What Are the 5 best Woulda Shoulda fights that Coulda but weren't ?

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  1. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    I'll chuck out a couple.
    Wills v Dempsey
    Lewis v Bowe
    Sanchez v Pedroza.
    McGuigan v Nelson
    Burley v Robinson.
    What are your picks?
     
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  2. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    mike mccallum - tommy hearns
    jake lamotta - rocky graziano
    rocky marciano - nino valdez
    john conteh - bob foster
    charley burley -jake lamotta/tonyzale
     
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  3. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    McCallum vs Hagler
    (old) Zale vs (young) LaMotta
    Leonard vs Curry or Pryor
    Calzaghe vs Jones JR (primes)
     
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  4. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    you really think valdez would be that competitive? not saying i think your opinion was wrong, but ive done alot of studying on this topic and looked at the positives of both fighters styles on film....and i dont see nino seeing round 10 vs the rock. also rocky never ducked valdez in case u may think so. patterson vs valdez would be alot more intersting and competitive.
     
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  5. natonic

    natonic Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'll answer this question the same a hundred times. These fights should have absolutely happened and it wasn't the fighters fault so much as the WBA-WBC (and maybe King - Arum nonsense):

    Sanchez - Pedroza
    Chandler - Pintor
    Saad Muhammed - Mustafa Muhammed II

    To finish at the number 5, I think it would've been great to see:
    Leonard - Pryor
    Duran - Cervantes around 75 or 76
     
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  6. raiderjay

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    Foreman vs. Tyson
    DM vs. RJJ
    DLH vs. Tito 2

    These aren't necessarily the best, but ones that I personally would have wanted to see above quite a few others. Especially Foreman/Tyson pre-prison.
     
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  7. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    Morales-Hamed

    Sanchez-Arguello

    Leonard-Pryor

    Duran-Arguello

    Morales-Marquez
     
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  8. MAG1965

    MAG1965 Loyal Member banned

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    McGuigan/Nelson should have happened, although it is a good thing for McGuigan that he was stopped by Stevie Cruz. I think Nelson would have stopped him in the mid rounds. Lewis/Bowe looks like Lewis gets the win and stops Bowe.
     
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  9. liver shot

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    tunney vs sharkey
     
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  10. My2Sense

    My2Sense Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    My top 3 right there.

    Then I'll add:

    Hostak-Garcia
    Palomino-Cuevas
     
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  11. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Duran/Pryor and Duran/Arguello.
     
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  12. HomicideHenry

    HomicideHenry Many Talents, No Successes Full Member

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    Graziano/LaMotta would have been a war, imo.

    If memory serves me correct, as far as Marciano is concerned, Earl Walls was supposed to be his next opponent, as Baker and Valdes were exited out due to a lackluster performance from both men. Walls, though, I think would have been stopped in 10-11 rounds.
     
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  13. Mantequilla

    Mantequilla Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Dean Francis vs Calzaghe
     
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  14. dpw417

    dpw417 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    My top 3 right there.

    Then I'll add:

    Hostak-Garcia
    Palomino-Cuevas[/quote]
    That's an interesting pick for a fight. The middleweight terror against the fighter Armstrong defended/challenged against...Some pick for a fight.
    Who would you pick?
    How big a puncher was Garcia considered to be? (Armstrong's performance at middleweight astonishes me)
     
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  15. spion

    spion Active Member Full Member

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    Holmes vs. Foreman
     
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