Greatest Heavyweight Title Fights Since 2000

Fury and Wilder traded five knockdowns across eleven rounds, with both men repeatedly surviving moments that should have ended the rivalry. There was almost no safe minute.

Lewis and Klitschko exchanged heavy punches until a severe cut stopped the challenger while he led on the cards. The unresolved ending preserved the argument.

Fury outboxed Wilder for long stretches, then somehow rose from a final-round knockdown that looked conclusive. The draw made a rematch unavoidable.

Ruiz climbed off the floor, hurt Joshua immediately and dropped him four times before the stoppage. Every assumption about the champion collapsed in one night.

Joshua improved his tactics and pressure in the rematch, but Usyk found another gear in the final rounds. The split decision reflected genuine difficulty.

Joshua and Klitschko both climbed off the canvas before the younger champion found an eleventh-round finish. Wembley supplied the scale the fight deserved.

Usyk and Fury adjusted repeatedly over twelve technical rounds before a dramatic ninth-round count shifted the decision. The win produced an undisputed heavyweight champion.

Dubois dropped Joshua repeatedly and refused to let the favorite establish his jab or composure. The final knockout completed a brutally direct title performance.

Brewster and Liakhovich exhausted one another through sustained exchanges, body work and momentum changes. The excellent twelve-round fight deserved a much larger audience.

Rahman and Maskaev fought a close rematch until Maskaev’s late pressure produced another stoppage. Familiar danger never made the ending less dramatic.