John L. Sullivan vs Peter Jackson 1891 Tommy Ryan vs Barbados Joe Walcott 1898 Sam Langford vs Jack Johnson II 1910-15 Jack Dempsey vs Harry Wills 1920-26 Gene Tunney vs Kid Norfolk 1922-26 Jimmy McLarnin vs Jack Kid Berg 1931 Henry Armstrong vs Kid Azteca 1940 Fritzie Zivic vs Holman Williams 1941 Ray Robinson vs Holman Williams 1941 Ezzard Charles vs Eddie Booker 1942 Jimmy Bivins vs Eddie Booker 1942 Tony Zale vs Holman Williams 1942 Tony Zale vs Jack Chase 1942 Ray Robinson vs Cocoa Kid 1943 Rocky Graziano vs Kid Azteca 1946 Ray Robinson vs Kid Azteca 1946 Joe Louis vs Elmer Ray 1946-47 Jake Lamotta vs Charley Burley 1947 Rocky Graziano vs Charley Burley 1947 Jersey Joe Walcott vs Archie Moore 1950 Rocky Graziano vs Jake LaMotta 1950 Ray Robinson vs Charley Burley 1951 Kid Azteca vs. Carmen Basilio 1953 Eder Jofre vs Jesus Pimental 1965 Ruben Olivares vs Ernesto Marcel 1973-74 Joe Frazier vs Ken Norton 1973 George Foreman vs Jerry Quarry 1973 Victor Galindez vs John Coneth 1974-78 Roberto Duran vs Antonio Cervantes 1975-77 Larry Holmes vs George Foreman 1977 Carlos Palomino vs Pipino Cuevas 1978 Wilfredo Gomez vs Danny Lopez 1979 Larry Holmes vs John Tate 1979 Lupe Pintor vs Jeff Chandler 1980-84 Salvador Sanchez vs Eusebio Pedroza 1980-82 Salvador Sanchez vs Alexis Arguello 1980 Roberto Duran vs Aaron Pryor 1980 Roberto Duran vs Alexis Arguello 1980 Roberto Duran vs Tony Ayala Jr. 1982 Dwight Qawi vs Eddie Mustafa Muhammad 1982 Larry Holmes vs Michael Dokes 1982 Aaron Pryor vs Ray Mancini 1982 Larry Holmes vs Greg Page 1983 Thomas Hearns vs John Mugabi 1984 Ray Leonard vs Donald Curry 1984 Ray Leonard vs Aaron Pryor 1984 Pinklon Thomas vs Larry Holmes 1984-85 Azumah Nelson vs Barry McGuigan 1985 Hector Camacho vs Livingstone Bramble 1985 Mike McCallum vs Thomas Hearns 1986 Julio Cesar Chavez vs Azumah Nelson 1988 Orlando Canizales vs Raul Perez 1988 Orlando Canizales vs Miguel Lora 1988 Jung-Koo Chang vs Myung-Woo Yuh 1989 Mike Tyson vs Evander Holyfield 1989 Mike Tyson vs George Foreman 1990 Mike Tyson vs Lennox Lewis 1990-91 James Toney vs Gerald McClellan 1992 James Toney vs Nigel Benn 1993 Rid**** Bowe vs Lennox Lewis 1993-95 Gerald McClellan vs Roy Jones Jr 1994 Ricardo Lopez vs Michael Carbajal 1995 Rid**** Bowe vs Mike Tyson 1995 Oscar De La Hoya vs Kostya Tszyu 1996 Mike Tyson vs David Tua 1996 Tito Trinidad vs Ike Quartey 1997-99 Johnny Tapia vs Mark Too Sharp Johnson 1998 Ike Ibeabuchi vs Mike Tyson 1999 Ike Ibeabuchi vs Evander Holyfield 1999 Roy Jones Jr vs Bernard Hopkins 2 2000 Roy Jones Jr. vs Dariusz Michalczewski 2000 Oscar De La Hoya vs Tito Trinidad II 2000-04 Shane Mosley vs Tito Trinidad 2000 Naseem Hamed vs Juan Manuel Marquez 2001 Naseem Hamed vs Erik Morales 2001 Kostya Tszyu vs Shane Mosley 2002 Ricardo Mayorga vs Antonio Margarito 2003 Juan Manuel Marquez vs Erik Morales 2003-05 Joe Calzaghe vs Sven Ottke 2004 Floyd Mayweather vs Kostya Tszyu 2004-05 Floyd Mayweather vs Antonio Margarito 2006 Floyd Mayweather vs Paul Williams 2007 Floyd Mayweather vs Miguel Cotto 2008 Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao 2009 Wladimir Klitschko vs Vitali Klitschko 2010 Sergio Martinez vs Gennady Golovkin 2012-13 Floyd Mayweather vs Tim Bradley 2013-14 Manny Pacquiao vs Kell Brook 2013-14 Sergey Kovalev vs Adonis Stevenson 2014 Floyd Mayweather vs Kell Brook 2014 Manny Pacquiao vs Amir Khan 2014 Guillermo Rigondeaux vs Carl Frampton 2014 Guillermo Rigondeaux vs Leo Santa Cruz 2014 Tyson Fury vs Wladimir Klitschko 2015 Floyd Mayweather vs Amir Khan 2015 Manny Pacquiao vs Keith Thurman 2015 Sergey Kovalev vs Artur Beterbiev 2016 Manny Pacquiao vs Shawn Porter 2016 Deontay Wilder vs Alexander Povetkin 2016 Anthony Joshua vs Deontay Wilder 2017-18 Deontay Wilder vs Dillian Whyte 2018-19 Vasyl Lomachenko vs Mikey Garcia 2018 Terrence Crawford vs Errol Spence Jr 2019
They planned to fight in 90 Lewis didn't even have a title until Mike went to prison. The real duck was '95-'97 Two brothers who love each other were never going to beat each other's brains out You mean the year they fought? Povetkin ducked with PEDs Should be the other way around You also left off David Haye vs Tyson Fury 2013-14. Apart from that, good list
Chang didn't duck Yuh, nor the other way around. They've explained repeatedly that the TV stations they fought for couldn't make the fight, as they were both rival stations and it would cost too much money. Money they didn't seem to have (or want to spend). Both were down to fight anyone and are national sporting heroes. In fact, quite a few on here are not ducks or have legit circumstances. Like how can you say McClarnin of all people ducked anyone?
Mate, your usually good but this list is all over the place. How could Sanchez duck Arguello when he literally died and was 2 divisions below lol. He was gonna fight him anyway. Even in 1980, like you specify, Sanchez had only just beat Lopez for the Featherweight title and Arguello was 2 divisions up! This isn't even mentioning picks like Marcel - Olivares 74 (Olivares was more washed and Marcel retired after beating the much regarded challenger Arguello, and others). Or Frazier - Norton. Pimental also pulled out of the Jofre bout himself, and was renowned for playing games with top fighters about match ups.
Floyd.... Margarito Floyd.... Pacman in 2009 Floyd ... Williams Canelo... GGG anywhere but Vegas where we all know he's not allowed to lose
Do a 180° Khan would KO De Luca in two rds Give me an absolute break. That's low level, De Luca never fought no body no offense. Deluca is domestic level. Back to the subject: I remember people thought Danny Garcia was avoiding Matthysse. Even I did a little, it turned out to be a hell of a fight, that ruined both