Favorite Heavyweight Fights?

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  1. PetethePrince

    PetethePrince Slick & Redheaded Full Member

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    Some of the best... well not best but your favorite Heavyweight fights?
     
    PetethePrince, May 23, 2010
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    Tua vs. Ibeabuchi sprung to mind cause I watched it today.
     
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    Harold Johnson-Ezzard Charles
    Harold Johnson-Eddie Machen
    Joe Louis-Arutro Godoy II
    Sonny Liston-Henry Clark
    Lennox Lewis-Micheal Grant
    Evande Holyfield-Mike Tyson I
    Joe Frazier- Muhammad Ali I
    Joe Frazier-Bob Foster
    Joe Louis-Jersey Joe Walcott II
    Joe Louis-Billy Conn


    Off the top of my head, those are the ten.
     
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    PetethePrince Slick & Redheaded Full Member

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    I know your a Frazier fan... but how can you prefer Frazier vs Foster over Ali vs Frazier III?
     
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    Frazier vs Ali I
    Holyfield vs Dokes
    Marciano vs Moore
    Schmeling vs Louis I
    Foreman vs Lyle
    Holmes vs Cooney
    Frazier vs Quarry I
    Holmes vs Norton
    Holyfield vs Tyson I
    Douglas vs Tyson
     
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    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    I don't relly enjoy watching Manilla very much to tell you the truth. They both take such an awful beating in the name of hate. And Frazier-Foster is such perfect execution. It doesn't end with Ali-Frazier though. Dempsey-Firpo, Patterson-Johannson III, Louis-Schmeling II and so on are all much more famous and special then Frazier-Foster.

    But it is a favourites list after all!
     
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    Slugfests!
    I like Micheal spinks-Cooney too
    and cooney-lyle
     
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    Johnson - Ketchel
    Johnson - Jeffries
    Dempsey - Firpo
    Dempsey - Sharkey
    Louis - M. Baer
    Louis - Galento
    Louis - Godoy 2
    Marciano - Moore
    Frazier - Quarry 1
    Ali - Frazier 1
    Ali - Foreman
    Holmes - Norton
    Holmes - Weaver
    Bowe - Holyfield 1
    Holyfield - Tyson 1
     
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    Golota/Bowe II
    Ruddock/Tyson II

    Fights just don't get much more compelling in my view. Yes, in both instances the winner is clear and an ass beating is being dished out...but at the same time, the other guy is showing just enough to make us think, "wait a minute?". Ruddock was landing bomb after bomb in the Tyson rematch, and we found out Tyson had a cast iron chin. Likewise, Golota was almost knocked out and received some really punishing blows too.

    I just listed those two because I think they are really under-appreciated. I can watch them over and over.
     
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    PetethePrince Slick & Redheaded Full Member

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    Gotcha. Frazier vs Foster regardless of opposition is one of Frazier's best performances. Right up there with The Ellis I, and Ali I fights.
     
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    PetethePrince Slick & Redheaded Full Member

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    Awesome list man.
     
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    Bowe-Golota (1 and 2)
    Lewis-Tyson
    Lewis-Klitschko
    W. Klitschko-Peter
    Liakhovich-Brewster

    ^These are fights I can watch every now and then
     
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    Marciano-Walcott I


    Most of Earnie Shavers fights


    Patterson-Johansson III
     
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    Ali-Frazier trilogy
    Ibeabuchi-Tua
    Ibeabuchi-Byrd
    Marciano-Walcott I
    Patterson-Johansson trilogy
    Klitschko-Brewster I
    Liakhovich-Brewster
    Brewster-Etienne
    Grant-Golota
    Douglas-Tyson
    Holyfield-Foreman
    Foreman-Lyle
    Bowe-Holyfield trilogy
    Any of Frazier's fights
    Holyfield-Tyson I
    Tyson-Bruno I
    Tyson-Holmes
    Holmes-Cooney
    Holmes-Neon Leon
    Ali-Liston I & II
     
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    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    :good

    Another good one in that vein in Ezzard Charles vs Pat Valentino.
     
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