Part One: Your Top 3 Greatest Boxing Rivalries

Some great shouts in an excellent thread

Watson-Eubank, Watson genuinely hated Eubank, a lot of beef & a tragic outcome

Tyson-Holyfield. They were 1st scheduled to fight after the Douglas fight then again just before Tyson was indicted for ****. They knew each other from a young age & were complete opposites in terms of character & composure. Their 2 fights are part of boxings history & not its proudest chapter.

Floyd-Pac. The rivalry which characterises all that is wrong in boxing currently. The 2 finest unwilling to fight each other & instead earn huge paychecks fighting cherry-picked mismatched opponents at catchweights for bull**** titles(mostly)

 

Jeanette/McVea
McVea/Langford
Langford/Jeanette

They fought each other roughly 3,018 times combined.

 

Marquez/Pacquiao is one of my faves cos of the back and forth and the very fine lines that there battles were drawn on. For me, particularly the second fight was a fantastic battle of drama, high technical skill and fantastic determination.

Arum/King was/is an excellent rivalry that helped bring about some of the best cards ever seen.

*******s vs *****s - I'm kinda just trying to say something that hasn't been said and as much as I hate these guys arguments; their rivalry endures and is completely relentless Unfortunately there maybe no decent conclusion to that debate.

 

:good

 

ali-frazier

robinson-la motta

barrera-morales

:bbb

 

No-one said Hatton v Witter yet?

 

Vazquez v Marquez

 

emile griffith vs nino benvenuti

(Partly because I'm watching the fights now)

 

Ali - Frazier. Who saw that documentary and heard Frazier's voicemail?
Stanley Ketchel - Billy Pepke
Rocky Graziano -Tony Zale.

And a fourth. Henry Cooper - Joe Bugner, Harry Gibbs, Harry Mullan and everyone else who thought Bugner won.

 

:yep

My name's Smokin' Joe Frazier
Sharp as a Razor
Float like a butterfly
Sting like a bee
I'm the man who did the job
Just look and see
Call me, bye bye

Or something like that anyway.