Fights of the Decade(s) - 1960's - 2000's?

60s: Jofre vs Harada 1
Tiger vs Giardello 4

70s: Foster vs Finnegan
Ali vs Frazier 3

80s: Arguello vs Pryor 1
Chacon vs Boza Edwards 2

90s: Chang vs Ohashi 2
Bowe vs Holyfield 1

00s: Barrera vs Morales 1
Vasquez vs marquez 3

 

Not seen enough fights in the 60s but here`s my list from the rest.....

1970s -
1. Ali v Frazier III
2. Ali v Frazier I

1980s -
1. Chacon v Boza Edwards II
2. Duran v Leonard I or Chacon v Limon IV

1990s -
1. Chavez v Taylor I
2. Barrera v Mckinney (not sure, cant think of any obvious ones right now, great fight tho)

2000s -
1. Morales v Barrera I
2. Corrales v Castillo I

 

I haven't seen Julio Cesar Chavez vs Meldrick Taylor I in it's entirety.

P.S - Sweet ass signature. :good

 

Cheers for the gif mate, the greatest at his peak treating London like... well, London.

Ps. You must get hold of the JCC-MT fight, excellent clash of styles & historic amazing finish - helps if you prefer Chavez to Taylor mind you

 

60s
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2.Patterson KO5 Johansson
3.Ali-Liston I (not a big fan of this but can't think of anything better at the moment)

70s
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2.Frazier-Ali I
3.Monzon-Benvenuti I

80s
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2.Duran-Leonard I
3.Saad Muhammad KO14 Yaqui Lopez

90s
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2.Toney-McCallum I
3.Ricardo Lopez-Rosendo Alvarez II

00s
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2.Barrera-Morales I
3.Castillo-Corrales I
Honourable mentions: Cotto-Margarito, Pacquiao-Morales I, Trinidad-Vargas

 

70's... Foreman Vs. Lyle
Ali Vs. Frazier 3
Holmes vs. Norton

80's... Pryor Vs. Arguello
Lenord Vs. Hearns
Mancini Vs. Duek Koo Kim

90's.... Holyfield vs. Bowe
Holyfield Vs. Foreman
Hamad vs. Kelly
Tua Vs. Ike
Benn Vs. McClellan

00's..... Gatti Vs. Ward 1
Castillo Vs. Corrales
Pavlik Vs. Taylor 1
Barrera vs. Morales 1
Pac Vs. Morales 1

 

With the soul of exception of anyone picking any fight over Barrera vs. Morales I, you have some great picks I feel. Nice to see you picking Arguello vs Pryor I for top spot for the 80s, doesn't seem to be getting much love in the thread thus far. Carbajal vs Gonzalez I was epic, also.

 

Arguello-Pryor I is probably my overall number 1. I can't really choose between Vasquez-Marquez III and MAB-Morales I, but I go with V-M purely because I think the decision in MAB-Morales I stunk the place out, and because V-M had KD's, which do give it that little extra drama. MAB-Morales is still one of my all-time favourites though, as good as anything ever. The 90s wasn't great for action-packed fights IMO, but Carbajal-Gonzalez was dynamite. :good

 

My list is usually as follows.

1. Marco Antonio Barrera vs. Erik Morales I
2. Alexis Arguello vs Aaron Pryor I
3. Diego Corrales vs. Jose Luis Castillo
4. Yaqui Lopez vs Saad Muhammad II
5. Roberto Duran vs Iran Barkley
6. Michael Carbajal vs Humberto Gonzalez I
7. Evander Holyfield vs. Riddick Bowe I
8. Aturo Gatti vs. Ivan Robinson I
9. Marco Antonio Barrera vs. Kennedy Mckinney
0. Bert Cooper vs Michael Moorer

The top 3 are locks, but everything else can be jumbled.Your top 10 list, Popkins?

 

1. Morales v Barrera 1
2. Chacon v Boza Edwards 2
3. Chacon v Limon 4
4. Ali v Frazier 3
5. Duran v Leonard 1
6. Hagler v Hearns
7. Chavez v Taylor 1
8. Arguello v Pryor 1
9. Corrales v Castillo 1
10. Morales v Pacquiao 1

All action fights, the top 2 are solid for now, most of the others can be swapped around with little argument from me.

 

Crazy.

 

Going to watch Chavez vs. Taylor I in a second, Bill. I'll give you my verdict afterward.

 

i think there pretty close, the 3rd one has very good drama

 

Taylor is one of my fave fighters of all time and I still love that fight, shame about what happened after though.