Favorite FIGHTS By Division

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Will come back for this.

 

Nice thread idea ! I'll have to think about it, but it should get some some fights mentionned that we don't talk about enough. I really like your CW and LHW choices.

 

Hw: Ali-Frazier I
Cw: Toney-Jirov
Lhw: Franklin-Johnson I
Smw: Benn-McClellan
Mw: Duran-Barkeley
Jmw: Trinidad-Vargas (with Albarado-wajima next)
Ww: basilio-demarco II
Jww: Chavez-Taylor I
Lw: coralles-castillo I
Jlw: Chacon-Edwards II
Fw: McGuigan-Cruz
Jfw: Gomez-Pintor
Bw: Tapia-Ayala I
Jbw: Khaosai Galaxy- Godzilla (hard to find but Godzilla goes down hard)
Flw: Chinoi-Torres I
Jflw: Sorjaturong-Carbajal
Strw: Yaegashi- Porpramook

 

hw frazier ali 1/charles marciano highlights
lhw charles v bivins
168 froch kessler
mw hagler hearns/ hearns barkley
154 hearns benitez
whitaker vs chavez
ww ross v mclarnin
lw welsh mcfarland
fw pep sadler

 

I hope Corbett doesnt get a mention

 

I took my favorite fights and separated them into divisions. There's a couple per division but I didn't feel like ranking them.

Ali vs Frazier III (heavyweight) 1975
Ali vs Foreman (heavyweight) 1974
Ali vs Frazier I (heavyweight) 1971
Larry Holmes vs Ken Norton (heavyweight) 1978
Larry Holmes vs Mike Weaver (heavyweight) 1979
Joe Frazier vs Jerry Quarry I (heavyweight) 1969
Max Baer vs Primo Carnera (heavyweight) 1934
David Tua vs Ike Ibeabuchi (heavyweight) 1997
Bowe vs Golata II (heavyweight) 1996
Holyfield vs Bowe 1 (heavyweight) 1992
Michael Moorer vs Bert Cooper (heavyweight) 1992
Foreman vs Lyle (heavyweight) 1976
Holyfield vs Qawi I (cruiserweight) 1986
Rocky Marciano vs Ezzard Charles II (cruiserweight) 1954
Rocky Marciano vs Roland LaStarza II (cruiserweight) 1953
Rocky Marciano vs Jersey Joe Walcott I (cruiserweight) 1952
Merqui Sosa vs Prince Charles Williams I (light heavyweight)1995
Ezzard Charles vs Jersey Joe Walcott III (light heavyweight) 1951
Matthew Saad Muhammad vs Marvin Johnson II (light heavyweight) 1979
Matthew Franklin vs Marvin Johnson I (light heavyweight) 1977
Archie Moore vs Yvon Durelle I (light heavyweight) 1958
Matthew Saad Muhammad vs Yaqui Lopez II (light heavyweight) 1980
Nigel Benn vs Gerald McClellan (super middleweight) 1995
Chris Eubank vs Michael Watson II (super middleweight) 1991
Paul Williams vs Sergio Martinez I (middleweight) 2009
Roberto Duran vs Iran Barkley (middleweight) 1989
Leonard vs Hagler (middleweight) 1987
Hagler Vs Hearns (middleweight) 1985
Last two rounds of William "Caveman" Lee vs John LoCicero (middleweight) 1981
Robinson vs Lamotta 6 (middleweight) 1951
Tony Zale vs Rocky Graziano 3 (middleweight) 1948
Pawel Wolak vs Delvin Rodriguez (junior middleweight) 2011
Marquez vs Pacquiao IV (welterweight) 2012
Robert Guerrero vs Andre Berto (welterweight) 2012
Aaron Davis vs Mark Breland (welterweight) 1990
Leonard vs Hearns 1 (welterweight) 1981
Jose Stable vs. Charley Scott (welterweight) 1963
Brandon Rios vs Mike Alvarado(junior welterweight) 2012
Mickey Ward vs Emmanuel Augustus (junior welterweight) 2001
Pryor vs Arguello 1 (light welterweight) 1982
Gatti vs Ward III (light welterweight) 2003
Gatti vs Ward I (light welterweight) 2002
Corrales vs Castillo I (lightweight) 2005
Ivan Robinson vs Arturo Gatti I (lightweight) 1998
Tommy Cordova vs Freddie Roach (junior lightweight) 1984
Erik Morales vs Manny Pacquiao I (super featherweight) 2005
Marco Antonio Barrera vs Erik Morales III (super featherweight) 2004
Bobby Chacon vs Boza Edwards II (super featherweight) 1983
Bobby Chacon vs Rafael Bazooka Limon IV (super featherweight) 1982
Marco Antonio Barrera vs Erik Morales II (featherweight) 2002
Paulie Ayala vs Johnny Tapia (featherweight) 1999
Danny Lopez vs Mike Ayala (featherweight) 1979
Willie Pep vs Sandy Saddler IV (featherweight) 1951
Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez I (featherweight) 2004
Bernard Dunne vs Ricardo Cordoba (super bantamweight) 2009
Israel Vazquez vs Rafael Marquez III (super bantamweight) 2008
Israel Vazquez vs Rafael Marquez II (super bantamweight) 2007
Morales vs Barrera 1 (super bantamweight) 2000
Marco Antonio Barrera vs Kennedy McKinney (super bantamweight) 1996
Paul Banke vs Daniel Zaragoza II (super bantamweight) 1990
Robert Quiroga vs Kid Akeem Anifowoshi (super flyweight) 1991
Ivan Calderon vs Giovani Segura I (straw weight) 2010

