Which fights are an absolute must to have in your collection?

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  1. catasyou

    catasyou Lucian Bute Full Member

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    Holyfield vs Dokes,a great HW fight.
     
  2. peter5

    peter5 Marco.A.Barrera Full Member

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    :? A shame
     
  3. radab

    radab Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    most of you probably haven't seen it, but you really owe it to yourselves to check out the first diego corrales vs jose luis castillo fight - it was an absolute WAR.
     
  4. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Barrera vs Morales I

    Barrera vs Morales III

    Gatti vs Rodriguez

    Gatti vs Robinson I

    Ali vs Frazier I

    Ali vs Frazier III

    Marquez vs Pacquiao I

    Barrera vs Mckinney

    Arguello vs Pryor I

    Arguello vs Mancini

    Bowe vs Holyfield I

    Cotto vs Margarito

    Cotto vs Torres

    Trinidad vs Mayorga

    Freitas vs Barrios

    Corrales vs Castillo

    Vasquez vs Marquez I

    Vasquez vs Marquez II

    Vasquez vs Marquez III
     
  5. showbizconnor

    showbizconnor New Member Full Member

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    hamed vs kelly

    benn vs Gman
     
  6. jc

    jc Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    For afficianados some underrated classics are Toney - McCallum 1 and 2, De La Hoya - Mosley 1 and recently Calzaghe - Kessler, classy fights with classy operators.
     
  7. Andre

    Andre BAD INTENTIONS!!!!!!!!!!! Full Member

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    Benn vs Gman

    Bowe vs Holyfield 1
     
  8. NALLEGE

    NALLEGE Loyal Member banned

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    Ali-Liston
    Ali-Foreman
    Leonard-Duran
    Leonard-Hearns
    Pryor-Arguello
    Jones-Griffith2
    Floyd-Corrales
    Hamed-Kelley

    This is in my rotation almost every night. I have a lot of fights too lol... Leonard-Hearns and Ali-Liston get the most burn though.
     
  9. Scotty321

    Scotty321 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Hagler v Hearns
    Hearns v Duran
    Ali v Williams
    Foreman v Frazier
    Holyfield v Bowe II
    Morales v Barrera I
    Hamed v Kelly

    Benn v McClellan would be in there too but for the tragic aftermath...
     
  10. heart

    heart Active Member Full Member

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    one of the best fights of the last 10 years has to be mentioned....toney-jirov. download it this fight made me a big fan of boxing.
     
  11. brando18b4h

    brando18b4h Active Member Full Member

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    SRR / Basilio 1-2
    Duran / Barkley
    Ali / Frazier 1-3
    Hagler / Hearns
    Leonard / Hearns 1
    The list goes on and on.
     
  12. JIM KELLY

    JIM KELLY Bullshyt Mr Han Man! Full Member

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    hagler v hearns
    naz v kelly (naz early fights, entertainment)
     
  13. ghostlybadge

    ghostlybadge Punch Drunk Full Member

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  14. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Five picks:

    Sugar Ray Robinson v Jake LaMotta VI
    Marvin Hagler v Thomas Hearns
    Joe Frazier v Muhammad Ali
    Ray Leonard v Roberto Duran
    Roy Jones v James Toney
     
  15. Rock0052

    Rock0052 Loyal Member Full Member

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    Pryor - Arguello I
    Sanchez - Gomez
    Sanchez - Nelson
    Chavez - Taylor
    Calzaghe - Lacy
    Calzaghe - Kessler
    Leonard - Hearns I
    Hearns - Hagler
    Duran - Leonard I
    Hopkins - Trinidad
    Locche - Fuji
    Pavlik - Taylor
    Toney - Jirov
    Pretty much any Monshipour, Gatti, or Corrales fight
    Vasquez-Marquez trilogy...and too many more to list now

    So many good ones since I like both wars and "exhibition" caliber schoolings. So little time to rewatch them all.