Cancelled! - Fights We Never Got To See

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  1. sweetsci

    sweetsci Well-Known Member Full Member

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    We boxing fans love to put together fantasy matchups. How about some examples of fights that were definitely scheduled but then cancelled? Or fights that were postponed long enough that the outcome may have been different had the fight taken place when originally scheduled?

    Feel free to discuss possible outcomes, how history may have been different had the fight happened, or just list some cancelled fights you know about that are fascinating to you.

    I'll start:

    Sonny Liston - Oscar Bonavena, late fall 1970.
    George Foreman - Oscar Bonavena, early-mid 1975.
    Muhammad Ali - Floyd Patterson, Spring 1967.
    Gerry Cooney - Earnie Shavers, August 1980.
    Larry Holmes - Gerrie Coetzee, 1984.
    Jimmy Ellis - Henry Cooper, 1969.
    Joe Frazier - Kallie Knoetzee, 1978 or 79 (?)

    Google News is great for finding cancelled fights. Plug in a boxer's name, follow their career, and you're almost certain to find intriguing matchups that were, if not actually scheduled, discussed.
     
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  2. Kalasinn

    Kalasinn ♧ OG Kally ♤ Full Member

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    Tyson vs Holyfield - November 8th 1991.
     
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  3. Ramon Rojo

    Ramon Rojo Active Member Full Member

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    Dempsey vs Wills

    Schmeling vs Braddock
     
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  4. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    Cerdan - LaMotta 2
     
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  5. Duodenum

    Duodenum Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Old Holmes and Old Foreman was so imminent as to be a done deal. After that one fell through, it didn't seem as though Holmes-Esch would come off until the opening bell.
     
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  6. klompton

    klompton Boxing Addict banned

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    Greb-Stribling
     
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  7. doug.ie

    doug.ie 'Classic Boxing Society' Full Member

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    mc guigan v azumah nelson...
    nelson would have toyed with him.
     
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  8. Casey91

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    LaMotta vs Graziano was canceled due to Graziano getting injured in training.
     
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  9. Duodenum

    Duodenum Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    When they were middle aged men, they were widely reported to have nearly gotten into a street fight.
     
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  10. rekcutnevets

    rekcutnevets Black Sash Full Member

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    Whitaker vs Quartey was in the works before Whitaker's testing positive for cocaine.
     
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  11. klompton

    klompton Boxing Addict banned

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    Yeah, he injured himself so he wouldnt have to fight LaMotta.
     
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  12. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    Robinson vs Cocoa Kid
     
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  13. redrooster

    redrooster Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ketchel langford 2
     
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  14. The Mongoose

    The Mongoose I honor my bets banned

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    :lol: Great painting. Evidently they have Tyson beating Holyfield ******ed.
     
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  15. Boilermaker

    Boilermaker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Two very interesting ones i have read recently:

    John L Sullivan v Jem Mace - Was about (maybe just before) the time of Sullivan Slade.
    Jim Corbett v Jack Johnson - 1909.
     
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