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Top 10 Telegraph boxing and MMA stories of 2009

1. Manny Pacquiao destroys Ricky Hatton in two brutal rounds There’ll be no more underestimating the power of Pacquiao after this devastating performance against The Hitman in Vegas.

2. Forrest Griffin camp reveal dislocates jaw as Anderson Silva contemplates Lyoto Machida The sport that is Ultimate Fighting Champion shows its popularity and its brutal nature in this piece on Griffin’s nasty injury against the Brazilian Anderson Silva.

3. Dominance of George St Pierre over BJ Penn at UFC 94 will define greatness of his legacy Gareth A Davies waxes lyrical about GSP’s blistering displays at UFC 94.

4. Ricky Hatton v Manny Pacquiao: How the fight unfolded As round-by-round reports go, this one didn’t require a lot of work. Two rounds in and Hatton was finished by a Pacquaio’s flurry of fervent punches.

5. David Haye beats giant Nikolai Valuev to win WBA heavyweight title Billed as David versus Goliath (understandably so), the likeable Bermondsey fighter played his part with an awesome display against the Russian giant.

6. Amir Khan beats Marco Antonio Barrera Khan’s embarrassing first-round defeat to Breidis Prescott seemed a world away after his ‘coming-of-age’ victory over Mexican great Barrera.

7. Model banned from boxing due to breast implants The story of how a former model’s vanity denied her dream of becoming the first British female boxer to enter the Olympics.

8. Manny Pacquiao dismantles Miguel Cotto to become boxing legend with seventh world title Pacquiao made sure his name would be remembered amongst the greats of boxing history after this devastating performance against Miguel Cotto, as Gareth A Davies reports.

9. Amir Khan defends WBA title in style with knock-out against unbeaten Dmitriy Salita Khan well and truly exorcised the demons of his Prescott defeat with this frighteningly quick destruction of Salita in just 76 seconds, to the delight of the Newcastle crowd.

10. David Haye celebrates world heavyweight title win over Nikolai Valuev An ecstatic Haye reveals his against-all-odds victory was achieved with a suspected broken right hand, as Gareth A Davies analyses a great night for British boxing.

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