Great fighters who never got a superfight?

[TheGreatA]

Charley Burley

[JAB5239]

Charley Burley

I know what you're saying here, but he did fight Holman, Williams Ezzard Charles and Archie Moore. None fit the definition of the word superfight for the purpose of this thread, but all were what I would consider matchups on the superfight level.

[Scott9945]

Vernon Forrest, Charley Burley, Mike Mccalum, Paul Spadafora, Stevie Johnson, Julian Jackson, Bennie Brisco, Juan carlos Gomez and Michael Nunn come to mind

Calling Spadafora and Johnston great fighters is rather dubious. Briscoe got a big fight against Monzon in Argentina.

[cotto16]

Calling Spadafora and Johnston great fighters is rather dubious. Briscoe got a big fight against Monzon in Argentina.

monzon/brisco was not a superfight and spadafora and johnson are great fighters you dont know what your talking about

[TheGreatA]

I know what you're saying here, but he did fight Holman, Williams Ezzard Charles and Archie Moore. None fit the definition of the word superfight for the purpose of this thread, but all were what I would consider matchups on the superfight level.

He fought great fighters and was a great fighter himself but none of his feats were acknowledged at the time. Only one of his many fights was filmed and he was never given a title shot (which I'm sure you already know).

A WW title fight against Robinson would've been a super fight.

Unfortunately Holman Williams was another underrated fighter of the era while Moore and Charles were both young and unknown at the time they fought Burley.

Not big fights when they happened but on hindsight, yes.

monzon/brisco was not a superfight and spadafora and johnson are great fighters you dont know what your talking about

They are not. Maybe you use the term 'great' differently than most people do.

What bigger fight was there for Briscoe except a title shot against Monzon?

I would consider McCallum vs Curry and Toney super fights.

[supRa]

juan carlos gomes the cuban.....

i dont think he had what it take for a super fights he got ko'd once by this tune up fight in telefortura

i rmemebrr cause he came out dancin and **** and he got KO'D by some ugly right hands

[Scott9945]

monzon/brisco was not a superfight and spadafora and johnson are great fighters you dont know what your talking about

You have no idea what great means. Tell me what fight made Spadafora great? His gift draw against Dorin? He never fought anyone who will get one vote for the HOF. Johnston (not Johnson) was a very good lightweight, but nobody in boxing thinks he was great. Monzon-Briscoe was a huge fight. You just don't realize it because it was before you were born and in a foreign country.

[tristanabesamis]

is david tua already retired?

[Roger Yomama]

is david tua already retired?

No. He just stopped for a meal break.

[Dawerlzgreatest]

emmanual augustus