Top 10 Fights Of The 70s, 80s And 90s

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  1. sas6789

    sas6789 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    List your top 10 greatest fights of the 70s, 80s and 90s
     
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  2. Mod-Mania

    Mod-Mania Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Can't go back to the 70s.

    80s

    1. Hagler vs Hearns
    2. Pryor vs Arguello I
    3. Leonard vs Hearns I
    4. Saad Muhammad vs Lopez II
    5. Hagler vs Leonard
    6. Hagler vs Mugabi
    7. Cruz vs McGuigan
    8. Duran vs Barkley
    9. Chacon vs Edward II
    10 Leonard vs Duran

    90s

    1. Hollyfield vs Bowe I
    2. Chavez vs Taylor I
    3. Benn vs McClellan
    4. Tyson vs Hollyfield I
    5. Gatti vs Ruelas
    6. Carbajal vs González
    7. Ayala vs Tapia I
    8. Benn vs Eubank I
    9. Lewis vs Hollyfield II
    10. Jones vs Toney
     
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  3. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Some great 70's bouts, in no particular order.......

    Saad-Johnson I - 1979
    Lopez-Ayala - 1979
    Ali-Frazier III - 1975
    Ali-Frazier I - 1971
    Arguello-Escalera I - 1978
    Holmes-Norton - 1978
    Zarate-Zamora - 1977
    Anaya-Taylor - 1973 I think, though sadly I've only seen highlights.
     
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  4. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    Ali vs Frazier I (heavyweight) 1971
    Ali vs Foreman (heavyweight) 1974
    Ali vs Frazier III (heavyweight) 1975
    Foreman vs Lyle (heavyweight) 1976
    Carlos Zarate vs Alfonso Zamora (bantamweight) 1977
    Matthew Franklin vs Marvin Johnson I (light heavyweight) 1977
    Larry Holmes vs Ken Norton (heavyweight) 1978
    Matthew Saad Muhammad vs Marvin Johnson II (light heavyweight) 1979
    Danny Lopez vs Mike Ayala (featherweight) 1979
    Larry Holmes vs Mike Weaver (heavyweight) 1979
    Matthew Saad Muhammad vs Yaqui Lopez II (light heavyweight) 1980
    Leonard vs Hearns 1 (welterweight) 1981
    Bobby Chacon vs Rafael Bazooka Limon IV (super featherweight) 1982
    Pryor vs Arguello 1 (light welterweight) 1982
    Bobby Chacon vs Boza Edwards II (super featherweight) 1983
    Chang Jung Koo vs Katsuo Tokashiki (light flyweight) 1984
    Tommy Cordova vs Freddie Roach (junior lightweight) 1984
    Myung-Woo Yuh vs Oh Kon Son (light flyweight) 1985
    Hagler Vs Hearns (middleweight) 1985
    Holyfield vs Qawi I (cruiserweight) 1986
    Leonard vs Hagler (middleweight) 1987
    Roberto Duran vs Iran Barkley (middleweight) 1989
    Aaron Davis vs Mark Breland (welterweight) 1990
    Paul Banke vs Daniel Zaragoza II (super bantamweight) 1990
    Robert Quiroga vs Kid Akeem Anifowoshi (super flyweight) 1991
    Chris Eubank vs Michael Watson II (super middleweight) 1991
    Michael Moorer vs Bert Cooper (heavyweight) 1992
    Holyfield vs Bowe 1 (heavyweight) 1992
    Merqui Sosa vs Prince Charles Williams I (light heavyweight)1995
    Nigel Benn vs Gerald McClellan (super middleweight) 1995
    Marco Antonio Barrera vs Kennedy McKinney (super bantamweight) 1996
    Bowe vs Golata II (heavyweight) 1996
    David Tua vs Ike Ibeabuchi (heavyweight) 1997
    Ivan Robinson vs Arturo Gatti I (lightweight) 1998
    Paulie Ayala vs Johnny Tapia (featherweight) 1999
     
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