If you had to top "The War" by picking two fighters...

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  1. Brixton Bomber

    Brixton Bomber Obsessed with Boxing banned Full Member

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    Instead of Hearns/Hagler, and you think it would be even more action packed than what we got, who do you pick?

    I'm going for Tyson/Fraizer.

    I can't even imagine what the first thirty seconds would look like with these two bulls going a it.

    Either way, the violence would be off the scale.

    Your turn...
     
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  2. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Rocky vs Dempsey could be brutal
     
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  3. RockyJim

    RockyJim Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Get the EMT's ready for this one!!!
     
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    Gazelle Punch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Marciano v Frazier
    Frazier v Holyfield
    Marciano v Holyfield
    All would be exceptional
     
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  5. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Pintor & Gomez would be more violent. Also these would be....
    Dempsey-Firpo
    Pryor-Arguello
    Leonard-Duran
    Mancini-Kim
    Limon vs. ANYONE
    Fletcher vs. Anyone
    ZALE-GRAZIANO-hagler/hearns on steroids twice!
    Franklin vs anyone.
    I REALLY THINK HAGLER/HEARNS IS WAAAAAAY OVERRATED. RD 1 WAS GREAT, PRYOR-ARGUELLO round 1 WAS BETTER. H vs H. Rds 2 & 3 WERE NOTHING SPECIAL.
     
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  6. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Marvin Johnson vs Yvon Durrele
    Saad Muhammad vs Victor Galíndez
    Bobby Chacon vs Arturo Gatti
    Kelvin Seabrooks vs Wayne McCullough
    Carmen Basilio vs Rocky Graziano
    Joe Frazier vs Evander Holyfield
    Myung-Woo Yuh vs Jung Koo Chang
    Akira Yaegashi vs Jorge Arce
    Ray Mancini vs Diego Corrales
    Brandon Rios vs Juan Diaz

    Just a few I could think of.
     
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  7. McGrain

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    The War is so overrated to me. First round is as epic as they get, that's fair; the Hagler cut made it really genuinely dramatic. But people acting like it's the greatest fight of all time I just don't get. I thought Terrazas-Mijares was a better fight, and i'm not joking.
     
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  8. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    MISSED YOU BUD. Terrific poster. I just bought a great bio called "Fearless Freddie" about Mills. Light-Heavyweight Champion of the World.
     
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    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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  10. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Complete mayhem brutallity. Put jr-light Gatti in with the entire 4 Kings. Limon (madness) Boza (multiple knockdowns) and Navarrate ( sudden death with gloves). THAT would be exciting.
     
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  11. Reinhardt

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    Agreed, 1st round of Hagler Hearns was great , but a close examination saw Hearns start retreating after about 90 seconds and it was a matter of time before Tommy would fall.
     
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  12. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Rocky Marciano vs. Nino Valdes
    Benny Paret vs. Rubin Carter
    George Foreman vs. Cleveland Williams
    George Foreman vs. Sonny Liston
    Ron Lyle vs. Sonny Liston
    Joe Frazier vs. Ken Norton
    Larry Holmes vs. Ron Lyle
    Iran Barkley vs. John Mugabi
    Marvin Hagler vs. Iran Barkley
    Julian Jackson vs. Nigel Benn
    George Foreman vs. Ray Mercer

    Man, I could do this a lot longer.
     
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  13. RulesMakeItInteresting

    RulesMakeItInteresting Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Lyle was good, very tough fighter. And he would have rocked Holmes. But ultimately Ron would have been stopped in 8, he would have had massive problems with that jab. 1978-1981 Holmes would have made him look like a bumbling dolt, all swoll/dressed up and nowhere but Palooka-ville to go.

    That said, it would probably have been an entertaining fight for the first five rounds or so.
     
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  14. William Walker

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    I've always thought that it would be a war cuz both were the same size, which would pose a new situation for Holmes. Lyle was a rumbler, and Holmes often got into wild fights with bigger hitters. I just don't think Larry could resist. I think both would hit the deck in an all-action brawl. But I agree, I think Holmes probably would have stopped Lyle around 10. Lyle was never stopped easily or quickly in his prime though. I have every reason to believe that Larry's in for the fight of his life.
     
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  15. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Duran vs Pryor
    Ketchel vs Benn
     
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