 

Cruiserweight: Menay Edwards Vs Joe Smythe

 

Ovids no love for flyweight?

 

HW: Larry Holmes - Ken Norton
CW: Evander Holyfield -Qawi I (be shocked if there was any other answer)
LHW: Michael Spinks - Qawi
SM: Chong Pal Park - Vinnie Curto
MW: Marvin Hagler- Tommy Hearns
JMW: Mike McCallum - Donald Curry (headed for a classic until the abrupt ending)
WW: Ray Leonard - Tommy Hearns
JWW: Pryor-Arguello I
LW: Ray Mancini - Art Frias
JLW: Alexis Arguello - Alfredo Escalera I
FW: Salvador Sanchez - Wilfredo Gomez
JFW: Wilfredo Gomez - Lupe Pintor
BW: Jeff Chandler - Gaby Canizales
JBW: Jiro Watanabe - Gustavo Ballas
FW: Betulio Gonzales-Shoji Oguma 2 or 3, not sure which
Junior-fly: Carbajal-Gonzales I

 

Not really. That is definitely the weak point of my list. Everything below Bantam is usually shot on bad film with funny languages I don't understand and I find that makes it harder to enjoy the fights. I'll probably check into them more eventually, but it's also one of the less talked about divisions, which makes it harder to find an entry point.

I've also only got two or three fights from the 60s on my list of favorite fights too. Ali sucked all the air out the room for that whole era. When it comes to the sixties people only want to talk about Ali but he was so dominant that he wasn't in any competitive fights until the 70s with the possible exceptions of Jones and Liston. Meanwhile, the lower weight fights tend to get overlooked. I've got some Griffith, Benvenuti, Ortiz, and Jofre fights on my list to watch, but I'm really biding my time until we have a poll on the best fights of the 60s so I can pick up some new fights to watch.

 

Bruno v McCall
Haye v Mormeck
Hopkins v Pavlik
Benn v McClellan
Hagler v Hearns
De la Hoya v Vargas
Margarito v Cotto
Gatti v Ward 1
Marquez v Diaz 1
Mayweather v Corrales
Hamed v Kelly
Barrera v Morales
Donaire v Montiel
Darchinyan v Mijares
Donaire v Darchinyan
Calderon v Segura
Calderon v Tunacao

 

That list is way more modern than I would hedge expected.

 

Luf has only read about the past greats of flyweight, obviously. He hasn't even included a fight for that division! (Marquez Vs Concepcion 1 I imagine)

Donaire Vs Montiel as favourite bantam fight? Vic Vs Mijares favourite super fly? Really Luf?!?

Okay it's favourite and not best but not brilliant examples IMHO.