What's the greatest fight that never happened?

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The biggest fight that never was?

  1. Lennox Lewis vs Riddick Bowe

  2. Carl Froch vs Joe Calzaghe

  3. Sergey Kovalev vs Adonis Stevenson

  4. Ricky Hatton vs Junior Witter

  5. Amir Khan vs Kell Brook

  6. Carl Froch vs GGG

  7. none of the above (please state)

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  1. split_decision

    split_decision Electronic information tampers with your soul Full Member

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    Of all the rumored fights between big names in boxing over the years, which one is the one boxing fans truly missed out on?
     
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    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    George Foreman vs. Earnie Shavers
     
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  3. rayhogan

    rayhogan Dont worry Pac, you wont Full Member

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    George Foreman vs Mike Tyson in 95. Tyson vs Tua in 1995 or 1996.
     
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    ILikeBoxingForRealz Active Member Full Member

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    If I went by the list I'd say Lewis Bowe for me. Would have been a heavyweight classic IMO.
     
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    Kingmaffe Active Member Full Member

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    None of the above. Leonard-Pryor for me.
     
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    FastSmith7 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Wladimir vs Vitali Klitschko
     
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    Pimp C Too Much Motion Full Member

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    SRL-Pryor
     
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    andrewa1 Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    At HW, and those that weren't already named above.

    Vitali v Lewis II.

    Foreman v Holmes.

    Patterson v Marciano

    Norton v Frazier

    Earlier Tyson v Lewis

    Bowe v Tyson

    Wlad v Lewis.

    2000 era Wlad or Vitali vs Holyfield.

    2012 Vitali v Fury or Wilder.

    Most great HW fights happened. Many of those that didn't weren't obvious to be great fights until retrospect. The K's are in a lot of the great fights that never happened. A shame, and as a K fan, some of that is on them.
     
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  9. FloatingGhost

    FloatingGhost Some guy Full Member

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    None of the above. Morales-Marquez.
     
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    Hulk Hogan vs Stone Cold Steve Austin.

    Add me to the Lewis vs Bowe bandwagon.
     
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  11. ipitythefool

    ipitythefool Prediction ? Pain Full Member

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    Calzaghe v relatively Prime RJJ (not the very faded RJJ Joe fought) would have been very interesting
     
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    Duran versus JCC
     
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    Manny Pacquiao Vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. (2009-2010)
     
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    Ali vs Stevenson

    Pryor vs Duran

    Holyfield vs Jones Jr.

    Lewis vs Bowe

    Leonard vs Pryor

    Duran vs Ayala

    Foreman vs Tyson

    Fedor vs Couture
     
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    GALVATRON Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    It would be Lewis vs Bowe two prime guys that decide an entire era..though Lewis took over. It was a close to 50/50 fight where anything could have happened.

    i would argue a Holyfield vs Tyson match up or against either Bowe or Lewis in his peak years but no one was ready for a then 80's Tyson.
     
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