Just wanted to see what some of the boxing fans favorite fights were..
Here are mine:
1.JLC vs Corrales
2.SRL vs Duran
3.SRL vs Hearns
4.Tyson vs Holyfield 1
5.SSM vs Hoya 1
Honorable mentions(just some)Morales vs MAB,Pac vs JMM 2,Tito vs Vargas,Marquez vs Vazquez..
What are some of yours??
1)Tito-Vargas
2)Gatti-Ward 1
3)Tito-Hopkins
4)DeLaHoya-Quartey
5)Gatti-Robinson
Honorable mentions:Lewis vs. Vitali, Morales vs. Barrera 1, Chavez vs. Taylor, Taylor vs. Hopkins 1, Bowe vs. Holyfield 2, and JMM vs. Pacquiao 2.
1. Mayweather vs Hatton
2. Pacquiao vs Cotto
3. Mosley vs Mayweather
4. Riddick Bowe vs Evander Holyfield 1/George Foreman vs Holyfield
5. Pacquiao vs Oscar De La Hoya
I know I know.
But I got into boxing REALLY late...
I started with Mayweather's fight with Hatton.
And thats what really started it for me...
Pac V.S Cotto was just an epic night.
Mosley/Mayweather its a lackluster fight but, it helped cheer me up through a hard week stupid but yeah?
4. couldn't really decide......
Pacquiao got me back into boxing when Mayweather was retired and now I love boxing because THAT fight.
~ I got in late into the game.
1. Chico vs JLC 1
2. Erik vs MAB 1
3. Hearns vs Leonard 1
4. Duran vs Leonard 1
5. Marquez vs Vasquez 3
F*ck, whittling it down to 5 was seriously hard. I gotta give some honourable mentions:
Toney vs Jirov
Erik vs Pac 1
Hagler vs Hearns
Bowe vs Holyfield 1
Tito vs Vargas
Marquez vs Vasquez 1
Marquez vs Vasquez 2
Lewis vs Vitali
Benn vs Mclellan
Cotto vs Torres
Pac vs Hatton
Hopkins vs Tito
Good list keep umm coming guys seen some good fights being mentioned..
Just remembered
Pryor vs Arguello
This would have to make top five and maybe split with another fight,this was an absolute WAR and one of the best fights I've ever watched how did I forget this??
1. James Toney v Mike Mccallum I
2. Dick Tiger v Joey Giardello IV
3. Roberto Duran v Ray Leonard I
4. Ezzard Charles v Harold Johnson
5. Marco Antonio Barrera vs Erik Morales III
Gatti-Ward I
Chico-Castillo I
B.Hop-Trinidad
B.Hop-Mercado II
Mosley-Margarito
honorable mention.....Mosley-DLH I...Naz-Kevin Kelly....B.Hop-Tarver :boxing:
I love this list just because these are such good fights I like every fight on it..
My top would be like this
1- Sal Sanchez vs Gomez
2- Chiquita Gonzalez vs Micheal Carbajal 1
3-Bobby Chacon vs Cornelius Boza Edwards 2
4-Bobby Chacon vs Rafael Limon 4
5-Jhonny Gonzalez vs Vasquez
6-Sal Sanchez vs Danny Little Red Lopez 1
7-Morales vs MAB 1
8-Montiel vs Hasegawa
9-Corales vs castillo 1
10-Margarito vs Cotto (I know but hey if he did or didnt still was a good fight when we thought Marg was a clean fighter)
11-Carlos Palomino vs Wilfred Benitez
12-Giovani Segura vs Caledron
13-Marquez vs Manny 1
14-Bobby Chacon vs Ruben Olivares 3
15-Chavez vs Mayweather 1
In no order.
Tyson v Ruddock I
Ali v Foreman
Mayweather v Corrales
Leonard v Hearns I
BHop v Trinidad
I'd mention Taylor v Chavez but the ending leaves a taste like vomit in my mouth.
I think that was on ESPN classic last night. Never seen it and made a deal with my GF to that I'd change the channel after Corrales/Casamayor 3 was over. I'll have to check that out.
Never seen that fight,but I'm going to watch it you've got me interested..
Glad you guys are interested. That fight always comes to mind, whenever I think of some of the best I've ever seen live. In order to really appreciate this classic, one must understand the historical context. Evander had only a couple of heavyweight fights under his belt, having just moved up from cruiserweight. Michael was getting his career back on track, having just come off a cocaine habit. Both men were fighting to step up for a crack at Mike Tyson, who was considered invincible at the time.
After making my initial post, my interest in this nearly-forgotten fight was reawakened. Here's a link to an old Sports Illustrated article I dug up, for those interested:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1126648/index.htm
And another from an old Boxingscene thread:
http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=155029
Gatti-Ward I
Chico-Castillo I
B.Hop-Trinidad
B.Hop-Mercado II
Mosley-Margarito
honorable mention.....Mosley-DLH I...Naz-Kevin Kelly....B.Hop-Tarver :boxing: