Barkley vs. Duran...

Its the fight of the year in '89, It's very underrated and I'm fortunate enough to own the closed circuit event in its entirety on VHS to DVD transfer.

 

I’d consider it one of the top 10 fights of the 1980s, but there were some amazing fights so it wouldn’t be outrageous to rank it outside the top 10. I mean, here are 10 great ones off the top of my head that it would be hard to exclude:

Duran-Leonard 1
Saad-Lopez 2
Sanchez-Gomez
Leonard-Hearns 1
Sanchez-Nelson
Pryor-Arguello 1
Gomez-Pintor
Chacon-Limon 4
Hagler-Hearns
Harding-Andries

Plenty of other ones as well… but I’d find a place in the top 10 for Duran-Barkley myself.

Interested to hear where others would place it - inside or outside the top 10?

 

Of course.

 

I also missed Boza-Limon in 1981 and Chacon-Boza 2 in 1983 off my original list. Chacon-Limon 4 is insane but those two fights were nearly as good. That makes the case for Duran-Barkley in the top 10 even tougher.

 

I don’t think I’ve ever seen Ocasio-Young but it was 1979. apparently.

Dokes-Weaver 2 had a fantastic opening couple of minutes in the first round but then settled into a more conventional heavyweight battle with both fighters fighting in fits and starts.

Holmes-Witherspoon was excellent, though.

 

Dokes-Weaver 2, you mean? Ok, I just remember the first round being a war and the rest of it not but my memory could be faulty.