Best Fights of the 80's, 1-10

Not much to add to that lot. Holyfield - Qawi would be pushing inclusion but the list is hard to fault or change. There were some terrific lightweight wars among Blake, Baltazar, Brown/Brown, Paul, Arroya et al but they didn't have the class of those named.

 

Honorable mention ...McGuigan v Cruz

 

Every fight on this list is a classic. I'd have Arguello-Pryor closer to the top but that's just my preference. Also, not sure I'd pick Leonard-Hearns 2 over Leonard-Hearns 1.

Agree that Holyfield-Qawi could be on there. Duran-Barkley was excellent too and Andries-Harding 1 could also be on there.

 

Holyfield - Qawi was top-10.

Holyfield - Dokes was excellent and Cooper vs Tillman was a classic war but these fights still miss top-10 IMO

 

1. LIMON-CHACON 4
LEONARD-DURAN
FLETCHER-Singletary
Saad-Lopez
GOMEZ vs. PINTOR
PRYOR-Arguello
FLETCHER-Green
Mancini vs. KIM
LIMON VS. NAVARATTE
Hamsho vs. MINTOR
CRUZ VS. PALMA 2
Hamsho vs. PARKER
FLETCHER VS. C. JACKSON
WEAVER VS COETZEA ( love this fight. Weaver's bodywork is brutal)
Hatcher vs. Escalera 2
Cobb vs. Mercado
Sibson vs. Dangerous Lee
Boza vs. Villejes
10. PINTOR vs. Meza

 

I could have just put 1982 and then the others.
Btw, to me a great fight goes longer than just 1 great rd.
SHORT FIGHTS
1 GARZA VS. MEZA
Mancini vs. FRIAS
HAGLER vs Hearns
vs. Lee

 

1980
Matthew Saad Muhammad vs Yaqui Lopez II (light heavyweight)
Tae Shik Kim vs Peter Mathebula*
1981
Ray Leonard vs Thomas Hearns I (welterweight)
William Lee vs John LoCicero
Eusebio Pedrosa vs Patrick Ford*
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
Navarette vs Choi*
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
Myung Woo Yuh vs Mario Alberto Demarco I*
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)

*Haven't seen but heard it's good.

 

I almost forgot Pintor/Davila 2 & Davila/Duarte 2

 

Chacon-Limon IV
Holyfield-Qawi I
Murphey-Mutti
Chacon-Boza II
Sanchez-Nelson
Gomez-Pintor
Hagler-Hearns
Leonard-Hearns 1
Duran-Barkley
Saad-Lopez II

Not in any real order, but Murphey-Mutti does land really high on my list.