Ultimate Historical Fight Card

My picks:

HW: Sonny Liston vs Mike Tyson
LHW: Ezzard Charles vs Michael Spinks
MW: Marvin Hagler vs Bernard Hopkins
WW: Sugar Ray Leonard vs Joe Napoles
LW: Roberto Duran vs Benny Leonard

 

The most exciting boxing night I can think of....

UNDERCARD

Felix Trinidad vs Tommy Hearns at 154 Lbs (two ATG punchers who could be hurt by a good hitter, a shootout in the making... that night could be short for both men)

Bernard Hopkins vs James Toney at 160 Lbs (A scientific display, a chess match involving pretty evenly matched fighters who are smart, skilled and strong)

Aaron Pryor vs Roberto Duran at 140 Lbs (Two proud and egocentric badass fighters, non-stop action, relentless effort and... machismo !)

CO-MAIN EVENT

Sugar Ray Robinson vs Ray Leonard at 147 lbs (Speed, power, grace, lightning flurries, flashiness, drama... who'll deserve to be called Sugar ?)

MAIN EVENT

Muhammad Ali vs Mike Tyson at HW (The fastest, the most untouchable v the most explosive and vicious HW puncher ever. Even an intimidated Tyson reprensents danger for a '67 Ali in the first few rounds at least.. Ali wants to show that he's the baddest man ever !)

 

How about historical fights that no film exists for?

Bob Fitzsimmons vs. Tom Sharkey 1 (controversial ending as Wyatt Earp calls a win for Sharkey based on a supposed low blow).

Tom Sharkey vs. James J. Corbett (another controversial ending)

Jack Johnson vs. Sam Langford (Sam was 11 stone and a bit)

Gunboat Smith vs. Sam Langford (did Smith deserve the win?)

Harry Greb vs. Mickey Walker (two of the MW class's best)

Jack Sharkey vs. Jack Renault (Did Boston Gob get a gift in Boston?)

(It would be a poor matchmaker that couldn't pack a house with any two of these bouts as co-features)



Cap's Journal

 

From Top to Bottom

Main Event Ali- Tyson
Cruiser HT- Jones vs. Holyfield
Sugar's R. Robinsonv R.Leonard- Ray Robinson
Hearns v.s. Trinidad

 

Peter Jackson vs Jack Johnson
Jeff Chandler vs Lupe Pintor
Michael Spinks vs Ezzard Charles
Aaron Pryor vs Roberto Duran
Salvador Sanchez vs Eusebio Pedroza

 

Chandler vs Pintor actually could and should have happened...I would love to have seen it. I would excpect Joltin' Jeff to win, but this could go either way...good call

 

MAIN EVENT
HW: Joe Frazier vs. Jack Dempsey

UNDERCARD
FW: Willie Pep vs. Salvador Sanchez
LW: Roberto Duran vs. Henry Armstrong
WW: Ray Robinson vs. Ray Leonard
MW: Carlos Monzon vs. Marvin Hagler

 

Mine personally (may not appeal to all) would be, in descending weight classes from 175lbs:

Bob Foster vs. Archie Moore

Rodrigo Valdez vs. Dick Tiger

Jose Napoles vs. Carmen Basilio

Ike Williams vs. Roberto Duran

Henry Armstrong vs. Salvador Sanchez

 

Actually I'll make it a bit more realistic:

Main event - Jose Napoles vs. Kid Gavilan

Ken Buchanan vs. Billy Petrolle
Joey Giardello vs. Bennie Briscoe
Cleveland Williams vs. Earnie Shavers
George Araujo vs. Willie Joyce

 

Rocky Marciano- Muhammad Ali--- HW
David Haye- Evander Holyfield--- CW
Ezzard Charles- Michael Spinks--- LHW
Nigel Benn- Joe Calzaghe--- SMW
Harry Greb- Carlos Monzon--- MW
Tommy Hearns- Sandro Mazzinghi--- LMW
Jose Napoles- SRL--- WW
Duilio Loi- JCC--- LWW
Carlos Ortiz- Roberto Duran--- LW
Alexis Arguello- Manny Pacquiao--- SFW
Willie Pep- Salvador Sanchez--- FW
Wilfredo Gomez- Erik Morales--- SBW
Ruben Olivares- Manuel Ortiz--- BW
Khaosai Galaxy- Gustavo Ballas--- SFW
Pascual Perez- Fidel LaBarba--- FW
Emile Griffith- Hector Camacho--- 147 lbs, who´s the real "pink" boy?

 

Dempsey v Louis HVY
Moore V Foster LHVY
Greb V Hagler M
SRR V SRL W
Williams v Duran L
Saddler v Armstrong F
Jofre V Olivares B
Wilde V Lynch F

 

I have chosen these fights because I believe they would be 4 the number 1 spot in each division.

Louis vs. Ali

Holyfield vs. Gomez @ 190

Charles vs. Tunney @ 175

Calzaghe vs. Jones jr. @ 168

Hagler vs. Greb @ 160

Hearns vs. Norris @ 154

Robinson vs. Armstrong @ 147 (prime 4 prime)

Pryor vs. Chavez @ 140

Duran vs. Leonard (Benny) @ 135

Mayweather vs. Arguello @ 130

Sanchez vs. Pep @ 126

Gomez vs. Morales @ 122

Zarate vs. Jofre @ 118

Galaxy vs. Watanabe @ 115

Wilde vs. Canto @ 112

Carbajal vs. Zapata @ 108

Lopez vs. Niida @ 105

( I wouldv'e put Robinson at middleweight aswell, but you said any fighter can be in just 1 fight )

 

Awesome! :good

 

Frazier vs Holyfield

Pacquiao vs Arguello

Gans vs Armstrong

Tunney vs Moore

Mosley vs Chavez


Robinson-Burley, Mosley-Duran & Pacquiao-Arguello are all inspired picks.