In light of Pachillies top 10 favorite fighters and McGrain's top 10 favorite fights, what are your favorite rivalries that spanned at least 3 or more fights??? 01. Chacon vs Limon II, III & IV (Never saw the first one and don't know if footage exists?) 02. Duran vs DeJesus I, II & III 03. Walcott vs Charles II, III, IV (again never saw the first one and don't know if footage exists?) 04. Frazier vs Ali I, II & III 05. Saldivar vs Winstone I, II & III 06. Hagler vs Monroe I, II & III (I saw Hagler/Monroe I, live in an almost empty Spectrum but don't know of any footage that exists?) 07. Tony "The Tiger" Lopez vs John John Molina I, II & III 08. Robinson vs Fullmer I, II, III & IV 09. Ortiz vs Laguna I, II & III 10. Patterson vs Johansson I, II & III (almost picked Tiger vs Fullmer) How about yours???
Right they have to be trilogies yeah because I would consider Benn-Eubank one of the best rivalries, Joe Louis and Max Schmeling as well. Anyway. 1. Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier 2. Sugar Ray Leonard vs Roberto Duran 3. Sandy Saddler vs Willie Pep 4. Sugar Ray Robinson vs Jake LaMotta 5. Marco Antonio Barrera vs Erik Morales 6. Tony Zale vs Rocky Graziano 7. Bobby Chacon vs Rafael Limon 8. Riddick Bowe vs Evander Holyfield 9. Israel Vazquez vs Rafael Marquez 10. Emile Griffith vs Luis Manuel Rodriguez Not necessarily the best but my favourites.
I thought of Duran & Leonard but although the 1st fight IMO was a masterpeice the 2nd one was to much of a let down and the 3rd one almost irrelevant to me due to when it took place within their respective careers. Havn't seen Griffith vs Rodriguez but all of the others were ones I considered. Zale and Graziano certainly should have earned a spot on my list!
I've only seen one of the Griffith-Rodriguez fights but it was enough to suggest a great rivalry, brilliant action. I agree about Duran and Leonard, the whole thing is on the basis of the first fight which I think was one of the greatest ever, thats why I left Gatti and Ward out because although the first fight was brilliant I didnt think the next two were all that.
My top ten Trilogies: 10 Griffith/Rodriguez 9 Duran/DeJesus 8 Griffith/Benvenuti 7 Patterson/Johansson 6 Duran/Leonard 5 Barrera/Morales 4 Bowe/Holyfield 3 Ali/Frazier 2 Ward/Gatti 1 Zale/Graziano
I have the last two rounds of the first Charles vs Walcott fight. heres mine In No Order Alexis Arguello vs Aaron Pryor I & II Alexis Arguello vs Alfredo Escalara I & II Fighting Harada vs Eder Jofre I & II Ezzard Charles vs Jersey Joe Walcott I, II, III & IV Charley Burley vs Holman Williams I, II, III, IV, V, VI & VII (Not filmed but I have read reports) Roberto Duran vs Esteban DeJesus I, II & III Ken Buchanan vs Ismael Laguna I & II Marco Antonio Barrera vs Erik Morales I, II & III Muhammed Ali vs Joe Frazier I, II & III Willie Pep vs Sandy Saddler I, II, III & IV
1. Nino Benvenuti-Emile Griffith 2. Floyd Patterson-Ingemar Johansson 3. Ruben Olivares-Chucho Castillo 4. Charchai Chionoi-Efren Alacran Torres 5. Emile Griffith-Benny Paret 6. Tony Zale-Rocky Graziano 7. Muhammad Ali-Ken Norton Rivalries: 8. Carlos Monzon-Rodrigo Valdez 9. Fighting Harada-Eder Jofre 10.Roberto Duran-Esteban De Jesus
