Trilogies with no duds.

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  1. Smoochie

    Smoochie Combat sports fanatic Full Member

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    I hailed the Ali-Frazier/Barrera-Morales as the gold standard for flawless trilogies, but someone could consider the middle fights quite uneventful so I count 'em out.
    Bowe-Fields is goated but Bowe not being so in shape during the 2nd bout and Fields basically being a corpse because his health problems during the 3rd kinda detract for me.
    And nope, Gatti-Ward doesn't belong there either because the 2nd fight too.
     
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  2. ikrasevic

    ikrasevic War for Souls Full Member

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    Ali Vs. Norton
     
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  3. Smoochie

    Smoochie Combat sports fanatic Full Member

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    Last bout isn't exactly remembered well because many valid reasons but yeah, I love that one too.
     
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    ikrasevic War for Souls Full Member

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    If we're going to look at it that way, and I totally agree that we should look at it that way - then Ali lost the trilogy to Norton.
    Not only that.
    If we're going to look at it that way, then Ali H2H lost to Norton.
    Not in some hypothetical "H2H story", but in 3 fights that actually happened.
     
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  5. Smoochie

    Smoochie Combat sports fanatic Full Member

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    I was referring more to the perspective of the quality of the trilogy itself and the main topic of the thread but yeah, always felt that way too.
     
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  6. bolo specialist

    bolo specialist Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ross-McLarnin.
     
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  7. ipitythefool

    ipitythefool Prediction ? Pain Full Member

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    I suppose Fury v Windmill. 3 exciting fights in their own way. The last was poor in terms of boxing quality but still exciting.
     
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    KO KIDD Loyal Member Full Member

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    Patterson v ingmar

    graziano v zale

    vazquez v marquez though they did fight a fourth

    pacquiao vs morales was good even though he ran through morales in the finale
     
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  10. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Factual.
     
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  11. Smoochie

    Smoochie Combat sports fanatic Full Member

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    loved this but the fact that Morales was weight- drained also limits my enjoyment of it too
     
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    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Paul Banke vs Daniel Zaragoza
     
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  13. Glass City Cobra

    Glass City Cobra H2H Burger King

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    Say what you want about Fury and Wilder, but their trilogy was entertaining as hell.
     
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  14. Chuck Norris

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    Zaragoza vs Banke, Vazquez vs Larios and Pazienza vs Haugen deserve a honorable mention.
     
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    cleming Active Member Full Member

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    IMO third Pazienza vs Haugen was not good and Vazquez vs Larios III ending was anticlimatic despite being a good fight
     
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