MUST WATCH BOXING SURVEY - FINAL RESULTS

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  1. George Crowcroft

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    I've just finished my first draft of my top 100 fights. I can post it if anyone is interested.
     
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  2. Jel

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    Hell yeah.
     
  3. George Crowcroft

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    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!


    1. Bobby Chacon vs Bazooka Limon IV
    2. Gaspar Ortega vs Benny Paret I
    3. Aaron Pryor vs Alexis Arguello I
    4. Erik Morales vs Marco Antonio Barrera I
    5. Matthew Saad Muhammad vs Yaqui Lopez II
    6. Charley Scott vs Gaspar Ortega I
    7. Bobby Chacon vs Boza-Edwards II
    8. Paul Banke vs Daniel Zaragoza II
    9. Bobby Chacon vs Danny Lopez
    10. Matthew Saad Muhammad vs Marvin Johnson I
    11. Myung-Woo Yuh vs Mario Alberto DeMarco I
    12. Riddick Bowe vs Andrew Golota II
    13. Israel Vazquez vs Rafael Marquez III
    14. Antonio Avelar vs Wilfredo Vasquez Sr
    15. Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier III
    16. Diego Corrales vs Jose Luis Castillo I
    17. Emile Griffith vs Benny Paret III
    18. Juan Manuel Marquez vs Manny Pacquiao IV
    19. Mattew Saad Muhammad vs Marvin Johnson II
    20. Wilfredo Gomez vs Lupe Pintor
    21. Evander Holyfield vs Dwight Muhammad Qawi I
    22. Érik Morales vs Manny Pacquiao I
    23. Archie Moore vs Yvon Durrele I
    24. Merqui Sosa vs Charles Williams I
    25. Juan Manuel Marquez vs Juan Diaz I
    26. Ray Mancini vs Deuk Koo Kim
    27. Robert Quiroga vs Akeem Anifowoshi
    28. Jung Koo Chang vs Katsuo Tokashiki
    29. Evander Holyfield vs Michael Dokes
    30. Gene Fullmer vs Carmen Basilio I
    31. Orlando Salido vs Fransisco Vargas
    32. Kevin Kelley vs Trey Dorsey
    33. Roberto Durán vs Iran Barkley
    34. Jeff Fenech vs Marcos Villasana
    35. Micheal Moorer vs Bert Cooper
    36. Julio Cesar Gonzalez vs Julian Letterlough
    37. Danny Lopez vs Mike Ayala
    38. Roberto Duran vs Ray Leonard I
    39. Mickey Ward vs Arturo Gatti I
    40. James Toney vs Vasilly Jirov
    41. Riddick Bowe vs Evander Holyfield I
    42. Felix Trinidad vs Fernando Vargas
    43. Evander Holyfield vs Bert Cooper
    44. Marvin Hagler vs Tommy Hearns
    45. Matthew Saad Muhammad vs Ritchie Kates
    46. Kelvin Seabrooks vs Thierry Jacob
    47. Chartchai Chionoi vs Effren Torres I
    48. Joichiro Tatsuyoshi vs Sirimongkol Singwancha
    49. Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Márquez II
    50. George Foreman vs Ron Lyle
    51. Erik Morales vs Marco Antonio Barrera III
    52. Tony Lopez vs Rocky Lockridge I
    53. Rocky Lockridge vs Boza-Edwards
    54. Miguel Cotto vs Ricardo Torres
    55. Larry Holmes vs Ken Norton
    56. Fransisco Rodriguez Jr. vs Katsunari Takayama
    57. Troy Dorsey vs Harold Rhodes
    58. Wayne McCullough vs Daniel Zaragoza
    59. Kid Gavilan vs Gil Turner
    60. Muangchai Kittikasem vs Jung Koo Chang
    61. Arron Pryor vs Dujuan Johnson
    62. Frank Fletcher vs Earnie Singletary
    63. Leon Spinks vs Jesse Burnett
    64. MA Barrera vs Kennedy McKinney
    65. Sung-Kil Moon vs Nana Konadu I
    66. Erik Morales vs Jesus Chavez
    67. Manny Pacquiao vs JM Marquez I
    68. Charlie Magri vs Frank Cedeno
    69. Eder Jofre vs Fighting Harada
    70. Erik Morales vs Wayne McCullough
    71. Masao Oba vs Betulio Gonzalez
    72. Rocky Marciano vs Archie Moore
    73. Mando Ramos vs Sugar Ramos
    74. Eder Jofre vs Jose Medel I
    75. Marcos Villasana vs Paul Hodkinson I
    76. Fidel Bassa vs Dave McCauley I
    77. Rocky Marciano vs Jersey Joe Walcott I
    78. Adrian Hernandez vs Kompayak Porpramook I
    79. Antonio Esparragoza vs Marcos Villasana
    80. Joichiro Tatsuyoshi vs Victor Rabanales II
    81. Mark Johnson vs Leon Salazar
    82. Kusuo Eguchi vs Katsuaki Eguchi
    83. Arturo Gatti vs Gabriel Ruelas
    84. Rocky Lockridge vs Harold Knight
    85. Carmen Basilio vs Johnny Saxton II
    86. Akira Yaegashi vs Pornsawan Porpramook
    87. Masao Oba vs Chartchai Chionoi
    88. Mickey Ward vs Emmanuel Augustus
    89. Kelvin Seabrooks vs Ernie Cataluna
    90. Jorge Arce vs Hussein Hussein
    91. Roman Gonzalez vs SS Rungvisai I
    92. Carmen Basilio vs Gil Turner
    93. Erik Morales vs Marcos Maidana
    94. Kevin Kelley vs Ricardo Rivera
    95. Charlie Magri vs Eleoncio Mercedes
    96. Wayne McCullough vs Victor Rabanales
    97. Akira Yaegashi vs Kazuto Ioka
    98. Daniel Zaragoza vs Joichiro Tatsuyoshi I
    99. Charles Williams vs Merqui Sosa II
    100. Michael Carbajal vs Jorge Arce
     
  4. The Slaps

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    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.
     
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  5. William Walker

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    helluva list, man!
     
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  6. Jel

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    Great list, George - I'd expect nothing less.

    Still working on my top 100 but it's slow going... I have a top 84!
     
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  7. George Crowcroft

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    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.
     
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  8. Jel

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    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.
     
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  9. George Crowcroft

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    Mine is similar, although there is a bit of structure to it. Some fights being above others really annoyed me, so I changed them.
     
  10. Jel

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    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)
     
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  11. salsanchezfan

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    What, no Carbajal-Gonzalez 1?

    If you'd just put a little thought into this......
     
  12. George Crowcroft

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    I did. I've always said that that fight Is overrated. I honestly prefer the second.
     
  13. Jel

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    Blasphemy!
     
  14. George Crowcroft

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    I thought not having Dempsey-Firpo would be a bigger crime.
     
  15. Jel

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    Now that is an overrated fight!
     
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