1931-Sharkey vs. Carnera I 1937-Louis vs. Braddock, Louis vs. Farr 1939-Louis vs. Galento 1947-Louis-Walcott (both) 1949-Charles vs. Valentino 1951-Charles vs. Walcott II* 1965-Terrell vs. Chuvalo* 1968-Frazier vs. Mathis, Ramos, Bonavena II* 1970-Frazier vs. Ellis 1977-Ali vs. Shavers 1979-Holmes vs. Weaver I, Shavers II* 1980-Weaver vs. Coetzee 1981-Holmes vs. Berbick* 1983-Holmes vs. Witherspoon 1984-Witherspoon vs. Page I, Thomas vs. Witherspoon 1985-Thomas vs. Weaver* 1986-Berbick vs. Thomas* 1987-Tyson vs. Tucker 1992-Lewis vs. Bruno 1993-Holyfield vs. Bowe II 1997-Tyson vs. Holyfield II, Holyfield vs. Moorer II *Most underrated imo. Did I miss any? I'm particularly interested in underrated pre 20s title fights. Any disputed w/ mine?
It is funny. I cracked up the first time I saw it. They made heavies from the 40s thru 90s look really good cuz they looked SUPER amateur.
Heavyweight title fights, correct? I don't include WBO or Lineal after Foreman-Schulz. I'll have to research and come back for some answers. Non title heavyweights: Biggs-Tillis was fairly entertaining.
Knock yourself out, whatever you want to. Be glad to hear your WBO and lineal choices. Surprised at your non title heavyweight mention, but I do like it.
Good list but I’d probably take out Tyson vs Holyfield 2, Lewis vs Bruno, and Ali vs Shavers. These fights are pretty well recognized
Perhaps you're right. With the Bite Fight though, my main motive for putting it up there was cuz it gets lots of discussion, but mostly cuz of the controversy, rather than it being a good fight, which it was.
I sat down and watched it for the first time the other day. Nice display of skills by both guys with the same style. Another similar non-title heavyweight bout that occurred a decade later was Bowe-Donald. Holyfield-Ruiz 2 was the most entertaining fight Ruiz had been in up to that point. And he even dropped Holyfield in the 11th and came thisclose to scoring the KO. Riveting stuff. Page-Coetzee was hotly contested. Coetzee was almost gun shy in there. Impossible, you say? Greg Page was dialed in that night.
Sharkey v Carnera I actually wasn't for the title. Good list though and that fight does highlight how good Sharkey was - lacking only consistency.
