Best Fights 1980-1999

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  1. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    If anybody has some free time over the holidays and needs something to watch.
    1980
    Matthew Saad Muhammad vs Yaqui Lopez II (light heavyweight)
    1981
    Ray Leonard vs Thomas Hearns I (welterweight)
    William Lee vs John LoCicero
    Bobby Chacon vs Boza Edwards I
    1982
    Aaron Pryor vs Alexis Arguello I (light welterweight)
    Bobby Chacon vs Rafael Bazooka Limon IV
    Wilfredo Gomez vs Lupe Pintor
    Katsuo Tokashiki vs Lupe Madera I
    1983
    Bobby Chacon vs Boza Edwards II
    Salvador Sanchez vs Azumah Nelson
    1984
    Jose Luis Ramirez vs Edwin Rosario II
    Tommy Cordova vs Freddie Roach
    1985
    Marvin Hagler Vs Tommy Hearns (middleweight)
    Myung-Woo Yuh vs Oh Kon Son
    Bobby Chacon vs Arturo Frias
    1986
    Evander Holyfield vs Dwight Qawi I (cruiserweight)
    Barry McGuigan vs Stevie Cruz
    Marvin Johnson vs Jean Marie Emebe (light-heavyweight)
    1987
    Ray Leonard vs Marvin Hagler (middleweight)
    Fidel Bassa vs Dave MacAuley I (flyweight)
    1988
    Tony Lopez vs Rocky Lockridge I
    Jung Koo Chang vs Hideyuki Ohashi II
    1989
    Roberto Duran vs Iran Barkley
    Daniel Zaragoza vs Paul Banke I
    Jeff Harding vs Dennis Andries I (light heavyweight)
    1990
    Paul Banke vs Daniel Zaragoza II
    Aaron Davis vs Mark Breland
    Chris Eubank vs Nigel Benn I
    Ray Mercer vs Bert Cooper (heavyweight)
    Meldrick Taylor vs Julio Cesar Chavez I
    1991
    Chris Eubank vs Michael Watson II
    Robert Quiroga vs Kid Akeem Anifowoshi
    Evander Holyfield vs Bert Cooper (heavyweight)
    1992
    Evander Holyfield vs Riddick Bowe I (heavyweight)
    Michael Moorer vs Bert Cooper (heavyweight)
    Kevin Kelley v Troy Dorsey
    Welcome Ncita vs Kennedy McKinney
    1993
    Michael Carbajal vs Humberto Gonzalez I
    Riddick Bowe vs Evander Holyfield II (heavyweight)
    1994
    Jorge Castro vs John David Jackson I
    Joichiro Tatsuyoshi vs Yasuei Yakushiji
    1995
    Nigel Benn vs Gerald McClellan
    Merqui Sosa vs Prince Charles Williams I (light heavyweight)
    Saman Sorjaturong vs Humberto Gonzalez
    Vincent Pettway vs Simon Brown
    Riddick Bowe vs Evander Holyfield III (heavyweight)
    1996
    Riddick Bowe vs Andrew Golata I & II (heavyweight)
    Marco Antonio Barrera vs Kennedy McKinney
    Arturo Gatti vs Wilson Rodriguez
    1997
    David Tua vs Ike Ibeabuchi (heavyweight)
    Sirimongkol Singwangcha vs Joichiro Tatsuyoshi
    Arturo Gatti vs Gabriel Ruelas
    Naseem Hamed vs Kevin Kelley
    1998
    Ivan Robinson vs Arturo Gatti I & II
    1999
    Paulie Ayala vs Johnny Tapia I
    Derrick Jefferson-Maurice Harris (heavyweight)
     
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    OvidsExile, Dec 25, 2018
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  2. TSoprano

    TSoprano Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Any chance you have suggestions for Luis Ortiz' fights from back in the Seventies?
     
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  3. mrtony80

    mrtony80 Likes thick chicks Full Member

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    Hamed-Kelley is my all time favorite.
     
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  4. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    Still working on the sixties and seventies list. 2000-2018 is done though.
     
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  5. blackbolt396

    blackbolt396 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Saad vs. Lopez was special if you want a display of courage in the ring that’s the fight.
     
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  6. James Hudson

    James Hudson Active Member Full Member

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    Was lucky enough to have been there......was my dads 50th and we went over for it. Brilliant fight.....and Madison Square Gardens as well
     
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  7. African Cobra

    African Cobra The Right Honourable Lord President of the Council banned Full Member

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    You missed out Kid Akeem Anifowoshe vs Robert Quiroga. That was a great fight.
     
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  8. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    No, I didn't. Check 1991.
     
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  9. pincai

    pincai The Indonesian Thin Man Full Member

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    Good ones OvidsExile, I have seen majority of them but there are few less profile ones I will need to check out!
     
    pincai, Dec 25, 2018
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