Which decade had the best fights

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Which one

  1. 20's

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  2. 30's

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  3. 40's

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  4. 50's

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  5. 60'a

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  6. 70's

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  7. 80's

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  8. 90's

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  9. 2000's

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  10. 2010's

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  1. quintonjacksonfan

    quintonjacksonfan Active Member Full Member

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  2. slipperypete

    slipperypete New Member Full Member

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    90s. Had spill over from the 80s, and a new crop of HOFers, all fighting each other unlike todays girls.
     
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  3. AntonioMartin1

    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    1980:
    Lopez-Sanchez
    Leonard-Duran 1
    Sanchez-Lopez II
    Saad Muhammad-Lopez II
    Sanchez-Laporte
    1981:
    Kenty-O'Grady
    Hope-Benitez
    Watt-Arguello- not a great fight but a great matchup
    Sanchez-Gomez
    Lee-LoCicero
    Leonard-Hearns I
    Hagler-Hamsho I
    Boza Edwards-Chacon I
    1982:
    Bentez-Duran-again not a great fight but a great matchup
    Navarrete-Limon I
    Frias-Mancini
    Arguello-Ganigan
    Holmes-Cooney
    Sanchez-Nelson
    Pedroza-Taylor
    Pryor-Arguello I
    Mancini-Kim - great but tragic
    Gomez-Pintor
    Benitez-Hearns - not a great fight but a great match up
    Limon-Chacon IV
    1983:
    Duran-Cuevas
    Cruz-Hyung
    Spinks-Qawi
    Chacon-Boza Edwards II
    Dokes-Weaver II
    Holmes-Witherspoon
    Moore-Duran
    Pryor-Arguello II
    Mancini-Romero
    Dokes-Coetzee
    Curry-Haley II
    Hagler-Duran
    Camacho-Solis
    1984:
    Mancini-Chacon
    Witherspoon-Page I
    Mugabi-Green
    Medal-Hargrove
    Hagler-Roldan
    Laporte-Gomez
    Leonard-Howard
    Bumphus-Hatcher
    Mancini-Bramble I
    Hearns-Duran
    Chavez-Martinez
    Hagler-Hamsho II
    Rosario-Ramirez II
    Medal-Santos
    Holmes-Smith I
    Gomez-Nelson
    1985:
    Bramble-Mancini II
    Arroyo-Alli
    Hagler-Hearns
    Lockridge-Gomez
    Spinks-McDonnell
    Murphy-Mutti
    Ramirez-Camacho-not a great fight but a great matchup
    Costello-Smith
    Holmes-Spinks I -noyt a great fight but a great matchup
    Callejas-Stecca II
    Curry-McCrory; again not a great fight but a great matchup
    1986:
    Lora-Vazquez
    Haglet-Mugabi
    Spinks-Holmes II
    Gomez-Layne
    Camacho-Rosario
    McGuigan-Cruz
    Qawi-Holyfield I
    McCallum-Jackson
    Bramble-Rosario -not a great fight but a great matchup
    Paul-Haugen
    Thomas-Mugabi
    Chavez-Laporte
    1987:
    Andries-Hearns
    Tyson-Smith -definitely not a great fight but an exciting matchup at the time
    Hagler-Leonard
    Tyson-Tucker -an exciting matchup at the time
    Rosario-Nazario I
    Rosario-Chavez
    1988:
    Tyson-Holmes
    Hearns-Barkley I
    Brown-Trice
    Tyson-Spinks - an exciting matchup at the time
    Lopez-Molina I
    Chavez-Ramirez
    1989:
    Tyson-Bruno I
    Barkley-Duran
    Mayweather-Chavez II
    Leonard-Hearns II
    Kalambay-Nunn
    Benn-Barkley
    Lopez-Molina II
    Chavez-Fuentes
    Leonard-Duran III not a great fight but an exciting matchup at the time.

    The 80s definitely had the best fights of all the decades.
     
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  4. HistoryZero26

    HistoryZero26 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It was the 1910s which you didn't list here. Even if you won't concede they had the best fights if we could see every fight they'd have the biggest library.
     
  5. AntonioMartin1

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    The thing is we dont have a lot of film to compare.
     
  6. slipperypete

    slipperypete New Member Full Member

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    A lot of these were not great fights. Why would you put Leonard vs Howard on there? I could go on, however, 80s were great! I would say 80s, 90s, and 00s were all three bangers! I personally loved the Chavez reign, and the Bowe/Holy series.
     
  7. HistoryZero26

    HistoryZero26 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'm just saying the librarys got to be the biggest. And heres the crazy thing. You can take out the 4 pre WW1 years and 1910s probably still wins with just 6 years.
     
  8. JackSilver

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    What you saying? You talking about the number of fights? that there was more pro licence fights around the world in the 1910s than today? You sure cos there must be hundreds of pro licence around the world that have happened just today in the last 24 hours let alone counting the entire decade
     
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