The Greatest Fights in History

[Scott9945]

The domination of both of them by Pacquiao kind of leaves a poor after taste to their fights. There was no poor after taste to Ali/Frazier III or Robinson/LaMotta VI that was in Morales/Barrera.

Didn't you say that historical significance didn't matter? Or are you just totally full of ****?

Only a fool would rate Leonard-Benitez ahead of Morales-Barrera I or Corrales-Castillo.

[LeG00N]

Clay/Liston I > Chavez/Taylor?

Not in my book.

Nice to see Ward/Gatti I listed so high, that fight was truly EPIC.

Top 5 all time, in my book.

even after watching it so many times.. Rd 9 still gives me chills

[fitefanSHO]

even after watching it so many times.. Rd 9 still gives me chills

Me too, and round 3 of the second fight, OMFG talk about high drama.

The look in Micky's eyes as he weathers that storm...EPIC.

[JAB5239]

I'm not talking about historical significance. If such were the case, Louis/Schmelling would be the greatest.

The greatest fights of all-time in terms of the QUALITY are:

1. Robinson/LaMotta VI
2. Ali/Frazier III
3. Hearns/Hagler
4. Leonard/Benitez
5. Armstrong/Ross
6. Louis/Schmelling II
7. Marciano/Walcott
8. Gatt/Ward I
9. Clay/Liston I
10. Leonard/Duran I

11. Robinson/Basilio II
12. Pacquiao/Morales II
13. Ali/Frazier I
14. Sanchez/Gomez
15. Corrales/Castillo
16. Corbett/Fitzimons
17. Moore/Durell
18. Wilde/Villa
19. Pep/Saddler I
20. Taylor/Chavez

These fights were not quality fights, they were whitewashes of great fighters no lpnger able to hold their own at that particular level.

[StarshipTrooper]

Only a fool would rate Leonard-Benitez ahead of Morales-Barrera I or Corrales-Castillo.

It just depends on what flips your meter when you're watching a fight. I know several posters who are turned off by brawls and would consider a high-level chessmatch greater then, say, a Gatti-Ward shoot-out.

Poet

[fitefanSHO]

Only a fool would call a person a fool based on their opinion of something as subjective as creating a list of their "greatest fights in history"

The whole thing is a matter of taste, and is purely subjective.

[The Surgeon]

even after watching it so many times.. Rd 9 still gives me chills

Oh My GAWD!!!

Lol Manny made that round almost as much as Mickey and Gatti!

Easy a top 5 fight imo, pitty it wasnt over 12 or even 15. Infact its probably my second favourite fight ever

[The Surgeon]

really ts? it didn't even make your top 20?


Barrera - Morales I, is The GOAT... IMO

I think Marquez vs Barrera is up there with this one, both great and imo both trump the other Morales vs MAB fights and the ones involving Pacman

Marquez vs Diaz was excellent too and i think worthy of these type of conversations

Another recent classic Bika vs Cordington

[The Surgeon]

I'm not talking about historical significance. If such were the case, Louis/Schmelling would be the greatest.

The greatest fights of all-time in terms of the QUALITY are:

1. Robinson/LaMotta VI
2. Ali/Frazier III
3. Hearns/Hagler
4. Leonard/Benitez
5. Armstrong/Ross
6. Louis/Schmelling II
7. Marciano/Walcott
8. Gatt/Ward I
9. Clay/Liston I
10. Leonard/Duran I

11. Robinson/Basilio II
12. Pacquiao/Morales II
13. Ali/Frazier I
14. Sanchez/Gomez
15. Corrales/Castillo
16. Corbett/Fitzimons
17. Moore/Durell
18. Wilde/Villa
19. Pep/Saddler I
20. Taylor/Chavez

I think ur off on alot of these great as they are. I mean how much quality can be on show in a one round blowout by Joe Louis (who i Love) for example?

Man Jamie Moore vs Ryan Rhodes or Matthew Macklin trumps most of these imo but hey its all subjective and each to his own


SRL vs Benitez was nice to see though, often over looked, one of my favs

[goblin213]

James Toney vs Mike McCallum 1 is still the GOAT to me. The skill level in that fight was unbelievable. What a counterpunch fest!!