Which 2 Hall of Fame fighters fought each other in their PRIMES???

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  1. jas

    jas ★ Legends: B-HOP ; PAC ★ Full Member

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    Which 2 Hall of Fame fighters fought each other in their PRIMES?

    PRIMES in terms of ability, physically, boxing IQ AND their PRIME weight class.

    And what happened when they fought????

    I am researching as we speak.

    The point is all you mofos saying a certain fighter ducked another fighter during their prime , go back in history and tell me when 2 great fighters met in their absolute primes. It DOES NOT happen often. Fighters lose and they leave a part of themselves in the ring if its a war and they are not the same anymore.

    Early research indicates there are examples in the Heavyweight division. I am doing further extensive research as we speak....
     
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  2. Thread Stealer

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    It might not be absolute prime, but close enough:

    Duran-Leonard 1-2: Although Duran's best division was 135, he looked amazing in Montreal and terrific earlier against Palomino.

    Leonard-Hearns 1
    Leonard-Benitez
    Trinidad-De La Hoya

    Hagler-Hearns was close, but not quite. Hagler was at his best probably around 80-83 (particularly in 83' against Sibson), and Hearns was better at 147 and 154.
     
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  3. boxingbull

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    Foreman-Fraizer
    Eubank-Benn
    Ward-Froch (I think both are going to become HOFers)
    Jones Jr- Toney
    Barrera - Morales
    Mosley- Wright
    De La Hoya - Mosley
     
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  4. cslb

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    Pep-Saddler.
     
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    Sugar Ray Robinson-Kid Gavilan
    Julio Cesar Chavez-Edwin Rosario
    Michael Spinks-Dwight Muhammad Qawi
     
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  6. willcross

    willcross Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Hatton vs Floyd
     
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  7. Kid Cincinnati

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    Mike Tyson - Michael Spinks.

    Outcome: Pain.

    It's interesting the number of people that Wikipedia says picked Spinks to win this fight: Muhammed Ali, Tony Zale, Burt Sugar, Dave Anderson, Marlon Starling, Don Dunphy, Rocky Graziano and of course Teddy Atlas, among others.
     
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  8. Nonito Smoak

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    Don't think they ever fought until Pep had that airplane accident and tore his shoulder, which at the time was thought to force him to retire.
     
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    Roy Jones jr vs Bernard Hopkins
     
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  10. jas

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    no no no just no , hopkins was not in his boxing IQ prime
     
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  11. cslb

    cslb Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Pep had lost one fight at the time of the first Saddler fight and was a huge favorite. Pep even won the second fight between them so he certainly still was in his prime.
     
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  12. jas

    jas ★ Legends: B-HOP ; PAC ★ Full Member

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    all this talking about certain fighters today ducking other fighters in their prime ............if you look at the past, 2 HOF fighters rarely fight each other for whatever reason!!
     
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  13. Nonito Smoak

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    The whole point here is that a HOF'ers "prime" likely won't include any losses... wouldn't be very "prime" of them, now would it?
     
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  14. Nonito Smoak

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    Yes, but he, his trainer, and everyone else knew and said that he was nowhere near the same fighter physically. IIRC, he took a whole year+ off.
     
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  15. cslb

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    Pep was 134-1-1 and was the champ when he fought Saddler. Sounds pretty "prime" to me.
     
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