Top 10 greatest fights that never happened

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  1. N_ N___

    N_ N___ Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Mayweather-Gatti II
     
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  2. WhyYouLittle

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    Burley-Booker, Tunney-Loughran II, Tunney-Delaney.
     
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  3. natonic

    natonic Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Sanchez - Pedroza
    Chandler - Pintor
    Saad - Mustafa II unification
    Duran - Cervantes 76ish
    Hagler - Benitez (wishful thinking that in the 82 timeframe Benitez gets in Hagler's head and makes a great fight).

    Leonard - Pryor
    Buchanan - Dejesus
    Mayweather - Pac 5 years ago
    Monzon - Hagler (could've happened but not prime for prime)
    Lamotta - Graziano
     
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  4. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I like this. San-Ped and Pint-Chand and Saad-Spinks. I would add Fletcher-Hamsho and Fletcher-Hagler. VERY interesting fights. And Duran-Cuevas early 1979. And the biggy- Little Red vs Gomez 1979
     
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  5. superconan

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    Jose Luis Lopez vs ODLH or Trinidad
    Quartey vs Whitaker
    Jones vs Tyson
     
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  6. the_bigunit

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    Why didn't Greb ever fight Delaney?
     
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  7. Ted Spoon

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    Sullivan-Jackson (1888] - The fight should have happened though their respective primes did not overlap.

    Johnson-Langford II (1910) - The proposed bout in London comes off.

    Driscoll-Attell II (1910) - Jim's promise to an orphanage stopped him proving (to everyone) that he was the best featherweight.

    Dempsey-Wills (1922) - In between Carpentier and Gibbons. Wills slightly past it but active and in good form.

    Burley-Robinson (1946) - The generally accepted duck by Robby.

    Cerdan-Robinson (1946) - Always been intrigued by this one. The Frenchman has it in him to give Ray serious trouble.

    Sanchez-Arguello (1980-82) - Had the opportunity arose, made sense during this period...

    Bowe-Lewis (1992) - A unique mix of potential doubt on Bowe's side and inexperience on Lewis'.

    Morales-Marquez (2003) - Considering the chemistry between the modern day fab four, this one that got away is loaded with promise.

    Pacquiao-Mayweather (2009) - The Cotto performance is what put a spanner in the works, so they should have clashed directly after Manny demolished Hatton.
     
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  8. Titan1

    Titan1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Love the Fletcher fights.Forgot about Duran-Cuevas, and the 1979 timeline is perfect. Little Red and Gomez should've happened. Hamsho-Roldan would've also been an interesting fight, too.
     
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  9. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    Toney vs Hopkins

    Vitali vs Povetkin

    Roy Jones vs Collins

    Oscar De LaHoya vs Cotto

    Mosely- vs Berto (cancelled), Judah, Mayweather @135

    Tyson vs Holyfield 1990
     
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  10. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yes, Hamsho-Roldan would have been good. I remember reading an article in 1983 before the Hag-Sibbo fight where Hamsho's manager was begging to fight Sibson. He felt he had no heart.
     
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  11. janitor

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    Why was the 70s the greatest heavyweight era?

    Primarily because the top fights happened!

    It was the happy zone between the colour bar, and Don King.
     
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  12. thistle1

    thistle1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    US vs UK fights that should've happened.

    Steele vs McAvoy - believe it was tossed around
    Armstrong vs Boon - yes!
    McAvoy vs Gilroy - Scheduled
    Zivic vs Roderick, could've been a great fight
    Conn vs Mills, brief window, a tough battle

    thil vs cerdan, a very brief window of possibility.
     
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  13. downgoeslyle

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    Muhammad Ali vs Teofilo Stevenson
     
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  14. SmackDaBum

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    Lewis-W.Klitschko
    Lewis-Tyson
    Lewis-Bowe
    Lewis-Foreman
    Lewis-Holyfield
    Lewis-Ibeabuchi
    Lewis-Sanders
    Holyfield-Tyson
    Tyson-Foreman
    Holmes-Foreman
    Ibeabuchi-Klitschko

    Ali-Chamberlain
    Frazier-Liston
    Liston-Foreman
    Frazier-Norton
     
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  15. Clinton

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    I happen to love this post:good. Thank you very much!
     
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