After the Pacquiao loss on saturday and the Mayweather fight obviously out of the window and realistically losing relevance, i was wondering how many big fights have us fans missed out on. It seems like promoters milk fighters and potnetial money fights so much, just to try and make them as big as possible, only for of them to lose making the proposed fight lose interest. I can think of 3 big fights off the top of my head: Abraham v Pavlik- that fight was huge when tey were both undefeated. Pavlik lost to Hopkins and it went out the window. Juanma v Gamboa- Same, until Juanma lost Pacman v Floyd- Arguably one of the biggest fights of the era if not the biggest until saturday or until marquez 3 when pacman scraped by him Its funny how these 3 all involve arum and they were all lost because he wanted to milk it and make millions before cashing in. As fans we missed out on 3 fights that, at the right time would have been huge and really good to watch. This got me thinking to how many of these big fights have we lost because of greedy promoters?? Which is the biggest?? and what is the main reason??
Some fights that i wish would've happened that i think might've changed history. Ricardo Lopez vs. Mike Carbajal or Chiquita Gonzalez James Toney vs Bernard Hopkins Salvador Sanchez vs. Eusebio Pedroza Pernell Whitaker vs Terry Norris Whitaker vs. Quartey Lennox vs Riddick Roy Jones vs Michalzsewki or Benn, Eubank, Collins
Who you got Slip? IMHO Carbajal PTS Lopez Lopez PTS Gonzales (?) Toney PTS Hopkins Sanchez PTS Pedroza Norris STP Whittaker Whitaker PTS Quartey (?) Lewis KO Bowe Jones KO.
Pretty much the same way i see it. Although i think Lopez would've beaten both Carbajal and Gonzales in his prime. He was a better fighter then both all round technically. Depending on how well he carried the weight. Carbajal was too basic for him, although he could punch, Lopez had KO power in both hands. He also had a better defense and movement. He was more fluid with better variation in his work. I see a Lopez decision against Carbajal. I think Carbajal would be the harder fight, he was greater than Gonzalez imo. I think Lopez would've stopped Gonzalez. I'm going with Hopkins over Toney. Hopkins better movement making the difference. Controversial, but i think Pedroza would've given Sanchez a hell of a fight. And people know how highly i think of Sanchez. That would've been a super close fight going either way. I think Pedroza might have edged it on the cards. Norris decision over Whitaker. Just too big and dynamic for Pea. And Pea doesn't have that game changer. Whitaker decision over Quartey. He wins the battle of the jabs and that's pretty much half the battle won. Just too loosy, goosy for Ike. Lennox against Bowe would've been a barnburner imo. Lennox would've been aggressive against a big guy like him. I think he would've hurt Bowe but Bowe survives and loses a decision. Jones decisions Dariusz.
Another one is Trinidad vs. Quartey. What a fight that would've been and it really should have happened.
I think that they probably missed each other by a couple of years....I wouldn;t have been able to call that fight and I think that Duran would give God a good run for his money
A lot of people bring Duran/Arguello up. But was that ever that viable? It's more a fantasy match-up imo. Rather than one we missed out on. Arguello was past prime and 2 weights above his best weight by the time that fight was briefly talked about. Hatton/Cotto would've been great. I'm going with Cotto in that one. Frazier/Norton were great friends. That's why they never fought. If they did, i think Frazier would've stopped Norton inside 8 rounds.
Calzaghe vs Ottke Foreman vs Ali Re-match Mayweather vs ODLH Re-match Mayweather vs Prime Mosely Balboa vs Lang II (This time he's really gonna predict PAIN!!!)