Marvin Johnson vs Yvon Durrele Bobby Chacón vs Arturo Gatti Jung Koo Chang vs Myung-Woo Yuh Joe Frazier vs Evander Holyfield Érik Morales vs Jeff Fenech Boza-Edwards vs Danny Lopez Akira Yaegashi vs Jorgé Arcé Dwight Qawi vs Victor Galíndez Dick Tiger vs Rodrigo Valdez Carmen Basilio vs Rocky Graziano Yaqui López vs Glen Johnson Michael Brodie vs Naoto Takahashi Danny Lopez vs Kevin Kelley Sung-Kil Moon vs Joichiro Tatsuyoshi Paul Berlenbach vs Tom Sharkey Bob Fitzsimmons vs Archie Moore Yaqui López vs Artur Beterbeiv Daniel Zaragoza vs Izzy Vásquez Saad Muhammad vs Victor Galíndez Gasper Ortega vs Pipino Cuevas Alexis Argüello vs Manny Pacquiao Gene Fullmer vs Benny Briscoe Henry Armstrong vs Ike Williams Dick Tiger vs Fred Apostle Yaqui López vs Artur Beterbeiv
I’m not a huge mythical matches guy and generally won’t even think about it for a second it generations are too far apart/too different or if there’s so little film available. Been watching a lot of bantamweight lately so here’s some that I’d be genuinely curious about: Any match between Alfonso Zamora, Rodolfo Martinez, Jose Medel and Rafael Marquez, Jose Becerra, Lupe Pintor (I know Medel & Becerra had three early career matches but curious to see at their peaks) Harada-Fenech Fenech vs. all the above Zarate-Olivares Dávila-Rose Dávila-Rudkin Montiel-Duarte Zarate-Harada Olivares-Harada Zarate-Ortiz Olivares-Ortiz Ortiz-Brown
Will struggle with 25, but here are a few: Palomino-Basilio Lynch-Wilde Briscoe-Hudkins Mando Muniz-Ted " Kid " Lewis Pedroza-Saddler Frankie De Paula-Bob Satterfield Chuck Wiggins-Andrew Golota Langford-Fitzsimmons Lewis-Liston Conteh-Galindez Greb-Monzon Tunney-Charles Burley-Valdez Stay safe guys.
01 - Henry Armstrong vs Sandy Saddler 02 - Dick Tiger vs Jake LaMotta 03 - Juan Francisco Estrada vs Roman Gonzalez III 04 - Deontay Wilder vs Joe Joyce 05 - Midget Wolgast vs Jimmy Wilde 06 - Sugar Ray Robinson vs Charley Burley 07 - Ruben Olivares vs Carlos Zarate 08 - Chucho Castillo vs Orlando Canizales 09 - Sam Langford vs Archie Moore 10 - Mike Glover vs Rube Ferns 11 - Vicente Saldivar vs Sal Sanchez 12 - Freddie Miller vs Antonio Esparragoza 13 - Terry McGovern vs Benny Yanger 14 - Holman Williams vs Marvin Hagler 15 - Bernard Hopkins vs Lloyd Marshall 16 - Ezzard Charles vs Harry Greb 17 - Willie Joyce vs Elbos McFadden 18 - Jack McAuliffe vs Joe Gans 19 - Luis Ibarra vs Willie Davies 20 - Brian Viloria vs Benny Lynch 21 - Hugo Kelly vs Cocoa Kid 22 - Jack Chase vs Mike McCallum 23 - Eddie Booker vs James Toney 24 - Bert Lytell vs Stanley Ketchel 25 - Lorenzo Parra vs Gabriel Bernal That is perverted af
Very thought out pairings George, lots of very good and interesting fights here, a couple of favs : Boza Edwards-Lopez : bombs away from Danny, in your face combos from Boza . W Lopez Briscoe-Fullmer : an almighty brawl, no quarter asked or given . W Briscoe ( very close ) Saad-Galindez : Victors counter punching gives him early lead, but stopped late with multiple cuts. W Saad. Basilio-Graziano : Carmen is staggered and cut, but his incessant pressure, gets him late stoppage. W Basilio All above subject to being pulled apart and dismantled. stay safe guys.
