He are arkid: This content is protected Most people, when making lists like this, tend to consider things like historical significance or the calibre of the fighters in the ring. For me, I think that's over complicating a rather simple concept. So for my list, it's simply the fights I, personally, found the most entertaining. Which means I have to have seen it, so that ruled out old-school fights which weren't recorded, or aren't available. To keep it as simple as possible, I'm also keeping it to fights which I've seen in full, or at least enough to get a feel for the whole fight. I'd rule out something like Harada vs Aoki since there's only 3 minutes of it available, whereas I included Marciano vs Walcott I, which has a round missing. Be it due to the moment shifts, blistering action, showboating, drama or whatever may tickle my fancy for that particular fight, the list is made up from my personal tastes. If your favourite is absent, keep your hat on, it's just an opinion. Keep in mind, technical masterpieces need not apply. This is a list of war! Bobby Chacon vs Bazooka Limon IV Gaspar Ortega vs Benny Paret I Aaron Pryor vs Alexis Arguello I Erik Morales vs Marco Antonio Barrera I Matthew Saad Muhammad vs Yaqui Lopez II Charley Scott vs Gaspar Ortega I Bobby Chacon vs Boza-Edwards II Paul Banke vs Daniel Zaragoza II Bobby Chacon vs Danny Lopez Matthew Saad Muhammad vs Marvin Johnson I Myung-Woo Yuh vs Mario Alberto DeMarco I Riddick Bowe vs Andrew Golota II Israel Vazquez vs Rafael Marquez III Antonio Avelar vs Wilfredo Vasquez Sr Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier III Diego Corrales vs Jose Luis Castillo I Emile Griffith vs Benny Paret III Juan Manuel Marquez vs Manny Pacquiao IV Mattew Saad Muhammad vs Marvin Johnson II Wilfredo Gomez vs Lupe Pintor Evander Holyfield vs Dwight Muhammad Qawi I Érik Morales vs Manny Pacquiao I Archie Moore vs Yvon Durrele I Merqui Sosa vs Charles Williams I Juan Manuel Marquez vs Juan Diaz I Ray Mancini vs Deuk Koo Kim Robert Quiroga vs Akeem Anifowoshi Jung Koo Chang vs Katsuo Tokashiki Evander Holyfield vs Michael Dokes Gene Fullmer vs Carmen Basilio I Orlando Salido vs Fransisco Vargas Kevin Kelley vs Trey Dorsey Roberto Durán vs Iran Barkley Jeff Fenech vs Marcos Villasana Micheal Moorer vs Bert Cooper Julio Cesar Gonzalez vs Julian Letterlough Danny Lopez vs Mike Ayala Roberto Duran vs Ray Leonard I Mickey Ward vs Arturo Gatti I James Toney vs Vasilly Jirov Riddick Bowe vs Evander Holyfield I Felix Trinidad vs Fernando Vargas Evander Holyfield vs Bert Cooper Marvin Hagler vs Tommy Hearns Matthew Saad Muhammad vs Ritchie Kates Kelvin Seabrooks vs Thierry Jacob Chartchai Chionoi vs Effren Torres I Joichiro Tatsuyoshi vs Sirimongkol Singwancha Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Márquez II George Foreman vs Ron Lyle Erik Morales vs Marco Antonio Barrera III Tony Lopez vs Rocky Lockridge I Rocky Lockridge vs Boza-Edwards Miguel Cotto vs Ricardo Torres Larry Holmes vs Ken Norton Fransisco Rodriguez