If You Could Pick Only One H2H Fight - Which One Would It Be?

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  1. TNSNO1878

    TNSNO1878 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    If you had the time-altering power to make only ONE fantasy H2H matchup, purely based on clash of styles, which one would it be? Aside from the obvious ones like Tyson vs Ali, Ali vs Louis? Is there one H2H matchup that you believe would stand head and shoulders above the rest, whether it's from a style or legacy perspective, or one that gets overlooked?

    I know I said only one, but just to get the ball rolling, I'd go for Usyk vs Holyfield at cruiserweight, Monzon vs Golovkin at 160, or Greb vs Hagler at 160. From a more selfish perspective, Wlad vs Ali would be a great one just because of how divisive a matchup it seems to be on here.
     
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  2. Rubber Glove Sandwich

    Rubber Glove Sandwich 'Iranian flag green' reflecting pool Full Member

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    Am I the only one who would see it?
     
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  3. Mike Cannon

    Mike Cannon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hi Guys.
    So going through the weights :
    Marciano / Frazier
    Charles / Foster
    Hagler/ Monzon
    the 2 Sugars
    Duran / Leonard
    Sanchez / Saddler
    Olivares / Jofre
    Wilde / Lynch.
    of course lots more perms, but the above will satisfy me.
    stay safe fellow posters.
    Mike.
     
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  4. Oddone

    Oddone Bermane Stiverne's life coach. Full Member

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    Ali vs Tyson, prime for prime.
     
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  5. TNSNO1878

    TNSNO1878 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Some great selections there Mike
     
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  6. TNSNO1878

    TNSNO1878 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Na, it'd be for the people! Unless that changes your selection haha.
     
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  7. Mandela2039

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    Unheard one i think but Arguello Vs Tony Canzoneri.
     
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    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No Klompton, you have to share.
     
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  9. Rubber Glove Sandwich

    Rubber Glove Sandwich 'Iranian flag green' reflecting pool Full Member

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    If it's just for me then Tatsuyoshi vs Harada but if it's for others then I have to consider how much impact it would have for p4p lists and how entertaining it would be, etc, etc. Don't have an answer yet.
     
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    MarkusFlorez99 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    • Sugar Ray Leonard vs Terence Bud Crawford
    • Jaron Ennis vs Oscar De La Hoya
    • James Toney vs Marvin Hagler
    • Sonny Liston vs Evander Holyfield
    • Pernell Whitaker vs Vasily Lomachenko
    • Roy Jones Jr vs Michael Spinks
    • Floyd Mayweather vs Sugar Ray Robinson
    • Oleksandr Usyk vs Mike Tyson
    • Michael Nunn vs Janibek Alimkhanuly
    • Manny Pacquiao vs Felix Trinidad
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    Sergey Kovalev vs Artur Beterbiev
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    Gennady Golovkin vs Gerald McClellan
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    Pacquiao vs Pryor
    Foreman vs Holmes
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    M.Spinks vs Holyfield
     
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  13. BCS8

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    Greb vs Hagler sounds goddamn fine to me.
     
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  14. thistle

    thistle Boxing Junkie

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    BERT GILROY vs JOCK MCAVOY

    the fight that was actually scheduled (June 10th, 1940)
    but was interrupted by a serious Gilroy injury, a broken Pelvis Bone 3 weeks before fight time, and though that Title remained 'uncontested' for another 4 Years, Gilroy & McAvoy were never pitted together again...

    settle the History once and for all, Belle Vue Arena Manchester England.
     
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  15. Fergy

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    Ohhhh yes.
     
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