What are your favorite champion heavyweight bouts?

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by Tockah, Nov 30, 2022.


Page 1 of 2
  1. Tockah

    Tockah Ingo's Bingo Full Member

    904
    1,388
    Mar 12, 2022
    Not to be such a casual, but I would be a liar to say it wasn't my favorite division and still the one I continue learning the most about. Which fights are your very favorite in no particular order?
    Off the top of my head, two kinds of fights are my favorites:

    Chess, not Checkers.
    Ali v Foreman
    Walcott v Louis 1
    Foreman v Moore
    Frazier v Foreman 1
    Patterson v Johansson 2
    Douglas v Tyson
    Tunny v Dempsey 1 & 2

    Lord, you're in the wrong place tonight.
    Ali v Frazier 1
    Dempsey v Willard
    Ali v Williams
    Foreman v Norton
    Foreman v Frazier
    Spinks v Tyson
     
    Tockah, Nov 30, 2022
    Tockah, Nov 30, 2022
    #1
    williams7383, Frankus, McGrain and 1 other person like this.
  2. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

    15,684
    32,749
    Jan 14, 2022
    Larry Holmes vs Weaver 1/Witherspoon/Norton
    Muhammad Ali vs Frazier 1 and 3
    Evander Holyfield vs Bowe 1, 2, 3/Cooper
    Michael Moorer vs Bert Cooper
    Floyd Patterson vs Ingemar Johansson 3
    Joe Louis vs Billy Conn 1
    Rocky Marciano vs Walcott 1/Charles 2
    Joe Frazier vs Jerry Quarry 1
    Lennox Lewis vs Vitali Klitschko

    For impressive KO's but one sided fights

    George Foreman vs Norton/Frazier 1
    Muhammad Ali vs Cleveland Williams
    Joe Frazier vs Jimmy Ellis 1/Bob Foster
    Lennox Lewis vs Hasim Rahman 2
    Mike Tyson vs Michael Spinks
    Joe Louis vs Max Schmeling 2
     
    Dynamicpuncher, Nov 30, 2022
    Dynamicpuncher, Nov 30, 2022
    #2
    Mark Dunham likes this.
  3. KernowWarrior

    KernowWarrior Bob Fitzsimmons much bigger brother. Full Member

    3,162
    3,497
    Jul 12, 2012
    Favourite bouts for various reasons
    Spinks beating Ali and Douglas beating Tyson, just because it showed we can have real life Rocky moments in our sport.

    Holmes vs Cooney merely because of where i was and the group of comrades i was with, and that was only a radio transmission.

    Bruno winning the title from McCall, just because big Franklins name was finally on the roll of honour that says World Heavyweight Champion, for one night only Bruno was the man, via punching and at the end grabbing, to the win. but a win is a win, no body said it had to be pretty.

    Ali vs Foreman
    Holmes v Norton
    Marciano vs Charles 1
     
    KernowWarrior, Nov 30, 2022
    KernowWarrior, Nov 30, 2022
    #3
    Tockah likes this.
  4. Tockah

    Tockah Ingo's Bingo Full Member

    904
    1,388
    Mar 12, 2022
    this sounds like such a nice memory
     
    Tockah, Dec 1, 2022
    Tockah, Dec 1, 2022
    #4
    KernowWarrior likes this.
  5. KernowWarrior

    KernowWarrior Bob Fitzsimmons much bigger brother. Full Member

    3,162
    3,497
    Jul 12, 2012
    A special memory most definitely, the situation we were in was not so nice, but esprit de corps was never felt stronger, and the memory of listening to the bout with those comrades still triggers that feeling of intense camaraderie.
     
    KernowWarrior, Dec 1, 2022
    KernowWarrior, Dec 1, 2022
    #5
    Tockah likes this.
  6. Vic The Gambler

    Vic The Gambler Active Member Full Member

    967
    1,627
    Jun 14, 2022
    Holmes vs Cooney.

