What is Considered a SUPERFIGHT?

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  1. damian38

    damian38 BigDramaShow Full Member

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    Vitali Lewis II
     
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  2. ianwigley

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    JCC - Taylor
    Trinidad - DLH
    Arguello - Pryor
    Bowe - Holy
    Tyson - Douglas (don't talk to me about the 42-1 odds for Tyson, it was a superfight)
    JCC - Haughen

    ...and aside from that, fights that are upcoming that you can't sleep at night before. I'm no religious man, but I prayed to God for weeks that I wouldn't die before Hatton - Mayweather in 1997. They're the superfights.
     
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  3. Chex31

    Chex31 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Benitez - Leonard?
     
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  4. Gander Tasco

    Gander Tasco Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    DLH mayweather wasnt a superfight.. It was a super hyped up fight, but didnt deserve the hype that it got.

    pacquiao - Floyd is the only true superfight today.
     
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  5. ianwigley

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    Yes, Sir.
     
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  6. ianwigley

    ianwigley Guest

    It'll never happen.
     
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  7. P5_Boricua

    P5_Boricua Active Member Full Member

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    It might not have came out how we expected it to but that doesnt change the fact that it was a superfight, highest grossing ppv fight of all time automatically makes it a super fight
     
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  8. megavolt

    megavolt Constantly Shadowboxing Full Member

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    A genuine superfight is one that's hype reaches the most obscure people that aren't even fans, so not many fall in this category.

    From a boxing fan's perspective, probably a really good matchup between 2 elite that's been brewing for a (short) while.
     
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  9. ianwigley

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    I agree it was a superfight, but the flaw in your argument (and like I said, I agree with you) is you said it was a superfight by virtue of PPV numbers. Superfights are usually superfights before the fight, not after the PPV and closed circuit numbers have come in. See Hagler - Hearns as a prime example.
     
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  10. ianwigley

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    You nailed it kid. You ****ing nailed it!!!:good:good
     
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  11. wellsini

    wellsini Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Let's be honest the only super fights available RIGHT NOW are Mayweather v Pacquiao and Vitali v Wlad

    Both aren't happening
     
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  12. ironchamp

    ironchamp Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Superfight:

    1. Both fighters must have drawing power.
    2. Both fighters must be established future HOFs in the same peer group.
    3. Both fighters must have a strong momentum leading to the fight.

    2 out of 3 and you have a super fight.
     
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  13. Larryxxx

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    Mexico versus Puerto Rico
     
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  14. paulrufus

    paulrufus Member Full Member

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    2 of the very best fighters in that division both have got to be in their primes.

    Leonard - Duran
    Hearns - Hagler
    Ali - Frazier
    Oscar De Le Hoya vs Felix Trinidad was considered a super fight shame it was a crap
    List could go on and on
     
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  15. Check_Hook

    Check_Hook Well-Known Member Full Member

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    The only superfight you have listed above is Mayweather V Pacquiao, the others are no where near.
     
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