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Eh? McCallum got a number of huge fights. He was a big superstar and fought all the major players. Jones Jr, Toney, Jackson, Curry etc. He had lots of super-fights. Jackson also had quite a few. McClellan and the aforementioned McCallum as well as Norris.
Johnston fought Castillo in a big fight in their rematch. Forrest's fights with Mosley and his rematch with Mayorga were both very big fights. Though it is hard to say what type of super-fight you mean.
Briscoe was never really big enough himself to have an actual super-fight as such, though he had some pretty big fights for the times and for how popular he was. His fight with Monzon was massive
and a super-fight in Argentina, but maybe not overall. This is why it's hard to define an actual super-fight.
Again, while Michael Nunn didn't have a Toney/Jones super-fight per se he still definitely had some very big fights that were super-fights for his popularity. Big fights against Barkley, Starling, Curry, and Toney.
These guys were in very big fights for their time and their respective divisions. I think the Super-fights you're talking about are actually very, very rare. It depends what you consider a super-fight. If you're talking about the true Super-fight then there are a hell of a lot of great, great fighters that haven't had one. If you're talking about the biggest fights anf most important and ones that are very big in certain circles then quite a few of those guys have had them.
A real Super-fight is something like Duran vs Leonard or Hearns vs Hagler, Ali vs Frazier etc. You could even say that Jones vs Toney wasn't a super-fight, but, in boxing circles in definitely was, just as the Toney vs Nunn was a smaller version because it was a big fight in Nunn's career and a huge fight in his hometown.
Anyway, some of those guys have definitely been in massive fights especially McCallum and Jackson.
Johnston fought Castillo in a big fight in their rematch. Forrest's fights with Mosley and his rematch with Mayorga were both very big fights. Though it is hard to say what type of super-fight you mean.
Briscoe was never really big enough himself to have an actual super-fight as such, though he had some pretty big fights for the times and for how popular he was. His fight with Monzon was massive
and a super-fight in Argentina, but maybe not overall. This is why it's hard to define an actual super-fight.
Again, while Michael Nunn didn't have a Toney/Jones super-fight per se he still definitely had some very big fights that were super-fights for his popularity. Big fights against Barkley, Starling, Curry, and Toney.
These guys were in very big fights for their time and their respective divisions. I think the Super-fights you're talking about are actually very, very rare. It depends what you consider a super-fight. If you're talking about the true Super-fight then there are a hell of a lot of great, great fighters that haven't had one. If you're talking about the biggest fights anf most important and ones that are very big in certain circles then quite a few of those guys have had them.
A real Super-fight is something like Duran vs Leonard or Hearns vs Hagler, Ali vs Frazier etc. You could even say that Jones vs Toney wasn't a super-fight, but, in boxing circles in definitely was, just as the Toney vs Nunn was a smaller version because it was a big fight in Nunn's career and a huge fight in his hometown.
Anyway, some of those guys have definitely been in massive fights especially McCallum and Jackson.
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