Best MW fights?

Just last night I was in my barn hidden in the dark of the loft hunting coyotes with my Remington. I bagged 13 in 5 hrs from 10 until 3am. Sleep is for the weak and feeble. Old range riders get a good 5 winks then set out to make the day great.

 

Ok, let me try this once more. I may sound like I "know everything" bcuz I'm around a bunch of know-nothings on the sport (on the forum), and I'm used to TELLING everyone everything. I hope u don't think I'm the authority on boxing and that i get mad when other peoples' opinions are different, cuz I don't. I expect a difference in opinions. If people disagree, that's fine, but if they can't stay cool, they should get the heck outta here. There is no authority on boxing, that's why the forum has 80 members. Hope that clears things up.

 

Most of the fights I would have listed have already been mentioned but another one that comes to mind is Charles Brewer Vs Anrwun Echols. That fight was a war that was unfortunately ruined by a bad stoppage from an overzealous referee. It was a fun and backhand forth affair while it lasted.

 

Benn vs Watson
Jackson vs Graham
Taylor vs Pavlik
Hearns vs Roldan
McCrory vs Aquino
Kaylor vs Christie
St Juste vs Lafreniere
Geale vs Barker
Duddy vs Campas
Lausse vs Pigou

 

Fights not seen:
Jack Dempsey/Fitzsimmons
Kecthell/ Papke 2
Greb / Walker ( obvs )
Burley / Charles

 

Got to agree with Morlocks on this one (Which is unusual) But years before the internet
and of course Box rec The Zale vs Graziano fights were legendary for there viciousness
and were regarded as some of the greatest middleweight wars in history.
I've read this from multiple sources since the late 70's .

 

Kaylor vs. Christie as Mark Kaylor vs. Errol Christie?

 

Frankly, I'd sacrifice fight footage of Greb in a heartbeat for either one of those fights. They'd probably be no. 1 and no. 2 if the film existed.

 

I wouldn't go that far...

 

It sounds like an overstatement but I've wanted to see those fights for nearly 30 years and I haven't been interested in Greb as long as that.

 

Fair enough, but if I had the power to resurrect long lost boxing footage, I'd just do both...

 

It's out there man, I just know it is...

 

Every story I read about those two said they had a genuine dislike for
each other, and fought like it. Factor in both had that go forward
and destroy style. One had a destructive left hook (Zale) the other
had dynamite in his right hand (Graziano) both allegedly controlled
by or had connections to the mob. Must have been one heck of
a atmosphere.

 

I heard of a store that supposedly has the second one in its entirety

 

Many have been mentioned. I've always been partial to Hearns-Barkley I. Hearns looked great early on and had turned Barkley into a bloody mess in the first two-and-a-half rounds, then Barkley turned the tables.

I never thought Duran-Barkley was that great. It was exciting to see Duran look good in a fight (it had been a while), and everyone was happy he won. Even the announcers were trying to give him a 10-7 round for the knockdown, because they knew he was down. I seem to recall I had Barkley winning that one, too. (I haven't seen it forever.)

In the early 2000s, Willie Gibbs, Daniel Edouard, Kelly Pavlik, Edison Miranda staged some quality middleweight fights on the way up. Any fights between them were pretty good.

Willie Gibbs vs. Daniel Edouard was a great fight.

Pavlik and Miranda fought. Pavlik's first fight with Jermain Taylor was epic. Even the first Edison Miranda-Arthur Abraham fight was pretty good and controversial.

Lots out there.