Greatest Rivalry in Boxing History?

I dont know about the complete hisory of boxing, but I enjoyed the Barrera/Morales rivalry. These guys dont like each other for real, which always made it interesting.

 

First thing that came into my head was Ali-Frazier

 

SRR - La Motta or Ali - Frazier.

 

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Ali versus Ken Norton comes to mind. Especially since Norton was jobbed out of the title. Ali had the look of a fighter who knows he has lost when the decision for him was announced. Norton cried. Truly a bad decision.

 

Don King/Bob Arum.

 

Barrera/Morales. These guys hated each other. And they always made for entertaining fights.

 

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Ali vs Frazier.

 

Pep vs. Saddler

When these guys stepped in the ring, it isnt a boxing match but a street fight.

 

Felix Trinidad v. Mexico

 

Ali / Frazier - as good as it gets

Gatti / Ward - some what of an arcade rivalry, but still, those fights were amazing

Marquez vs Vazquez - two as equal fighters as can be.. both can box, slug, punch and neither chose to defend.

Holyfield vs Bowe - big guys slugging it out bigtime

Robinson vs LaMotta - the fights that cemented Robinson and gave LaMotta his name - all great fights.

Benn vs Eubank - the greatest rivalry on british soil

 

You can still add a poll after your thread is set up. You just edit your first post, go to advanced options and i think (from memory) thread tools. You can change your title among other things as well!! Otherwise, i would say Ali/Frazier for sure, simply because of the magnitude of the fights, and their position in the sport.

 

I guess Morales v Barrera is a good one also, and if you wanted to start going back a bit further, Robinson v Lamotta and Pep v Saddler really stand out IMO.

 

Lou Duva vs. Julio Cesar Chavez




Andrey

 

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It meant so much more to society than any other...its not even close.