Put together the best possible heavyweight card with fights from all eras...

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  1. CroBox29

    CroBox29 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Joe Louis vs. Joe Frazier

    Prime Larry Holmes vs. Prime Muhammad Ali

    Lennox Lewis vs. Riddick Bowe

    George Foreman vs. Sonny Liston

    Evander Holyfield vs. Oleksandr Usyk

    Frank Bruno vs. Tommy Morrison

    Jack Dempsey vs. Max Baer

    Rocky Marciano vs. George Chuvalo

    Jess Willard vs. Primo Carnera

    Gerry Cooney vs. Anthony Joshua
     
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  2. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Opener: Deontay Wilder vs Earnie Shavers, 8 rounds.

    Second: Ezzard Charles vs Evander Holyfield, 10 rounds.

    Third: Jack Dempsey vs Mike Tyson, 10 rounds.

    Chief: Rocky Marciano vs Joe Frazier, 12 rounds.

    Main: Joe Louis vs Muhammad Ali, 15 rounds.
     
  3. CroBox29

    CroBox29 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Awesome fights.
     
  4. Mark Anthony

    Mark Anthony Internet virgin Full Member

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    Why Carnera vs Willard?
     
  5. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Muhammad Ali v Joe Louis
    Archie Moore v Michael Spinks
    Marvin Hagler v Carlos Monzon
    Sugar Ray Robinson v Sugar Ray Leonard
    Benny Leonard v Roberto Duran
    Ezzard Charles v Bob Foster
    Rocky Marciano v Evander Holyfield (Cruiser)
    Dwight Qawi v Roy Jones
     
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  6. CroBox29

    CroBox29 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    That fight would belong to the Prelims xD
     
  7. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Ali-Louis
    Holyfield-Usyk
    Marciano-Frazier
    Shavers-Cleveland Williams
    Charles-Spinks
    Moore-Moorer
    Lewis-Bowe
    Jefferies-Johnson (Primes)
    Baer-Dempsey
    Schmeling-Walcott
    Sonny Liston-Larry Holmes
    Mike Tyson-George Foreman
    Fury-Joshua
    Elmer Ray-Jimmy Bivins
    Corbett-Jackson II
    Lyle-Cooney (Primes)
    Norton-Quarry (Primes)
    Fitzsimmons-Tommy Burns
    WladKlit-VitKlit
    Povetkin-Ibeabuchhi
    Machen-Foley III
     
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  8. SixesAndSevens

    SixesAndSevens Gator Wrestler Extraordinaire Full Member

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    Gonna just use non titlists to make it interesting. Put it on Halloween night so we get some goofy advertisements about it.

    Ike Ibeabuchi Vs Ron Lyle - Opener, 10 rounds

    Andrew Golota Vs Carl Williams - Second, 10 rounds

    Earnie Shavers Vs Cleveland Williams - Third, 12 rounds

    Gerry Cooney Vs Eddie Machen - Chief, 12 rounds

    Archie Moore Vs Jerry Quarry - Headliner, 15 rounds
     
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  9. Terror

    Terror free smoke Full Member

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    From main event at the top to opener at the bottom. I am proud of my card. Great thread, tons of fun.

    Joe Frazier (Fight of the Century) vs. Mike Tyson (Marvis Frazier fight) Prime, time machine Joe steps in after the fight with Marvis has concluded lol
    Evander Holyfield vs. Jack Dempsey (Cruiserweight Holyfield from Qawi I vs. Dempsey of the Willard fight)
    George Foreman vs. Ron Lyle 2 (immediate rematch)
    Rocky Marciano vs. Dwight Muhammad Qawi (both prime, at 190CW)
    Deontay Wilder vs. Corrie Sanders
    Lamon Brewster vs. Ray Mercer
    Tommy Morrison vs. David Tua
    Michael Moorer vs. Razor Ruddock
     
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  10. HistoryZero26

    HistoryZero26 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Tunney v Wills
    Norton v Frazier
    Tyson v Witherspoon
    Tucker v Holmes
    Fulton v Coffey
    Langford v Willard
    Tommy Burns v Ketchel
    Buster Douglas v Pinklon Thomas
    Braddock v Dempsey
    Wladimir Klitschko v Valuev
    Ezzard Charles v Clarence Henry

    I'm really proud of this one very good card.
     
