Top 25 Heavyweight Fights

I dont agree with the list.

Joe louis vs max schmeling are two of the biggest fights ever done no matter the weight in boxing history. An impressive duo of fights. There will never be something like that again.

Jonhson vs ketchel is something absolutelly impressive that you will never see again ever.

They deserve to be at least in the top 15 top 20, no doubt. 25 are too much to enter into details, but this list posted lacks of too many important and really good fights.

 

Thanks to the OP for the effort. Three things: [1] Think that Baer/Braddock belongs somewhere; [2] Ditto with Tunney/Dempsey ; and [3] would bump Holmes/Norton up a nudge

 

1. Klitchko vs Joshua

2. Bowe vs Holyfield 2

3. Morrison vs Ruddock

4. Holyfield vs Stewart

5. Bowe vs Golota 2

6. Tyson vs Ruddock 2

7. Lewis vs klitchko

8. Foreman vs Lyle

9. Holyfield vs Dokes

10. Sanders vs Rahman

11. Holmes vs Norton

12. Tua vs Ibeubuchi

13. Ali vs Frazier 3

14. Breazeale vs Ugonoh

15. Moorer vs Cooper

16. Marciano vs charles

17. Holyfield vs Mercer

18. V.klitchko vs Sanders

19. Holmes vs Cooney

20. Ali vs Foreman

21. Marciano vs Walcott

22. Whyte vs Chisora

23. Lewis vs Mercer

24. Golota vs Pa'hua

25. Morrison vs williams

Wasnt actually sure where what would go ,pieced tthis together very fast...obviously would have to watch most fights again and swith just a few....I think Wlad vs Joshua is arguably number one of not just the fight but how it played out in such dramatic fashion.

 

Print that list it is just toilet paper.

 

Will do.

"I find HW mostly boring, even when the fights are good."

 

Johnson vs Ketchel...yes we will never see such a mismatch of a 160 pounder against a 215 pounder...correct! What a sight to behold by todays standards......

 

This fight is for the history, you LITERALLY will never be able to watch something like that again. NEVER. Because rules have changed.

You probably had to google that fight, dude, you dont have even schmeling vs louis in your list, because probably you think that schmeling is the name of some cigarette brand or something like that. And you have josua vs wlad the #1, lol at you.

You didnt like my opinion? Ok, just print that list, like you said you'll do, and leave me alone.

 

Nah, I'd have respected a list with a little bit of effort put in it. Like the OP's, I dont agree with him, I respect it anyway, I just said "I dont agree, I think that it lacks of some fights". But galvatron what wrote was an agenda not a list, I'd say more, an agenda of a guy who doesnt know sht about box.

EDIT: regarding the fights, johnson's fight is one of the most iconic moments in boxing history, unrepeatable. And louis vs schmeling fight is the most important fight in boxing history, hands down. You need a third world war to have the possibility to have a fight like that again. Those fights are pure history, and even if johnson has more meaningful fights (as I think he has, like Jeffries', another piece of human history) the fight vs ketchel has one of the most impressive endings you'll ever see.

 

I've always been partial to Holmes vs Norton. A real barn burner.
But there have been so many great ones. A lot that went completely under the radar.

Here's a short wild fight:

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Great little scrap that.

 

This great fight never gets brought up.

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Revising to 25(Favorite) Heavyweight Fights & Why!

1. Ali vs Williams (virtuoso performance he did it all, body attack, combos, slipping, footwork, busted him up )
2. Holyfield vs Bowe I (2 primed undefeated in my era who gave us skills, brawling & round of the year)
3. Cooper vs Mercer (brutal war start to finish, ballooned jaw Mercer. Every punch thrown was with bad intentions)
4. Norton vs Holmes (more action in their 15th round then most HW's 1st round- Larry had to EARN this)
5. Ali -Frazier Rumble in Jungle (great contrast of styles, swelled up Frazier, breathless Ali-they gave it their all)
6. Foreman vs Lyle (rockem sockem robots that began with one of the best stare downs ever)
7. Tua vs Ibeabuchi (most punches thrown in a HW fight or top 3? what chins these guys had!)
8. Ali vs Foreman (1st round Ali made it known he could land & often- add on significance of fight made it a historical event)
9. Dempsey vs Tunney I (GT was gr8 at keeping distance, threw great counters & timed well, I think Tunney whips most today)
10. Tyson vs Ruddock II (gr8 power from both. knockdowns & lots of fouls, Tyson's best in terms of taking some 2 give some)
11. Lewis vs Briggs ( Cannon came out strong, then got out boxed, outgunned & outfought- gr8 action fight)
12. Louis vs Conn ( Billy out boxed the dickens outta Joe, but stayed inside 2 long & felt the wrath of the bomber!)
13. Bowe vs Gonzalez (Jorge talked so much smack, it was a joy to see Riddick beat him with no mercy, lopsided by enjoyable!)
14. Tyson vs Spinks (short, but this fight validated how bad Tyson actually was)
15. louis vs schmeling II ( took the fight to Max. Feinted that right, loaded up with left hook, sets up the right hand bomb)
16. Tyson vs Stewart ( Holy & Moorer had to battle this dude, yet Mike beat the brakes off him)
17. Cobb vs Shavers ( hey, I like HW rockem sockem fights!)
18. Liston vs WIlliams (Under rated fight, gr8 skills, power punching, solid jabs, close range ebb in flow war)
19. Holmes vs Witherspoon (15 fights old- some say Tim was robbed & rd 9?! He beat Larry all over the ring & Holmes still countered)
20. Tua vs Ruiz ( short & sweet annihilation)
21. Marciano vs Walcott ( Joe proved he could still bang, one KO one UD over Charles set up fight, Rock crushed him old or not)
22. Holyfield vs Moorer II (outboxed him dropped him stopped him, a masterpiece performance)
23. Moorer vs Cooper (rockem sockem robots & only fight Bert didn't want to continue, ref saw it, waived it off)
24. Ali vs Liston (sweet science, fast hands he arrived)
25. Clay vs Doug Jones ( Cassius had to fight his way to a win, this was a war!)

 

Ruiz Joshua is number one for me at the moment. I can watch this fight over and over.