The greatest match of an era...

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  1. Action

    Action Active Member Full Member

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    ....between two boxers at or near the same weight division that DID NOT happen.
    Pick it.
     
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  2. andyZOR

    andyZOR Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Michalczewski v RJJ
     
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  3. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    Duran-Pryor.
     
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  4. Action

    Action Active Member Full Member

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    Teoflio Stevenson vs Muhammad Ali

    Ray Leonard vs Aaron Pryor
     
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  5. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    What a great question.

    I'm thinking about James J Corbett and Peter Jackson a great deal just now. Worth a mention.

    BUT THE CORRECT ANSWER IS!!!!

    Sugar Ray Robinson v Charley Burley. These are the #1 and #2 fighters in the history of the WW division in my opinion. They were direct contempories, Burley a couple of years ahead.
     
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  6. Asterion

    Asterion Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Joe Louis - Elmer Ray

    Tommy Hearns - Mike McCallum

    Marvin Hagler - Michael Spinks

    Ray Robinson - Charley Burley

    Roy Jones - Chris Eubank

    Roy Jones - Dariusz Michalzewski
     
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  7. andyZOR

    andyZOR Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Bowe - Lewis would be a good pick too.
     
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  8. KayEpps

    KayEpps Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Cotto - Mayweather :yep
     
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  9. cfizzl3

    cfizzl3 Active Member Full Member

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    agreed lol
     
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  10. kg0208

    kg0208 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Roy Jones vs Nigel Benn @ 160 or 168

    Lopez vs Carbajal @ 108

    SRR vs Burley @160

    Hearns vs McCallum @ 154

    I can think of more....
     
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  11. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Decent picks bro (especially Lopez/Barbajal), but SRR/Burley should most certainly be at 147.
     
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  12. chimba

    chimba Off the Somali Coast Full Member

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    The snatcher was one of the VERY few who matched up well with Hearns..I actually pick McCallum on this one, fantastic tecnician, Iron chinned and heavy hands

    Funny how we talk about Hearns as great h2h fighter, McCallum was the same..Id even say hed give RJJ hell if he wasnt so past it.
     
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  13. kg0208

    kg0208 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I thought Burley hung around 160 most of the time? Either way, I honestly think SRR fought at MW better when he came in around the 147 limit anyways. The few fights I have seen he was at or near 150....but fighting MW's.
     
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  14. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Burley was at MW for longer than WW yes - but not really through choice. Burley had beaten Zivic for 2/3 (and the loss was hotly disputed) when Zivic somehow leapfrogged Charley for the shot at Armstrong that brought him the title (colour i'm afraid). Zivic's people knew that they basically had no chance against the peaking Burley and in an extraordinary and perhaps unique set of circumstances, Zivic bought out Burley's contract to become his manger - and sent him on the MW tour that you speak of.

    But his best weight was 147. Fighters who would beat him at this weight are few and far between.
     
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  15. kg0208

    kg0208 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Learn more and more everyday. Thanks :good
     
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