The fight that is missing in each decade ?

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  1. GGGfans

    GGGfans Active Member Full Member

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    For my part :
    1940s: LaMotta vs. Cerdan II in September 1949 as originally planned
    1950s: None come to mind
    1960s: Same
    1970s: Ali vs. Foreman II early 1975
    1980s: Leonard vs Pryor for the welterweight titles at the end of 82
    1990s: Jones Jr vs Michalczewski for the WBC-WBA-WBO light heavyweight titles at the end of 1998
    2000s: Lewis vs. Vitali Klitschko II in late 2003 or early 2004
    2010s: Mayweather vs. Pacquiao in late 2011 for the WBC and WBO welterweight titles.
     
  2. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Good thread I'll reply later need to have a think about this.
     
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  3. Kratos

    Kratos Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Biggest fights that didn’t happen were Tyson vs Foreman and Wilder vs. Joshua.
     
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  4. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

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    Wilder Joshua would be HUGE

    It would be bigger than Fury Usyk because it captures the casual markets attention

    Yet you just know there are too many parties on BOTH sides that will prevent that fight from happening. Problem is these HW belts are going to splinter once Fury has hold of them all yet again. He isn't paying sanctioning fees for belts he couldn't care about...the orgs also try to mandate him to fight different people so it's literally impossible to hold onto the belts. Wilder will get that IBF belt next year without a doubt.
     
  5. DramaShow

    DramaShow 19 banned Full Member

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    In 2010 I would say Joshua Wilder. People forget how big the hype was for that potential fight which was being planned for April 2019 infront of 90,000 at Wembley.
     
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  6. PittSteel

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    I would probably go for Lewis-Bowe in the 90s. Otherwise I think this is on point.
     
  7. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    1920s Dempsey vs Greb
    1940s: LaMotta vs Cerdan II, Charles vs Lamotta
    1950s: Marciano vs Patterson
    1960s:
    1970s: Ali vs Foreman 2, Norton vs Frazier, Arguello vs Duran, Conteh vs Foster, Monzon vs Hagler, Foreman vs Shavers, Benitez vs Cuevas
    1980s: Leonard vs Pryor, Sanchez vs Arguello, Tyson vs Foreman, Hearns vs McCallum
    1990s: Jones Jr vs Michalczewski, Bowe vs Lewis, Jones Jr vs Benn, Holmes vs Foreman, Carbajal vs Lopez
    2000s: ODLH vs Wright, Mayweather vs Williams, Mosley vs Trinidad,
    2010s: Vitali vs Wladimir, Ward vs Golovkin,
     
  8. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    1980,s
    Hagler vs Mike McCallum
    Hearns vs Julian Jackson
    Herol Graham vs SRL
     
  9. The Phenom

    The Phenom Pretty Handsome Full Member

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    Good picks.How about Marquez vs Morales early 2000’s would be a better fight than the others.Certainly Oscar vs Wright and Mosley vs Trinidad would be highly entertaining too.