Name some heavyweight fights that could have happened but didn't.

John L Sullivan vs Peter Jackson

Jim Jeffries (before he retired) vs Jack Johnson

Jack Johnson (as champ) vs Sam Langford

Jack Dempsey vs Harry Wills and Harry Greb (but not at tye same time)

Gene Tunney vs Max Schmeling

 

Interesting choice. My own view is that it would have marred both men's reputation. Would have been a pale parody of their three bouts.

 

Marciano v Patterson

An old Rocky fan from my gym said Floyd was heard saying to his coach in 1956…
“Has the bad man (Rocky) gone yet? Can I come out now?” Haha!

However I’m sure this is not true and I don’t believe those words were ever uttered by Floyd. Did make me chuckle though.

 

Rocky Marciano vs Nino Valdez
George Foreman vs Earnie Shavers
Jack Dempsey vs Harry Wills
Larry Holmes vs Pinklon Thomas
David Tua vs Mike Tyson
Tim Witherspoon vs Evander Holyfield
Wladimir Klitschko vs Nikolai Valuev
Corrie Sanders vs Lennox Lewis

 

Vitali Vs. Valuev
Old Foreman Vs. Bowe; Lewis; Mike Tyson

 

Holmes and Foreman are only 2 months apart in age, would have been great in primes and another clash during George's second run

 

Quarry / Bonavena

 

Braddock-Schmeling SHOULD have happened, but it was better for history that it didn’t.

 

Gene Tunney v Jack Sharkey
Floyd Patterson v Zora Folley
Floyd Patterson v Eddie Machen (earlier than it did)
Floyd Patterson v Nino Valdez
George Foreman v Jerry Quarry
Ken Norton v Oscar Bonavena

 

Mike Tyson vs. Riddick Bowe
Mike Tyson vs George Foreman
Riddick Bowe vs. Lennox Lewis

 

Also signed but scraped due to a neck injury, May 97 Ray Mercer vs Andrew Golota

Tyson vs Rahman right after Rahman won the title from Lennox. If Tyson could of KOd Rahman would of been crazy him coming in the champion vs Lewis.

Witherspoon vs Bowe in 96

Tucker vs Foreman

Frazier vs Patterson

Tua vs Tyson 96/97

Lennox vs Wlad

Holmes vs Pinklon

Marciano vs Patterson

Dempsey vs Langford

Obviously more recent Wilder vs Joshua and Fury vs Usyk

 

Larry Holmes vs George Foreman
Joe Frazier vs Ken Norton
Lennox Lewis vs Riddick Bowe
Mike Tyson vs David Tua
Ray Mercer vs Andrew Golota
Chris Byrd vs James Toney

 

Johnson v Dempsey? Johnson was finished when Dempsey was prime.
Holmes v Coetzee.

 

Haye v Fury

 

Vitali v
Tua
Ibeabuchi
Holyfield
Golota
Tyson
Byrd 2