5 fights that should have happened in the '90s or '00s and what weight class:
(Not In Order)
1. Riddick Bowe vs Lennox Lewis (HW)
2. James Toney vs Bernard Hopkins (Middleweight - 160)
3. Felix Trinidad vs Shane Mosley (Welterweight - 147)
4. Vernon Forrest vs Oscar De La Hoya (Welterweight - 147)
5 Gerald McClellan vs Roy Jones (Middleweight - 160)
There were TONS of fights that crossed my mind, the only criteria here is try to make it at a weight using 2 fighters that would have been competitive at the time (Example, I may have hypothetically wanted to see Sergio Martinez vs Saul Alvarez but I think by the time Canelo hit his prime, Sergio was too far into his twilight, so that fight didn't make it).
Mike Tyson missed a lot of the best heavyweights of the 90s and 2000s despite fighting until 2005:
Riddick Bowe
Shannon Briggs
George Foreman
Wladimir Klitschko
Vitali Klitschko
John Ruiz
Michael Moorer
Hasim Rahman
Chris Byrd
Lamon Brewster
Sultan Ibragimov
Nikolai Valuev
Ruslan Chagaev
etc
Roy Jones vs. Nigel Benn and Darius michalczewski
Bowe vs Lewis, Tyson
Tyson vs. Tua, Mercer
Floyd vs. Casamayor, Freitas, P. Williams, Margarito, Mosley at 135
Calzaghe vs Ward, Froch, Ottke, Collins
Wlad vs. Lewis, Holyfield, Valuev
Hopkins vs. Toney, Ward, Benn, Collins
I like that Calzaghe vs Ward alot!!!
Roy Jones vs. Nigel Benn and Darius michalczewski
Bowe vs Lewis, Tyson
Tyson vs. Tua, Mercer
Floyd vs. Casamayor, Freitas, P. Williams, Margarito, Mosley at 135
Calzaghe vs Ward, Froch, Ottke, Collins
Wlad vs. Lewis, Holyfield, Valuev
Hopkins vs. Toney, Ward, Benn, Collins
All entertaining fights there, that Canelo vs Paul fight was actually made, then Paul had the motorcycle accident.
Yea during the Canelo-curse.... All those names and he ended up fighting Lopez
Paul Willams vs Canelo
Pacquaio vs Valero
Floyd vs Hamed/Kotzu
All entertaining fights there, that Canelo vs Paul fight was actually made, then Paul had the motorcycle accident.
5 fights that should have happened in the '90s or '00s and what weight class:
(Not In Order)
1. Riddick Bowe vs Lennox Lewis (HW)
2. James Toney vs Bernard Hopkins (Middleweight - 160)
3. Felix Trinidad vs Shane Mosley (Welterweight - 147)
4. Vernon Forrest vs Oscar De La Hoya (Welterweight - 147)
5 Gerald McClellan vs Roy Jones (Middleweight - 160)
There were TONS of fights that crossed my mind, the only criteria here is try to make it at a weight using 2 fighters that would have been competitive at the time (Example, I may have hypothetically wanted to see Sergio Martinez vs Saul Alvarez but I think by the time Canelo hit his prime, Sergio was too far into his twilight, so that fight didn't make it).
Paul Willams vs Canelo
Pacquaio vs Valero
Floyd vs Hamed/Kotzu