Jr. vs Katsunari Takayama Troy Dorsey vs Harold Rhodes Wayne McCullough vs Daniel Zaragoza Kid Gavilan vs Gil Turner Muangchai Kittikasem vs Jung Koo Chang Arron Pryor vs Dujuan Johnson Frank Fletcher vs Earnie Singletary Leon Spinks vs Jesse Burnett MA Barrera vs Kennedy McKinney Sung-Kil Moon vs Nana Konadu I Erik Morales vs Jesus Chavez Manny Pacquiao vs JM Marquez I Charlie Magri vs Frank Cedeno Eder Jofre vs Fighting Harada Erik Morales vs Wayne McCullough Masao Oba vs Betulio Gonzalez Rocky Marciano vs Archie Moore Mando Ramos vs Sugar Ramos Eder Jofre vs Jose Medel I Marcos Villasana vs Paul Hodkinson I Fidel Bassa vs Dave McCauley I Rocky Marciano vs Jersey Joe Walcott I Adrian Hernandez vs Kompayak Porpramook I Antonio Esparragoza vs Marcos Villasana Joichiro Tatsuyoshi vs Victor Rabanales II Mark Johnson vs Leon Salazar Kusuo Eguchi vs Katsuaki Eguchi Arturo Gatti vs Gabriel Ruelas Rocky Lockridge vs Harold Knight Carmen Basilio vs Johnny Saxton II Akira Yaegashi vs Pornsawan Porpramook Masao Oba vs Chartchai Chionoi Mickey Ward vs Emmanuel Augustus Kelvin Seabrooks vs Ernie Cataluna Jorge Arce vs Hussein Hussein Roman Gonzalez vs SS Rungvisai I Carmen Basilio vs Gil Turner Erik Morales vs Marcos Maidana Kevin Kelley vs Ricardo Rivera Charlie Magri vs Eleoncio Mercedes Wayne McCullough vs Victor Rabanales Akira Yaegashi vs Kazuto Ioka Daniel Zaragoza vs Joichiro Tatsuyoshi I Charles Williams vs Merqui Sosa II Michael Carbajal vs Jorge Arce
Great to see 3 Wayne McCullough scraps in your list. His fights were entertaining to the hilt, pity he lacked that bit of power and always seemed to be on the wrong side of close score cards in big match ups. Forgot about Ward vs Augusutus. Great fight.
Great list, George - I'd expect nothing less. Still working on my top 100 but it's slow going... I have a top 84!
Honestly, I've just let the order sort itself out. After the top say 30, they're too close to subjectively rank IMO. You can't go wrong. But there are so many fights that didn't make it, which could have. It's really hard to cut them out.
Oh yeah, my top fights are pretty random order after the top 20-30. They're just in order of when I watched them so I keep adding to the list like that.
Mine is similar, although there is a bit of structure to it. Some fights being above others really annoyed me, so I changed them.
Here's my (incomplete) top 100: 1. Aaron Pryor v Alexis Arguello 1 (1982) 2. Bobby Chacon v Rafael Limon 4 (1982) 3. Bobby Chacon v Cornelius Boza-Edwards 2 (1983) 4. Matthew Saad Muhammad v Yaqui Lopez 2 (1980) 5. Archie Moore v Yvonne Durelle 1 (1958) 6. Muhammad Ali v Joe Frazier 3 (1975) 7. Wilfredo Gomez v Lupe Pintor (1982) 8. Salvador Sanchez v Azumah Nelson (1982) 9. Carmen Basilio v Tony DeMarco 2 (1955) 10. Roberto Duran v Iran Barkley (1989) 11. Felix Trinidad v Fernando Vargas (2000) 12. Alexis Arguello v Alfredo Escalera 2 (1979) 13. Chartchai Chionoi v Effren Torres 1 (1968) 14. Diego Corrales v Jose Luis Castillo 1 (2005) 15. Marco