Best fights in boxing history which can be made in each division

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  1. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  2. Pompey Junglist

    Pompey Junglist Member Full Member

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    Would like to see Duran V Mayweather, at lightweight or welterweight.
     
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  3. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Imagine Benn V Ketchel
     
  4. thanosone

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    Bowe vs Lewis
    Morales vs Gomez
    Sanchez vs PAC
    Chavez vs Pryor
    Duran vs SRR
    Hagler vs RJJ
     
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  5. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    HW - Frazier vs Holyfield
    200 - L. Spinks vs Thompson
    175 - Pops vs Durrele
    168 - Benn vs Sosa
    160 - Valdez vs Tiger
    154 - Basilio vs Graziano
    147 - Ortega vs Turner
    140 - B. Curry vs Hatton
    135 - Mancini vs Corrales
    130 - Chacón vs Gatti
    126 - Kelley vs Salido
    122 - Brodie vs Takahashi
    118 - Seabrooks vs Tatsuyoshi
    115 - Moon vs Khaosai Galaxy
    112 - Tokashiki vs Arcé
    108 - Yuh vs Chang
    105 - Yaegashi vs Takayama
     
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  6. RealDeal

    RealDeal Pugilist Specialist Full Member

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    John L Sullivan vs Tyson Fury
    Jim Corbett vs Wladimir Klitschko
    Jim Jeffries vs Lennox Lewis
    Tommy Burns vs Anthony Joshua
    Harry Grebb vs Canelo Alvarez
     
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  7. J Jones

    J Jones Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Winner in parentheses.

    Heavyweight: (Marciano) vs Holyfield
    Cruiserweight: (Holyfield) vs Usyk
    Light Heavyweight: (Foster) vs Spinks
    Super MW: (Toney) vs Hopkins
    MW: Hagler vs Greb...can’t say.
    Super Welter: (McCallum) vs Trinidad
    Welterweight: (Sugar Ray) vs Leonard
    JWW: Benitez vs Pryor...toss up
    LW: Duran vs Mosley...toss up
    JLW: Arguello vs Corrales...toss up
    Featherweight: Saddler vs Pedroza...how many point deductions will there be?
    JFW: Fenech vs (Morales)
    Bantam: (Nonito) vs Zárate...the fans
    Flyweight: (Finito Lopez) vs Carbajal
     
  8. BUDW

    BUDW Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Heavyweight- Ali vs Louis
    Light Heavy- Foster vs Jones
    Middle- Monzon vs Hagler
    Welter- SRR vs SRL
    Lightweight- Duran vs Chavez
    Feathetweight- Sanchez vs Armstrong
     
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  9. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  10. lufcrazy

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    HW: Ali vs Klitschko

    LHW: Charles vs Jones

    MW: Monzon vs Hopkins

    WW: Robinson vs Mayweather

    LW: Leonard vs Lomachenko

    FW: Pep vs Pacquaio

    BW: Jofre vs Inoue

    FLW: Wilde vs Gonzalez

    I'd quite like to see a lot of cross era matchups like those.
     
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  11. Tankatron

    Tankatron Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Holyfield vs Louis would be one hell of a scrap if both were prime. I'd give the edge in toughness to Holyfield and taking into the trenches. Against that you have one of the most brutal and clinical finishers in Heavyweight history.
     
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  12. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    HW - Ali v Tyson
    CW - Holyfield v Usk
    LHW - Spinks v Foster
    SMW - Eubank Sr v Jones Jr
    MW - Monzon v Hopkins
    JMW - McCallum v Hearns
    WW - Robinson v Leonard
    JWW - Pryor v Tszyu
    LW - Duran v Gans
    SFW - Mayweather Jr v Loma
    FW - Armstrong v Hamed
     
  13. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Holyfield too hittable to go six rounds with Joe Louis
     
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  14. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    No way, AJ is not at prime Tyson`s skill-level.
     
  15. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Calzaghe and Ward were better than a prime Eubank.