Fights that could of and should but never happend

Eusebio Pedroza-Salvador Sanchez
Michael Spinks-Matthew Saad Muhammad
Greg Page-Michael Dokes
Donald Curry-Bobby Joe Young.
Milton McCrory-Marlon Starling.

 

For me the big one is Barbados Joe Walcott vs Tommy Ryan.

A winner there would have had a good claim to the the #1 all time welter.

 

Ricardo Lopez vs Michael Carbajal at Light Flyweight
Ricardo Lopez vs Humberto Gonzalez at Light Flyweight
Marco Antonio Barrera vs Juan Manuel Marquez at Featherweight
Michael Nunn vs Thomas Hearns at Middleweight

 

Not an easy one to call with no film of either fighter.

Ryan was the more consistent of the two and had better results vs common oponents. He also fought them under more favourable circumstances and to a less hectic schedule.

Walcott could be outboxed but it wasn't easy. If you went toe to toe with him you were prety much toast provided you weighed less than 175 lbs. He was a bit like Paquio in that bigger oponents just represented an easier target.

Ryan was probably the best pure boxer of the period and he was a pound for pound puncher to boot. This combination might be enough for him to overcome Walcott. Having said that Walcott brought a lot of pressure to his oponents and he seems to have wanted the fight more than Ryan.

If you put a gun to my head I would probably bet on Walcott based on his best performences, despite the fact that he was less consistant. It would not be a confident pick though.

 

Tim Witherspoon vs Mike Weaver
Marvin Johnson vs Dwight Qawi
James Shuler vs Roberto Duran
Mike McCallum vs Wilfred Benitez
Ray Mancini vs Edwin Rosario.