Antonio Barrera v Kennedy McKinney (1996) 16. Erik Morales v Marco Antonio Barrera 1 (2000) 17. James Toney v Mike McCallum 1 (1991) 18. Matthew Franklin v Marvin Johnson 1 (1977) 19. Victor Galindez v Richie Kates 1 (1976) 20. Roberto Duran v Sugar Ray Leonard 1 (1980) 21. Sugar Ray Leonard v Thomas Hearns 1 (1981) 22. Jung Koo Chang v Katsuo Tokashiki (1984) 23. Israel Vasquez v Rafael Marquez 3 (2008) 24. Fighting Harada v Eder Jofre 1 (1965) 25. Arturo Gatti v Wilson Rodriguez (1996) 26. Michael Carbajal v Humberto Gonzalez 1 (1993) 27. Arturo Gatti v Gabriel Ruelas (1997) 28. Mando Ramos v Sugar Ramos (1970) 29. Rocky Marciano v Jersey Joe Walcott 1 (1952) 30. Joe Frazier v Muhammad Ali 1 (1971) 31. Tony Lopez v Rocky Lockridge 1 (1988) 32. Matthew Franklin v Marvin Johnson 2 (1979) 33. Juan Manuel Marquez v Juan Diaz 1 (2009) 34. Erik Morales v Manny Pacquiao 1 (2005) 35. Larry Holmes v Ken Norton (1978) 36. Marvin Hagler v Thomas Hearns (1985) 37. Saman Sorjaturong v Humberto Gonzalez (1995) 38. Sun Kil Moon v Nana Konadu 1 (1990) 39. Cornelius Boza-Edwards v Rafael Limon (1981) 40. Jeff Harding v Dennis Andries 1 (1989) 41. Mickey Ward v Arturo Gatti 1 (2002) 42. Ivan Robinson v Arturo Gatti 1 (1998) 43. Julio Cesar Gonzalez v Julian Letterlough (2001) 44. Israel Vasquez v Rafael Marquez 2 (2007) 45. Oscar Larios v Israel Vaquez 2 (2002) 46. Israel Vasquez v Johnny Gonzalez (2004) 47. Riddick Bowe v Evander Holyfield 1 (1992) 48. Chris Eubank v Nigel Benn 1 (1990) 49. Jamie Moore v Matthew Macklin (2006) 50. Evander Holyfield v Mike Tyson 1 (1996) 51. Salvador Sanchez v Wilfedo Gomez (1981) 52. Naseem Hamed v Kevin Kelley (1997) 53. Kennedy McKinney v Junior Jones (1997) 54. Antonio Avelar v Wilfredo Vasquez (1985) 55. Miguel Cotto v Ricardo Torres (2005) 56. Fidel Bassa v Dave McCauley 1 (1987) 57. Rafael Marquez v Israel Vasquez 1 (2007) 58. Kennedy McKinney v Welcome Ncita 1 (1992) 59. Vicente Saldivar v Howard Winstone 2 (1967) 60. Ruben Olivares v Kasuyoshi Kanazawa 2 (1971) 61. Kevin Kelley v Troy Dorsey (1992) 62. Alejandro Gonzalez v Kevin Kelley (1995) 63. Vince Pettway v Simon Brown (1995) 64. Julio Cesar Chavez v Meldrick Taylor 1 (1990) 65. James Buster Douglas v Mike Tyson (1990) 66. George Foreman v Ron Lyle (1976) 67. Gerald McCellan v Julian Jackson 1 (1993) 68. Alexis Arguello v Alfredo Escalera 1 (1978) 69. Cornelius Boza-Edwards v Bobby Chacon 1 (1981) 70. Rafael Limon v Rolando Navarette (1982) 71. John Duddy v Yori Boy Campas (2006) 72. Barry McGuigan v Steve Cruz (1986) 73. Mickey Ward v Emmanuel Augustus Burton (2001) 74. Frankie Liles v Tim Littles 2 (1996) 75. Antonio Margarito v Miguel Cotto 1 (2008) 76. Felix Triniad v Yori Boy Campas (1994) 77. Soo Hwan Hong v Hector Carrasquilla (1977) 78. Felix Trinidad v Ricardo Mayorga (2004) 79. Larry Holmes v Mike Weaver 1 (1979) 80. Erik Morales v In Jin Chi (2001) 81. Jose Becerra v Alphonse Hallimi 2 (1960) 82. Julio Cesar Chavez v Juan LaPorte (1986) 83. Sean O'Grady v Hilmer Kenty (1981)