How would you rank the greatest fights you've seen?

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by MercuryChild, Aug 14, 2013.


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  1. MercuryChild

    MercuryChild Member Full Member

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    Listen, I know this topic has been done to death, but I haven't seen a fresh one for awhile, and these kinds of topics can be very educational when people come in and throw out fights others have never heard of, many fights I've watched have gotten my attention from these kinds of topics, I've been working on this list for awhile now, and it's not done, there are fights I still need to watch again and rank, but here goes.
    Fights that just miss the list:
    Bobby Chacon vs Danny Lopez
    Israel Vazquez vs Rafael Marquez II
    Salvador Sanchez vs Wilfredo Gomez
    Ray Leonard vs Wilfred Benitez

    50- Ron Lyle vs Earnie Shavers
    49- Salvador Sanchez vs Azumah Nelson
    48- Matthew Saad Muhammad vs John Conteh I
    47- Marvelous Marvin Hagler vs John Mugabi
    46- Evander Holyfield vs Dwight Muhammad Qawi I
    45- Michael Carbajal vs Humberto Gonzalez I
    44- Prince Charles Williams vs Merqui Sosa I
    43- Micky Ward vs Emmanuel Burton
    42- James Toney vs Vassily Jirov
    41- Ivan Robinson vs Arturo Gatti I
    40- Micky Ward vs Reggie Green
    39- Marco Antonio Barrera vs Erik Morales III
    38- Bobby Chacon vs Rafael Limon III
    37- Wilfredo Gomez vs Lupe Pintor
    36- Frank Fletcher vs Clint Jackson
    35- Kevin Kelley vs Troy Dorsey
    34- Julio Cesar Chavez vs Meldrick Taylor I
    33- Matthew Franklin vs Ritchie Kates
    32- Nigel Benn vs Gerald McClellan
    31- Ray Mancini vs Duk Koo Kim
    30- Julio Gonzalez vs Julian Letterlough
    29- Matthew Franklin vs Marvin Johnson II
    28- George Foreman vs Ron Lyle
    27- Jack Dempsey vs Luis Firpo
    26- Arturo Gatti vs Wilson Rodriguez
    25- Erik Morales vs Manny Pacquiao I
    24- Israel Vazquez vs Rafael Marquez III
    23- Charley Norkus vs Danny Nardico I
    22- Cornelius Boza Edwards vs Bobby Chacon I
    21- Larry Holmes vs Ken Norton
    20- Roberto Duran vs Iran Barkley
    19- Diego Corrales vs Jose Luis Castillo I
    18- Robert Quiroga vs Akeem Anifowoshi
    17- Arturo Gatti vs Micky Ward III
    16- Riddick Bowe vs Evander Holyfield I
    15- Marvelous Marvin Hagler vs Tommy Hearns
    14- Joe Frazier vs Muhammad Ali I
    13- Roberto Duran vs Sugar Ray Leonard I
    12- Danny Lopez vs Mike Ayala
    11- Matthew Saad Muhammad vs Alvaro Lopez II
    10- Carmen Basilio vs Tony DeMarco II
    9- Matthew Franklin vs Marvin Johnson I
    8- Aaron Pryor vs Alexis Arguello I
    7- Archie Moore vs Yvon Durelle I
    6- Somsak Sithchatchawal vs Mahyar Monshipour
    5- Bobby Chacon vs Cornelius Boza Edwards II
    4- Erik Morales vs Marco Antonio Barrera I
    3- Micky Ward vs Arturo Gatti I
    2- Bobby Chacon vs Rafael Limon IV
    1- Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier III

    Now there are some fights not listed, ones I need to watch again in order for fair assessment (Leonard Hearns I & Robinson LaMotta VI come to mind)
    I'm sure my list is gonna stir controversy by me looking it over, I'm just looking for other people's lists and healthy debates, maybe even hints on fights I should give a watch.
     
    MercuryChild, Aug 14, 2013
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  2. MercuryChild

    MercuryChild Member Full Member

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    And by the way, I'm not expecting everyone to have a list of 50 haha
     
    MercuryChild, Aug 14, 2013
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  3. MercuryChild

    MercuryChild Member Full Member

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    Come on, not even some comments on my list, good or bad?
     
