Best 12 round full distance fights (top 10)

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  1. Jel

    Jel Obsessive list maker Full Member

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    Post Mancini-Kim, boxing started to enter a new era of 12 round title fights. Fifteen rounders still had a few years to run but the 12 round era really began in 1983.

    Name your 10 best 12 rounders you’ve seen from 1983 to the present day. They have to have gone the full distance so the likes of Chavez-Taylor doesn’t count.
     
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    OP_TheJawBreaker NOBODY hit like that guy! Full Member

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    Riddick Bowe vs Evander Holyfield 1
    Juan LaPorte vs Ruben Castillo
    Julian Jackson vs Thomas Tate
    Thomas Hearns vs James Kinchen
    Matthew Hilton vs Robert Hines
    Errol Spence vs Shawn Porter
    Roman Gonzalez vs Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
    James Toney vs Vassiliy Jirov
    Lucas Matthysse vs Ruslan Provodnikov
    Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Zab Judah
     
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  3. Bulldog24

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    Eubank/Thompson I
    McCallum/Toney I&II
    Basilio/Robinson I
    Morales/Barrera I
     
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  4. Jel

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    Basilio-Robinson was 15 rounds. Others are good though.

    Loved the Eubank-Thompson fight!
     
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    They went 15 rounds
     
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    01 -Israel Vazquez-Rafael Marquez III
    02 - Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez I
    03 - Francisco Rodriguez-Katsunari Takayama
    04 - Manny Paquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez III
    05 - Erik Morales-Antonio Barrera I
    06 - Erik Moarles-Antonio Barrera III
    07 - Roman Gonzalez-Juan Francisco Estrada II
    08 - Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez II
    09 - Ted Cheeseman-Sam Eggington
    10 - Roman Gonzalez-Juan Francisco Estrada I
     
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  7. Jel

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    Liking this particularly for number 9!
     
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  8. Rumsfeld

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    During the Survey from last year, 2 such matches placed Top 10:

    #7 - Bowe vs Holyfield 1
    #10 - MAB-Morales 1

    Then at #18 was Duran-Barkley.
     
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  9. Young Terror

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    10# Rafael Marquez vs Israel Vasquez III
    9# Kevin Kelley vs Troy Dorsey
    8# Orlando Salido vs Francisco Vargas
    7# James Toney vs Vassily Jirov
    6# Riddick Bowe vs Evander Holyfield I
    5# Erik Morales vs Manny Pacquiao I
    4# John Duddy vs Yory Boy Campas
    3# Roberto Duran vs Iran Barkley
    2# Bobby Chacon vs Bozza Edwards II
    1# Erik Morales vs Marco Antonio Barrera I
     
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    Schoolboy error yes of course they went 15!
     
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    Not in any order

    Kevin Kelley vs Troy Dorsey
    Michael Brodie vs In Jin Chi 1
    Kevin Pompey vs Harold Brazier 1
    Marco Antonio Barrera vs Erik Morales 1
    Bobby Chacon vs Cornelius Boza Edwards 2
    Israel Vazquez vs Rafael Marquez 3
    Ray Mercer vs Bert Cooper
    Daniel Zaragoza vs Paul Banke 1
    Manuel Medina vs Paul Ingle
    Oba Carr vs Derrell Coley

    I'm probably forgetting a few but these fights are quite fresh in my mind.
     
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  12. Jel

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    Mine and yours are pretty similar.
     
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  13. Jel

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    Here’s my top ten in chronological order:


    Bobby Chacon v Cornelius Boza-Edwards 2 (1983)

    Tony Lopez v Rocky Lockridge 1 (1988)

    Roberto Duran v Iran Barkley (1989)

    James Toney v Mike McCallum 1 (1991)

    Kevin Kelley v Troy Dorsey (1992)

    Erik Morales v Marco Antonio Barrera 1 (2000)

    Julio Cesar Gonzalez v Julian Letterlough (2001)

    Erik Morales v Manny Pacquiao 1 (2005)

    Israel Vasquez v Rafael Marquez 3 (2008)

    Orlando Salido v Francisco Vargas (2016)
     
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    Jr jones vs barerra 2
     
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    Chacon-Boza 2
    Vasquez-Marquez 3
    Morales-Barrera 1
    Kelley-Dorsey
    Duran-Barkley
    Pintor-Meza
    Gonzalez-Carbajal 2
    Toney-Jirov
    Randall-Chavez 1
    Whitaker-McGirt 1
     
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