What was the most anticipated non-title fight in boxing history?

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  1. KOTF

    KOTF Bingooo Full Member

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  2. DemolitionDan

    DemolitionDan ATG and HoF Full Member

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    Well, it probably isn't the most anticipated, and I hate to say something so recent, but De La Hoya-Pacquiao was anticipated and that wasn't for any kind of title even the nonsense ABC titles.
     
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  3. good right hand

    good right hand Well-Known Member Full Member

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    the first fight that come to mind about a intensely anticipated non-title match is the rematch of arturo gatti and micky ward.
     
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  4. jaffay

    jaffay New Orleans Hornets Full Member

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    Ali-Frazier II is up there
     
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  5. Rourke

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    Tyson/McNeeley?
     
    Rourke, Jul 24, 2009
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  6. My dinner with Conteh

    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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    Zarate-Zamora is a contender (by the knowledgable fight crowd).
     
    My dinner with Conteh, Jul 24, 2009
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  7. ChrisPontius

    ChrisPontius March 8th, 1971 Full Member

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    Hopefully others can tell more about this, but i'm guessing Holyfield-Bowe III was pretty widely anticipated. What can you say about this one, MDWC? The Golota rematch must have been pretty big as well, especially within NY..
     
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  8. My2Sense

    My2Sense Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    That was the first fight that popped into my head.

    But Ali-Frazier II is probably the winner here.

    A shout out should also go to Apostoli-Steele II.
     
    My2Sense, Jul 24, 2009
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  9. Robot16

    Robot16 Keep it Kr0nkn Full Member

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    yeah 2 undefeated ko artists who were world champs, but the fight was non title
     
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  10. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Zarate/Zamora, may of technically been a non title fight, but we all know it was not.

    Ali/FrazierII is an obvious answer and probably right.

    Dempsey/Sharkey is probably its closest rival.

    Marciano/Louis was a big fight.

    Ali's comeback bouts against Quarry and Bonavena were big, and indeed all his bouts between FrazierI and Foreman were events.

    Outside the heavies the Grebb/Tunney series caught the public imagination, and by accounts I have read Siki/Norfolk was a huge fight.
     
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  11. My dinner with Conteh

    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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    Yeah, I can agree with that.
     
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  12. My dinner with Conteh

    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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    I always thought Zarate was champ?????? Guess I was wrong.

    Bowe-Holyfield 3?
     
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    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    And for me. Also the second Ali-Norton.
     
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  15. Rourke

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    Quoted from Wikipedia: Interest in Tyson's first comeback fight since his incarceration was high enough that it grossed more than US$96 million worldwide, including a United States record $63 million for PPV television. The fight was purchased by 1.52 million homes, setting both PPV viewership and revenue records for that time.
     
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