The 5 best fights of all time, What you guys think?

[hellfire508]

IMO the best are:

Gatti-Ward 1
Morales-Barrera 1
Ali-Frazier III
Ali-Frazier I
Leonard-Duran 1

I would like to put Corrales-Castillo in there, maybe it should be.

My favourites are:
Arturo Gatti vs Micky Ward I
Erik Morales vs Marco Antonio Barrera I
Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier I
Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier III
Arturo Gatti vs Ivan Robinson I
Erik Morales vs Manny Pacquiao I
Oscar De La Hoya vs Arturo Gatti
Oscar De La Hoya vs Fernando Vargas
Kostya Tszyu vs Miguel Angel Gonzalez
Sugar Ray Leonard vs Roberto Duran I
Muhammad Ali vs George Foreman

[smasher]

In the promotion that would fittingly be called "Two Old Geezers at Caesers II", I not only have a couple of months youth on my side, but also I have the important benefit of training & breathing in the fresh mountain air of British Columbia...Unlike Smasher, who is forced to train in the lowlands around Toronto and has to breath in that ever present & snicky ass smog in preparation.

THE BEAST FROM THE EAST VS THE PEST FROM THE WEST

[hellfire508]

Yogi why do you hate Ali so much? Are you a white man who served in Vietnam? (No sarcasm or ridicule or anything like that intended if you are, however they are generally the people who HATE Ali).

[RockyMarcianofan00]

Yogi why do you hate Ali so much? Are you a white man who served in Vietnam? (No sarcasm or ridicule or anything like that intended if you are, however they are generally the people who HATE Ali).

They're probably the ones with the best reason though

whether its rite or wrong

[TheGreat1]

i no order

Gatti vs. ward II
Toney vs. Jirov
Foreman vs. Lyle
Foreman vs. Holyfield
JLC vs Corrallas I

[Yogi]

Yogi why do you hate Ali so much? Are you a white man who served in Vietnam? (No sarcasm or ridicule or anything like that intended if you are, however they are generally the people who HATE Ali).

I don't hate Ali, Hellfire.

But with the amount of worshipping of him on this forum and the continous bashing of other great Heavyweights in comparision, I am willing to give my views on things (whether it be a quote from Holmes, my view of the Ali/Bobick situation, etc., etc....whatever) that might not portray Ali in the brightest light...To me it's all about balance.

Actually, I used to be a big fan of Ali in my younger years and still to this day retain a healthy repsect for the man for what he accomplished both in the ring & out. And I'm certainly not going to fault the man for his stand against a war, when my own personal beliefs are that a free man should have the right to make a choice on what he does in his immediate future...I think wars are generally ridiculous if you ask me, and again, I'm not going to fault one's stand against such a thing.

[RockyMarcianofan00]

I don't hate Ali, Hellfire.

But with the amount of worshipping of him on this forum and the continous bashing of other great Heavyweights in comparision, I am willing to give my views on things (whether it be a quote from Holmes, my view of the Ali/Bobick situation, etc., etc....whatever) that might not portray Ali in the brightest light...To me it's all about balance.

Actually, I used to be a big fan of Ali in my younger years and still to this day retain a healthy repsect for the man for what he accomplished both in the ring & out. And I'm certainly not going to fault the man for his stand against a war, when my own personal beliefs are that a free man should have the right to make a choice on what he does in his immediate future...I think wars are generally ridiculous if you ask me, and again, I'm not going to fault one's stand against such a thing.

thank you
thats exactly what i think

pts for you for

[rayrobinsonGOAT]

Robinson/LaMotta VI
Moore/Durelle I
Marciano/Walcott I
Robinson/Basilio II
Ali/Frazier III
Ali/Wepner

[hellfire508]

I don't hate Ali, Hellfire.

But with the amount of worshipping of him on this forum and the continous bashing of other great Heavyweights in comparision, I am willing to give my views on things (whether it be a quote from Holmes, my view of the Ali/Bobick situation, etc., etc....whatever) that might not portray Ali in the brightest light...To me it's all about balance.

Actually, I used to be a big fan of Ali in my younger years and still to this day retain a healthy repsect for the man for what he accomplished both in the ring & out. And I'm certainly not going to fault the man for his stand against a war, when my own personal beliefs are that a free man should have the right to make a choice on what he does in his immediate future...I think wars are generally ridiculous if you ask me, and again, I'm not going to fault one's stand against such a thing.

That's fair enough. It's just that I get the impression from when you say Holmes-Ali is one of your favourite fights that you must hate the man. It was a sickening fight.

[Yogi]

That's fair enough. It's just that I get the impression from when you say Holmes-Ali is one of your favourite fights that you must hate the man. It was a sickening fight.

Yeah well...when I say something that is that moronic then it is usually intended by me to be just that.

My intentions was to only **** around with Butterfly with that post, but even he clued in to the fact that I wasn't being serious.

Yes, Holmes/Ali is a bummer to watch and that's why I haven't watched it in many, many years (that streak should continue for many more years, as well).