Rematches that almost took place, then fell through and never happened?

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  1. AntonioMartin1

    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    I'm thinking Spinks-Qawi 2 here, Castillo-Corrales 3 and Sanchez-Laporte 2....any other cases like that?
     
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  2. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    Spinks - Mustafa Muhammad
     
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  3. Mastrangelo

    Mastrangelo Active Member Full Member

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    - Klitshko vs Fury rematch was scheduled to take place in U.K, before Fury "allegedly" twisted his ankle.

    - Jake Lamotta vs Marcel Cerdan rematch was scheduled, but Cerdan was killed in plane crash, while flying to U.S.

    - Alfredo Escalera vs Tyrone Everett rematch was signed I believe. Everett was murdered.

    - Salvador Sanchez vs Juan Laporte II. Another tragic story, with Sanchez killed in an accident.

    - Tim Witherspoon vs Tony Tubbs II - They were suppose to fight in December of 86, or so I read. Tubbs pulled out with shoulder injury and James "Bonecrusher" Smith stepped in for him.

    - In 2012 two rematches were cancelled because of failed drug-tests - Victor Ortiz vs Andre Berto (They fought again eventually, couple years later) and Lamont Peterson vs Amir Khan.
     
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  4. Saad54

    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Spinks v. Eddie Mustafa Muhammad
    Saad v. Eddie Mustafa Muhammad
     
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  5. AntonioMartin1

    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    Yeah that was hours from happenng1 i remember as a 10 year old watching on HBO and being disappointed when Barry Tompkins said the fight wasn't going to take place.
     
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  6. Melankomas

    Melankomas Prime Jeffries would demolish a grizzly in 2 Full Member

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    Langford vs. Ketchel 2 was about to happen, but Ketchel was murdered before it could.
     
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    Rollin Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Young was more or less a tune up for the fight Ali could no longer avoid.
     
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  8. quintonjacksonfan

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    Hagler-Hearns. They put both of them on the same to build up the rematch. Hagler fought Mugabi and Hearns fought Shuler. Then SRL came along
     
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  9. Titan1

    Titan1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Can't see Tommy beating Marvin in a rematch. That was about as decisive as you could get in a fight.
     
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  10. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Sure there was talk about a Benn v Eubank 3, but it just never came off.
     
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  11. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Madison Square Garden tried to put a double-header together in May of '65. It would be the 4th fight between Dick Tiger and Joey Giardello and a 12 round rematch between Floyd Patterson and George Chuvalo. The card never came off, Tiger met Joey at a later date and Floyd and George never got together for a rematch.
     
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  12. AntonioMartin1

    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    Oh yeah that and Camacho-Rosario 2 in the 90s.
    Camacho-Rosario 2 even had a set date at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan.

    Leonard-Duran 4 was being announced at Sportscenter in 1993 or 1994 as for Sydney, Australia at the Sydney opera House, I believe. Thank God it didn't happen. Medicine companies were probably also thankful for that, because their sleeping pill sales would have gone down as people wouldn't need them on the day of the fight, they'd just watch the fight and zzzzzz.
     
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  13. Thread Stealer

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    There was negotiations for an immediate Holyfield-Foreman rematch in 91’, before that fell apart and Tyson-Holyfield was scheduled for November 91’.

    https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-03-sp-4449-story.html

    I thought it was a little weird at the time. Holyfield-Foreman was a good fight but not one that you really cared to see a rematch. It may have been just leverage from Holyfield’s team in negotiations with Tyson’s team, but it seems like it ended up costing them money.
     
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