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

ward vs direll, some good picks on this

 

Not talking smack but you should of been more clear on your opening post. When you say fights YOU wanted to see, it means ONE persons wish list, the same as asking who do YOU think are ATG's then ****ping on someones list, its personal preference and opinion.

PW - Canelo
SSM - Berto
Castillo - Corrales III
Canelo - Ortiz
SSM - Ortiz

Off the top of my head

 

A few relatively recent off top of my head

Felix Sturm vs. Arthur Abraham - Was highly anticipated when they were both middleweight champions but they never materialized the fight for some reason. There's still hope for it to happen at SMW but it's not the same.

Andre Ward vs. Andre Dirrell - Two of the top American prospects were supposed to fight in the Super Six, but allegedly couldn't agree on the location and the fight eventually never happened. There's still some hope I guess.

Vitali Klitschko vs. Nikolay Valuev - Was in talks when Valuev was holding the WBA belt but Valuev's team didn't agree on terms. Then Valuev lost the belt and still wanted too much money, resulting him to eventually retire.

Felix Sturm vs. Sergio Martinez - Sturm was a longtime champion at the time Sergio won his belt, and this fight needed to happen in order to clear any dispute about who is the true #1. Not sure if they ever seriously discussed it, but I personally liked the match-up.

There's probably plenty of more.

 

I don't think I saw this one yet:

May vs. Winky

 

Paul Williams vs. James Kirkland

Winky vs. De La Hoya

Andre Ward vs Andre Dirrell

Khan vs Bradley

Dawson vs. Calzaghe

 

Humberto Soto vs Pacquiao

Taylor or Pavlik vs Sturm or Abraham while they were champ

Ward vs Bute after the Super 6

Edison Miranda vs Jermaine Taylor

Johnson vs Tarver 3

Chavez vs Pavlik

Andy Lee vs John Duddy

 

Cotto vs Hatton
Floyd vs Pac
Floyd vs Cassamayor or Freitas
Pac vs Soto at superfeather
Juanma vs Gamboa
Young Cotto vs Bojado or Ricardo Williams

 

To be honest, i would of loved a Martinez-Mayweather bout, would it have been possible given the landscape? I'd say a very low chance, but one can dream haha. Andrade? Boxing gods no, GGG feasible IF he wins the MW title but nay, no happening. But then i understand to some extent why some people say it, not the trolls, the ones that look at it this way he fought ortiz, guerrero, and to a an extent maidana(though he gave a very good account of himself), just like pac fought rios and algieri, meaning if they fought these lower tier and not mainstream fighters why not fight these guys. Like i said i understand where some are coming from.

But yes the hate is hard for a lot of fighters. And knowing that people will try to categorize me into a side let me make this clear I AM A FAN OF BOXING (and i have fighters that i like to follow)!!! (An aspect many people on here seem to have forgotten, and in my opinion the difference between a real boxing fan and a casual) Sorry when the doobie is sparked i tend to ramble haha. But rant over.

Lewis- Klit II
Martinez-Williams III
Khan-Peterson II???
Pac-Cotto II
Mayweather-Martinez (personal wishful thinking pick)
SSM-Berto
Ortiz-Berto II???

Anyone know any sub-FW picks that would of been exciting?
(Just beginning to study the lil guys so any potential matchups will be helpful in leading me in the direction of top notch and/or exciting fighters)

 

In no particular order...

Vitali-Valuev
Haye-Fury
DLH-Floyd rematch
GGG-Oosthuizen

All these fights were VERY close to happening but were cancelled for one reason or another. The GGG fight probably seems like an odd choice, but I really wanted to see how he would have dealt with Oosthuizen's length.

 

Well to be fair to him. Floyd has done a lot not to give fans the best fights

 

Marquez v Valero
Floyd v Margarito
And the OP's pick of Pavlik v Williams is a great one! That would have been immense.