Great fighters in their absolute Prime?

My fave modern prime Vs prime fights:
- GGG Vs Canelo 2
- Ward Vs Kovalev 1
- Chocolotito Vs Sor Ringvasi 1
- Beterbiev Vs Gvozdyk
- Inoue Vs Donaire 1 and Vs Nery
- Loma Vs Gary Russell Jnr
- Josh Taylor Vs Rugarou
- Froch Vs Groves 1
- Thurman Vs Porter
- Danny Garcia Vs Matthyse
- JMM Vs Katsidas
- Frampton Vs L.S Cruz
- All of Leigh Woods last few fights (Warrington, Conlan, etc.)
- Wilder Vs Fury 2
- Degale Vs B. Jack

(Off the top of me head and most, if not all, of these are in the last 10 years (though CBA to check through dates!)).

 

Douglas/Tyson.

Hagler/Hearns.

 

Lomachenko Walters/Rigo/Russell

That period he was fkin sublime

 

Ypu don't think Pac was prime when he beat Cotto?

 

To be fair, the Cotto fight took place about a year after the Diaz fight. I would say that he was in his prime then too, but that Diaz fight was Manny at this optimal weight(size for size) and Diaz had nothing to offer him. Even Oscar had more success than Diaz.

 

Buster Douglas vs Mike Tyson
Tyson wasn't at his peak but that doesn't take away from the fact that, with the loss of his mom, Douglas was a man possessed.
Douglas wanted to win that day more than almost any other heavyweight in my opinion.

 

Holyfield v Moorer II.
Lloyd Marshall v Ezzard Charles
Schreck v Marvin Hart
Langford v Lang
Uzcudchin v Max Baer
Jack Johnson v Kaufman
Bivins v Lee Murray II
Pinklon Thomas v Witherspoon
Loughran v Braddock
Buddy Baer v Abe Simon
Wladimir Klitschko v Chagaev
Ali v Norton II
Norfolk v Miske
Clay Turner v Norfolk
Miske v Fulton
Wills v Fulton
Moran v Coffey I/II
Jack Sharkey v Loughran
Josh Taylor v Postol
Moha v Levinsky 1914
Mayweather v JMM

 

Douglas had won 12 of 13 with his only loss in 5 years being a close one to Tucker. This included wins over Greg Page, Berbick and McCall none of which were close.

To the contrary Tyson v Douglas is the only time Tyson had any sort of comeback at the elite level. Tyson was down 4-1 and got the lead back briefly after the 8th. If Douglas is counted out in the 8th this turns from a mark of shame to possibly Tysons most important win as he doesn't have another like it.

This idea "Tokyo" Douglas was a one fight pony or showed up at an unusually high level for Tyson just isn't true.

 

I think Mayweathers best performance was against Gatti and Leonard vs Price and Crawford vs Spence

 

Ran thru em like butter

 

Taylor Vs postol was a banger!

I really wish Turki would just put money into cokey Kale's WSSB, but we all know Kale would be dead before the tourney's first rd...

 

Wlad - Chagaev
Vitali - Sanders

 

I wasn't trying to say that Douglas was a one trick pony. Just that on that night he was at his best.

 

Hagler
Oscar DLH
Sweet pea
Bararra
Holyfield
Morrison Lett Hook