Unification fights for the undisputed title (21st century) - name them and rank them

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  1. Jel

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    We’ve been blessed with a few legitimate unification fights for the undisputed title this century and a few very recently. I’ll be honest, I’m not sure if I can name them all (I may be missing some obvious ones) but list them here and try and put them in order for the in-ring action and drama. Which was the best and which was the worst?
     
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    Beterbiev-Bivol (light heavy)
    Usyk-Fury (heavy)
    Crawford-Spence (welter)
    Inoue-Tapales (super bantam)
    Inoue-Butler (bantam)

    Those are the ones I can think of. Any more?
     
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  3. KO KIDD

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    Oscar vs bhop?
     
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  4. Greg Price99

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    Not quite, Jorge Castro was the WBA titlest, so it wasn't for the undisputed championship.
     
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  5. Drew101

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    Hopkins helds the Super WBA title at the time he met DLH, and since that title held precedence, the undisputed tag would indeed apply in this case.
     
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  6. Drew101

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    Crawford vs Indongo (140) gets added to the list.
     
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  7. Smoochie

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    yeah dis definitely the worst one

    also op, tszyu vs judah?
     
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  8. Drew101

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    Don't think either KT or Zab held the WBO title. Only question is whether the WBO had enough traction at the time to warrant official belt status.
     
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    Good question - I think it probably did by that point in time.

    It’s a bit like Lewis-Holyfield, which was for WBC-WBA-IBF but not WBO title so not technically for the undisputed title.

    However, I don’t think anyone really doubted the winner would be crowned the real world champ.

    I’d include it myself but who was the WBO titlist at the time at 140?
     
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