What have been the most important fights in boxing?

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  1. Jetset78

    Jetset78 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    In your opinion and why?

    For me its:

    Clay v Liston 1 - beginning of the Clay era
    Ali v Frazier 1 - Fight of the Century
    Frazier v Foreman 1 - proved Frazier beatable
    Ali V Foreman - proved Foreman beatable
    Hagler v Hearns
    Hagler v Leonard
    Douglas v Tyson

    As I'm from UK:
    Lewis v Tyson was huge over here
    Benn v Eubank 1 & 2
    Hamed v Barrera - ended Naz's career pretty much

    I'm sure there are plenty that I've missed. What are yours?
     
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  2. Jetset78

    Jetset78 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I should add that this is the most important fights to you personally.
     
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  3. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Louis-Smelling 2
    Tyson Spinks
    Foreman- Moorer....[ proving that a good old man can beat a good young man ]
     
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  4. Jetset78

    Jetset78 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Tyson v Spinks is a good one - the build up was enormous
     
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  5. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. banned Full Member

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    Sullivan vs Corbett
    Louis vs Schmeling II
    Ali vs Frazier I
     
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  6. My dinner with Conteh

    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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    Ben Villaflor vs Sammy Serrano I
    Bep Van Klaveren vs Luc Van Dam II
    Bunny Johnson vs Richard Dunn III
     
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  7. rekcutnevets

    rekcutnevets Black Sash Full Member

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    1-Jack Johnson vs. Jim Jeffries

    2-Joe Louis vs. Schmeling II

    3-Ali vs. Frazier I

    4-Ali vs. Foreman

    My list is rather HEAVY, but people do pay more attention to the big guys.
     
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  8. crippet

    crippet Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Benn V McClellan . Tainted by the aftermath, but was a brutal and brave fight.

    Tyson V Holyfield I . C'mon everyone thought Holyfield would be decimated. The buzz was Tyson back to his best after destroying Seldon and Bruno
    The events unfolding were captured by a specific event - When Tyson was knocked down in round 6? > The replay showed it from another angle and in the celebrity laden crowd, just behind Tyson, clearly visible, is William Shatner with a look on his face which could only be summed up as 'Beam Me Up Scotty!'

    Hagler V Minter. I remember listening to it on the radio when I was a child with my, now passed away, Uncle. It seemed that Minter was unbeatable from what I remember of the press at that time and this unkown just came in and decimated him. The crowd reaction was disgraceful, but in retrospect somehow seems a fitting imperious way for the awesome Marvin to arrive at the world stage.

    Plus many of the 70s Ali fights. There was just something about those fights which transended boxing and they seemed more like major world events. No ther sport used to conjure up this more than a major boxing event.
     
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  9. jc

    jc Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    What is the criteria whic turns a normal fight into an important one?
     
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  10. Jetset78

    Jetset78 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    The criteia is whatever you want it to be.

    To me, every once in a while a fight comes along that captures your imagination and has you salivating at the thought of two fighters slugging it out to determine who is better.

    At the same time, I recognise fights in the 60s, 70s & 80s that defined a generation of boxing, like Hagler, Hearns, Leonard & Duran sagas.

    Perhaps these are more commonly known as 'superfights'.

    Also, shock upsets like Tyson v Douglas etc.

    There's no set criteria. Just fights that are important in your mind when thinking about boxing.
     
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  11. DFW

    DFW Active Member Full Member

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    Any fight that has caused a serious injury to a boxer or a loss of life have to be the most important fights as far as I am concerned.As much as I have been an ardent boxing fan most of my life it is at these moments that I wonder why I continue following this sport. Have any of the rest of you ever felt this way?
     
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  12. Sonny's jab

    Sonny's jab Guest

    Michael Spinks v. Larry Holmes 1 proved that a great light-heavy champion could prevail over a great heavyweight champion.
    (Overturning years of "evidence" to the contrary).
     
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  13. jc

    jc Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Considering what was going on at the imeof the fight, i think Louis/Schmeling 2 was considerably important.
     
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  14. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    One fight that changed the sport forever was Mancini-Kim. The tragic death of Doo Ku Kim led to the changing of championship fights to 12 rounds.
     
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  15. Sonny's jab

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    I think the change to 12 rounds was more to do with promoters and TV companies and the 1 hour TV slot, but maybe the Mancini-Kim tragedy swayed the support within the WBC to vote for it.
    The WBA and IBF retained 15 rounds until 1987 and 1988.
     
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