fights that should have happened but didn't

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  1. dabox

    dabox Active Member Full Member

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    here is a list of fights that a few years would have been great but never happened


    roy jones vs dariusz M...this is the man that many people thought roy jones ducked at light heavyweight....but roy fans would say why didn't dariusz come to america....both are good points...
    but the fact remains daruisz's people's offered roy lots of money and he never accepted, when roy said daruisz was not a hard fight... so daruisz offered a winner take all fight...roy did not accept....
    but again i think if daruisz came to america the fight would have been made...
    i think the reality is that both guys felt comfortable on their hometurf and though they were the champ...so the fight didn't happen.

    on a side note, i remember larry merchant from hbo, told max boxing i think that hbo told him not to mention dariusz's name, when talking about about people roy should fight.


    floyd mayweather vs casamayor or frietas...both fights would have good but once again mayweather gets away without actually fighting them...
    if he had actually fought them i think casamayor would have a better chance then frietas of winning.


    freddy norwood vs prince hamed....there is no question that hamed's people did not want this fight...i am not sure who would have won here, interesting fight...norwood boxed better but prince had the power...
     
    dabox, Jul 23, 2008
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  2. D-MAC

    D-MAC Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Juan Manuel Marquez vs Naseem Hamed would be a bigger what-if fight. Marquez was his mandatory for a long time, but never got the shot at the Prince.
     
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  3. walk with me

    walk with me Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    this is going to be a long list
     
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  4. jlrivera81

    jlrivera81 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    tito vs mosley
    potentially cotto vs floyd
    byrd vs jones at heavy (that would have been fun to watch i think)
     
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  5. john b

    john b EVERTON 0- OLdham 1 Full Member

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    Eubank and Jones ater jones had beat toney. That definately would have been a cracking fight.
     
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  6. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    There's video evidence of Steward admitting that he told Naseem to stay clear of Marquez. High Risk, Low reward.
     
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  7. Spitfire7

    Spitfire7 Gadfly Full Member

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    All fantasy match-ups.:yep
     
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  8. fitzgeraldz

    fitzgeraldz And the new Full Member

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    James Toney v Joe Calzaghe
    Bernard Hopkins v James Toney
    PBF v Tszyu
    PBF v Mosley (@ Lightweight)
    PBF v Cotto (@ light Welterweight)
    Barrera v Jesus Chavez (IBF Lightweight title)
    Antonio Margarito v Shane Mosley
    DLH v Tito II
    Tito v Quartey
    PBF v Corey Spinks
    Taylor v Miranda
    Dirrell v Green

    .....
     
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  9. wushu

    wushu Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Lewis vs Bowe
     
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  10. DINAMITA

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    I put this exact same thread on the Classic forum a while ago. Here's mine (with who I thought would win):

    Sugar Ray Leonard v Aaron Pryor, welterweight early 80s
    (I'd take SRL by close points decision)

    Bernard Hopkins v James Toney, middleweight early-mid 90s
    (too close to call. Probably at that stage in their careers, Toney by decision)

    Felix Trinidad v Shane Mosley, turn of the century
    (Mosley by decision. DLH outboxed Tito, I think Mosley could've done so too, he was too tough to get stopped and he would've outworked Trinidad)

    Juan Manuel Marquez v Erik Morales, featherweight early 2000s
    (Another one which would've been so so close. At that stage in their careers, probably Morales by decision)

    Lennox Lewis v Riddick Bowe, heavyweight early-mid 1990s
    (Lewis by KO)

    Larry Holmes v George Foreman, heavyweight 1980s
    (If George has stayed in the game, he would've been active during Holmes's reign. I think Foreman could've outpointed Holmes or won by late stoppage)
     
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  11. standing 8

    standing 8 Active Member Full Member

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    Mosley and Judah at 140.
     
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  12. the_what

    the_what Bolo Punch KO Full Member

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    Margarito vs Mayorga in 2002
     
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  13. la-califa

    la-califa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Not necessarily, Styles make fights & Mosley had no answer for Vernon Forrest. & Trinidad is about the same build and simular style, with more power. Would be a tough one for Sugar Shane.
     
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  14. BigBone

    BigBone Boxing Addict Full Member

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    In the last few years: Tszyu-Mayweather, Jones-Michalczewski, Hatton-Cotto, Calzaghe-Ottke, DLH-Wright, Tito-Mosley, PacMan-Guzman at 122, PacMan-Vazquez at 122, PacMan-Rafa Marquez at 122, Jones-Calzaghe half a decade ago, Hopkins-Toney at 175, Jones-Hopkins rematch, Hamed-Morales and soooo on, lots of great fights... and if you ask me, you can add Mayweather-Cotto to that...
     
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  15. DINAMITA

    DINAMITA Guest

    Tszyu v Mayweather must be top of the pile in recent years). If Mayweather had jumped up to LWW in 04 and took on Tszyu (who was #2 or #3 P4P at the time), it would have went a long way to giving PBF a better resume than he has now and giving him a better ATG status... if he would've won that is.
     
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