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By replacing one opponent with another to have a perfect one.
Larry Holmes - replaced Marvis Frazier with Gerrie Coetzee, yes the Coetzee bout were already scheduled in 1984, but on why Joe Frazier allowed his son who only had 10 pro fights to face Holmes was suicidal, Holmes fought 4 times in 1983 and once in 1984! Holmes' 45th victory should come against WBA champion Coetzee, and if Marvis established himself and remain unbeaten by 1985, I'll take him to face Holmes over David Bey, and Tony Tubbs doesn't deserve to hold a title belt.
Sugar Ray Leonard -replaced Norris with Michael Nunn a year earlier in 1990, how badly SRL will be criticized if there's an internet already then, and how huge a Pryor fight would be in 1982, again if we look at the middleweight division post-Hagler, everyone (Tate, Nunn, Barkley, Olajide, Kalambay and even his rival Hearns) were fighting each other except Leonard, who was protecting his reputation, Norris himself was not yet the best 154 when Leonard fought him.
Roy Jones - replaced that Brannon opponent and unified the 168-pound belts with Frankie Liles in 1996. In the 1990s, only Benn and Eubank fought for the Super Middleweight unification in their rematch and it took 10 years (Ottke and Mitchell) when a unification fight in this division took place again.
Larry Holmes - replaced Marvis Frazier with Gerrie Coetzee, yes the Coetzee bout were already scheduled in 1984, but on why Joe Frazier allowed his son who only had 10 pro fights to face Holmes was suicidal, Holmes fought 4 times in 1983 and once in 1984! Holmes' 45th victory should come against WBA champion Coetzee, and if Marvis established himself and remain unbeaten by 1985, I'll take him to face Holmes over David Bey, and Tony Tubbs doesn't deserve to hold a title belt.
Sugar Ray Leonard -replaced Norris with Michael Nunn a year earlier in 1990, how badly SRL will be criticized if there's an internet already then, and how huge a Pryor fight would be in 1982, again if we look at the middleweight division post-Hagler, everyone (Tate, Nunn, Barkley, Olajide, Kalambay and even his rival Hearns) were fighting each other except Leonard, who was protecting his reputation, Norris himself was not yet the best 154 when Leonard fought him.
Roy Jones - replaced that Brannon opponent and unified the 168-pound belts with Frankie Liles in 1996. In the 1990s, only Benn and Eubank fought for the Super Middleweight unification in their rematch and it took 10 years (Ottke and Mitchell) when a unification fight in this division took place again.
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