Pick Your 5 Fights That Never Happened.

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  1. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Of all the fights that did not come off that you wish had seen,which five would you most like to have had a ringside seat for?

    You can include rematches where fighters had met but, at least one of the individuals was not prime ,or was past his prime.

    No cherry picking from decades apart, they have to be fights that could have happened.

    eg. McGuigan v Nelson or Sanchez v Pedroza

    Johnson v Langford

    Lewis v Tyson

    Dempsey v Wills

    Robinson v Burley

    Johnson v Jeffries
     
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  2. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    All-time:
    Moore/Robinson, which came close enough to getting made.


    Then, coming to mind are:

    Tyson/Holy, 88-89, soon after Holy's move up, within a few fights.

    McCallum/Hearns, at... 154...? 160?

    Mosley/Trinidad, at 147.

    Most recently:
    Pacquiao/Mayweather, 2009-2010, at welterweight. I'm not even one of either man's bigger fans, but it would've been a fight to settle the biggest bout of both casual and hardcore boxing fans' arguments of the past decade. ...Or ended in a horrific and obscene controversial decision that causes it to be the biggest bout of arguments of this decade too. :nonono ...Maybe it's just as well. Forget I mentioned them and replace this one with Jose Sulaiman VS Sergio Martinez.
     
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  3. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    Mayweather/Pac obviously
     
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  4. LittleRed

    LittleRed Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Off the top of me head

    Dempsey-Wills early 20's
    Robinson-Maxim
    Ricardo Lopez- Gonzales/Carbajal
    Lennox Lewis- Riddock Bowe mid '90's
    Henry Armstrong- Charley Burley 1939

    Honorable mention: Tyson-Douglas II
     
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  5. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    Am I missing something with that one?

    Armstrong/Burley was more flash in the pan as Burley was operating at 154/160 and Armstrong was still battling it out at 135.
     
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  6. HawkFan16

    HawkFan16 Unshot/In My Prime Full Member

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    Ike Ibeabuchi vs. Evander Holyfield
    Mike Tyson vs. David Tua
    Aaron Pryor vs. Roberto Duran
    Oscar De La Hoya vs. Kostya Tszyu
    Shane Mosley vs. Felix Trinidad
     
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  7. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Hagler-Mike McCallum
    M Spinks-Rudy Koopmans
    Tyson-Whitherspoon
    Tyson -Foreman
    Curry-Hagler ( 1985 )
     
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  8. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Five I really would of wanted to see during my time I followed the sport seriously (1985-2000):

    Tua/Tyson post Tyson/HolyfieldII

    Williams/Moorer

    Jones/McClellan

    Fenech/Galaxy

    Carbajal/Lopez
     
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  9. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    1) Demspey-Wills
    2) Dempsey-Greb
    3) Burley-Robinson
    4) Ryan-Walcott
    5) Burley-Booker
     
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  10. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Dempsey vs Wills- Just so I would never have to listen to another reduntant thread on why they did not fight, and the ramifications of it.

    Burley vs SRR

    Joltin' Jeff Chandler vs Lupe Pintor

    Meldrick Taylor vs Sweet Pea

    Riddick Bowe vs Lennox Lewis
     
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  11. SuzieQ49

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    Dempsey vs Wills....the biggest legacy definer of all time
     
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  12. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Eder Jofre v Jesus Pimental
    Ernesto Marcel v Ruben Olivares
    Barry McGuigan v Azumah Nelson
    Roberto Duran v Rodolfo Gonzalez
    John Stracey v Armando Muniz
    Rodrigo Valdez v Marvin Hagler
    Victor Galindez v John Conteh
    Ken Norton v Oscar Bonavena
    George Foreman v Jerry Quarry

    Sorry, I know you said 5 but I kept going. BTW, at one point just about all of these fights had entered some form of negotiation.
     
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  13. FastHands(beeb)

    FastHands(beeb) Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Ali v Norton 4

    Hagler v Leonard 1982/3

    SRR v Burley

    Johnson v Langford 1912

    Dempsey v Wills
     
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  14. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I am so glad this fight never came off...It could only enhance Greb's stellar resume and maybe shift the majority of P4P votes from SRR to himself. If he won he would be a near unanamous #1 P4P....if he lost it would not hurt his standing at all IMHO...

    If Dempsey wins, some would credit it a solid win, but most especially his most ardent detractors would claim it was a blown up MW that he beat and count for nothing....If God forbid he loses....My how that would tarnish, his increasingly tarnished reputation...

    It is a fight that I also would have loved to witness, but historically I see more negative outcomes to the fight than positive ones.
     
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  15. Senor Pepe'

    Senor Pepe' Boxing Junkie banned

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    Cassius Clay

    * Eddie Machen............1962 thru 1964
    * Cleveland Williams.......1962 or 1963
    * Ingemar Johansson......1962 or 1963
    * Robert Cleroux............1962
    * Harold Johnson...........1962
     
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