If you could change just ONE event in boxing history what would it be?

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  1. Uncle Rico

    Uncle Rico Loyal Member Full Member

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    Cus D'Amato lives on healthy for another 15 years, staying by Mike's side.
     
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    The Luis Resto/Panama Lewis-Billy Collins Jr. incident on June 16, 1983. Resto had no padding on his gloves and had dipped his hand wraps in Plaster of Paris. The unbeaten Collins suffered a torn iris and permanently blurred vision, ending his boxing career. He wound up killing himself.
     
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  3. floyd_g.o.a.t

    floyd_g.o.a.t Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    This
     
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  4. Wiirdo

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    McClellan stopping Benn in the first round so he wouldn't be permanently injured, and then he'd go on to fight Roy in his next fight and get KO'd. Then Jones would finally get some of the credit he deserves(Though he probably still wouldn't).
     
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  5. Zopilote

    Zopilote Dinamita Full Member

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    Keep 15 round limit. Then people would stop bitching about the Chavez-Taylor fight.
     
    Zopilote, Jan 26, 2011
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  6. boxingboy

    boxingboy Well-Known Member Full Member

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    pac vs mayweather sign a 3 fight deal, best two out of 3...
     
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  7. Faerun

    Faerun Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    G-Man stopping Benn in round 1.

    EDIT: Ugh, beaten...

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    Holy ****, I just wikied it ([ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Mancini[/ame]) it. What a tragedy.
     
    Faerun, Jan 26, 2011
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  8. Finesse74

    Finesse74 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Not as many weight classes
    PBF/Pacman being signed
    Margarito to not cheat
    For fights to never leave regular network television

    The world would be much better.
     
    Finesse74, Jan 26, 2011
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  9. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    :bump
     
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  10. AdamT

    AdamT Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Castillo got the right decision against Floyd
    There is no zero to protect and Floyd goes down as arguably the goat, at least of the modern era

    I honestly think if he continued his career the way he started it? He would be right up there with the very best. Certainly had the talent, but was invested in the zero, which to be fair made him a very rich man
     
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  11. 007 373 5963

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    This. We'll never know the man's true potential as he had 3 prime years robbed from him, and it clearly worsened his remaining years as well. Just imagining a prime tyson vs holyfield, foreman, morrison... it's a damn shame.
     
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    007 373 5963 Active Member Full Member

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    Yeah, but the way those last few rounds were headed Taylor would have left that ring in a body bag.
     
    007 373 5963, Aug 19, 2022
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  13. ikrasevic

    ikrasevic War for Souls Full Member

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    The suspension of Muhammad Ali never happened.
     
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    Braindamage Baby Face Beast Full Member

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    Salvador Sanchez fighting a full career and not dying t 23.
     
    Braindamage, Aug 19, 2022
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  15. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Ali not getting banned from boxing
     
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