Fights In The Past 10 Years We (or you) Wanted But Didn't Get

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  1. walk with me

    walk with me Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Run them Down.... I'll start off with.....

    Kelly Pavlik - Paul Williams: This fight was so damn close to being made. They had the press conference and everything. i've heard rumors that Bob Arum totally derailed it. I dunno how true that is but would have been a classic for sure.

    Andre Berto - Miguel Cotto: never was really discussed but it was something I personally wanted. Thought it would be FOTY status.

    Miguel Cotto - Oscal De La Hoya: if cotto beat margarito this would have happened for sure. Cotto was already dropping seeds for a PR vs Mexico holiday. He didn't want to fight margarito for financial reasons. Makes sense honestly.

    Yuriorkis Gamboa vs Brandon Rios: At one point I think this fight was really close to happening. I wanted it bad for gamboa but i don't know what.

    Bernard Hopkins vs Carl Froch: I don't think there was ever talk of this going down but given Hopkins advanged age froch has a chance. Prime hop takes it easy. Promotion would have been pretty good.

    Floyd Mayweather vs Undefeated Miguel Cotto: I think the version of cotto we saw vs floyd was a "smarter" fighter. But the allure of 2 undefeated guys is always awesome.

    Tim Bradley vs Amir Khan: This was also close but I think bradley backed out. Now I know more about both guys Khan would have and probably still would win easily.




    That's all I can think about at the moment. I'm sure with you guys helping I'll remember more.
     
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  2. rayrobinson

    rayrobinson Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Floyd vs

    Tszyu
    Williams
    Marg
    Prime Cotto
    Primer Shane


    This is not a ducking question , but these would have been nice.
     
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  3. Babality

    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    Margarito vs Floyd
    Pacquiao vs Valero (eventually)
    Floyd vs Williams
    Pacquiao vs Guzman
     
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  4. walk with me

    walk with me Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    with those choices I question your passion for the sport vs you disgust for Mayweather. You seem like someone who just ahtes mayweather and not someone who watches the rest of the sport....



    There's 100s of great fights without even mentioning mayweather and you just say his name a bunch..... try naming other fights. Or just don't respond like a typical hater.
     
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  5. walk with me

    walk with me Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    DAMN!!!

    I totally forgot about Joan Guzman. I alway thought he was super nice. Didn't he get caught for steroids or something like that. Dude disappeared from teh sport pretty damn quietly.
     
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  6. Beenie

    Beenie Evolve already! Full Member

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    Juanma - Gamboa
    Juanma - Caballero
    Donaire - Mares
    Pavlik - Calzaghe
     
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  7. walk with me

    walk with me Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    good call here... I'll take your pavlik vs calzaghe and raise you calzaghe vs froch.


    I thouhgt froch was a clown but he won me over with his battle with jermain taylor.
     
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  8. Jennifer Love Hewitt

    Jennifer Love Hewitt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Wlad Klitschko vs SNV

    Mayweather vs Cotto (before the Margarito loss broke him)

    Mayweather vs Williams (extremely rangy high volume puncher could have proved to be a nightmare for Floyd)

    Vitali Klitschko vs Haye (Vitali probably would have stopped him though)

    Wlad vs Briggs (uhm maybe ten years ago this would have been fun, the fact that it's talked about now makes me sad for boxing)

    Toney Vs Hopkins (love to see B-Hop box circles around stay puft)
     
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  9. Beenie

    Beenie Evolve already! Full Member

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    When Pav was undefeated and his alcohol consumption issues were less overt, that fight was at a premium. (Or, as MVC would describe anything Floyd related, a mouth watering prospect)
     
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  10. pinolero1981

    pinolero1981 Active Member Full Member

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    Good list. Here is mine:

    Juan Manuel Lopez vs. Yuriorkis Gamboa - at one time, not too long ago, both guys were undefeated, had a lot of hype to be the future stars of boxing and were on a collision course. How things change....

    Manny Pacquiao vs. Edwin Valero - Manny was dominant and Valero was just coming into the scene with a lot of hype surrounding his power and KO ratio. Too bad Valero ended it...

    Paul Williams vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. - Paul was the most feared man in thee divisions at one time and could have presented Floyd with a stiff challenge. Floyd instead retired*...

    Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Erik Morales - this would have been great when both guys were prime. For one reason or another it wasn'r meant to be. They both grew old and then Erik retired....

    Brandon Rios vs. Victor Ortiz - both guys disliked each other and there was a lot of bad blood that would have made for a great build up and a great slugfest. The fact that both fought in different divisions didn't help. Now Victor is no longer relevant and Rios has been through too many wars

    I'm sure there are more I can add but these came to mind right way...
     
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  11. rayrobinson

    rayrobinson Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Man you are just too angry , did you read the last part of my message.

    Also a true fan you said fights from the last 10 years , its about as far back as your knowledge clearly goes and you come up with this ****e??

    Rios vs Gamboa?
    Bradley vs Khan?


    And fooking Berto???
     
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  12. Beouche

    Beouche Juan Manuel Marquez Full Member

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    It was longer than 10 years ago but i sure wish it had been JMM or even Morales who'd gotten the chance to whoop Hamed instead of Barerra

    JMM Morales i got mixed feelings about never happening
     
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  13. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Healthy Sergio vs Cotto
    Sergio vs Floyd
    Froch vs Calzaghe
    Floyd vs Williams
    De La Hoya vs Margarito
     
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  14. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    Roy Jones Jr vs Bernard Hopkins 2 2000
    Roy Jones Jr. vs Dariusz Michalczewski 2000
    Oscar De La Hoya vs Tito Trinidad II 2000-04
    Shane Mosley vs Tito Trinidad 2000
    Naseem Hamed vs Juan Manuel Marquez 2001
    Naseem Hamed vs Erik Morales 2001
    Kostya Tszyu vs Shane Mosley 2002
    Ricardo Mayorga vs Antonio Margarito 2003
    Juan Manuel Marquez vs Erik Morales 2003-05
    Joe Calzaghe vs Sven Ottke 2004
    Floyd Mayweather vs Kostya Tszyu 2004-05
    Floyd Mayweather vs Antonio Margarito 2006
    Floyd Mayweather vs Paul Williams 2007
    Floyd Mayweather vs Miguel Cotto 2008
    Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao 2009
    Wladimir Klitschko vs Vitali Klitschko 2010

    Mayweather vs Martinez
    Mayweather vs Lara
    Mayweather vs Andrade
    Golovkin vs Martinez
    Golovkin vs Quillin
    Golovkin vs Cotto
    Donaire vs Mares
    Rigondeaux vs Mares
    Rigondeaux vs Santa Cruz
    Kovalev vs Stevenson
    Pacquiao vs Valero
    Ward vs Chavez Jr.
    Gamboa vs Mikey Garcia
    Andrade vs Charlo
    Fury vs Haye
     
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  15. Bensub

    Bensub Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Prince Naz v Erik Morales
    Calzaghe v Froch
    May weather v Prime PAC
    Steve Collins v Roy Jones
     
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