Dave McAuley-Fidel Bassa I Harold Knight-Rocky Lockeridge Fights scheduled for 15 rounds...these two amongst the last I remember.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lihT_ewxVko[/ame] [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJGOADcmwS4[/ame] Sorry, obvious I know...
<<< Foreman vs Lyle That French guy and someone that got fight of the year recently. Chavez Vs Taylor Ward Vs Gatti Mwtagwa vs Villa (amazing fight) Sosa Vs Prince Charles Williams (was a really good fight but not sure who told me about it made it sound much better than what it was) Lewis tKO6 Vitali Benn Vs Eubank Benn Vs Gman Chris Eubank jr Vs Psonko
Speaking of someone with 'boy' in their name. Barry Michael vs. Lester Ellis was a great scrap, and perhaps the biggest Aussie fight in history.
He means Sithchatchawal vs. Monshipour. I love Gatti vs. Rodriguez. That and Barrera vs. McKinney are my two favourite 'underrated gems'.
Indeed, another 15 rounder too. Speaking of Michael he also beat Najib Daho (over here) in a 15 round fight.
I think we could compile a list of what we think could be classed as 'great fights' and end up with a few hundred, and then can decide from that what makes the top 100. I think it'd be fun getting a massive list down to a top 100. It'd be tremendous to have a definitive list of top 101 fights to see before you die. I would say Gomez-Arthur, it's one of my favourite domestic fights of recent times and it should make the shorlist.
Daho was a decent little operator, much loved when he was active. Btw, did i ever tell you that my ole man was meant to be in the arena when Michael lost to Rocky Lockridge, but there was a bomb scare that night so he didn't go. He was big fan of Barry, so just as well really.
Yeah I think naming a ''mega list'' before whittling it down would be good. Most of mine would involve Mexicans.
Carlos Monzón KO 12 Nino Benvenuti I Joe Frazier W 15 Muhammad Ali I Bob Foster KO 14 Chris Finnegan Muhammad Ali KO 8 George Foreman Danny Lopez KO 15 Mike Ayala Matthew Saad Muhammad KO 14 Yaqui Lopez II Sugar Ray Leonard KO 14 Thomas Hearns I Marvelous Marvin Hagler KO 3 Thomas Hearns Stevie Cruz W 15 Barry McGuigan Sugar Ray Leonard W 12 Marvelous Marvin Hagler Roberto Durán W 12 Iran Barkley Julio César Chávez KO 12 Meldrick Taylor I Riddick Bowe W 12 Evander Holyfield I Michael Carbajal KO 7 Humberto González I Jorge Castro KO 9 John David Jackson I Saman Sorjaturong KO 7 Humberto González Evander Holyfield KO 11 Mike Tyson I Ivan Robinson W 10 Arturo Gatti I Paulie Ayala W 12 Johnny Tapia I Micky Ward W 10 Emanuel Augustus Marco Antonio Barrera W 12 Erik Morales III Diego Corrales KO 10 José Luis Castillo I Somsak Sithchatchawal KO 10 Mahyar Monshipour Israel Vázquez KO 6 Rafael Márquez II Israel Vázquez W 12 Rafael Márquez III Juan Manuel Marquez KO 9 Juan Diaz Giovani Segura KO 8 Ivan Calderon