1 Joltin Jeff Chandler vs Lupe Pintor 2 Chris Eubank Sr vs RJJ 3 Jose Napoles vs Kid Gavilan 4 Jung Koo Chang vs Fighting Harada 5 Jeff Fenech vs Wilfredo Gomez 6 Vicente Saldivar vs Salvador Sanchez 7 Eusebio Pedroza vs Salvador Sanchez 8 Benny Leonard vs Roberto Duran 9 JCC vs Roberto Duran 10 Jose Napoles vs SRL 11 SRR vs SRL 12 Ricky Hatton vs Miguel Cotto 13 Michael Spinks vs Bob Foster 14 Riddick Bowe vs Lennox Lewis 15 Holyfield vs Usyk 16 Hearns vs SRR 17 Marciano vs Liston 18 Michael Watson vs Winky Wright 19 Hopkins vs Toney 20 Ward vs Calzaghe 21 Fullmer vs Antuofermo 22 Michael Spinks vs Ezzard Charles 23 Gaby Canizales vs Orlando Canizales 24 Pac vs Duran 25 Hagler vs Monzon just a quick guess work not an exact list lol
Here’s an updated list, in random order, with fantasy fights from any area and assuming the best version of each at the selected weight classes: 1. Jose Napoles v Sugar Ray Leonard, welterweight 2. Erik Morales v Juan Manuel Marquez, Featherweight/jnr lightweight 3. Ken Buchanan v Julio Cesar Chavez, lightweight 4. Henry Armstrong v Roberto Duran, lightweight 5. Rocky Marciano v Evander Holyfield, cruiserweight (190 limit) 6. Joe Frazier v Larry Holmes, heavyweight 7. Vicente Saldivar v Salvador Sanchez, featherweight 8. Ernesto Marcel v Eusebio Pedroza, featherweight 9. Aaron Pryor v Julio Cesar Chavez, junior welterweight 10. Sugar Ray Robinson v Thomas Hearns, welterweight 11. Sugar Ray Robinson v Sugar Ray Leonard, welterweight 12. Benny Leonard v Joe Gans, lightweight 13. Roberto Duran v Fritzie Zivic, welterweight 14. Marvin Hagler v Julian Jackson, middleweight 15. Masao Ohba v Miguel Canto, flyweight 16. Marvin Johnson v Yaqui Lopez, light heavyweight (yeah, this one could have happened) 17. Gene Tunney v Billy Conn, light heavyweight 18. George Foreman v Sonny Liston, heavyweight 19. Floyd Patterson v Oleksandr Usyk, cruiserweight 20. Eder Jofre v Ruben Olivares, bantamweight 21. Eder Jofre v Jose Becerra, bantamweight (could have happened) 22. James Toney v Bennie Briscoe, middleweight 23. Marvin Hagler v Carlos Monzon, middleweight 24. Alexis Arguello v Manny Pacquiao, junior lightweight) 25. Harry Greb v Roy Jones, super middleweight
Thought provoking fights, off piste choices that are very appealing, couple of standouts for me : Saldivar - Sanchez- 15 rounds of unbridled action, Vicente pressing the action, Sal counter punching to good effect, both absorbing hard accurate punches, that might have stopped lesser men, mid to end, Sanchez starts to push back, and use his height and size to gain control, and upping his workrate so as to make certain of the win, Saldivar would be showing the effects of the intensity, with a bruised and swollen face ( ala Shibata ) where as Sanchez is virtually unmarked, as is the norm. Tiger - LaMotta - my oh my ! not one for the purist, two of the most unbending wills in the history of boxing, Tiger the more composed, keeps the action at mid to short range, looks to counter Jakes low sweeping left hook, with hard hurtful rights, but always keeping his guard up and tight, Jake being a bit more reckless, defence is leaky at times, and stung at times by Tigers more accurate shots, will get rough at times, ref might have to admonish LaMotta on occasions, over the last 4/5 ( of a 15 ) Tiger is forging ahead, courtesy of his more educated boxing, added to the effort of Jake making 160 he is in complete control, LaMotte's possum act, fails to dupe an old pro like Tiger, once again can see nothing other than a 15 rounder, with Tiger taking the nod. Once again a highly intriguing list, much appreciated. stay safe guys.
