Top 10 Most Exciting Heavyweight Fights In Each Era ?

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  1. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    2010s

    Anthony Joshua vs Wladimir Klitschko
    Artur Szpilka vs Mike Mollo 1
    Andy Ruiz vs Anthony Joshua 1
    Dereck Chisora vs Dillian Whyte 1
    Dereck Chisora vs Carlos Takam
    Steve Cunningham vs Amir Mansour
    Wladimir Klitschko vs Samuel Peter 1
    Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder 1
    Alexander Povetkin vs Carlos Takam
    Deontay Wilder vs Luis Ortiz 1

    2000s

    Clifford Eitenne vs Lawrence Clay-Bey
    Lamon Brewster vs Sergei Liakhovich
    Lennox Lewis vs Vitali Klitschko
    Hasim Rahman vs Corrie Sanders
    David Izon vs Derrick Jefferson
    Corrie Sanders vs Vitali Klitschko
    Lamon Brewster vs Wladimir Klitschko 1
    Chris Byrd vs Andrew Golota
    Hasim Rahman vs Oleg Maskaev 2
    Joe Mesi vs Vassiliy Jirov

    1990s

    Evander Holyfield vs Riddick 1 2 3 = I'm gonna cheat and count them as one
    Andrew Golota vs Riddick Bowe 2
    Michael Moorer vs Bert Cooper
    Mike Tyson vs Razor Ruddock 2
    Maurice Harris vs Derrick Jefferson
    Bert Cooper vs Ray Mercer
    Evander Holyfield vs Bert Cooper
    David Tua vs Ike Ibeabuchi
    Lennox Lewis vs Ray Mercer
    George Foreman vs Alex Stewart

    1980s

    Tim Witherspoon vs Larry Holmes
    Evander Holyfield vs Michael Dokes
    Jesse Ferguson vs Carl Williams
    Larry Holmes vs Gerry Cooney
    Ike Padilla vs Leland Hardy
    Earnie Shavers vs Jeff Sims
    Tyrell Biggs vs David Bey
    Renaldo Snipes vs Trevor Berbick
    Ken Norton vs Tex Cobb
    Greg Page vs James Tillis

    1970s

    Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier 1 3 = I'm going to cheat again and count them as 1
    Larry Holmes vs Ken Norton
    Larry Holmes vs Mike Weaver
    George Foreman vs Ron Lyle
    Ken Norton vs Muhammad Ali 2
    Earnie Shavers vs Roy Tiger Williams
    Earnie Shavers vs Ron Lyle
    Larry Holmes vs Earnie Shavers 2
    Joe Frazier vs Joe Bugner
    George Foreman vs Jimmy Young

    1960s

    Floyd Patterson vs Jerry Quarry 1 2 = You know the deal
    Joe Frazier vs Jerry Quarry 1
    Floyd Patterson vs Ingemar Johansson 3
    Joe Frazier vs Oscar Bonavena 1
    Doug Jones vs Zora Folley 2
    Henry Cooper vs Muhammad Ali 1
    Sonny Liston vs Cleveland Williams 2
    Muhammad Ali vs Doug Jones

    1950s

    Bob Satterfield vs Rex Layne
    Rocky Marciano vs Ezzard Charles 1 2
    Rocky Marciano vs Jersey Joe Walcott 1
    Sonny Liston vs Cleveland Williams 1
    Jersey Joe Walcott vs Ezzard Charles 3
     
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  2. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh! Full Member

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    Pretty good choices. As far as the 2010s goes... Povetkin/Takam deserves a nod, a great all action fight with a lot of skill also involved. Would definitely put that over Chisora/Takam. Wilder/Ortiz and Fury/Wilder I also probably should be on the list.
     
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  3. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Good point for some reason I did forget about a few fights in 2010s I'll edit it now.
     
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  4. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

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    Fury Cunningham was a great fight till the fight got beat out of him.