Best Boxing Matches That Never Happened

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  1. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    This one would have been a wild and furious fight:
    Duran Pryor at 140.
     
  2. Greg Price99

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    Joe Gans vs Packey McFarland

    Jack Johnson vs Sam Langford rematch around 1912

    Jack Dempsey vs Harry Willis

    Jack Dempsey vs Harry Greb

    Benny Leonard vs Mickey Walker

    Horacio Accavallo vs Pone Kingpetch

    Salvador Sanchez vs Eusebio Pedroza

    Lennox Lewis vs Riddick Bowe
     
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  3. Paul McB

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    Michael Moorer vs Virgil Hill at light heavy.
    Calzaghe vs Collins.
    Bruno vs Mercer.
    McGuigan vs Nelson at feather.
     
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  4. Saintpat

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    Liston-Patterson III
     
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    This is absolute gold.

    Akinwande and Ruiz would have been in a clinch during the Ref's pre-fight instructions
     
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    McFarland vs Wolgast , which was cancelled in the 11th hour
    Rafa Marquez vs Sahaprom
    and of course Pac Floyd 2010
     
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  7. JohnThomas1

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    Some juicy ones from my sweetspot -

    Spinks - Saad
    Spinks - Qawi/Mustafa II
    Leonard - Hearns II (around 1983)
    Leonard - Benitez II (1982)
    Leonard - Pryor
    Sanchez - Pedroza
    Pedroza - Gomez
    Gomez - Chandler
    Chandler - Pintor

    * I'm not saying Leonard shouldn'[t have had his timeout but these were incredible matchups if he didn't.
     
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    Pedroza-Gomez
    Pedroza-Nelson
    Chavez-Nelson
    Chavez-Pedroza

    Im sure Chavez-Gomez would have been good at 130 but Im sure we all know who'd win it.
     
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    Though already mentioned: Michael Spinks v. Matthew Saad Muhammad.

    Saad was past absolute peak but still highly dangerous and Sprinks wasn't quite at his peak yet.
     
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  10. Saad54

    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Chavez would have destroyed Gomez at 130 in late 1984 or 1985
     
  11. Saad54

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    Roger Mayweather v. Hector Camacho at 130 lbs

    I think Camacho would have won though based on what I saw when Mayweather fought Whitaker at 135 later on
     
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  12. Joeywill

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    Good one which I always wondered about
     
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  13. Joeywill

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    When was this possible?
     
  14. Joeywill

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    What about Bruno vs Mercer is interesting
     
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    Terry Norris vs Felix Trinidad
     
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