tszyu was unable to come out for the twelfth round.
June 25 Floyd Mayweather Jr. utterly defeats Arturo Gatti by six round technical knockout, to capture the WBC Light Welterweight title.
July 16 Bernard Hopkins loses by a split decision against Jermain Taylor who becomes the new Undisputed Middleweight Champion of the World.
December 3 Jermain Taylor retains the middleweight title as he defeats Bernard Hopkins by unanimous decision to retain his Middleweight title.

[edit] 2006

January 7 Carlos Baldomir upsets Zab Judah to win the WBC welterweight title, as well as being the recognized welterweight champion, as Judah was the undisputed champion at the time of the bout.
January 7 On the undercard of the Baldomir/Judah bout, O'Neil Bell becomes the second Undisputed Cruiserweight Champion, as he defeats Frenchman Jean-Marc Mormeck by knockout in the 10th.
March 3 Joe Calzaghe defeats Jeff Lacy by a lopsided unanimous decision for the IBF-WBO super middleweight unification.
April 1 Sergei Liakhovich wins the WBO world heavyweight title from Lamon Brewster by unanimous decision.
April 8 Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeats Zab Judah by unanimous decision to win the IBF welterweight title. A mini-riot ensued as Roger Mayweather, Floyd's uncle and trainer, runs into the ring retaliating to a low blow and rabbit punch by Judah. The fight resumed as Mayweather won by unanimous decision.
April 22 Wladimir Klitschko wins the IBF world heavyweight title from Chris Byrd by TKO in round 7.
May 6 Oscar de la Hoya returns from a 20-month break and defeats Ricardo Mayorga for the WBC super welterweight title.
May 20 Marco Antonio Barrera defeats Rocky Juarez by split decision. Juarez was very competitive throughout the fight breaking Barrera's nose in the early rounds. The fight was originally announced as a draw until it was later revealed that there were two scorecard tabilation errors.
June 10 Bernard Hopkins defeats Antonio Tarver by unanimous to take the light heavyweight world championship.
June 17 - Winky Wright and Jermain Taylor fight ends in a draw for the undisputed middleweight championship of the world in Memphis, Tennessee
July 27 Carlos Baldomir defends his welterweight title as he defeats Arturo Gatti by ninth round knockout.
August 5 Edwin Valero wins the WBA super featherweight title by defeating Vicente Mosquera by 10 round TKO in Mosquera's home country, of Panama.
August 12 Oleg Maskaev knocks out Hasim Rahman in the 12th round to win the WBC Heavyweight title.
September 16 Marco Antonio Barrera defeats Rocky Juarez in the rematch and successfully defends his WBC super featherweight title.
[November 4]] Floyd Mayweather Jr. becomes the WBC and linear Welterweight champion after he defeats Carlos Baldomir by unanimous decision.
November 11 Wladimir Klitschko defends his IBF heavyweight title by defeating American contender Calvin Brock winning by a stunning knockout in the seventh round.
December 18 Manny Pacquiao wins by technical knockout in his third and rubber match against Erik Morales

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