My Top 10 Mythical Match-ups

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  1. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    This is purely a list of fighters Ive seen enough footage of.....


    1. DURAN v CHAVEZ - 135 lbs (The Duran who beat Dejesus in the 2nd fight vs the JCC who beat Rosario)

    2. MORALES v HAMED - 122/126 lbs (Any time, any place, any weight, this fight would be fireworks)

    3. LISTON v FOREMAN (Both guys pre Ali)

    4. MARCIANO v FRAZIER (Frazier from FOTC vs Rocky from Charles rematch)

    5. ARGUELLO v CHAVEZ - 130 lbs (Any time as champions at this weight)

    6. PRYOR v CHAVEZ - 140 lbs (Pryor of the Arguello 1st fight vs JCC of the Camacho fight)

    7. LEONARD v ROBINSON - 147 lbs (Any versions vs each other at this weight)

    8. PEP v SANCHEZ - 126 lbs (Sanchez of the Gomez fight vs Pep of the Saddler 2nd fight)

    9. WHITAKER v MAYWEATHER jr - 140 lbs (Floyd of the Gatti fight vs Pea of the Pineda fight)

    10. HAGLER v ROBINSON - 160 lbs (Hagler of the Hearns bout vs SRR of the 6th Lamotta fight)


    There are MANY more but Id defo love to have seen those fights, its hard to call a winner in most of them, most of the fights were choosen because I just know they would be all out wars where as others were choosen for the sheer artistry of boxing, I dont need to tell you guys which ones would be which.

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  2. dpw417

    dpw417 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Good stuff Bill.
    My list (for today)would be these...
    1) Duran/Whitaker
    2) Gavilan/Duran
    3) Robinson/Burley
    4) Lausse/Hank
    5) Pep/Jofre
    6) Armstrong/Saddler
    7) LaMotta/Fullmer
    8) Ali/Louis
    9) Foreman/Tyson
    10)Robinson/Monzon
     
  3. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    :good
    Forgot about that one... also, those 2 vs Pryor aswell.

    There`s just too many, my list would likely be different tomorrow.
     
  4. Muchmoore

    Muchmoore Guest

    Liston, Foreman, and Tyson all fighting amongst each other would be incredible.
     
  5. TIGEREDGE

    TIGEREDGE Boxing Addict Full Member

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    whitaker v PBF would put more people to sleep than Anesthetic

    I would not lick my lips at any fight between pure boxers. I agree with most of your list
     
  6. TIGEREDGE

    TIGEREDGE Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Here is my list:

    Hagler V Robinson
    Duran V JCC
    Bob Foster v Archie Moore
    Sanchez V Arguello
    Tyson V Foreman
    Leonard V SRR
    Ali V Tyson
    Chavez V Aguello
    Duran V Whitaker
    De La Hoya V Duran @ lightweight
     
  7. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    Believe it or not, I WAS going to put Chavez v Mayweather or Chavez v Whitaker at 135 but I changed my mind as Chavez was already in 3 other fights vs Duran, Pryor & Arguello & he has fought Pea before only at a later date than I would have liked.

    Another reason is the fact that I dont like Mayweather & I feel Whitaker could beat him at his own game... just plain high level technical boxing. I dont think this would be boring at all but would I choose it over the likes of Duran v Chavez ?...... HELL NO !

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  8. Brian123

    Brian123 ESB WORLD CHAMPION Full Member

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    MORALES v HAMED would be my favorite from that list based on the explosivness factor.

    DURAN v CHAVEZ would be a close 2nd.
     
  9. Mike T

    Mike T Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Hearns vs Trinidad at 147 or 154
     
  10. the cobra

    the cobra Awesomeizationism! Full Member

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    My top 10 list of mythical match-ups would probably be:

    #1. Duran vs. Chavez
    #2. Armstrong vs. Pryor
    #3. Robinson vs. Burley
    #4. Liston vs. Tyson
    #5. Chacon vs. Gatti
    #6. Monzon vs. Hopkins
    #7. R. Leonard vs. Gavilan
    #8. Arguello vs. Sanchez
    #9. Nelson vs. Barrera
    #10. M. Taylor vs. Mosley


    Thought about Gomez-Morales or Morales-Hamed to be put in at #10, but I'd like to see Taylor vs Mosley prime for prime.
     
  11. TIGEREDGE

    TIGEREDGE Boxing Addict Full Member

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    well one guy would probably have to step up the pace and land a big punch. It would also be good to see Mayweather be humiliated for once

    I know many people on this board who would pay good money to see that
     
  12. Hatesrats

    Hatesrats "I'm NOT Suprised..." Full Member

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    My Top 10 list of Mythical match-ups
    (All at their respective best)

    1. Jack Johnson Vs. Jack Dempsey
    2. Roberto Duran Vs. Pernell Whitaker (135Lbs)
    3. Alexis Arguello Vs. Diego Corrales (130Lbs)
    4. Manny Pacquiao Vs. Prince Nassem Hamed (126Lbs)
    5. Julio Cesar Chavez Vs. Ricky Hatton (140Lbs)
    6. Sugar Ray Leonard Vs. Oscar De La Hoya (147Lbs)
    7. Sugar Ray Robinson Vs. Roy Jones Jr. (160Lbs)
    8. Salvador Sanchez Vs. Eusebio Pedroza (126Lbs)
    9. Marvin Hagler Vs. Bernard Hopkins (160Lbs)
    10. Michael Carbajal Vs. Ricardo Lopez (108Lbs)
     
  13. Loewe

    Loewe internet hero Full Member

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    I defintly would. I would like to watch this one above a fight like Foreman-Tyson for example. That would be boxing at its best.
     
  14. Uppercut83

    Uppercut83 The Quitschkos are bums Full Member

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    Big George vs Iron Mike, what a dream fight that would be :hey
     
  15. TIGEREDGE

    TIGEREDGE Boxing Addict Full Member

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    pure purists like yourself would like it but most people would be put to sleep

    theres not many people who are fans of both sweet peas and pBFs style