What Fights still make "FIGHT FANS" angry because they never got made???

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  1. darryl1914

    darryl1914 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    For me...There were several fights in the Mid 80's and the Early-Mid 2000's that NEVER happened...that would have been EXPLOSIVE for Boxing, solidified a fighters position for HOF status, and could have made some fighters go from UNDER-RATED to STARDOM!!!

    Mid-Late 80's
    From 1986-1989 Julio Cesar Chavez was fighting around 130lbs to 140lbs. During that Time Frame...There were several TOP-NOTCH Contenders that would have been GREAT FIGHTS:
    Chavez vs Ray Mancini
    Chavez vs Greg Haugen
    Chavez vs Vinny Pazienza
    Chavez vs Buddy McGirt

    Mid 2000's
    Oscar De La Hoya and Felix "Tito" Trinidad are indeed considered ATG...as well as they should be!!! But IMO, there is one fighter that is a BLATANT OMISSION from their resumes VERNON "THE VIPER" FORREST!!!

    Vernon Forrest kinda' put himself in a bad position losing to Ricardo Mayorga twice...But I find it kinda' strange that both Oscar and Tito found their way to fight Mayorga...But not Forrest:think!!!

    And also...two fights that should have been made...but never happened:
    Oscar De La Hoya vs Winky Wright
    Felix Trinidad vs Shane Mosley

    Also...People think that Shane Mosley is a legitimate threat to Floyd Mayweather at 147lbs....personally, I think Floyd would DUST Mosley with ease!!! But the so-called attempts for a Molsey vs Mayweather fight at 130lbs and/or 135lbs in 99'-00' would have been SPECTACULAR!!!
    But again...NEVER HAPPENED!!!

    Now I know the Business of Boxing is all based of politics, bad promoting,
    and where can the dollars be made...etc. And there are probably LEGITIMATE reasons why these and other BIG NAME fights were never made!!!

    But these are just some of the fights I would have LOVE TO HAVE SEEN!!!

    Whats yours!!!
     
    darryl1914, Dec 8, 2009
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  2. watsinango

    watsinango Active Member Full Member

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    PBF-Mosley
    PBF-Cotto
    PBF-Wiiliams
    PBF-Margarito

    now

    PBF-Pac
     
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  3. Taylex

    Taylex Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Witter-Hatton
    Lewis-Bowe
    Hamed-Morales
    AA-Pavlik
     
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  4. thewinfella

    thewinfella The Golden Boy Full Member

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    De La Hoya - Winky
    De La Hoya - Trinidad 2
    De La Hoya - Margarito @154 - post Marg Cotto

    Hatton - Mayweather - 2005
    Hatton - Witter

    Mosley - Trinidad
    Mosley - Mayweather (because lets face it we aint never seeing it)

    Jones Jr - Hopkins 2

    Calzaghe - Hopkins 2
    Calzaghe - Dawson

    Pac - JMM 3

    I can go on forever man so im gonna stop there !!!!!!!!!!!!
     
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  5. thewinfella

    thewinfella The Golden Boy Full Member

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    :lol::lol::lol::lol:

    Hamed Morales would of been a massacre !!!!!!

    But AA KP would of been high on my list if id of thought of it ...........
     
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  6. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    Johny Tapia-Mark Johnson
    Ricardo Lopez-Ricardo Lopez/Humberto Gonzalez
    Shane Mosley-Stevie Johnston
    Naseem Hamed-Juan Manuel Marquez
    Roy Jones-Nigel Benn
    Ike Quartey-Pernell Whitaker
     
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  7. Cool2008

    Cool2008 Member Full Member

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    Lewis vs Vitali II
    RJJ vs Michaelchewski
     
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  8. Del Boy

    Del Boy R.I.P Darren Sutherland Full Member

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    Jones Tyson mainly for the build up would have been explosive. The fight not so much
     
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  9. wulf

    wulf \m/-O_o-\m/ Full Member

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    Morales - Marquez anyone?
     
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  10. whatfruit

    whatfruit Guest

    Pacquaio VS Campbell at lightweight for what would have been for the undisputed lightweight championship of the world.

    Arthur Abraham vs Pavlik. I wanted AA to prove that he is better than Pavlik.

    Williams vs Pavlik or Williams Vs any top welter. (after the Quitanta loss he lost alot of drawing power.)

    Calzaghe Vs Any of the super six.
     
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  11. Saltzy

    Saltzy Bam-O Full Member

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    Juan Manuel Marquez vs Erik Morales!!!!!!! What a fight that would have been.

    Tyson vs Bowe
    Foreman vs Holmes
    Mosley vs Trinidad
    Toney vs Hopkins
     
    Saltzy, Dec 8, 2009
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  12. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    Riddick Bowe-Lennox Lewis
    Floyd Mayweather-Miguel Cotto
    Roy Jones-Darius Michalczewski

    A bunch of early to mid 90s 160-168 lb matchups involving the likes of Roy Jones, Julian Jackson, James Toney, Gerald McClellan, Nigel Benn, Chris Eubank, etc..
     
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  13. Scar

    Scar VIP Member Full Member

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    Yeah man, if only Witter-Hatton was made we would have known who the greatest of this generation finally is, God damn it!

    Put the cheap beer down for once PLEASE.
     
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  14. Mr Butt

    Mr Butt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    for me calzaghe vs benn ,benn vs graham, hearns vs leonared II at light-middle
    and duran vs pryor at ligh-welter and pryor vs leonard at welter


    some of my fights i know are not in the time scale mentioned
     
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  15. hmi

    hmi Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Joe Calzaghe - Chad Dawson

    JMM - Morales

    Floyd - Mosley, Cotto, Williams, Margarito

    Witter - Hatton
     
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