Unification fights that should have happened

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  1. Bummy Davis

    Bummy Davis Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    when there are 2 great champions in one division or split titles that should be unified and are not....Roy Jones Darius M. for one......which other fights should have happened
     
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    Chandler - Pintor
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    Longhhorn71 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Arby's - Wendy's?
     
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    Pedroza/Sanchez

    Honeyghan/Brown

    Muhammad/Spinks

    Hearns/McCallum
     
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  6. My2Sense

    My2Sense Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    First two I thought of when I saw this thread.

    Also:

    Cuevas-Palomino
    Nazarov-Gonzales
    Azumah Nelson -Tony Lopez
    Hill -PC Williams
     
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    McGuigan - Nelson
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    la-califa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Salvador Sanchez - Eusebio Pedroza
    Pipino Cuevas - Carlos Palomino
    Eddie Mustafa Muhammed - Matt Saad Mohammad
    Jeff Chandler - Lupe Pintor
    Alfonso Zamora - Carlos Zarate (Officially)
    Larry Holmes -Mike Weaver II ( 1983)
     
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  9. HomicideHenry

    HomicideHenry Many Talents, No Successes Full Member

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    Holmes-Coetzee
     
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  10. CzarKyle

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    Man you beat me to it. You could also say any of the men that held "the other title" while Larry was champ. I'm not saying he avoided them, and I'm aware of the boxing politics at that time. It's a real shame that Holmes never faced off against men like Coetzee, Dokes, Thomas, Page, Tate, and Tubbs. It's even worse that he never took on Weaver for a second time. Or Witherspoon for that matter.
     
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  11. Boilermaker

    Boilermaker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    What about Lewis v Bowe?
    In hindsight, Tyson v Bowe might have been good to.
    Foreman v Lewis would have been a lot better than the Lewis v Briggs unification that we eventually got.
    Klitchsko v Klitchsko is also another fight that needs to take place in the future if both keep winning, but wont.
     
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  12. Bummy Davis

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    Lewis/Bowe
    Holmes/Coetzee
    Holmes/WeaverII
    Holmes/Page
    Holmes/Dokes
    Holmes/Thomas
    Holmes/Tate
    Jones/D.M.
    Vlad/Chagaev/Valuev
    Salvador Sanchez - Eusebio Pedroza
     
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  13. Bummy Davis

    Bummy Davis Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It may have been politics in some cases but Holmes was pretty strong with the politicians .....Still whoever is at fault history will show that Larry missed out on unifying and a big payday to boot...why...they used influance to there benifit....History will show Larry is the biggest non-unification offender
     
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  14. My2Sense

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    Of all the fights Holmes could've made, this is the one I would've wanted to see most of all. And even though Weaver had already lost to Holmes - in one of the best heavyweight fights in history - to me he was as deserving of a unification fight as any of the co-champions, as he had one of the longer and more distinguished reigns of them.
     
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  15. MRBILL

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    "Holmes-Coetzee" in '84 should've happened...... That would've been big..... But only the IBF & WBC titles would've been on the line...... "Spoon & Thomas" held the WBA title in '84......

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