Made for each other

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  1. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Mickey Ward and Arturo Gatti

    Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier

    James Toney and Mike McCallum

    I’m talking about duos you could put in the ring with each other 1,000 times in a theoretical universe and probaby get a great fight every time — fighters who just meshed.

    I’ll throw in a lesser-considered one: Troy Dorsey and Jorge Paez.

    Who ya got?
     
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  2. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Holyfield/Bowe

    Mercer/Cooper
     
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  3. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Barerra Morales
    Pac Marquez
    Briscoe Valdez
    Saad Johnson
    Saad Lopez
    Zale Graziano
    Ross McLarnin
    McLarnin Canzoneri
    Duran DeJesus
     
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    Leonard - Hearns
     
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    Momus Boxing Addict Full Member

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  6. Smokin Bert

    Smokin Bert Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Vazquez-Marquez

    Norton-Holmes

    McCallum-Kalumbay
     
  7. zadfrak

    zadfrak Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Chacon--Limon.

    Basilio--Robinson

    JMM--Pac man

    Ali--Norton
     
  8. Okin129

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    Holyfield-Tyson is also worth a mention, i think this would have always been an action packed fight and more competitive with the late 80s version of Tyson.
     
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    Rope-a-Dope Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Betulio Gonzalez and Shoji Oguma
     
  10. Bill1234

    Bill1234 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Foreman-Holyfield. Even though Evander clearly won when they squared off it was still a difficult fight for him and the type of fight where Goerge would always make him very uncomfortable.

    Morales-Barrera. Meant for war.
    Gatti-Ward. Meant for war.
    Porter-Thurman. Type of fighters where heavy punches will be landed against one another.
    Pryor-Arguello. Their fights speak for themselves.
    Marquez-Diaz. Marquez was slightly past prime when they faced off, but Diaz was the type of fighter who'd always make him fight.
    Alvarez-Kirkland. A very quick shootout that would likely always end the same, but Kirkland still drug Alvarez into a slugfestthat would likely occur every time they faced off.