    I won so much money from school pals in bets as most of them gambled a small fortune on Cooney winning, while I put everything on Holmes.
    My classmates saw a big 6ft 6 giant, with the kind of KO power not seen since Foreman retired, (according to some anyway) and figured that he would blitz the champion easily…after all he was floored in his last fight against Renaldo Snipes. And remember, Cooney had demolished Ken Norton in his previous fight in just a round they reminded me. Big Gerry was gonna brutalise Holmes, no doubt at all, they all said.
    Misguided fools!

    But I knew better and seeing Holmes finally prevail was the best feeling in the world as I collected the big bucks from my uninformed peers. Oh, and it was a pretty good fight too.
    Great times!
     
    Vic The Gambler, Dec 1, 2022
    Vic The Gambler, Dec 1, 2022
    #6
    Tockah likes this.
  7. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

    25,213
    8,749
    Jul 17, 2009
    Ali v Foreman
    Ali v Frazier I,II & III.
    Ali v Norton II
    Ali v Liston I
    Holmes v Norton
    Foreman v Lyle
    Bowe v Holyfield I
     
    Stevie G, Dec 1, 2022
    Stevie G, Dec 1, 2022
    #7
    DS Phil Hunter and Hi-Tech like this.
  8. Mark Dunham

    Mark Dunham Well-Known Member Full Member

    1,664
    890
    Mar 19, 2021
    what a great list

    I am also partial to Foreman - Frazier and Douglas Tyson, great performance
     
    Mark Dunham, Dec 1, 2022
    Mark Dunham, Dec 1, 2022
    #8
    Dynamicpuncher likes this.
  9. Mark Dunham

    Mark Dunham Well-Known Member Full Member

    1,664
    890
    Mar 19, 2021
    Norton Holmes
    Foreman Frazier
    Louis Schmeling 1
    Louis - Conn 1
    Ali Dunn
    Douglas Tyson
     
    Mark Dunham, Dec 1, 2022
    Mark Dunham, Dec 1, 2022
    #9
  10. Mike Cannon

    Mike Cannon Boxing Addict Full Member

    4,200
    7,563
    Apr 29, 2020
    Leotis Martin - Liston
    Frazier Quarry - 1
    Marciano Walcott 1
     
    Mike Cannon, Dec 1, 2022
    Mike Cannon, Dec 1, 2022
    #10
  11. Hi-Tech

    Hi-Tech Active Member Full Member

    935
    1,148
    Nov 4, 2022
    Ali vs Frazier 1
    Larry Holmes vs Ken Norton
    Holyfield vs Bowe
    Ali vs Foreman or Liston
    Foreman vs Moorer
    Lennox vs Rahman 2
     
    Hi-Tech, Dec 2, 2022
    Hi-Tech, Dec 2, 2022
    #11
  12. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

    113,105
    48,323
    Mar 21, 2007
    It's weird, but the only HW title fights I rewatch are Lennox Lewis, Joe Louis, the two Liston blowouts, and the Rumble in the Jungle. I haven't even watched FOTC in about ten years.
     
    McGrain, Dec 3, 2022
    McGrain, Dec 3, 2022
    #12
    Frankus and Tockah like this.
  13. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

    113,105
    48,323
    Mar 21, 2007
    Ah wait, that's not true! During lockdown I watched loads of the full HBO broadcasts and they had all kinds of HW title fights at the end, mostly from the 1990s. So I lied.
     
    McGrain, Dec 3, 2022
    McGrain, Dec 3, 2022
    #13
    Tockah likes this.
  14. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

    23,527
    26,968
    Jun 26, 2009
    Treat yourself to Holmes-Weaver I sometime.
     
    Saintpat, Dec 3, 2022
    Saintpat, Dec 3, 2022
    #14
    Tockah and Frankus like this.
  15. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

    14,031
    19,123
    Oct 4, 2016
    Some really good fights mentioned here, and for different reasons.
    Couldn't limit them with a list
     
    Reinhardt, Dec 5, 2022
    Reinhardt, Dec 5, 2022
    #15
    Tockah likes this.
Page 1 of 2