Cancelled! - Fights We Never Got To See

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  1. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Arguello/Duran was at least pencilled in; and of course Leonard/Hearns nearly happened in the late 70s.

    Bruno/Mercer and Hide/Morrison would have been intriguing if the infamous 'High Noon' bill had happened.

    Clinton Woods started to make his name as a 175lber with his victory over Crawford Ashley. Woods was a late sub for a domestically interesting Ashley/Henry Wharton match up.

    If drug rules were tighter us Brits may have got our first Heavyweight title holder of the 20th Century in 86, as it would have been Tubbs rather than Witherspoon in the opposition corner that July night.

    Bruno also was due to fight Berbick after the Witherspoon loss; Tillis came in late instead.
     
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  2. N_ N___

    N_ N___ Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Peterson-Khan II
     
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  3. N_ N___

    N_ N___ Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Chico Castillo III
     
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  4. Nighttrain

    Nighttrain 'BOUT IT 'BOUT IT Full Member

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    Nice

    I also wouldn't give the Cooper fight too much credence, Holyfield had a tendency to play up or down to his competition.
     
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  5. Vanboxingfan

    Vanboxingfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Well I was really hoping to see the Lewis - Kirk Johnson fight, but instead I was stuck watching the Lewis - Vitali bore-feast.
     
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  6. Saltzy

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    Not that it has legendary meaning but there was a lot of talk about Mike Tyson fighting Mercer before the Lewis fight I believe but Lewis and promoters didn't want to ruin the payday I think and threatened a lawsuit.

    Would have been a really entertaining fight to see at that stage.
     
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  7. N_ N___

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    Thank god we were eventually treated to Kirk-Vitali instead of the sure to be boring rematch.
     
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  8. Saad54

    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    You mean after Berbick lost to Tyson? Berbick would have been tougher than Tillis but Bruno probably would have beaten Berbick then. He wasn't much after the Tyson loss.

    Also, I think Tubbs would have been too slick for Bruno.
     
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  9. JWSoats

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    Robinson - Basilio III
     
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  10. Wass1985

    Wass1985 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He's not the only fighter to do that, infact it's quite common. Holyfield could also raise his game in super fights something Tyson couldn't really do.
     
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  11. Nighttrain

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    This one should of happened :good
     
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  12. Wass1985

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    I reckon Mercer beats Tyson post prison, it would have been close. Tyson ain't getting him out of there that's for sure, would have been very interesting in the later rounds.
     
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  13. sweetsci

    sweetsci Well-Known Member Full Member

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    On a weekend in mid-August 1982 we were supposed to see Trevor Berbick - Renaldo Snipes, Tim Witherspoon - James Tillis, and Pinklon Thomas - Jeff Shelburg. Witherspoon and Berbick pulled of their fights due to "flu" (apparently they actually had disputes with Don King), so the Tillis-Thomas fight was made, launching Thomas as a top-10 contender.

    Of course the Snipes-Berbick and Witherspoon-Tillis fights happened a bit later in the fall.

    Jeff Shelburg fought Leroy Jones later in August, in both Shelburg's and Jones' final fights.

    I sure wish Ali-Liston II would've happened November 16, 1964 as originally scheduled (before being postponed November 13 due to Ali's emergency hernia surgery).
     
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  14. NoNeck

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    Briggs-Oquendo
     
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  15. SuzieQ49

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    Tyson knocked out a lot of people who were said to possess iron chins.
     
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