Boxing Greatest Rivalries.

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  1. MightyLondoner

    MightyLondoner Underdog Full Member

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    Whats you all time favourite rivaly? there have been epic fights between 2 fighters over the years but whats the best?

    Morales v Barrera
    Leonard v Duran
    Bowe v Holyfield
    Ali v Frazier
    Casamayor v Corrales
    Vazquez v Marquez

    There are a few which stand out in my memory.
     
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  2. catasyou

    catasyou Lucian Bute Full Member

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    Robinson vs LaMotta for me
     
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  3. jaois138

    jaois138 Dinamita Full Member

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    Fenich vs Nelson
     
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  4. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    my fav is Barrera-Morales.
     
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  5. wushu

    wushu Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Add Casa and Chico!
     
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  6. catasyou

    catasyou Lucian Bute Full Member

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    Vazquez vs Marquez
    Gatti vs Ward were all good
     
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  7. MightyLondoner

    MightyLondoner Underdog Full Member

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    yh i forgot that one.
     
    MightyLondoner, Sep 18, 2008
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    smiffy Well-Known Member Full Member

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    ali v frazier
    benn v eubank
    morales v barrera
    collins v eubank
    lewis v bowe ( the one that got away )
     
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    catasyou Lucian Bute Full Member

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    Pep vs Sadler
     
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  10. columbo man

    columbo man Active Member Full Member

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    for me its got to be eubank v benn and andries v jeff harding in the nineties!!!
     
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  11. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    Zale-Graziano, I don't know why but those two really caught my imagination reading about them as a kid. I guess it was the contrasting styles/ personalities.
     
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  12. Sweet Pea

    Sweet Pea Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Sam Langford-Harry Wills
    Ted "Kid" Lewis-Jack Britton

    Both pairs fought each other around 20 times a piece.
     
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  13. Uppercut83

    Uppercut83 The Quitschkos are bums Full Member

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    Eubank and Benn still hate each other today :rofl
     
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  14. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    If you take all the decent black heavies from 1900 to 1930 you can find endless combinations.
     
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  15. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    No they don't. They kissed and made up a few years back, Benns "found God".
     
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