Fights that happened vs. when they should've happened

Julio Cesar Chavez vs Hector Camacho - 1984
Floyd Mayweather vs Shane Mosley - 1999
Juan Manuel Marquez vs Marco Antonio Barrera 2000 - 2002
Floyd's Mayweather vs Miguel Cotto - 2008
Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao - 2010

 

yeah this was the first one to come to mind. should have happened in or before 2010.

 

Camacho jumped weight twice instead of fighting Chavez

In fairness, nobody outside of Mexico knew who Chavez was before he beat Mario Martinez for Camacho's vacant 130 lb title in 1984. So, it's hard to call that one avoiding Chavez. It could have been a weight issue.

But, after getting rocked by Rosario Camacho got rattled and jumped to 140 after only one more defense.

A fight between Chavez and Camacho at 135 would have been great.

As far as Camacho's chances, you're right that 1984 would have been a good time for him to fight Chavez because Chavez was still improving

I think if Chavez jumped to 135 after Camacho schooled Ramirez. it would have been a good, competitive fight too,

1992 was at least five years too late because the Camacho decline started in 1987 after the Howard Davis fight at the latest, or after the Rosario fight in 1986 at the earliest.

 

Julio Cesar Chavez-Frankie Randall 3 took place in May 04’, more than 9 years after it should have happened.

The first 2 bouts were in January 94’ & May 94’.

The 3rd match should have been in late 94’, or early 95’.

 

Yeah they got a lot of things wrong.

 

Aboslutely. DK made sure it didn't happen and milked Chavez for another few years.