Fighters who should have fought each other but never did.

[butterfly1964]

Ali in 1967 would still beat Foreman handily; I'm not taking that away from him. This was a matter of how good Ali looked, and how his corner felt he fought in 1974 compared to when he was younger.

And butterfly, Ali would embarass you in either era. Outsmarting someone usually brings with it embarassment.

King Hippo vs. Bald Bull
Little Mac vs. Rocky Balboa
Tyler Durden vs. Dominick Teretto

yeah, i know, but i meant his boxing skills in the 60s would be too overwhelming for anyone.

[butterfly1964]

Ali in 1967 would still beat Foreman handily; I'm not taking that away from him. This was a matter of how good Ali looked, and how his corner felt he fought in 1974 compared to when he was younger.

And butterfly, Ali would embarass you in either era. Outsmarting someone usually brings with it embarassment.

King Hippo vs. Bald Bull
Little Mac vs. Rocky Balboa
Tyler Durden vs. Dominick Teretto

i know, i meant that ali boxing skills in the 1960s would be overwhelming to begin with.

[butterfly1964]

getting back to the topic of the thread, here's one.

muhammad alivs. eddie machen in the 60s, if ali wasn't stripped, they probably would have fought during that time.

[pgates123]

i reckon the greatest fight never to happen was jake lamotta vs. sugar ray robinson it'd wud hav been a classic if these two actually fought each other rather than fighting boxers of the standard of those contender people

[Brockton Lip]

They fought and alot more than once.
Oh, you must just be joking.

[RockyMarcianofan00]

Rocky Marciano v Floyd Patterson
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[Yogi]

getting back to the topic of the thread, here's one.

muhammad alivs. eddie machen in the 60s, if ali wasn't stripped, they probably would have fought during that time.

And defeating Eddie Machen at that point in time would prove what again?

[leff]

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marciano-liston.

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holmes-foreman

younger tyson vs younger lewis
younger holy vs younger tyson.

[butterfly1964]

And defeating Eddie Machen at that point in time would prove what again?

nothing much, just that they should have fought cause machen was a top contender at the time, and if ali wasn't stripped, they probably would have fought during that time.

[Yogi]

nothing much, just that they should have fought cause machen was a top contender at the time, and if ali wasn't stripped, they probably would have fought during that time.

Yeah well, Machen was obviously past his best by that point in time, and wasn't exactly a top contender anymore when that fight could've taken place (by mid/late '65, Machen was no longer in the top ten...he was barely top ten when facing Terrell earlier in the year, as he entered that fight ranked as the #9 contender). He also hadn't defeated a top ten ranked Heavyweight since about four years previous in 1961. Shoot, around that time Machen took a pretty one-sided beating from Floyd Patterson, basically did absoltuely nothing against Ernie Terrell in that snorathon, and couldn't even beat a relative novice like Elmer Rush...yet you think he'd be a worthwhile challenger to Ali's title?

No there's no way they should have fought.