The 10 most skillful heavyweight fights you've seen on film

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  1. sweet_scientist

    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Are there 10 out there? :D
     
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  2. Godfather

    Godfather I put the G in God Full Member

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    :nono Couldn't all these threads be fused into one??
     
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  3. sweet_scientist

    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    They could, but then it could get cluttered. I'm hoping for some good responses and a discussion for each division. Hopefully it doesn't die in the ass and get 3 responses per thread, in which case the threads SHOULD all be fused together.
     
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  4. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Unlucky.


    Harold Johnson-Ezzard Charles
    Harold Johnson-Eddie Machen
    Billy Conn-Joe Louis
    James Toney-Evander Holyfield
    Ezzard Charles-Joey Maxim
    Joe Frazier-Muhammad Ali I
    Micheal Spinks-Larry Holmes II
    Gene Tunney-Jack Dempsey II
    Jersey Joe Walcott-Ezzard Charles III
    Larry Holmes-Ken Norton


    Off the top of my head and witout restricting myself to one fight per fighter, that's what I got.
     
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  5. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Good picks. Off the top of my head I'd definitely add Holyfield-Bowe I, and perhaps also Ali-Folley or Ali-Norton II.
     
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  6. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Patterson-Moore would also seem like a very good candidate on paper, but from what I remember Moore didn't show enough in that particular fight for it to count.

    The same could be said about Walcott-Louis, I suppose.
     
    Bokaj, Jul 18, 2010
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  7. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    You could definitly add Ali vs Frazier I. A master, although not technically correct, boxer against arguably one of the finest swarmers of all time in a fight where both men performed to their best of their styles capabilities.
     
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  8. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    McGrain good picks...how about Sharkey-Schmeling?
     
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  9. Drew101

    Drew101 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Some other fights that haven't been mentioned...

    Holmes-Witherspoon
    Ali-Lyle
     
    Drew101, Jul 21, 2010
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  10. natonic

    natonic Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Took mine! I'll add that Holmes vs Carl The Truth Williams was a good technical bout.
     
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  11. tommygun711

    tommygun711 The Future Full Member

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    Young-Foreman
    Ali-Williams
    Ali-Foreman
     
    tommygun711, Jul 21, 2010
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