If you could attend any 5 fights in boxing history, what would they be?

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  1. jeffjoiner

    jeffjoiner Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    There's nothing like going to a fight. In the last two weeks, I've probably watched Rios/Alvarado a dozen times just to relive the experience.

    So, let's have a little bit of a fantasy day. Let's say you get a time machine for Christmas and can use it to watch any fights in boxing history. I'm asking for five, but feel free to add more.

    Mine:
    1. Ali/Frazier 1: this was billed as the Fight of the Century. Madison Square Garden (a place I've never been) and the stuff of legend.
    2. Louis/Schmelling 2: this fight has great importance in America and is as much American history as boxing history.
    3. Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Jake Lamotta VI: the immortal Valentines Day Massacre. I would have to see the GOAT, and this is the one to see.
    4. Hagler/Hearns: Hagler was my first favorite fighter and this is a fight that defined that era. Less than nine minutes, but discussed and watched forever.
    5. Gatti/Ward: for personal reasons. Gatti was much more than boxing for his fans, and this, although a loss, is his signature moment.

    Yours?
     
  2. bronx

    bronx Boxing Junkie banned

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    Leonard vs. Duran 1

    Leonard vs. Hearns 1

    Mayweather vs. Cotto

    Ali vs. Foreman

    Castillo vs. Corales
     
  3. Bobby Tony

    Bobby Tony Active Member Full Member

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    Harry Greb-Gene Tunney I
    John L. Sullivan-Jake Kilrain
    Jim Jeffries-Philadelphia Jack O'Brien
    Jim Corbett-Peter Jackson
    Graziano-Zale II
    Lamotta-Robinson II

    Some of the legendary fights you've always heard about where there's no film.
     
  4. huitzi

    huitzi Well-Known Member Full Member

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    mayweather-baldomir
     
  5. Boxalot

    Boxalot Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Benn vs McClellan
    Chavez vs Haugen

    ^ Two of the most electric atmospheres in boxing history.

    Ali vs Frazier 1
    SRL vs Hagler
    Corales vs Castillo 1
     
  6. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Yeah, I'd go for all "no footage" too.

    Burley WPTS10 Moore
    Ryan TKO17 West
    Langford KO19 Wills
    Conn SD10 Zivic
    Jack McAuliffe KO47 Jimmy Carroll
     
  7. jeffjoiner

    jeffjoiner Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Some interesting stuff. I had never thought of the no footage era.
     
  8. HawkFan16

    HawkFan16 Unshot/In My Prime Full Member

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    Ali-Frazier I
    Ali-Frazier III
    Foreman-Lyle
    Leonard-Duran I
    Dempsey-Firpo
     
  9. BobDigi5060

    BobDigi5060 East Side MMA Full Member

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    Castillo v Corrales

    Ward v Gatti I

    Marciano v Walcott I

    The Rumble in the Jungle

    Thrilla in Manila
     
  10. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    The three "Fights of the Century" and two of the most entertaining fights of all time.

    1. Louis/Schmeling II
    2. Johnson/Jeffries
    3. Frazier/Ali I
    4. Hagler/Hearns
    5. Ward/Gatti I

    Honorable mention: John L. Sullivan KO75 Jake Kilrain
     
  11. elchivito

    elchivito master betty Full Member

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    Sal Sanchez-Wilfredo Gomez
    Sal Sanchez-Azumah Nelson
    Duran-Leonard I Brawl in Montreal
    Basilio-Robinson I
    Williams-Martinez I
     
  12. jeffjoiner

    jeffjoiner Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    4 out of 5 are the same as mine. :good
     
  13. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    Good list!

    I like the above shout for Foreman/Lyle too...
     
  14. jeffjoiner

    jeffjoiner Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Lots of great answers in this thread. Keeping the list at 5 is difficult, though. I didn't include a Cotto fight and he is my current favorite.
     
  15. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    Which Cotto fight would ya pick? Mosley?

    I'd go with Mayweather or Malignaggi, but that's more because those are my two favorite active guys...