Fights between two "elite" fighters where both of them put on A+ performances?

There are some really bizarre choices for "elite fighters" going on in this thread...

 

Before my time but....

Azumah Nelson - Salvador Sanchez
Azumah Nelson - Wilfredo Gomez
Salvador Sanchez - Wilfredo Gomez

 

Calzaghe-Kessler

 

Considering his size, he was supposed to.

 

What was A+ about that Hatton performance?

 

trinidad vs vargas

 

A- to A performances...but only one of the two was an elite fighter....:good

 

WOW I surprised NO ONE SAID Hagler vs Hearns !!! That has to be top 5 of all times.

 

Juan Diaz is a very good fighter but is he good enough to be called "elite"? Do we have a standard for evaluating whether a boxer qualifies as "elite"?

 

I don't think so too that's why I asked if there's a certain criteria or standard for a boxer to qualify as elite. Juan Diaz is a very good fighter but I think he is not on the same level with the so-called elites of FW/SFW... JMM, Barrera, Morales and Pac.

 

Eubank vs Benn 1

 

"To an extent"?

Were there a couple of elite fighters watching Calzaghe Vs Kessler from ringside or something?













Kessler = the guy who gave Calzaghe a tough fight
Calzaghe = the guy who defeated Kessler

= two very good fighters



Actually not a terrible comparison between Juan Diaz and Joe Calzaghe. Both throw a lot of punches. Both are not tough to hit for an exceptional athlete. If Diaz doesn't fight cans for eight years (hiding in a mountain with a bogus belt) and is instead forced to fight the best, it seems clear that he will have a short career and won't be boxing into his mid-30s. Same would have happened to Joe. Fought Eubank in '97 and showed he was easy to hit as he caught punches with his face for 12 rounds. If Joe had had to go from the equivalent of a Campbell, to a Marquez, to a Pacquaio, etc. he would never have been pristine in 2006. 43 year old Hopkins dropped Joe easily. 40 year old RJJ dropped Joe easily. Joe didn't have a great chin, he had a chin that didn't get hit all that much because his opponents were all C-B level fighters or non-elite athletes who weren't defensively or offensively very skillful. With a lesser opponent, Diaz sets the pace and is too active for the other to really test his chin as they are too busy protecting their own (to expose his deficiencies or suspect punch resistance).

 

Hell yeah! One of my favourite fights of all time!

 

Ali vs Frazier (all)
Vasquez vs Marquez (all)
MAB vs Morales (all)
DLH vs Mosley (all)
Pac vs JMM (all)
JMM vs Diaz
Lewis vs Vitali
Holyfield vs Tyson

 

Holyfield vs bowe i