    MercuryChild, Aug 14, 2013
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  4. Skins

    Skins Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Good effort. Like that you have Matt Franklin-Richie Kates in there. Great War! Tough job making lists like this, way too much effort for me. But I appreciate the guys who do it.
     
    Skins, Aug 15, 2013
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  5. JLP 6

    JLP 6 Fighter/Puncher Full Member

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    Off the top of my head. Some of this are just great battles and some of these I enjoying watching to study styles.

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    I will stop there. You encouraged me to add some pick that I truly love instead of trying to impress people. Thanks. Nice list BTW. My top ten is ranked, everthing is losely ranked as I though of them.
     
    JLP 6, Aug 15, 2013
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  6. MercuryChild

    MercuryChild Member Full Member

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    I know what you mean by studying and/or appreciating a fight for the styles.
    Chavez vs Rosario is a masterful display of breaking your opponent down by way of inside fighting
     
    MercuryChild, Aug 15, 2013
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  7. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Thanks for posting, MC. Vividly brings to mind all those fights...It's better than a triple Red Bull.
     
    john garfield, Aug 15, 2013
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  8. MercuryChild

    MercuryChild Member Full Member

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    Please, throw in some of your thoughts as well. Fights that should be on my list. Fights that are on your list. Something. Let's get some collaboration going.
     
    MercuryChild, Aug 15, 2013
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  9. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    I don't have them ranked but here are my favorites.

    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
    Myung-Woo Yuh vs Oh Kon Son (light flyweight) 1985
    Tommy Cordova vs Freddie Roach (junior lightweight) 1984
    Chang Jung Koo vs Katsuo Tokashiki (light flyweight) 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
    Carlos Zarate vs Alfonso Zamora (bantamweight) 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 actually been avoiding watching Pacquiao vs Marquez 4, but when I do it will probably be up there. Haven't seen anything I really thought was fight of the year material this year, but we still have a few months to go.
     
    OvidsExile, Aug 16, 2013
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  10. MercuryChild

    MercuryChild Member Full Member

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    Have you posted this exact list on other forums? Cause I know that I've seen this list before, written just as you did, with the chronological dates and weight classes.
     
    MercuryChild, Aug 19, 2013
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  11. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    Here two or three times. Once on the Joe Rogan Forum, in the combat sports section, and once at Sherdog.
     
    OvidsExile, Aug 19, 2013
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  12. Hookie

    Hookie Affeldt... Referee, Judge, and Timekeeper Full Member

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    Ok, good list.

    I'm just gonna throw out some that I like to watch over and over.

    Evander Holyfield W15 and KO4 Qawi, KO8 Deleon, KO10 Dokes, W12 Foreman, W12 Bowe, KO11 Tyson, and KO8 Moorer.

    Ray Leonard KO15 Benitez, KO14 Hearns and D12 Hearns, KO9 Lalonde

    Simon Brown KO10 Blocker

    Vincent Pettway KO6 Brown

    Arturo Gatti W12 Patterson x2, KO5 G. Ruelas, L10 Robinson x2, L12 Micky Ward, W10 Micky Ward x2

    Micky Ward KO10 Green, W10 Augustus

    Marco Barrera KO12 McKinney

    Morales W12 Barrera, W12 Pacquiao

    Kennedy McKinney KO11 and W12 Welcome Ncita

    Junior Jones W12 Orlando Canizales, W12 and KO5 Barrera (I know it's really a DQ), W12 Tom Johnson, W10 Patterson

    Kevin Kelley W12 Dorsey, W12 Benavides, W12 Espinoza, KO8 Gainer, W12 Salud, LKOby4 Hamed
     
    Hookie, Aug 19, 2013
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  13. MercuryChild

    MercuryChild Member Full Member

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    If you have never seen the series of fights that took place between Bobby Chacon, Cornelius Boza Edwards, Rafael Limon, and Rolando Navarette, I could not suggest more highly any fights in history to watch other than these. And if you have seen them, HOW are they NOT fights you watch over and over!? Haha
     
    MercuryChild, Aug 20, 2013
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  14. MercuryChild

    MercuryChild Member Full Member

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    You haven't seen ANY of them? Haha what have you been watching?
     
    MercuryChild, Aug 20, 2013
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  15. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    Mostly Fearn Sports with Roger Minchen narration. VERY big candy, here.
     
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