Ah, okay lol I thought you made a joke I was too young to get. I'll stick with my first one, but I'll be changing it.
I recently done a top 30 so I'll have a go at this. frankos1885 1. Ray Leonard vs Roberto Duran I 2. Muhammed Ali vs Joe Frazier III 3. Aaron Pryer vs Alexis Arguello I 4. Erik Morales vs Marco Antonio Barrera I 5. Diego Corrales vs Jose Luis Castillo I 6. Evander Holyfield vs Riddick Bowe I 7. Ray Leonard vs Thomas Hearns I 8. George Foreman vs Ron Lyle 9. Joe Frazier vs Muhammed Ali I 10. Ken Norton vs Larry Holmes 11. Marvellous Marvin Hagler vs Thomas Hearns 12. George Foreman vs Muhammad Ali 13. Arturo Gatti vs Mickey Ward I 14. Rafael Limon vs Bobby Chacon IV 15. Julio Cesar Chavez vs Meldrick Taylor I 16. Iran Barkley vs Roberto Duran 17. Jersey Joe Walcott vs Rocky Marciano I 18. Archie Moore vs Yvon Durelle I 19. Manny Pacquiao vs Erik Morales I 20. Isreal Vazquez vs Rafael Marquez III 21. Matthew Saad Muhammad vs Yaqui Lopez II 22. Wilfredo Gomez vs Lupe Pintor 23. James Toney vs Mike McCallum I 24. Nigel Benn vs Chis Eubank 1 25. Evander Holyfield vs Dwight Muhammad Qawi I This is a final list, any edits will be for spelling or grammar purposes. *note, sorry, I totally missed the bit about winners being listed first, I listed them as per official bout. Hope this is ok.
That's fine. I was just explaining that the reason you were listed twice is because there are 2 separate posts that look as if they are new submissions while quickly combing through. I have not been looking at any of these very closely yet, and have just been keeping a running tally.
AJ Pope Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier III Arturo Gatti vs. Micky Ward I Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier I Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Duran I Marvelous Marvin Hagler vs. Thomas Hearns Erik Morales vs. Marco Antonio Barrera I Diego Corrales vs. Jose Luis Castillo I Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns I George Foreman vs. Ron Lyle Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Meldrick Porter I Alexis Arguello vs. Aaron Pryor I Tony Zale vs. Rocky Graziano II Jack Dempsey vs. Luis Angel Firpo Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling II Rocky Marciano vs. Jersey Joe Walcott I Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Jake LaMotta VI Archie Moore vs. Yvonne Durrelle I Evander Holyfield vs. Riddick Bowe I Erik Morales vs. Marco Antonio Barrera III Rocky Marciano vs. Ezzard Charles II Joe Louis vs. Billy Conn Fighting Harada vs. Eder Jofre I Barry McGuigan vs. Eusebio Pedroza Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks
I picked Zale vs. Graziano II for a few reasons. It was a brutal back and forth battle between two warriors who symbolized that era of middleweight boxing. Rocky overcoming the extreme heat and deep cut on his eye to stop Zale with a relentless onslaught to finally win it all is one of my favorite boxing stories. Admittedly I also included this bout for personal reasons, as it was one of the first fights my uncle showed me when I was a kid. Rocky was a hero in our Italian-American family.
It wasn't a criticism of choosing that fight as it is a legendary, just that based on the first guiding principle (must be available on YouTube and at least 50% of the fight), it's doesn't meet that criteria, that's all...