Best fights in boxing history which can be made in each division

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  1. bluebird

    bluebird Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Off the top of my head (there would be better ones I'm sure). Try to include some modern guys, if you can.

    Heavyweight
    Ali vs Tyson

    Cruiserweight
    Holyfield vs Usyk

    Light Heavyweight
    Jones Jr vs Spinks

    Super Middleweight
    Calzaghe vs Ward

    Middleweight
    Hagler vs Golovkin

    Light Middleweight
    Hearns vs McCallum


    Welterweight
    Robinson vs Leonard

    Light Welterweight
    Chavez vs Duran

    Lightweight
    Mayweather vs Whitaker

    Super Featherweight
    Pacquiao vs Lomachenko
     
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  2. pistal47

    pistal47 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    GGG vs. Steve Rolls
     
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  3. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Prime Tyson vs AJ
     
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  4. Ted Stickles

    Ted Stickles Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Jeez there’s so many

    Ali- Tyson

    Marciano - Dempsey

    Louis- Holyfield

    Foster- Spinks

    Rjj - Moore

    Monzon - Hagler


    Floyd - SRR

    Whitaker- Pep

    Foreman - Tyson


    Foreman - Lewis

    SRL - SRR

    Hearns - DeLahoya

    Pryor - Chavez

    Greb - RJJ

    Toney - Lamotta at middleweight


    There’s so many
     
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  5. Faceplant

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    2009 Dustin Nichols (suggi foxx fight- patient powerful puncher) vs 2010 Dustin Nichols (wilder fight athletic supreme mover and boxer)
     
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  6. Slowhand

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    Vitali vs Valuev.
     
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  7. Felix Sanchez

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    Matthew Hatton vs Frankie Gavin
     
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  8. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Mayweather and Whitaker would be a classic stinker
     
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  9. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Heavy- Foreman ,Liston
    Lt heavy- Spinks, Foster
    Middle- Hagler - Ketchel
    Welter- Robinson ,Leonard
    Lightweight, Duran, Ike Williams
    Feather, Sanchez- Pacquiao

    and on and on......
     
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  10. bailey

    bailey Loyal Member Full Member

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    Good list.
    I would change a few but good all the same

    CW
    Usyk/Haye

    SMW
    Calzaghe I think was head and shoulders above the others but would like to have seen
    Ottke/Ward. Neither a massive puncher but both strong and cagey
     
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  11. bailey

    bailey Loyal Member Full Member

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    That could be very interesting. Valuev was far better than given credit for
     
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  12. northpaw

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    HW: Lewis vs. Louis
    CW: Holyfield vs. Usyk
    LHW: Spinks vs. Jones Jr.
    SMW: Toney vs. Calzaghe
    MW: Hagler vs. Monzon
    JMW: Mccallum vs. Wright
    WW: SRL vs. SRR
    JWW: Pryor vs Chavez
    LW: Duran vs. Whitaker
    JLW: Floyd vs. Pac
    FW: Sanchez vs Hamed

    I don't pay much attention to divisions lower than that.
     
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  13. George Crowcroft

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    No Ezzard Charles? What a joke
     
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  14. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    This thread might be more intense if the qualifications also factored in the year it would take place...
     
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  15. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    For sheer entertainment value I'd have these...

    Joe Frazier vs Evander Holyfield (HW)
    Marvin Johnson vs Yvon Durrele (LHW)
    Rodriguez Valdes vs Dick Tiger (MW)
    Roberto Durán vs Kid Gavalin (WW)
    Henry Armstrong vs Ike Williams (LW)
    Danny Lopez vs Boza Edwards (FW)
    Terry McGovern vs Ruben Olivares (BW)
    Pancho Villa vs Roman Gonzalez (Fly)

    HMs to Morales vs Rafael Marquez at 122, Arguello vs Pacquiao at 135, Yaegashi vs Arce at 108
     
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