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

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    Dempsey vs Marciano on HBO PPV
     
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  2. OddR

    OddR Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Ali vs both Kiltschko's and to see what Greb looks like on film but not sure what fight cop out.
     
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    White Bomber Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Liston vs Foreman.
    My money's on Liston by KO.
     
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    Hi-Tech Active Member Full Member

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    Shay Sonya The REAL Wonder Woman! Full Member

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    Give prime John L. Sullivan time to properly train and understand modern rules and watch films, maybe even a few modern tune up fights against safe competition (just to get in some sort or modern groove), then put him in against prime Oleksandr Usyk. The first vs. the present Lineal Heavyweight Champion. Win, lose, or draw, so MANY questions would be answered!
     
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    A list for notable combined punching power -

    Foreman vs Liston
    Spinks vs Foster
    Jones - Benn
    McClellan - Valdez
    Hearns - Jackson
    Hearns - Robinson
    Tszyu - Bailey
    Rosario - Ganigan
    Arguello - Saddler
    Lopez - Hamed
    Zarate - Olivares
     
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    Hagler vs Canelo (160)
    Duran vs FMJ (147)
    Marciano vs Holyfield (190)
     
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  11. Paul McB

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    Only one?
    Nigel Benn vs Julian Jackson at middleweight.

    If I can have other divisions -
    Heavyweight - Tyson vs Frazier.
    Light Middle - Norris vs Trinidad
    Welter - Hearns vs De La Hoya
    Light - Duran vs Whitaker
    Feather - Hamed vs Nelson
     
  12. Jel

    Jel Obsessive list maker Full Member

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    It’s a toss up between Duran-Arguello and Chavez-Nelson. Basically I don’t want to match two fighters where there’s a likelihood of a blowout and I don’t think that would happen in either of these. Plus, they’d be guaranteed action fights.
     
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    Henry Armstrong vs Roberto Duran
    Joe Fraizer vs Rocky Marciano
    George Foreman vs Sonny Liston
    Sam Langford vs Harry Greb
    Ray Robinson vs Ray Leonard
    Floyd Mayweather vs Terence Crawford
     
  15. USFBulls727

    USFBulls727 Active Member Full Member

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    Foreman-Tyson
    JCC-Arguello
    JCC-Floyd
    Vitali vs. Foreman/Tyson/Liston/Louis. Just curious how well an injury-free VK at his best would do here. I suspect he, at the very least, causes some problems for each, but not quite sure what these would look like.

    Just for the sake of this forum...as kind of an "I told you so"...Ali-Louis is one I'd want everyone here to see. I believe Ali would be a massive step up in competition for Joe, and probably takes this a little easier than some here might expect. I think Louis has all kinds of problems with the combination of Ali's size, speed, movement, and overall boxing skills, and loses a not so close decision, or maybe gets stopped late.