It's impossible. It's an absolutely impossible question to answer. I used to answer "Robinson-LaMotta VI" whenever anyone asked my favourite fight, but i've seen Fury-Wilder II at least six times since I saw Robinson-LaMotta VI. Is the question about my five favourite fights? Or my five favourite fights of all time in terms of how much I enjoyed them when I enjoyed them at their peak ? Idk. I really like watching Hurd beat up Trout for some reason I watched loads of 90s heavyweight title fights this week, it would probably end up being a list of 90s heavyweight fights.
I agree it is impossible to do this....but fun to try anyway lol 1 Azumah Nelson vs Salvador Sanchez 2 Gaspar Ortega vs Bennie Paret I 3 Alexis Arguello vs Alfredo Escalera I (yes @Jel i mean 1 lol) 4 Masao Ohba vs Betulio Gonzalez 5 Jung Koo Chang vs Katsuo Tokashiki 1-3 are always my top 3 4-5+ fluctuate by my day and mood
not sure if you are looking for some suggestions but several worthwhile ones are listed in this thread https://www.boxingforum24.com/threads/must-watch-boxing-survey-closed.653258/
Damn that’s tough to narrow down. Trinidad-Vargas Pryor-Arguello I Chacon-Limon IV Frazier-Ali I Lopez-Ayala I think. Got some Saad Muhammad fights that could be on this list some days.
Schmeling vs. Louis 1936 Billy Petrolle vs. Bat Battalino Andy Ganigan vs. S. O'Grady Barry McGuigan vs. Juan LaPorte Lupe Pintor vs Alberto Sandoval
Dunno man... Boxing history is littered with epic fights, so take your pick. But the following "genres" should be somehow represented: There's gotta be a slugfest (Dempsey v. Firpo, Hagler v. Hearns, Naseem v. Kelley) There's gotta be a brutal war (Duran v. Barkley, Bradley v. Provodnikov, Toney v. Jirov, Saad Muhammad v. Lopez II, Pryor-Arguello, Morales-Barrera I) There's gotta be a shocking upset or result (Lamotta v. SRR I, Ruiz v. Joshua I, JMM v. Pac IV, SRR v. Chocolatito II, Douglas v. Tyson) There's gotta be a gutsy come from behind victory or draw (SRL v. Hearns I, Ward v. Kovalev I, Pac v. JMM I) There's gotta be a masterful boxing performance (Ali v. Liston I, Sanchez v. Gomez, Whitaker v. Chavez, Benitez v. Cervantes) In the last couple of years, Fury-Wilder I takes the cake... It was a huge fight that had triple what the **** moments (Wilder getting humiliated and outclassed, Fury getting caught lacking to potentially blow his huge lead in the 12th, Fury rising from the dead). Sadly, we don't have footage of Saddler-Pep I & II, which would surely be up there.
Pacquaio-Marquez 4 Trinidad-Vargas(obviously) Roy Jones Jr-Bryant Brannon Tyson-Holmes Ali-Williams Margarito-Mosley Vernon Forrest-Ricardo Mayorga These are some of my absolute all time favorite fights to watch, watched more than twice.
I submitted my top 25 in @Rumsfeld's pinned thread so I'm sticking with my top 5 from that: 1. Aaron Pryor v Alexis Arguello 1 (1982) 2. Bobby Chacon v Rafael Limon 4 (1982) 3. Bobby Chacon v Cornelius Boza-Edwards 2 (1983) 4. Matthew Saad Muhammad v Yaqui Lopez 2 (1980) 5. Archie Moore v Yvonne Durelle 1 (1958)
Following up on @McGrain's point about fights watched or re-watched recently, if I was listing from those it would be: 1. Rodrigo Valdez-Bennie Briscoe 2 (1974) 2. Ernesto Marcel v Alexis Arguello (1974) 3. Lee Roy Jones v Chisanda Mutti (1985) 4. Jose Luis Ramirez v Edwin Rosario 2 (1984) 5. Frankie Randall v Julio Cesar Chavez 1 (1994)
Roberto Duran - Ray Leonard I is way out front for me Juan Manuel Marquez - Juan Diaz I Wilfredo Gomez - Lupe Pintor Antonio Avelar - Wilfredo Vazquez James Toney - Vassily Jirov Evander Holyfield - Dwight Qawi I, Carbajal - Humberto Gonzalez I and David Tua - Ike Ibeabuchi came to mind instantly as well but I'd put the other 5 ahead, ask me in an hour and it would've changed.
