Name your top 5 favorite fights and Why

Morales vs Barrera I: Great fight in every aspect.
Nunn vs Tate: Beautiful performance by Nunn, you can't get better than that.
Tyson vs Spinks: Just love the way Tyson destroys Spinks without throwing a punch.
Ali vs Liston: A special man doing special things.
Hearns vs Leonard: The same thing with Barrera vs Morales.

 

Toney-Jirov: Insane work rate, beautiful defense and countering from Toney. Jirov looking more machine than man. Freddie Roach Telling Toney going into the last round "you gotta put him on his ASS" and JT just goes "****, ****!" and goes out there and does just that with like 12 seconds left.

Rigo vs Donaire: A bit unorthodox but a seriously underrated fight. Everytime Donaire cracked him Rigo came back with something bigger. Sublime defense and footwork, the out of nowhere knockdown and Rigo just gets back up and puts a beating on him.

FOTC: There were moments in there was Joe Frazier went hands down and chin up slipping shots from the greatest like he was RJJ. My jaw dropped first time I saw him do that to the GOAT. Frazier fought like a demon in there.

Holyfield vs Tyson: The bully got bullied. Holyfield ate a straight right off the bat and you think it was going to be a short night for him but he just came roaring back while using every dirty trick in the book.

RJJ vs Toney: One of the few times I've watched a fight and actually believed I was watching a superhero. Toney is a beast and one of my all-time favorite fighters but MY GOD. Roy looked like spider man in there.

 

Duran - Palomino best display of infighting and feinting l've seen

Toney - Jirov a fight l just love watching, a brutal all out war.

Gatti - Ward l think this fight really reminded people why they watch boxing.

Lewis -Klitschko, what can l say l love boxing wars and as Harold Lederman's said "This is Gatti-Ward on the heighest level"

Duran - Barkley another war in which a man who had numerous disadvantages and no business even being in the same ring finds away to summon aspects of his youth shows a tremendous chin and lands a 5 punch combo to pull out a close win. Fight of the year.

Other fights such as Hearns-Hagler, Lyle-Foreman are also great wars but ended quicker.

Fights such as Holyfield-Bowe, Ali-Foreman, Ali-Frazier III, RJJ-Toney and 10 or 12 more could easily been added. Hard to just pick 5.

 

FOTC. 2 undefeated Heavyweight Champions fighting like middleweights, leaving it all in the ring. new gets old to this day.

Robinson Basilio I. Maybe the P4P G0AT vs Unquenchable Desire.

Duran Leonard I. The ultimate clash of styles and personalities.

Leonard Hearns I. 2 legend a non stop back in forth of dominance and styles.

Marciano Walcott skill vs force of will!

 

Hagler-Hearns
Dempsey-Willard
Robinson-Graziano
Louis-Marciano
Marciano-Charles I

 

Foreman vs. Lyle
Foreman vs. Moorer
Michael Spinks vs. Gerry ****ey - underrated, spectacular performance
Frazier vs. Ali, I
Toney vs. Holyfield.

 

Tito/Vargas
Vasquez/Marquez
Corrales/Castillo
Toney/McCallum
Duran/Barkley

 

Forgot all about Bow/Holy! Awesome fights.

 

This man can't count.:nono

 

Hagler-Hearns right off the bat. Can't beat it...ever!

Corrales-Castillo 1. The Latin version of Hag-Hearns that goes 10 rounds!

Tyson-Frazier. Doesn't get more ferocious than this!

Holyfield-Dokes. The very definition of SLUG-FEST!!

RJJ-Toney. Took a herculean effort to knock Toney off his perch!

 

Clay vs listón 1(ali closed tons of stupid mouths)

Foreman vs frazier (Nobody did expect that,without a doubt the most dominant win over a top 10 hw in his 20s and undefeated)
Lamotta vs robinson 1,(first man to defeat the best boxer ever)

Foreman vs lyle (a war)

Tyson vs berbick (a 20 years old kid destroying the hw champ of the world even if berbick was not a great thing it is amazing)
Lewis vs ruddock(smashed ruddock like an insect when tyson had to fight a war to stop him)

Holyfield vs bowe2(evander has the biggest ***** in history of boxing,no question about)

Ali vs frazier 1(but ali was not in his Prime,not a fair battle)

 

Bert cooper vs evander

 

For me, although next week it might change slightly:
1. Chava-Gomez. I saw that one on closed circuit tv in the old Felt Forum with a friend of mine from El Salvador. We were the only ones in the place that were on for Sal as it was a partisan Puerto Rican crowd. I was always a Sal fan and never liked Gomez as his personality simply rubbed me the wrong way. The audio went down but nobody cared as long as we could see it, and the energy was through the roof there that night. When Sal stopped him, outside of my buddy and I jumping for joy and screaming at the top of our lungs, you could hear a pin drop .
2. Hagler-Hearns. A street fight for the ages. Even when Tommy tried to box, he simply couldn't keep a post prime, but determined Hagler off of him.
3 and 3a. The FOTC and the Thrilla in Manila. The FOTC was an amazing heavyweight fight displaying beautiful skills and determination. The Thrilla was barbaric but displayed amazing courage on both sides.
4. Duran-Leonard 1. A great fight between 2 ATGs. The fighter I like the most versus the fighter I dislike the most.
5. Barrera-Hamed. Barrera boxed beautifully and made it look easy.

Yeah, I forgot how to count