When was the last mega fight that lived up to the hype?

PPV wise. Pacquiao-Marquez II close fight war Mayweather-Hatton Floyd delivered like he said he would, stopped Hatton. Hatton gave it all he can. Margarito-Cotto Those are the most recent one's I can think of, that at least for me, delivered. And as a Floyd fan, I thought Floyd delivered in the Mosley fight. And I thought Pacquiao really lived up to his hype by knocking out Hatton like that. So basically Mayweather, Pacquiao, Hatton, Margarito, Cotto., have been the guys to deliver. Unfortunately for Hatton and Cotto they were in the short end of knock out losses.

lmfao, funny sh!t man.

As the old saying goes - styles make fights. Hyped up mega fights are based on opposing personalities, not fighting styles. That's why they never live up to the hype. It's always those "this should be a good fight" matches that rise to the top because 1.) there are no over the top expectations and 2.) it's in the middle - if the fight sucks, who cares, if it's awesome - thank god i watched it.

Most mega fights are sold on hype that doesn't have much to do with what happens in the ring, so they are bound to disappoint unfortunately.

Yeah it's been disappointment this decade no doubt.

If you mean mega fight as in catches the attention of the general public, then I can't remember the last time that was. But as far as mega fights for us huge boxing fans I considered Cotto-Margarito a mega fight and that definitely lived up to the hype. I was actually surprised that Klitschko-Haye was being hyped as a mega fight, to some extent. In America, or at least in my area, no one knew it was taking place like they knew about DLH-Mayweather or Pacquiao fights and the whole Pac-Mayweather situation.

How dare you, circle! If Cotto loses, it's a decision loss. There is no way he loses by stoppage again. On topic, people will all disagree on what a megafight is. Is a megafight judged by how much it sells? By the potential match-up? By the fireworks that it produced? By the people that want to see it and are demanding it? I usually go by the fourth option, but the thread starter is right. Many times these megafights don't deliver on what we frequently dream of. The only fights I can think of that was both anticipated by the world and that it delivered were four: Louis/Schmeling I Ali/Frazier I Ray Leonard/Hearns I Ray Leonard/Hagler You're forgetting a few there mate. Duran vs Leonard and Ali vs Foreman are just two other megafights that delivered. Dempsey's biggest fights also. There have been quite a lot actually.

I can't think of a megafight that wasn't a disappointment. Your thread is pretty accurate. Duran vs Leonard Leonard vs Hagler Leonard vs Hearns Hearns vs Hagler Duran vs Palomino Duran vs Hagler Ali vs Frazier Ali vs Foreman Holmes vs Norton It's mainly today that the superfights aren't living up to expectations. Though Pac vs Marquez II was great as was Morales vs Barrera/Pac for today's fights. There are many great superfights but sadly they are getting worse and worse and also not being made as much. When the best, like Pac, take on fighters who haven't won a fight in over two years and are 40 years old, you know boxing's supposed superfights truly suck and are more farce than fight.

I thought of mentioning Cotto-Margarito but it wasn't a MEGAFIGHT. If you want to say that it was a megafight among BOXING FANS (HARDCORE BOXING FANS), yes. But if you want to include megafights (literally MEGAFIGHTS) where EVERYBODY (even casual fans) are talking about it, you'd only be able to mention a few: Oscar de la Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Wladimir Klitschko vs. David Haye Floyd Mayweather vs. Ricky Hatton (maybe?) Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Marvin Hagler Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier I Oscar de la Hoya vs. Felix Trinidad Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling And I consider myself a scrubby historian compared to most of you...:banana: I agree with you, to me mega fights are fights that peek the general publics interest.

the rematch won't be and sadly it will produce the same result (cotto kneeling before his king) How dare you, circle! If Cotto loses, it's a decision loss. There is no way he loses by stoppage again. On topic, people will all disagree on what a megafight is. Is a megafight judged by how much it sells? By the potential match-up? By the fireworks that it produced? By the people that want to see it and are demanding it? I usually go by the fourth option, but the thread starter is right. Many times these megafights don't deliver on what we frequently dream of. The only fights I can think of that was both anticipated by the world and that it delivered were four: Louis/Schmeling I Ali/Frazier I Ray Leonard/Hearns I Ray Leonard/Hagler

Margarito-Cotto Vazquez-Marquez III Pacquiao-JMM II

Margarito-Cotto but we all know that fight was a fraud now. the rematch won't be and sadly it will produce the same result (cotto kneeling before his king)

I thought of mentioning Cotto-Margarito but it wasn't a MEGAFIGHT. If you want to say that it was a megafight among BOXING FANS (HARDCORE BOXING FANS), yes. But if you want to include megafights (literally MEGAFIGHTS) where EVERYBODY (even casual fans) are talking about it, you'd only be able to mention a few: Oscar de la Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Wladimir Klitschko vs. David Haye Floyd Mayweather vs. Ricky Hatton (maybe?) Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Marvin Hagler Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier I Oscar de la Hoya vs. Felix Trinidad Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling And I consider myself a scrubby historian compared to most of you...:banana:

Margarito-Cotto but we all know that fight was a fraud now.

that wasn't a megafight. LOL so you would call Mike Tyson vs Peter McNelly a megafight just because it is one of the highest selling fights?

It's kinda hard to define a mega fight. I just feel it. But yes, I'll stick with what I said above. Margarito-Cotto was a mega fight and that was the last one that lived up to the hype. that wasn't a megafight.

It's kinda hard to define a mega fight. I just feel it. But yes, I'll stick with what I said above. Margarito-Cotto was a mega fight and that was the last one that lived up to the hype.

Here are some examples of mega fights: DLH vs Trinidad, Lewis vs Tyson, Mayweather vs DLH etc. These type of fights always seem to fail to live up to expectations. Pacquiao vs Marquez 2 was excellent but I don't consider it a mega fight. In the 80's fights like Leonard vs Hearns 1, Hagler vs Hearns, Leonard vs Duran, etc. always seemed to deliver. LOL no they didn't Leonard vs Duran 3 stunk, Hagler vs Duran was boring, Chavez vs Camacho was pretty much just like Mosley vs Mayweather a one sided beatdown, Holmes vs Ali was boring,Holmes Spinks 1 was nothing special,

Ivan Calderon vs Gio Segura

Pac Cotto........