Great and not-so-great "classic" fights from the past

Ali was in six. Basilio was in five, I believe. Joe Louis was also in five.

 

What jumped out at me is that two of the Zale-Graziano fights were in the top five, and were the top two non-heavyweight fights. But there seems to be a consensus building that these two should never have fought, despite the great gates and great fights.

 

I wouldn't say they should never have fought,just that in an ideal world Zale would have defended against challengers more worthy first.I personally don't blame Zale for his choice,he was past his best ,and the War had seriously impacted on both his prime and his pocket.Fighters don't go through the pain and deprivations they do just for glory alone ,you can't eat fame. If Zale had been prime ,there would have been no need for a second or third fight imo.

 

Yeah it's a pretty strong era mate.

 

All good mate i was just replying to TUL per his own cut off.

 

Saad Muhammad winning the title from Marvin Johnson was terrific.
Danny Little Red Lpoez defending against Mike Ayala , sensational fight.
Saad Muhammad Conteh 1 great fight
Saad Muhammad Yaqi Lopex 2 great fight.
Holmes Weaver 1 pretty good fight
Holmes Norton terrific fight
Weaver Coetzee under rated fight