Best fights that NEVER happened

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  1. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Graziano-LaMotta
     
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  2. v2k987

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    Pryor v Ray Leonard would have been amazing
     
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    :good
     
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    Leonard would've beat Pryor handily although The Hawk wouldve made it uncomfortable at times.

    Lewis-Bowe
    Dempsey-Willis
    Trinidad-Quartey
    Hearns-McCallum
    Morales-Marquez
     
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    Quartey v Trinidad

    Benn v Toney

    Gatti v Coralles
     
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  6. motownsiu

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    Trinidad-mosley, wright-dlh, Toney- tarver, pac- valero, pac- hamed, Lewis-bowe, klit-klit, vargas-cotto, cotto-hatton, cotto- Floyd,cotto-dlh,cotto-wright,Hopkins-toney, Hopkins-froch.
     
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  7. Thread Stealer

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    The biggest (not best) fight that never happened in my lifetime was Foreman vs. Tyson.

    I can only imagine how much attention, and of course money, that fight would have generated.
     
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    Roy Jones Jnr - Gerald Mclellan
     
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  9. Sandokan32

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    Larry Holmes vs George Foreman
    George Foreman vs Ernie Shavers
     
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    Salvador Sánchez vs Eusebio Pedroza (Pedroza wanted none of Sánchez)
     
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    Duran-Cervantes
    Duran-Pryor
     
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  12. iceman71

    iceman71 WBC SILVER Champion Full Member

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    mancini-pryor was actually discussed
    as well as camacho vs pryor
     
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  13. elchivito

    elchivito master betty Full Member

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    :deal Great list. I remember their was interest for a Johnston-Mayweather Jr too since their was word Johnston being a southpaw and on a winning steak had beaten Floyd in the amatuers and would of made an interesting fight in the pros.
     
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  14. NoCoolFool?

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    I don't remember this being even considered at the time....?

    This is in hindsight only. Calzaghe was a nobody when RJJ was on top. Couldn't see HBO even giving approval.

    All these are odd ones for me...All different weights...?

    Biggest:
    Lewis - Bowe
    Bowe - Tyson
    Foreman - Tyson
    Jones - Hopkins
    Jones - Micheszyski
    Mayweather vs a few
     
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  15. johnnykoolkid

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    that couldn't have happened, we're not talking about fantasy match-ups
     
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