What are The Top 5 Best Fights Ever? (With Elite Comp)

pryor-arguello 1 should be there imo or maybe Chavez-Taylor

 

Ruiz-Holyfield 2 round 11 deserves a mention.

I don't really think it's the one of the best ever but Holyfield was coming of a very good performance against Lewis and then had a sort of gift decision against Ruiz in their first fight, and then round 11 of their second fight.
He knocks Holyfield down, and Holyfield was really nearly out.
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When he got knocked down the second time Holyfield got 18 seconds recovery time, I'm pretty sure Ruiz could have KO'd him if Holyfield wasn't holding on for his dear life.
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Lewis couldn't do that, not in two fights.


Ruiz gets a lot of hate everywhere, but at the end of the day he could make it very difficult for any fighter out there.
Lewis dropped his belt so he didn't have to fight Ruiz, he had sparred with Ruiz and he knew it would have been an ugly fight that would make Lewis look bad so he didn't bother.
Ruiz is the kind of fighter that can only makes you look bad because people underrate him so much.

He showed a very good performance against a Holyfield that had a very good performance against Lewis (and some think Holyfield won the fight)

Ruiz was a good boxer and I think deserves a mention here because he's so extremely underrated/hated.


Also on Ruiz his ugly style, blame the ref who allows it not the fighter.
If you put a candy in front of a kid it's your own fault of placing it there, if a ref makes it easy for Ruiz it's not Ruiz his fault for wanting to exploit that.

 

For me:

Hagler-Hearns
Saad Muhammad-Yaqui Lopez II
Chacon-Boza
Leonard-Benitez
Duran-Barkley

Not saying these are the five greatest fights of all time, but they are the five that I'd choose if I had to pick only five fights I could watch if I were stranded on a desert island

 

On a sidenote Ruiz his entrance in the first Holyfield fight was really cool

 

Lewis-Klitschko

 

what? holyfield ko'ed him in the tenth round (1:14) with a clean body shot combo (left uppercut, left hook).. cortez let ruiz take the bogus breather. disgraceful.

duran-leonard I was great

 

It was a low blow.

Below the belt = illegal

Holyfield should aim higher next time, the only thing that was disgraceful was the robbery in their first fight.
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This was the moment of impact.
Hitting just below the belt, therefore the shot was illegal.

Also the ref was in perfect position to view that blow, thanks to the way Ruiz/Holyfield were positioned.
You can claim KO all you want but low is low