top 10 favourite all time heavyweight fights

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  1. Bonecrusher

    Bonecrusher Lineal Champion Full Member

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    Holyfield - Bowe 2 (whole trilogy rules)
    Bowe - Golota 2
    Tyson - Ruddock 1 & 2
    Lewis - Rahman 1 & 2 (love both KOS)
    Holyfield - Tyson 1
    Moorer - Cooper
    Moorer - Stewart
    Holyfield - Cooper
    Holyfield - Dokes
    Tyson - Douglas

    others I love

    Holyfield - Mercer
    Thomas - Weaver
    Holmes - Spinks 1 & 2
    Wills - Page 1 & 2
    Louis - Walcott 1 & 2
    Ali - Frazier 1
    Holyfield - Foreman
    Tyson - Bruno 1
    Ruddock - Dokes
    Ruddock - Smith
    Lewis - Briggs
    Mercer - Cooper
    Smith - Witherspoon 2
    Holmes - Weaver
    Holmes - Shavers 2
    Coetzee - Dokes

    I’ll just stop. Just to many.
     
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  2. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Have you seen Chuvalo/Patterson? Or even Quarry/Patterson? Both are absolutely awesome.
     
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  3. Bonecrusher

    Bonecrusher Lineal Champion Full Member

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    yes!!! There are just so many amazing fights over all these different generations it’s next to impossible to even list them all honestly.

    I need to revisit the two you mentioned it’s been a min.
     
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  4. Richard M Murrieta

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    Remember them quite well, really good fights, Floyd out boxing George, Jerry winning a tough one.
     
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  5. Jel

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    Adding Holyfield-Dokes to the mix
     
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  6. OP_TheJawBreaker

    OP_TheJawBreaker NOBODY hit like that guy! Full Member

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    Don't know bout you guys, but I really love Joe Mesi vs Vassiliy Jirov. Probably top 5 fav HW fights
     
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  7. Jel

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    Updated list:

    1. Rocky Marciano-Joe Walcott 1 (1952)
    2. Larry Holmes-Mike Weaver (1979)
    3. Larry Holmes-Ken Norton (1978)
    4. Joe Frazier-Muhammad Ali 1 (1971)
    5. Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier 3 (1975)
    6. Riddick Bowe-Evander Holyfield 1 (1992)
    7. Evander Holyfield-Riddick Bowe 2 (1993)
    8. Larry Holmes-Gerry Cooney (1982)
    9. Riddick Bowe-Andrew Golota 2 (1996)
    10. George Foreman-Ron Lyle (1976)

    Honourable mention: Joe Louis-Billy Conn 1 (1941)
     
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  8. Philly161

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    Holmes- Norton
    Frazier - Ali 1
    Liakhovich - Brewster
    Bowe-Holyfield 1
    Mercer - Cooper
    Holyfield - Tyson 1
    Ibeabuchi - Tua
    Jefferson - Harris
    Holyfield - Cooper
    Ali - Foreman
     
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  9. Fergy

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    Lol good old Morlocks
     
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  10. OP_TheJawBreaker

    OP_TheJawBreaker NOBODY hit like that guy! Full Member

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    1. Holmes v Weaver
    2. Tua v Izon
    3. Ali v Jones
    4. Satterfield v Layne
    5. Marciano v LaStarza
    6. Morrison v Ruddock
    7. Mesi v Jirov
    8. Ali v Shavers
    9. Moorer v Cooper
    10. Holyfield v Stewart 1
     
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  11. he grant

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    Holyfield - Tyson 1
    Ali - Foreman
    Ali - Frazier 1
    Louis - Galento
    Louis - M. Baer
    Louis - Schmeling 2
    Johnson - Jeffries
    Johnson - Burns
    Dempsey - Carpentier
    Dempsey - Sharkey
    Bowe - Holyfield
    Holmes - Norton
    Holmes - Weaver

    Many of mine are based on drama and significance rather than just ring action ... I can go on and on as there are so many ...
     
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