What would be your dream heavyweight boxing fight, with the choice of any two individuals?

Tyson vs Jeffries

 

Joe Calzaghe vs Harry Greb

 

Quite a few, but I would like a lot of questions ansered for the one I pick, and that would be Langford vs Dempsey, it would answer many questions about both, and definitely give much more cred to either if they had fought, it would surely have ended the argument about who was better. but there are so many others.

 

Dempsey v Marciano
Dempsey v Louis
Jeffries v Foreman

 

For pure entertainment

Holmes vs Frazier
Holyfield vs Brewster
Patterson vs Louis
Tua vs Chuvalo
Dempsey vs Marciano
Frazier vs the winner^
Whyte vs Cleveland Williams
Peter vs Wilder
Peter vs Tua
Ibeabuci vs Golota
Golota vs Holyfield
Shavers vs Chuvalo
Patterson vs Schmeling
Liston vs Lewis


I could probably go on for another 6 pages so I'll leave it there

 

Louis/Tyson for me followed closely by Tyson/Foreman followed very closely by Louis/Foreman. But I'd have Louis and Foreman slug it out and the winner meets 1988 Mike Tyson.

 

Not bad.....you sure it wouldn't be Ali/Rahman??

 

I'd also want to see Liston/Mercer and Ali/Mercer for the LULZ. Strangely, I'd also want to see how Michael Spinks would have done against say an early 70s Ali or vs Louis. I don't expect him to win, but it'd be interesting to see if he could hold his own against any other prime ATG heavy not named Mike Tyson

 

You should consider a career as a fight promoter.

 

Since I don’t believe in time machine fights...

Holyfield -Tyson late 1989
Liston - Patterson 3 1968
Holmes - Weaver 2 1981
Klitschko - Klitschko
Dempsey - Wills
Ali - Liston 2. November 1964
Bowe - Lewis 1993-1995

... to name but a few.

 

Foreman vs. Tyson.. The style favors Foreman even though I think Mike was a greater fighter.

 

Out of interest why do you think Mike was a greater fighter?

 

A six foot prime Max schmeling v a six foot prime Mickey Walker would be a decent affair .

 

Mike was more consistent. The guys he fought Bonecrusher, Thomas, Tucker. Biggs. Tubbs Holmes, Willaims, Bruno,, decent guys at the time who were winning titles and exchanging it between them and Tyson beat them all. Foreman would have had a loss with the same guys. Somehow. He got up for the bigger fights at times, but he was a style fighter. He did great with certain styles and not great with others. Mike was more consistent and what beat Mike was taking boxing for granted and letting it get to his head.

 

Nikolai Valuev vs Jack Dempsey
20 rounds
No three knockdown rule