Weird, was just looking back at old threads for this. It's not a perfect list (if that even exists) but I like: Tiger vs Valdez Briscoe vs Lausse Apostli vs O'Dowd Toney vs LaMotta Briscoe vs Benn
Hmm, that's a tough one RC. I love watching Griffith work, but he was never in the type of ATG wars I was going for in my list (Paret III tragedy aside). Fullmer's dirty aggression and lack of power would mean that Griffith could box and counter, without having to be overly cautious. I think this looks like Griffith-Tiger, and is an ugly, scrappy affair. Fullmer vs Barkley or Vito though, now that's a fight!
Yep, EG could adapt to any style that he was up against...he was aggressive and roughed up the boxer types (Benvenuti, Archer, Dupas, etc.), he deftly outboxed the sluggers (Tiger, Briscoe, etc.) and gave an ATG like Monzon all he could handle in their rematch. Speaking of Tiger, besides outboxing him and decking Tiger for the first time in his career, he also even appeared to be the stronger man at times...and as a plus, he was the first and only fighter to figure out and remedy the style of the otherwise unfathomable wizard Gypsy Joe Harris. I personally have always liked and appreciated the middleweight Griffith more than the welter version of him. Griffith was one of the strongest, most clever and versatile of all the middles.
Papke vs. Hamsho 20 rds GGG vs Walker 20 rds. LaMotta vs Hagler 20 rds Fletcher vs. Hamsho Mickey Walker vs Hagler 20 rds.
Lausse Vs Florentino Fernandez Roy Jones vs Gerald McClellan Henry Hank vs James Toney Nigel Benn vs Rocky Graziano Dick Tiger vs Jake Lamotta/Briscoe
It's been playing on my mind all day this, RC. I think the lightweight is the best division there ever was, but in terms of the amount to quality fights you can imagine, 160 is hard to beat. Just a couple others I figured would be amazing fights. Dick Tiger vs Mickey Walker Stanley Ketchel vs Jake LaMotta Iran Barkley vs Bennie Briscoe Gene Fullmer vs Mustafa Hamsho Vito Antoufermo vs Nigel Benn Cyclone Hart vs Curtis Parker Carmen Basilio vs Rocky Graziano
