Great fights that never were

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  1. halbrikj

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    Yeah, Pryor Duran 1980 - what a fight!
     
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    it's the best fight that never was.
     
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    Trinidad v Norris
     
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    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Arguello/Duran was allegedly pencilled in, in 1978, but then Alexis lost that non title fight...
     
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    Dempsey-Wills
    Galindez-Conteh
    Hearns-McCallum
    Louis-Ray
    Sanchez-Pedroza
    Lewis-Bowe
     
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    Benn Jackson 91 don't blink.
    Graham Nunn 89 would any one get hit.
    Mason hide 90 good fun
    Curry haglar
    Curry hearns
    Curry Leonard
    Curry Duran
    Spoon Tyson 89
    Sibson Duran 83 all action.
    Pity they didn't come off .
     
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    Trinidad - Norris: hmmmm, was Felix too stiff, or could Norris take his punch?? I think it goes like Norris Jackson, although not so quick, i.e. Norris outboxes Felix for 5 - 10 rounds, until Trinidad lands the lights out right.

    Arguello - Duran: see Arguello - Pryor

    Hearns - McCallum: McCallum withstands the early onslaught and scores a late tko.

    Benn - Jackson: see McClellan Jackson
     
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    Prince Charles Williams v. Michael Moorer (1991)
    Matthew Saad Muhammad v. Micheal Spinks (1980)
    Hector Camacho v Ray Mancini (1984)
    Sugar Ray Leonard v. Marvin Hagler (1982)
    Mike Tyson v. Evander Holyfield (1991)
     
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    Nighttrain 'BOUT IT 'BOUT IT Full Member

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    Kind of weird one, Foreman vs Ali late 76, early 77.
     
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    Quarry vs Bonavena; Foreman vs Shavers; Bonavena vs Foreman; Frazier vs Lyle; Frazier vs Shavers; Marciano vs Valdez; Foreman vs Quarry
     
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    Norton vs. Lyle; Norton vs Bonavena; Graziano vs LaMotta (signed but Rocky pulled out)
     
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    McGuigan v Nelson
    Sanchez v Pedroza
    Duran v Arguello
    Conteh v Galindez
    Lewis v Bowe
     
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    Marciano-Ingemar Johannson
     
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    Lou Duva told me that when Ingo won the championship, Rocky seriously thought of a comeback, and that he, Duva, was going to train/manage him. But, Rocky could not (or would not) find time to properly train and the fight never came off. Duva said, that was the closest Rocky came to a comeback.