Dream Boxing Card - but it has to be proportional

A warm up -

MAIN EVENT: George Foreman versus Mike Tyson, 15 rounds, undisputed heavyweight championship of the world.

CHIEF SUPPORT: Ezzard Charles versus Michael Spinks, 15 rounds, undisputed light-heavyweight championship of the world.

FIGHT 3: Archie Moore versus Dwight Qawi, 12 rounds, USBA light heavyweight title and eliminator to fight the winner of Charles - Spinks.

FIGHT 2: Rubin Carter versus Nigel Benn 10 rounds, middleweight.

FIGHT 1: Frank Fletcher vs Eugene Hart, 10 rounds, non-title fight middleweight.

I think the card justifies itself. Moore and Qawi would have the added incentive of becoming the mandatory challenger. Couple of barnstormers early followed by a fight that could evolve in a number of ways then a how the hell will this one play out before some hefty fireworks again but on an ATG level.

 

I'm liking those reads too. A stoppage in fight 1 wouldn't surprise tho. I absolutely could see Spinks and Charles gelling like that. For that matter Tyson and Foreman could well be both exhausted that early too. Both would have to work hard early and Foreman's strength would certainly take some fore out of Tyson. I will certainly be doing another card sometime if that's allowed but will sit back and let some others have a go.

Excellent thread idea.

 

Main Event - Roberto Duran vs Sugar Ray Robinson; for me, this is a clash between the two best fighters ever in a fight which could only be an incredible spectacle. @147, for the undisputed welterweight champion and really to declare a true, clear pound-for-pound greatest of all-time.

Chief Support - Wilfredo Gomez vs Jeff Fenech, an undisputed championship fight wt super-bantam; and a true war between two incredible offensive fighters and two tough mutha****as. Gomez-Pintor was on the Benitez-Hearns undercard, so this one can be on this one. *15 round distance.

Undercard One - Bobby Chacon vs Arturo Gatti; needs no explanation, really. A super-featherweight unification where the winner takes their titles and fights the winner of a seperate fight between Diego Corrales and Tony Lopez. 12 round distance.

Undercard Two - Jorge Paez vs Kevin Kelley; another which I don't think needs much explanation. Would be an insane war, and likely end up as one of those great ten rounder Philly loved looking back on. Winner takes on current WBA featherweight champion Marcos Villasana.

Undercard Three - Myung-Woo Yuh vs Jacob Mtlata, a ten round light-flyweight contest where these two would just not stop throwing for all ten in a punch fest for the ages. Both seem to want a shot at either Jung-Koo Chang or Roman Gonzalez.


I made sure to get the atmosphere absolutely ****ing electric before the main event. How couldn't it be with an undercard like that? A main event which, to me, would have that aurora of a true, ridiculously big mega fight. It'd also bring in so many different types of fans with the various

I also reckon a card of this magnitude would allow for the higher level fighters down at feather to fight a little further down the card than they're used to. And I'm fairly certain Yuh and Mtlata would both just be flabbergasted to even be offered tickets to this one, let alone fight.

Edit: specified rounds for 2/3.

 

Aye, some cheap thrills at the bottom of the card. Could be interesting to see which is the fight of the night.

 

@JohnThomas1

My predictions would be:

Hart blasts Fletcher out in one ungodly war. Fletcher is at some point gonna eat that left hook, and then he's gonna eat another... and another... and another.

Carter stops Nigel mid/late in a fun frenzy of angry punches. Ruben's chin and precision at middleweight is pretty hard to bet against, TBF. Benn was easier to tire and stop at 160 than he was up at 168, and he often three with reckless abandon at middle. Carter has too many opportunities to mess up here IMO. Plus, he'd survive more mistakes than Benn would.

Moore's extra bit of class wins over Qawi in an awesome battle. Qawi pressing the action, slipping shots and trying to work his jab; while Moore sits tight and looks to nail Qawi coming in. Both vying to get the other on the ropes, both using all the tricks to set the other up. For me, Moore's bag of tricks was bigger, and trading with power like that is never something I'd bet on. Even if Moore didn't stop him, a knockout isn't all power's good for.

Charles SD15 Spinks, in a highly repulsive fight where most casuals think **** all happens. However, seeing that level of skill working and testing eachother would be awesome on some level. No analysis, I'll get carried away with myself; gotta rep Charles though.

Tyson TKO3 Foreman, in a short, explosive war where the quicker, tougher chinned Tyson gets off first and after constantly teeing off on George, ends up setting up a fast finish. Foreman's bombs give Tyson plenti of issues, and he may well have to get off the canvas for this. Ultimately though, it's one of those fights where I think speed trumps power and is decided on the better chin - which I think is Tyson.

 

Possibly. Could be one of those cases where it's what you like. For non-stop action, I don't think there's many fights which beat Yuh-Mtlata. And you'd get people who think the skill shown in Robinson vs Duran makes it the best.

 

Main event!
You said it earlier Marciano v Frazier 15 rounds

Chief support- Moore v Holyfield cruiser weight

Ezzard Charles v Bob Foster LHW

Rex Layne v Jerry Quarry

Bob Satterfield v Bert Cooper to start the fireworks

 

Oh, this is interesting.

Let's see how much we can finagle here. HEAVYWEIGHT EXTRAVAGANZA time.

10 rounds: Jeanette vs Langford

Both men had a demonstrated willingness to fight for very small sums of money. This bout has the added advantage that it's under older rules, so the audience will be able to move forward in time as the card progresses. Winner take all, so both guys are motivated.

10 rounds: McVey vs Wills

Same deal as above. I'm probably a terrible person for exploiting the conditions of privation that attended these gentlemen, but the thread question implies that I'm an equally famous old-timey boxing promoter. So I probably have ties to the Mob, and/or am the actual Don King. I'm unlikely to care much.

12 rounds: Tua vs Greb

Possible title eliminator for an alphabet belt. Neither man won the heavyweight title, and Greb, in particular, wasn't picky about whom he fought. He's ironically the more affordable of the two. And Tua is meanwhile not going to demand high-risk money for fighting a supermiddleweight. This one's for all you forumites out there.

15 rounds: Deontay Wilder vs the Toronto 5

This is a spectacle, more than a boxing match, and probably wouldn't be enough to sell a card on its own. The perfect pick-me-up after Deontay's loss to Fury. Deontay has a total of 15 rounds to KO all 5 guys. If there's one left standing at the end, Deontay loses. It's a low risk event for Wilder, and he was happy to beat up Zelenoff on camera for free, so this one might be do-able. Good promotional opportunity for Mr. Bomb Squad. Also, he's the only one we will have to pay much money to. The Toronto 5 can be replaced by another 5 boxers of equally low level if necessary. This is also to whet the crowd's appetite for a KO in the next bout, which we will continually remind them "might happen at any time...!"

15 rounds: Ali vs Tyson

The only possible option for maximum box office impact. We need to earn back our outlays somehow, and this is it.