I've been really hooked on posts discussing the greats fights of the past and present. It gives an opportunity for fans to raise the awareness of fights others may not have seen. Here are my top 10, off the top of my head. My criteria usually centers around competitiveness, drama, and quality of the combatants. 1. Barrera vs Morales I 2. Corrales vs Castillo I 3. Cotto vs Margarito 4. Arguello vs Pryor I 5. Ali vs Frazier III 6. Cotto vs Torres 7. Barrera vs Mckinney 8. Marquez vs Vasquez II 9. Taylor vs Pavlik I 10. Gatti vs Ward I That is off the top of my head.
Katsidis vs Casamayor Adamek vs Briggs I Gatti vs Rodriguez Trinidad vs Mayorga de la Hoya vs Vargas Walcott vs Marciano I LaMotta vs Dauthuille II Tua vs Ibeabuchi Graziano vs Zale Dempsey vs Firpo
1-Marco Antonio Barrera-Erik Morales 2-Roberto Duran-Sugar Ray Leonard 3-Diego Corrales-Jose Luis Castillo 4-Bobby Chacon-Bozza Edwards II 5-Arturo Gatti-Ivan Robinson 6-Bobby Chacon-Bazooka Limon IV 7-Mathew Saad Muhamad-Marvin Johnson II 8-Archie Moore-Yvon Durelle 9-Aaron Pryor-Dujuan Johnson 10-Carmen Basilio-Tony Demarco II
From what i have witness and im only a fan of in recent time (so most are what iv saw and some of what iv saw dvds of) In no order 1- Gatti v Ward I 2- Barrera v Morales I 3- Ali v Frazier III 4- Somsak Sithchatchawal v Mahyar Monshipour 5- Corrales v Castillo I 6- Cotto v Margarito 7- Hagler v Hearns Ok so they are normal enough 7 picks and i could pcik 3 more typically great fights BUT Heres my 3 personals - Matt Macklin v Jamie Moore - Jamie Moore v Michael Jones III - Israel Vazquez v Rafael Marquez II
Chacon-Boza Edwards II and Chacon-Limon IV are near the top of my list. Duran-Leonard I is easily top 5 for me, if not #1. I also thought that Vasquez-Marquez III was better than their 2nd fight, and better than Margarito-Cotto.
Can't argue with your last point. Vasquez vs Marquez in terms of punches landed was superior to Cotto vs Margarito, but I should liked the dynamics in the Cotto fight. Margarito staking, getting hit by titanic shots, then began landing his uppercut, and eventually getting a late stoppage. It's a favourite, but nobody can argue with Marquez vs Vasquez 3. Their second fight was my favourite.
Eubank v Watson rematch surely has to make the top 10? That's the best fight I've ever seen. Just so sad the way it ended for Watson.
definately was,watched it again a couple of days ago and it seems it gets better every time. i have some doubts if i shouldnt put it higher on my list.
this is in no particular order leonard-hearns 1 leonard-duran 1 gatti-ward 1 gomez-sanchez trinidad-vargas ali-frazier 3 leonard-hagler castillo-correles 1 vazquez-marquez 2 arguello-pryor 1
1. Diego Corrales-Jose Luis Castillo 2. Mickie Ward-Emanuel Augustus 3. Marco Antonio Barrera-Erik Morales 4. Ali-Frazier 3 5. Rocky Graziano-Tony Zale 6. Arturo Gatti-Mickie Ward 1 7. Marvin Hagler-Tommy Hearns 8. Roberto Duran-Sugar Ray Leonard 1 9. Ray Robinson-Carmen Basilio 10.and OF COURSE-----------> Holyfield/Ruiz (no list would be complete without it)
Vitali Klitschko - Samuel Peter Nikolai Valuev - John Ruizz I & II Sultan Ibragimov - Wladimir Klitschko All fights of future unified WBU-WBF-IBC HW champ Audley "A-Force" Harrison
Naseem Hamed vs. Kevin Kelley Ron Lyall vs. George Foreman Zamora vs. Zarate Castillo vs. Corrales Pryor vs. Arguello 1 Vasquez vs. Marquez 2 Leonard vs. Hearns 1 Graham Earl vs. Michael Katsidis Hagler vs. Hearns Wilfredo Gomez vs. Salvador Sanchez In no particular order. There are loads of great fights, but these are just some of my personal favourites. I have others that I rank really high based on certain factors, but these are my best all-round fights, depending on big-name fighters, important fights, to just decent and entertaining scraps.
