MUST WATCH BOXING SURVEY - FINAL RESULTS

Yeah, I meant to go back and add “I”’s for all the first fights in my list. Will do now. Thanks!

 

Ok. I tried my hand at it, it was REALLY TOUGH. I'm only going 2 mine once, and although I could rearrange the order and maybe cut out and add some different ones, not to mention my lack of featherweight, bantamweight, and featherweight knowledge, I submit my top 25:

1. Archie Moore vs. Yvon Durelle I

2. George Foreman vs. Ron Lyle

3. Emile Griffith vs. Benny Paret III

4. Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier III

5. Joe Frazier vs. Muhammad Ali I

6. Larry Holmes vs. Ken Norton

7. Carmen Basilio vs. Tony DeMarco II

8. Riddick Bowe vs. Evander Holyfield I

9. Evander Holyfield vs. Dwight Muhammad Qawi I

10. Sugar Ray Leoanard vs. Thomas Hearns I

11. Roberto Duran vs. Sugar Ray Leonard I

12. Rocky Marciano vs. Jersey Joe Walcott I

13. Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman

14. Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Jake LaMotta VI

15. Carmen Basilio vs. Sugar Ray Robinson I

16. Jersey Joe Walcott vs. Ezzard Charles III

17. Emile Griffith vs. Benny Paret I

18. Larry Holmes vs. Earnie Shavers II

19. Leon Spinks vs. Jesse Burnett

20. Rocky Marciano vs. Archie Moore

21. Floyd Patterson vs. George Chuvalo

22. Roberto Duran vs. Iran Barkley

23. Rocky Marciano vs. Ezzard Charles I

24. Marvin Hagler vs. Thomas Hearns

25. Carmen Basilio vs. Sugar Ray Robinson II

 

Featherweight must be a weak point for you to mention it twice...JK, I knew what you meant.

 

It is. The Arguello-Escalera fights were honorable mentions here tho.

 

Forgot Basilio-DeMarco II, Benn-McClellan will have to be pushed down to #26. Boy this is hard though.

 

Don't worry Philly Phan, I'm working on it. The featherweight fights I've seen I really enjoyed.

 

This is me thinking out loud, not sure they’ll all make the cut and definitely in no order (numbered only so I can keep count):

1. Ray Leonard-Thomas Hearns I

2. Matthew Saad Muhammad-Yaqui Lopez II

3. James Douglas-Mike Tyson

4. Marvin Hagler-Thomas Hearns

5. Roberto Duran-Ray Leonard I

6. Bobby Chacon-Rafael “Bazooka” Limon IV

7. Roberto Duran-Esteban DeJesus III

8. Muhammad Ali-George Foreman

9. Joe Frazier-Muhammad Ali I

10. Gene Tunney-Jack Dempsey I

11. Thomas Hearns-Pipino Cuevas

12. Larry Holmes-Mike Weaver I

13. Wilfred Gomez-Lupe Pintor

14. Ray Leonard-Marvin Hagler

15. George Foreman-Ron Lyle

16. Ray Robinson-Jake LaMotta VI

17. Ray Leonard-Wilfred Benitez

18. Evander Holyfield-Mike Tyson I

19. Roberto Duran-Iran Barkley

20. Larry Holmes-Earnie Shavers II

21. James Toney-Mike McCallum I

22. Muhammad Ali-Sonny Liston I

23. Salvador Sanchez-Azumah Nelson

24. Rocky Marciano-Joe Walcott I

25. Evander Holyfield-Dwight Qawi I

 

no 2 your question and nice shouts I esp. love the mentions of 9 & 10

 

if you have not seen them I would recommend the Saldivar vs Winstone fights as must watch!

 

No, neither 1 nor 2 are available.

 

they r on my list

 

Teofilio Stevenson v Duane Bobick





Only joking Rummy! ATB with this!

 

Man I'm still tempted to go back and just have 25 HW fights.

Wars with Rocky, Holyfield, Bowe.

I've spent all my time since the fights happened classing Marquez vs Diaz, Mosley vs Margarito and Margarito vs Cotto as the best three fights ever and then on the domestic scene I absolutely loved Mitchell vs Murray and Small vs Hall.

But last night I watched the two Bowe - Golota fights and part of me is think these HW slug fests have no peers in terms of the best fights to watch.

Just now I've watched Marciano vs Moore and I could easily call it the best fight ever.

 

Yep I'm changing my list.

I've got my top 100 fight list, and the top 45 are all HW fights