Name me 5 fights that should have happened in the 80's...

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  1. Duodenum

    Duodenum Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Holmes vs Sulamain (thumbing legal)
    Tate vs Sulamain
    Dokes vs Sulamain
    Coetzee vs Sulamain (two ounce gloves)
    Snipes vs Sulamain
    Weaver vs Sulamain
    Page vs Sulamain
    Thomas vs Sulamain
    Witherspoon vs Sulamain
    Williams vs Sulamain
    Cooney vs Sulamain (protective cups banned and low blows legal)
    Cobb vs Sulamain (mixed boxer vs kickboxer)
    Camacho vs Sulamain (bricks and bats permitted)
    Rosario vs Sulamain
     
  2. TheSouthpaw

    TheSouthpaw Champion Full Member

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    Witherspoon Vs Sulamain is a grear matchp!!:good
     
  3. fists of fury

    fists of fury Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Had Sanchez lived on, there is a possibility that he could have faced Julio Cesar Chavez at some point. The timing wasn't really there and they were a division apart, but with a bit of luck.........?

    Also at 130, I would have loved to see Azumah Nelson and Brian Mitchell go at it in a unification fight. The WBC blacklisted South African fighters so the match could never happen, but it would have been a war.

    Moving north a bit, McCallum challenging Hagler at 160 would have been very interesting.
     
  4. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Mike McCallum v any of the Fab 4.

    Hearns v Mugabi.

    Holmes v any WBA champ.

    Minter v Hamsho II

    Cooney v Weaver
     
  5. lora

    lora Fighting Zapata Full Member

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    McCallum vs Herol Graham circa 84 rather than at the very end of the decade.
     
  6. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Pedroza-Nelson, Tyson-Holyfield, Nunn-Benn ['88], Nunn-Leonard ['89], Curry-Duran.
     
  7. Brixton Bomber

    Brixton Bomber Obsessed with Boxing banned Full Member

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    Hearns vs Mugabi = DAMN!!!!!!
     
  8. D9Garrard

    D9Garrard Active Member Full Member

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    I wanted to see James Scott vs Saad Muhammad or Saad against Eddie Mustafa.
    I'd have taken Holmes-Coetzee too, Weaver-Cooney for the WBA title, Holmes-Weaver unification, and Leonard-Cuevas circa 1979.