You can make ONE fight of legends vs legend in their prime

No fantasy time machine fight from me, but rather a fight that could have actually happened:

Henry Armstrong vs Charley Burley for Armstrong's WW crown.

 

Chavez-Duran.

 

Marciano v Liston or Foreman v Tyson.

 

Hi Guys.
A few spring to mind : Saddler v Sanchez , Olivares v Jofre, Wilde v Lynch, Duran v Leonard, Monzon v Hagler, Moore v Foster, and finally Marciano v Frazier.
stay safe guys, chat soon.

 

Duran would match up well with quite a few, I think. Him against Pac, but also against Whitaker and Floyd would come very high up my list as well,

Inoue vs Gomez and Sanchez would be great as well.

Marciano vs Frazier of course.

And Sugar vs Sugar. SRR vs Hearns. Early 80's Hagler vs late 90's Hopkins.

And definitely the ones mentioned in the OP.

 

Dempsey vs Marciano

 

Great thread, Lads. Nicely done.

 

Roberto Duran vs Aaron Pryor
Sugar Ray Robinson vs Roy Jones Jr.
Joe Louis vs Evander Holyfield

But if I could only pick one, it would have to be …….

Tommy Burns vs Nikolai Valuev.

 

Muhammed Ali V Mike Tyson.

Riddick Bowe V Lennox Lewis.

 

prime Foreman Holmes

Monzon Hagler

Bob Foster Michael Spinks light heavy

Duran Arguello

Robinson Armstrong

 

So many guys suggesting so many great fights.How about ;

Foreman vs Holmes

Louis vs Liston

Lewis vs Bowe

Ezzard Charles vs Usyk

Ezzard Charles vs Holyfield

The 2 Sugar Rays Robinson vs Leonard

 

Holmes vs Frazier

Holyfield vs Frazier

Louis vs Dempsey

Liston vs Foreman

Johnson vs Louis

 

One I often have thought about was De LA Hoya-Leonard. Prime 4 prime at 147 I think that would have been a hell of a fight.

 

Hi Buddy.
Not sure if you are aware, but Robinson and Armstrong did in fact fight, in was late in Armstrong's career 1943 to be exact and Ray was a convincing winner over the 10 rounds, he didn't want to fight Henry who was his idol when growing up, but Mike Jacobs lent on Ray, and told him Armstrong had squandered most of his earnings and was in need of money, so he reluctantly signed up for the fight, legend would have it that Ray took it easy on his idol and friend, and eased up to let Armstrong go the distance, a little aside, I have read that Ray visited Armstrong dressing room after he had lost the title to Zivic, he was in a poor state, both eyes nearly shut, mouth and nose bleeding, ice pack on his head, " I will get that Zivic for you Henry, and give him payback " and not too long after Ray did indeed win over Zivic twice, the second on a TKO, after working Zivic over, and giving him a bad beating , so it goes...
stay safe buddy, chat soon.