Fights you were excited for when you heard they got made?

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  1. Brixton Bomber

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    What fights that went down in the history books were you excited for when you heard they got made?
     
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  2. It's Ovah

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    Lewis vs Tyson is about the only one, sadly.

    I felt absolutely nothing for Wlad vs Haye or Mayweather vs Pac. The first was an obvious mismatch, and the second was overbaked till there was nothing left to savour.
     
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  3. MrPook

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    I am warming up for GGG vs Canelo.
     
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  4. Sting like a bean

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    Honestly it's been at least fifteen years. The matchmaking is a Joke. I'm sure I'll no longer care even slightly by the time Wilder and Joshua fight some time around 2024. (if it happened tomorrow it would be too little too late but I'd care a little.)
    I don't even know who Canello is.
     
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  5. ETM

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    Trinidad vs DelaHoya was pretty exciting. Two undefeated Welterweights in their primes. Fight itself was a stinker. The potential was there.

    Roy Jones vs James Toney.
    Holyfield vs Tyson
     
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  6. Titan1

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    Spinks vs Qawi
    Tyson vs Smith.
     
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  7. Flash24

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    So many over the yrs. Ali vs Frazier 3, (remember my dad and his friends talking about it months in advance) Leonard vs Benitez,Duran Hearns, and Hagler, Holmes vs Cooney. Pryor v Arguello at the old Orange bowl. J.Mugabi vs Hard Rock" Green. (Mugabi's 1st real test) Hagler vs Hearns and Mugabi. Comacho v Rosario (the fight that changed Comacho) Curry v Mccory, Tyson vs Holmes. Mccallum vs J.Jackson and Curry. Azumah Nelson vs Gomez, Fenech. Salvador Sanchez vs Gomez and Nelson. W.Gomez vs L.Pintor so many,many others....
     
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  8. Ken Ashcroft

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    Tyson vs Berbick
    Tyson vs Ruddock
    Douglas vs Holyfield
    Chavez vs Rosario
    Chavez vs Taylor
    Curry vs McCrory
    Holmes vs Cooney
     
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  9. PernellSweetPea

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    All the Hearns fights which is the fab 4 fights. Tyson/Spinks which was a let down. GGG vs. Canelo is a great fight. in light of the joke Floyd had last week, this is a real fight coming up in 2 weeks.
     
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  10. surfinghb

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    I got excited for Mancini/Bramble. All the top fights in the 80's were good, for the most part
     
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  11. Jake Speed

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    Hamed v Barrera. Thought this could be a very exciting fight with knockdowns, shifts of momentum etc. I didn't expect Barrera to box such a great tactical fight and underestimated how much Hamed had declined.
     
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  12. PernellSweetPea

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    I am excited GGG vs. Canelo. I am trying to figure it out watching their fights and seeing Canelo has better defense, but GGG keeps coming. This really has to do with GGGs power and can he hit and hurt GGG. If he can, then GGG wins. Canelo has to fight carefully.
     
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  13. Flash24

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    The 80's had some real classic fights on network tv in those days. Any fights with B."School Boy"Chacon , "Boza" Edwards , "Animal" Fletcher, "Hard Rock"Green, E.Pederoza, R.Mancini J.Garza R.Lockridge, "Joltin"J.Chandler, "The Hawk"Pryor,M.Hamsho, R."Boom Boom"Mancini, and so many I've forgotten. Outside of Arron "Hawk' Pryor none of the fighters I listed would be considered "great". But they were "can't miss" fights on network tv in those days. Those men showed more heart and determination than most of these guys today would even dream about.
     
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  14. Radrook

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    Ali vs Frazier
    Chavez vs Taylor
    Duran vs Leonard
    Tyson Holyfield

    Others I won't mention to avoid getting bogged down in personal opinion controversies which will inevitably arise.
     
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  15. Thread Stealer

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    De La Hoya-Trinidad
     
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