Top 5 greatest fights of all time?

Duran/Leonard I is still my choice. I just see it as the highest level of skill ever in one ring at the same time. You could argue Leonard/Hearns as well, but while the skill level was just as high, the level the fight was fought at was not.

 

Duran vs Leonard I got one of my votes as well. Two of the best fighters ever going toe-to-toe nonstop for fifteen rounds. Duran actually had the better of the boxing exchanges - while on occasion - Leonard was able to outwork Duran on the inside. Overall, Duran brutalized Leonard from pillar to post. It was the apotheosis of Duran's career. He was unbeatable on that night.

The same could be said of many of these great fights and fighters mentioned.

 

An all time great fight (not all time great fighters) was Ray Boom Boom Mancini v. Do Ku Kim (G@D rest his soul) it was just a sick sick fight....and also because of the ulitmate result....very sad

Douglas v. Tyson----ignoring the controversial long count.....Buster Douglas put on a performance for the ages.....his combinations were some of the most devastating I've ever seen.......And Tyson hit him with some crazy power shots.....The fight was more well known for Tyson losing, but Douglas etched himself a place in history with his once in a lifetime performance....I'd even go out on a limb and say it was one of the best heavy weight performances of all time.....

 

What I remember very distinctly about that fight was Evander's entrance....He walked out with 100% confidence, not a false bravado,
but one of calm assuredness, a battle tested warrior, who had said Tyson was a bully, and he wasn't scared of bullys.....:good

 

Well, i think Greb-Walker, Armstrong-Ross and Charles-Moore at least rivals Duran-Leonard. Oh and wasn´t there a fight Langford-Walcott? This one would be up there too.

 

1. Corrales vs Castillo
2. Archie Moore vs Yvonne Durrelle
3. Carmen Basilio vs Paddy Demarco
4. Wilfredo Gomez vs Lupe Pintor
5. Joe Louis vs Billy Conn 1st
6. Ray Robinson vs Basilio 1
7. Marciano vs Walcot 1
8. Arguello vs Pryor 1
9. Leanord vs Hearns 1
10. Robinson vs Gavilan
11. Bobby Chacon vs Boza Edwards
12. Ali vs Frazier 1
13 Ali Frazier 3
14 Hagler vs Hearns
15 Gatti vs Ward 1
16 Morales vs Barrera
17 Mike Ayala vs Danny little red Lopez
18 Salvador Sanchez vs Azumah Nelosn
19 Duran vs Leanord 1
20 Chavez vs Taylor
21 Schmeling vs Louis 1
22 Douglas vs Tyson
23 Bowe vs Holyfield
24 Holyfield vs Tyson
25 Gatti vs Lucien Rodriguez
26 Graziano vs Zale Trilogy
27 Patterson vs Johanson trilogy
28 Mathew Saad Muhamed vs Yaqui Lopez
29 Trinidad vs Vargas
30 Dempsey vs Firpo
31 Vasquez vs Marquez 2&3
32 Foreman vs Lyle

 

I am with you on that night Douglas put on one of the greatest boxing exhibitions I have ever seen. I mean with my own eyes at any weight.

 

for the pure dynamics,,,leonard ,duran 1,ali,frazier1,holmes cooney,dempsey tunney 2,johnson jeffries,schmeling louis 2

 

Chavez-Taylor 1
Holyfield-Tyson 1
Hearns-Roldan
Hearns-SRL 2
Hearns-Hagler

 

am i the only that likes Vazquez-Marquez I more than the other two?

 

corrales-castillo 1
gatti-ward 1
mab-morales 1

 

Off that list

1. Vasquez/Marquez III
2. Pryor/Arguello I (besides the shitty ending with the bottle)
3. Duran/Leonard I
4. Barrera/Morales I
5. the "Other" I am gonna go with is Evander Holyfield vs Dwight Muhammad Qwai I.

 

btw you cant have a list of great fights and not have a Gatti fight there.

 

what about the weekends fight. would anybody put that up there with the greats?

 

Would anyone object when i say Pavlik-Taylor 1 was one of the greatest middleweight fights? 2 unbeaten fighters,Great swing in the action and exciting ko finish