Fighters who didn’t beat their opponents once in a 2 fight series, who you’d still favour most time

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  1. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    David Haye vs Tony Bellew
     
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  2. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No version of Muhammad ever beats Qawi he's a terrible stylistic match for him.
     
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  3. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Gerry Penalosa vs Cho and Tokuyama

    Provided the fights take place on neutral turf, it’s a wash.
     
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  4. Bronze Tiger

    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Matthew has said in several interviews…that he felt he would have beaten Qawi at his best …he said that Marvin Johnson was the best fighter he ever faced
     
  5. Bronze Tiger

    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    . Matthew Saad Muhammad was the real life Rocky Balboa …and Dwight Muhammad Qawi was the real life Clubber Lang ( unfortunately)
     
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  6. Bronze Tiger

    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I think 1988 Mike Tyson beats Evander Holyfield
     
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    Serrano vs Taylor

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  8. Bigcheese

    Bigcheese Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I'd pick Oscar to beat Mosley, I thought he won their first fight.
     
  9. Anomalocaris

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    Hearns v Barkley.

    In the first fight Iran was getting brutally slaughtered but threw a punch with his eyes closed and hit lightening in a bottle.

    Tommy as usual chose to entertain the crowd by going for a spectacular KO instead of boxing (he did the same against Roldan).

    The second fight he was truly worn out (although I enjoyed Maynard and Miller).

    Tommy is vastly underrated amongst casuals.
     
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  10. The one

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    If he had a better chin he may have been the GOAT.
     
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    I totally agree. He was certainly the best pure boxer of my lifetime.

    In just about any other era but that of the Kings he would probably be undefeated until LH.
     
  12. Blaxx

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    Sugar Ray Robinson against Paul Pender. They fought twice and even at 40 Robinson arguably won the first one.
     
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    Ruben Olivares against Rafael Herrera. I think Herrera caught Olivares at the right time but I honestly think Olivares could get the better of Herrera more times out of 10.
     
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  14. bolo specialist

    bolo specialist Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If he had a better chin, he'd essentially be SRR (which is arguably the same thing).
     
  15. mhudson

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    Greg Page - Mark Wills is still a head scratcher.

    Rahman-Maskaev probably qualifies, but there’s also a lingering doubt that the style match up favoured Oleg.

    I think Kennedy McKinney was a better fighter than Bungu, and at his best would outpoint him.