  11. Paul McB

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    Ali vs Lennox Lewis
    Tyson vs Frazier
    Marciano vs Dempsey
    Louis vs Liston
    Foreman vs Holmes
    Holyfield vs Ibeabuchi
    Bruno vs Ruddock
    Moorer vs Morrison
     
  12. dcarlota

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    (10-15 rounders for fun)
    Main event: Joe Frazier v. Mike Tyson (12-rounder)
    Co-main: Muhammad Ali v. Lennox Lewis (15-rounder)
    Undercard:
    George Foreman v. Larry Holmes (12-rounder)
    Jack Dempsey v. Joe Louis (15-rounder)
    Evan Fields v. Oleksandr Usyk (15-rounder)
    Tyson Fury v. Anthony Joshua (12-rounder).
    Chris Byrd v. Dwight Muhammad Qawi (10-rounder)
    David Tua v. Floyd Patterson (12-rounder)
    Ike Ibeabuchi v. Oliver McCall (12-rounder)
    Tommy Morrison v. Roy Jones Jr (12-rounder)​
    Prelims:
    Jerry Quarry v. Gerry Cooney (12-rounder)
    Ken Norton v. Ron Lyle (10-rounder)
    Razor Ruddock v. James Toney (NOT AN EXHIBITION fight btw, 12-rounder)
    Frank Bruno v. Andrew Golota (10-rounder)
    Brian Nielsen v. Andy Ruiz Jr (8-rounder)
    Butterbean v. John Ruiz (6-rounder)

     
  13. Ice8Cold

    Ice8Cold Hype Jobs will be hype jobs until proven so. Full Member

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    Muhammad Ali V Mike Tyson for the main.

    Joe Louis V Sonny Liston

    Riddick Bowe V Lennox Lewis

    Joe Frazier V Larry Holmes

    Oleksandr Usyk V Evander Holyfield

    Tyson Fury V Anthony Joshua

    Earnie Shavers V Deontay Wilder

    Daniel Dubois V David Haye

    Tommy Morrison V David Tua

    Martin Bakole V Zhilei Zhang
     
  14. META5

    META5 Active Member Full Member

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    Joe Louis Vs Ali
    Rocco vs Dempsey
    Ezz Charles Vs Gene Tunney
    Lennox Vs Wlad Klit
    George Foreman Vs Mike Tyson
    Evan Fields Vs Joe Frayzurrrr
    Liston Vs Usyk
    Holmes Vs Bowe
     
  15. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 MONZON VS HAGLER 2025 Full Member

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    I got you, Louis KO4-5 max, it’d be very one sided Frazier can’t hang at all… Holmes vs Ali goes either way, I lean to Larry, Lennox is too smart for Bowe and it’s a KO before 8 - see he was shot for Golota BUT he was also outsmarted something terrible and performed well below how he’s held, Lennox gets him - Liston vs Foreman is 60-40 leaning to Foreman. By Listons admission he got Williams out of there for fear of a KO, Foreman’s a lot more durable then Williams, lot more sense too… EH vs OU is probably an outclassing by Mr Usyk, bad match up for Holyfield - Bruno gets Morrison, If Morrison doesn’t get him first and put him in a panic he wasn’t very good but he was aggressive enough for the anxious Mr Bruno… Dempsey outclasses Baer and stops him, Chuvalo gets mauled for a long time or is stopped (easy fight for Rocky) Carnera vs Willard is the best match up here and deserves academic study.
     
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