Ali vs Terell was a brutal master piece. Terell was much bigger than Ali and was making his 4th title defense....Ali made him look like a novice , another of my favorites too
I take Leonard over Hearns any day. You don't be the smaller man, walk through huge right hand bombs, keep coming, and get the KO 14 rounds later.
Great thread Jeff :good For me it would be any of the Leonard-Hearns-Duran-Hagler series FOTC and the Thrilla in Manilla Pacquiao against Hatton, Morales, Cotto, Barrera, Marquez - Pac was in so many great fights Mayweather v Hatton - A really memorable fight for us Brits, the build up was amazing and Mayweather's performance was sensational Holyfield v Tyson 1 Eubank v Benn Tyson v Douglas Tyson v Ruddock 1 and 2 Holyfield v Foreman, Cooper, Bowe - Holyfield has as many great fights as Pacquiao Calzaghe v Kessler - Great fight between two undefeated champs, as Joe finally unified the division. Best British fighter of the last decade Many more, I just can't remember off the top of my head - I may have misread the thread title This is just a list of many of my favourite fights
These are my favorites Marquez vs Pacquiao IV (welterweight) 2012 Brandon Rios vs Mike Alvarado(junior welterweight) 2012 Robert Guerrero vs Andre Berto (welterweight) 2012 Pawel Wolak vs Delvin Rodriguez (junior middleweight) 2011 Ivan Calderon vs Giovani Segura I (straw weight) 2010 Paul Williams vs Sergio Martinez I (middleweight) 2009 Bernard Dunne vs Ricardo Cordoba (super bantamweight) 2009 Israel Vazquez vs Rafael Marquez III (super bantamweight) 2008 Israel Vazquez vs Rafael Marquez II (super bantamweight) 2007 Corrales vs Castillo I (lightweight) 2005 Erik Morales vs Manny Pacquiao I (super featherweight) 2005 Marco Antonio Barrera vs Erik Morales III (super featherweight) 2004 Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez I (featherweight) 2004 Gatti vs Ward III (light welterweight) 2003 Gatti vs Ward I (light welterweight) 2002 Marco Antonio Barrera vs Erik Morales II (featherweight) 2002 Mickey Ward vs Emmanuel Augustus (junior welterweight) 2001 Morales vs Barrera 1 (super bantamweight) 2000 Paulie Ayala vs Johnny Tapia (featherweight) 1999 Ivan Robinson vs Arturo Gatti I (lightweight) 1998 David Tua vs Ike Ibeabuchi (heavyweight) 1997 Bowe vs Golata II (heavyweight) 1996 Marco Antonio Barrera vs Kennedy McKinney (super bantamweight) 1996 Nigel Benn vs Gerald McClellan (super middleweight) 1995 Merqui Sosa vs Prince Charles Williams I (light heavyweight)1995 Holyfield vs Bowe 1 (heavyweight) 1992 Michael Moorer vs Bert Cooper (heavyweight) 1992 Chris Eubank vs Michael Watson II (super middleweight) 1991 Robert Quiroga vs Kid Akeem Anifowoshi (super flyweight) 1991 Paul Banke vs Daniel Zaragoza II (super bantamweight) 1990 Aaron Davis vs Mark Breland (welterweight) 1990 Roberto Duran vs Iran Barkley (middleweight) 1989 Leonard vs Hagler (middleweight) 1987 Holyfield vs Qawi I (cruiserweight) 1986 Hagler Vs Hearns (middleweight) 1985 Tommy Cordova vs Freddie Roach (junior lightweight) 1984 Bobby Chacon vs Boza Edwards II (super featherweight) 1983 Pryor vs Arguello 1 (light welterweight) 1982 Bobby Chacon vs Rafael Bazooka Limon IV (super featherweight) 1982 Leonard vs Hearns 1 (welterweight) 1981 Last two rounds of William "Caveman" Lee vs John LoCicero (middleweight) 1981 Matthew Saad Muhammad vs Yaqui Lopez II (light heavyweight) 1980 Larry Holmes vs Mike Weaver (heavyweight) 1979 Danny Lopez vs Mike Ayala (featherweight) 1979 Matthew Saad Muhammad vs Marvin Johnson II (light heavyweight) 1979 Larry Holmes vs Ken Norton (heavyweight) 1978 Matthew Franklin vs Marvin Johnson I (light heavyweight) 1977 Foreman vs Lyle (heavyweight) 1976 Ali vs Frazier III (heavyweight) 1975 Ali vs Foreman (heavyweight) 1974 Ali vs Frazier I (heavyweight) 1971 Joe Frazier vs Jerry Quarry I (heavyweight) 1969 Jose Stable vs. Charley Scott (welterweight) 1963 Archie Moore vs Yvon Durelle I (light heavyweight) 1958 Rocky Marciano vs Ezzard Charles II (cruiserweight) 1954 Rocky Marciano vs Roland LaStarza II (cruiserweight) 1953 Rocky Marciano vs Jersey Joe Walcott I (cruiserweight) 1952 Willie Pep vs Sandy Saddler IV (featherweight) 1951 Ezzard Charles vs Jersey Joe Walcott III (light heavyweight) 1951 Robinson vs Lamotta 6 (middleweight) 1951 Tony Zale vs Rocky Graziano 3 (middleweight) 1948 Max Baer vs Primo Carnera (heavyweight) 1934
I`ve seen Morales v Barrera 1 more than any other fight, what an amazing fight between two of the best fighters of all time at their peaks.
Waiiiittt!!!!!! I was on the Tito wagon hard after this, and I couldn't stand Hopkins' style. [yt]f4Bod0T4Xx0[/yt]
ive seen a lot of good japanese fights but i cant remember their names. Fights i always watch over again would be: Berto vs Collazo Gatti vs Ward Wright vs Taylor Taylor vs Kelly Pavlik Pacquiao vs Cotto/Marquez Mayweather vs Mosley/Judah/Hatton/Corrales Any Mike Tyson fight Malignaggi vs Senchenko Just to name a few off the top of my head