Most Exciting Fantasy Fights From Each Weight Class

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  1. Mod-Mania

    Mod-Mania Boxing Addict Full Member

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    What's the most exciting fantasy fight you can think of in the history of each weight class from Minimumweight to Heavyweight?
     
  2. Matt Petley

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    rocky marciano against a non bum heavyweight
     
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    I would be very curious if prime Wlad could stand up to Foreman, Ali and Frazier. I used to think he didnt stand much of a chance after seeing the Sanders fight. But there are very few people in boxing who improved so much after suffering such a brutal loss.
     
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    MMW: Ricardo Lopez vs Chayaphon Moonsri
    JFW: Jung-Koo Chang vs Naoya Inoue
    FW: Jimmy Wilde vs Benny Lynch
    BW: Eder Jofre vs Ruben Olivares
    SBW: Wilfrado Gomez vs Jeff Fenech
    FW: Henry Armstron vs Salvador Sanchez
    SFW Alexis arguello vs Manny Pacquiao
    LW: Roberto Duran vs Pernell Whitaker
    LWW: Julio Cesar Chavez vs Aaron Pryor
    WW: SRR vs SRL
    JMW: Julian Jackson vs John Mugabi
    MW: Nigel Benn vs Julian Jackson
    SMW: Roy Jones Jr vs Joe Calzaghe
    LHW: Michael Spinks vs Bob Foster
    CW: Can't think of one here that would particularly excite me
    HW Muhammad Ali vs Mike Tyson
     
  5. thistle

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    Lloyd Marshall vs Roy Jones Jnr. L-HW
     
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    I like the big guys so.
    Dempsey v Louis
    Dempsey v Marciano
    Liston vForeman
    Liston vJeffries
    Ali v Dempsey
    Al v Louis
    Moore v Foster
    Robinson v Hagler
    Ketchel v Greb
    Robinson v Leonard
    Duran v Williams
    Duran v Armstrong
    Arguello v Sanchez
    Sanchez vPedroza
    Saddler v Arguelo
    Olivares v Zarate
    Jofre v Perez
    Wilde v Lynch
     
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    Evander Holyfield vs David Haye.
     
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    Minimum weight - Ricardo Lopez vs Donnie Nietes
    Junior Flyweight - Humberto Gonzalez vs Myung-Woo Yuh
    Flyweight - Jimmy Wilde vs Roman Gonzalez
    Super Flyweights - Khoasai Galaxy vs Naoya Inoue
    Bantamweight - Carlos Zarate vs Jeff Fenech
    Super Bantamweight - Wilfredo Gomez vs Marco Antonio Barrera
    Featherweight - Barry McGuigan vs Naseem Hamed
    Super Featherweight - Hector Camacho vs Floyd Mayweather Jr.
    Lightweight - Roberto Duran vs Julio Cesar Chavez
    Light Welterweight - Aaron Pryor vs Meldrick Taylor
    Welterweight - Sugar Ray Robinson vs Sugar Ray Leonard
    Junior Middleweight - Tommy Hearns vs Julian Jackson
    Middleweight - Marvin Hagler vs Gennady Golovkin
    Super Middleweight - Roy Jones Jr vs Carl Froch
    Light Heavyweight - Bob Foster vs Michael Moorer
    Cruiserweight - Evander Holyfield vs David Haye
    Heavyweight - George Foreman vs Mike Tyson
     
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    I agree with a lot of these but there are a few I disagree with. switch out SRL for Tommy Hearns at 147. As much as I love Julian Jackson he get bombed out by Benn. Didn't have the durability to hang at middle. At 168 I'd rather see Toney of the Barkley fight vs Joe Calzaghe. Or Holyfield vs the Toney that fought Jirov at CW.
     
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    I wouldn't be so quick to say that Jackson could easily bomb Benn out as well, Benn wasn't exactly iron chinned either at MW, he got KO'd by Watson don't forget. Benn and Jackson is a 50-50 fight IMO that ends with one of them unconscious, that's why I picked that one for MW.
     
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    Jackson didn't have the same boxing skills or defensive acumen of Watson. Nor does he put an emphasis on good technique. Jackson knew what he was, a power puncher born and breed. He would go at Benn with all he had, wild looping power shots. For Jackson all it took was one solid connection to put you cold. He looked for it as you can see through out the Harold Grahram fight. http://i.imgur.com/debXFjn.mp4 Benn was no defensive specialist but he was bigger, faster (in terms of technique) and had a great chin. Jackson has shown weakness to a lesser puncher in Mike McCallum (though he was far more technical than Benn).
     
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    Wilde v Lynch winner Carbajal, Flyweight
    Joe Bowker (Manc) v Jim Brady (Sco), BW
    Armstrong v Camacho, LW
    Ceferno Garcia v JC Chavez, WW
    Fritzie Zivic v Ernie Roderick, WW
    Greb v SRR, MW

    40's ANY Top 1940's MWs v GGG, to compare era's

    Marshall v RJJ, L-HW
    Conn v Calzaghe, L-HW
    Langford v Qawi, CW
    Louis v Ali, HW
    JJW v Ali, HW
    Jeffries v Forman, HW

    Jack Johnson v LL, S-HW
    Carnera vs all the other S-HW Contenders, just to compare the era's

    P.s what happened to the nationality thread, don't tell me it was debased by the House Hitmen? IF so know wonder so many people stop posting.
     
  13. JohnThomas1

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    I'm going to take exciting as being two pronged. It could mean action packed (e.g. Pryor - Chavez) or simply mouth watering (Ali - Tyson).

    Mouth watering -

    Ali - Tyson
    Charles - Foster
    Monzon - Hagler
    Hearns - McCallum
    SRR - SRL
    Pryor - Duran
    Duran - Whitaker
    Arguello - Chavez
    Pep - Armstrong
    Gomez - Fenech
    Jofre - Zarate

    Action aplenty -

    Foreman - Liston
    Moore - Foster
    SRR - Greb
    Hearns - Jackson
    SRR - Walker
    Pryor - Duran
    Duran - Armstrong
    Chavez - Nelson
    Saddler - Armstrong
    Gomez - Fenech
    Zarate - Olivares
     
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    Ali Tyson? really? after 10 rounds of having his face beat in Tyson would be rescued by the ref, doubt he could win a round, this would Buster Douglas times 3
     
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