Which fights in boxing history was more impressive than Ali-Foreman?

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  1. royjonesfan

    royjonesfan Member banned Full Member

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    Are there any fights more impressive than Ali besting Foreman?

    Here are some possible candidates
    Mayweather beating Pacquiao
    Mayweather delahoya
    Pacquiao Marquez
    Andy Ruiz defeating unbeaten AJ
    Fury Wilder 2
    Tyson vs Spinks
    Jeff Horn vs Michael Zerafa 2
    Thrilla in Manilla
     
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    sid Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Sugar Ray Leonard v Hitman Hearns Fight One.
     
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    Boxing2019 If you want peace, prepare war. banned Full Member

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    Lyle vs Foreman...down goes George, down goes George (unbelievable).
     
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    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing

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    Honeyghan vs Curry
    Douglas vs Tyson
    F Randall vs Chavez
     
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    Douglas Tyson
     
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    Joshua-Wlad,Joshua-Ruiz 1,Wilder-Fury 2,Vitaly-Sanders,Norton-Holms and many others.
     
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    Mainly depends on how much you care about a certain fighter
     
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    Probably none. Foreman v moorer only close one for me. Foreman himself pretty much done the unbelievable. From his first comeback fight no one would have predicted him ending up with a world title.

    And also ali v liston. A third choice for me. Liston was a lot better than hes remembered nowadays.

    Tyson v douglas was more a guy that wasn,t training getting his due reward for it. Mayweather v pacman was a guy that waited on the other dipping. Ruiz v joshua...people predicted this happening to joshua at some point from the start. Fury v wilder was better the first one especially because of the lay off. But wilder like joshua has had doubters for years. Even then i,d go fury v wilder one as fourth anf fury v klitchko in the top ten as well. All just my imo.
     
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    YCGS Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hard to say. Depends on what you mean by impressive I guess. Someone above mentioned Buster vs Tyson, and while it is a much bigger upset, it is fairly well known Tyson wasn't really training or focused so for me, I'd place a higher value on a fight where I was sure that 2 prime fighters were going at it during their best.
    Ali- Foreman is in that category I think but it was also before my time.
    Mayweather Pacquiao is not in that realm as both were not in their prime.

    For me... either of the Duran - Leonard fights.
     
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    And now George fights back !
    As one who remembers it, Douglas v Tyson was not a bigger upset than Ali v Foreman.
     
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    Not many

    Two all time greats for their division

    It was an upset

    It was a huge event

    Ali is arguably the most famous boxer who ever lived and this was his signature win

    Some fights are upsets, some have a similar magnitude and others have two greats. Not sure any meet all that same criteria

    Maybe hagler vs Leonard
     
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    Holyfield vs Bowl (first fight)
     
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    Hagler vs Leonard was pretty impressive, Leonard to come off retirement for 3 years and beat Hagler although controversial is up there
     
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    My first thought. He had one fight in five years, looked ordinary and was pretty much a junkie during his retirement.
    He also was a career welterweight fighting arguably the greatest ever middleweight.
     
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