The 5 Greatest Wins in the History of Boxing?

1. Duran-Leonard I. "Great small men don't beat great bigger men" -Exploded. Lighweight champ stepping up and dethroning a WW champ? Hadn't been done in about 50 years. Throw in Leonard's greatness and it's the greatest win ever. How often does a great little man beat a great bigger man? It ain't often -particularly at this level.

2. Pep-Saddler II. "Styles make fights" Exploded. The naysayers will say Pep got whipped by Saddler 3 out of 4 times out. They should go read about a certain plane crash and then consider that Pep never had any business beating Saddler -ever. Styles make fights and Saddler was Pep's foil. This performance by Pep is singular and erases much if not all of the arguments about his "deficient level of competition"...

3. Ali-Foreman. "I think it befitting that I go out of boxing the same way I came in -by beating a big bad ugly monster that nobody could beat." Grendel was a palooka. Ali is the Real Beowulf.

4. Louis-Schmeling. 1938. The World on the Brink of War. This was a one-sided stomping but in terms of historical significance, Joe Louis not only shocked the world first by being the first African American in history to be THE AMERICAN (unhyphenated) before Brown v. Board of Education and before Civil Rights took off, but he also catapulted boxing to a place where no other sport has really ascended too before or since.

5. Johnson-Jeffries. Johnson explodes the myth of racial superiority and reveals himself as the bravest man of the century -kicking the hell out of the Ultimate White Hope within arm's reach of the largest lynch mob in history.

 

You have a very very narrow view on things.

 

Great stuff, and do tell me about your avatar?

 

1. Joe Frazier vs Muhammad Ali I

Two undefeated HW champions going at it. Two opposite styles and personalities. Great media coverage, the most important fight ever IMO.


2. Muhammad Ali vs George Foreman

The mean invincible machine who just destroyed Ali's toughest opponents to date. The aging and eroding Ali showed confidence but must've felt some doubts inside. Most experts feared for Ali's life. That fight was pure magic.

3. Joe Louis vs Max Schmeling II

One of the most impressive display of punching power and accuracy. Give the historical context and the significance on the HW scale at the time, this fight deserves a high ranking.


4. Marvin Hagler vs Tommy Hearns

The most furious, all-out war between HOF fighters I can think about. Hagler finally proved he was the man at MW against a deadly but shaky legged Hearns. That paved the way for a new PPV era.


5. Roberto Duran vs Sugar Ray Leonard I

The speedy but somewhat green Leonard fought the wrong fight and got pummeled by the legendary Duran who's going up from 135. Duran's intensity that night may be unmatched to this day.

 

A thing of greatness

 

That's fair enough. It's a sentimental fave really, and i tried to stick to Ali - Foreman and forward of it. I must admit i sat on the last one for ages.

 

Greatest clinching contest of all time.

Can't be much of a clinic if in the end it's no better than a split decision still being disputed twenty years later A better choice would be Terry Norris-Ray leonard. Same underdog odds, more convincing underdog win. A complete victory. :yep

More a display of Foreman's lack of conditioning but still a noteworthy win.

Which makes my #1 choice stand out all the more: Hagler KO 3 Thomas Hearns, the greatest victory (not to mention the most impressive) in all the annals of sports history.

You may as well as put Bowe KO 8 Holyfield since Bowe "beat the man who beat the man" in the words of Rock Newman. A good win but nowhere near near the 1990 earthshaker that hit in Tokyo years before. Again, I'm just not as impressed as you are with wins over previously beaten foes.

 

you dont ask much, do you :huh

 

What do you mean FINALLY? He

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was the man at that weight.

 

Nah Red, he was just babysitting till Sugar Ray Leoooonard came along

 

Lucky the detached retina kept the Tiger that was Leonard at bay for some time

:hey

 

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Yeah, Hearns and Benitez didn't have them