What were, in your respective opinions, the 5 best fights of the 80's? I just did a paper on Marvin Hagler and he personally put on two of them by himself so I was wondering what everyone else thought. The 80's were one of the best boxing eras and there were many great ones. My list looks something like:
Hagler/Hearns
Hagler/Mugabi
Leonard/Hearns I
Saad-Muhammad/Lopez II
Holmes/Cooney
My favourite fight from that decade was probably the fourth fight between Bobby Chacon and Bazooka Limon, as the fight was packed full of both non-stop action and high drama.
Other favourites (some have been mentioned already); Saad/Lopez II, Pryor/Arguello I, Hagler/Hearns, Duran/Leonard I, Leonard/Hearns I, Cruz/McGuigan, Gomez/Pintor (could be #2 on my list), Lee/LoCicero, and Ramirez/Rosario II.
Wilfredo Gomez vs Salvadore Sanchez
Wilfredo Gomez vs Lupe Pintor
Both all out wars.
Quawi vs Holyfield was pretty much an all out war. That was a great fight.