Classic Forum! Let us decide on the Best 10 Wins in History!

I agree.

However, that may stand to see how Pavlik's career ends up at the end of the day.

If he never does anything meaningful again, people will say what a hype job he was.

If he dominates the division he is most home at, then it gives Hopkins more credibility.

 

demsey vs willard
johnson vs jeffries

 

No. I don't see it. Jeffries was coming off of what? 5 years of inactivity? He had to drop about a hundred pounds to get into any kind of fighting shape. he didn't even take a tune-up so we don't know if he would have been effective against a lesser fighter than Johnson. Willard, likewise, was coming off of years of inactivity and was a bit out of shape. It's true that Dempsey overcame a huge size disadvantage and beat the **** out of the reigning champion, but Willard was definitely one of the weaker heavyweight champions even in his prime.

 

Joe Calzaghe vs fellow ATG Jeff "Left Hook" Lacy.

 

Louis-Schmelling II
Fitzsimmons-Corbett

 

agree agree agree...imagine if louis was not able to KO schmelling

 

Schmelings win over Louis, even in a non-title bout, must be well on par with any upset..

Max had the vision, and belief in himself to administer, often, the right over Louis's jab. Considering Louis had already beaten Carnera and Baer.. without a drama, Schmeling deserves a high level of 'scientific' respect.. due to having a legitimate game plan. A very early example of a game plan, that successfully accounted for the most superior H/W in the first half of last century.

 

Sorry.

I mean Joe Lynch.

You have a flyweight beating a possible top 10 all time bantemweight.

Not bad.

 

Not in that bracket, probably more on par with Clay-Liston. In a way, among all this loose talk of Tyson being this and that coming in to the fight, it has been forgotten just how huge a win it was.

Coming in to the fight Tyson had a 1 rd KO of Williams, 5 rd KO of Bruno, 2 rd KO of Tubbs, 1 rd KO over Spinks (undefeated coming in) and a 4 rd KO over Holmes, who'd neven been KO'd before.

This was 5 matches in a 2 year period prior to Douglas, and the only one who even remotely troubled him was Bruno. This is as a good a string of dominant victories as you'll see in boxing history, possibly THE best, and then he literally gets the **** beat out of him by a journeyman, whose best effort before was nearly beating Tucker.

I'll put this up as my nr. 1.

 

Has Frazier over Ali been overlooked thus far?

Joe Choynski over Jack Johnson is a good result.

Holyfield over Tyson I was a good win.

Braddock's win over Baer might get a mention.

Duran over Leonard was huge.

Tyson v Spinks was extremely big, particularly if you consider the manner of the victory.

Though i must admit, a top 10 is a difficult task and there a win will need to be better than just a huge win to make that list.

 

jack johnson vs Tommy burns

 

what about RJJ vs ruiz

 

heres the shortlist we should start narrowing it down

DURAN v LEONARD I
- GREB v TUNNEY I
- LANGFORD's win over WILLS
- FRAZIER v ALI I
ALI v FOREMAN
- DOUGLAS v TYSON
- ARMSTRONG v ROSS
- ROBINSON v GAVILAN II
- LEONARD v HAGLER
- HARADA v JOFRE I or II
- FITZSIMMONS v CORBETT
- CHARLES v MOORE I or III
- BURLEY v MOORE
- LAMOTTA v ROBINSON I
- ALI v LISTON I
Jimmy Wildes win over Joe Lynch

Max Schmelings win over Joe Louis

Barbados Joe Walcotts win over Joe Choynski

Jem Driscolls win over Abe Attel

Mike Gibbons win over Jack Dillon

Terry McGoverns win over Joe Gans
Terry mcgover vs pedlar palmer

Leonard-Hearns 1
Napoles-Griffith
Jones Jr - Toney/Hopkins
BHOPs-Tito (Tito was P4P no1)
Tunney-Dempsey 1
Barrera-Morales 1 (which Barrera really won by a landslide)
Pacquaio-Barrera 1 (domination over a top3 P4Per and legend)
Pacquaio-Delahoya (amazing weight hopping and what if DLH isnt shot?)
Foreman-Frazier
Liston-Patterson
Tyson-Spinks
Patterson-Moore
Benn-McCellan
Eubanks-Benn1
Eubanks-Watson2
Hagler-Hearns
Hamed-Kelly
Charles second PTS win over Burley
Sandy Saddler-Willie Pep 1
Sandy Saddler-Willie Pep 2
Jim Driscoll over Abe Atell
Dick Tiger vs Jose Torres
Foreman vs Moorer
hopkins vs pavlik
Fitzsimmons-Corbett
Spinks-Holmes I
Jofre-Legra
Zivic-Armstrong I
Ali-Liston I
Harada-Jofre I
Holyfield-Tyson I
Dempsey-Willard
Tunney-Dempsey I
Randall-Chavez I
Pacquiao-DeLaHoya
Tarver-Jones II
Leonard-Hearns I
Hearns-Hill
demsey vs willard
johnson vs Jeffries
Louis-Schmelling II
Fitzsimmons-Corbett
Schmelings win over Louis
Joe Choynski over Jack Johnson is a good result.

Holyfield over Tyson I was a good win.

Braddock's win over Baer
jack johnson vs Tommy burns
what about RJJ vs ruiz

 

braddock claim to fame, he was heavy underdog in the baer fight...baer took him lightly and he pays for it..

tommy burns is like foreman...had he been in different era, he could have accomplish more

RJJ and Ruiz is a joke..who one is going for the KO