Fights where the two best fighters in the world squared off

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  1. sweet_scientist

    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    True Cal. Whitaker did have a slight edge amongst the ringside scribes covering the fight and so it got me to wondering, but there is every chance more of the Ring staff voting on the p4p rankings had DLH ahead.
     
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  2. Marciano Frazier

    Marciano Frazier Well-Known Member Full Member

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    At heavyweight, these are the ones I can think of off the top of my head where the two guys were probably THE two best in the world at the time of the fight:
    Jeffries-Fitzsimmons I
    Jeffries-Corbett I
    Dempsey-Tunney, both fights
    Louis-Conn I
    Louis-Walcott both times
    Walcott-Charles I, II and III (I'd say Marciano had overtaken them by the time of the fourth fight)
    Marciano-Walcott I
    Marciano-Charles I
    Marciano-Moore
    Ali-Frazier I
    Ali-Foreman
    Holmes-Norton
    Holyfield-Bowe I and II
    Lewis-Klitschko
     
    Marciano Frazier, Mar 2, 2008
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  3. Marciano Frazier

    Marciano Frazier Well-Known Member Full Member

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    And to clarify, I didn't read your first post closely and so I didn't realize you meant the two best pound-for-pound fighters in the world. In that case, most of my examples fall through.
     
    Marciano Frazier, Mar 2, 2008
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