Worst Dodge Job ?

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mayweather>margarito floyd was offered $ 8 mil and turned it down for baldomir..

And made the same amount fighting Baldomir...

[Sir Tom Jones]

And made the same amount fighting Baldomir...

there you go.

most of the poll options are explainable so ****** thread really.

[Thread Stealer]

Did I read that Bowe offered this fight at one time and Lennox passed it up?

I think that might've happened in 95-96, or it was some mess with the promotional teams and Duva or something. I remember reading that promotional issues screwed up a possible fight around this time.

The avoidance part that was really bad was in 1992-93, when the Lewis-Ruddock/Bowe-Holyfield 1 winners were contracted to face off. Then Bowe gave up the WBC belt and elected to fight soft-touches like Dokes and Ferguson, and a rematch with Holyfield 2 which Bowe didn't take as serious as he should have.

HBO was giving out big dollars for easier fights and Newman/Bowe took it.

I do think the fight eventually would've happened if both guys kept winning.

[TheGreatA]

Dempsey vs Wills

Dempsey may have been willing to make the fight happen but it didn't for one reason or another. A champion not fighting his top ranked challenger for 6-7 years is unheard of.

[JAB5239]

I think that might've happened in 95-96, or it was some mess with the promotional teams and Duva or something. I remember reading that promotional issues screwed up a possible fight around this time.

The avoidance part that was really bad was in 1992-93, when the Lewis-Ruddock/Bowe-Holyfield 1 winners were contracted to face off. Then Bowe gave up the WBC belt and elected to fight soft-touches like Dokes and Ferguson, and a rematch with Holyfield 2 which Bowe didn't take as serious as he should have.

HBO was giving out big dollars for easier fights and Newman/Bowe took it.

I do think the fight eventually would've happened if both guys kept winning.

Thank you my friend, I appreciate the info.

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Dempsey vs Wills

Dempsey may have been willing to make the fight happen but it didn't for one reason or another. A champion not fighting his top ranked challenger for 6-7 years is unheard of.

I blame Dempsey in the beginning, (he was quoted by The Ring as saying he'd pay no attention to colored fighters), but not later on.

Dempsey signed to fight Wills, but Rickard pulled the plug. Wills still got some nice money though.

I've seen pictures (can't find them) of them shaking hands after signing a contract.

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive...619C946395D6CF

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Oh wait nevermind, I see that the person that I've saw the picture from is you.

[Ray*]

The list isnt good enough apart from the Hatton-Witter one, That one has to be the worst ducking in the last 10 years or so especially when Hatton was fighting BUMS on the WBU in those days.

[vercingetorix3]

How about Calzaghe-Ottke dodging each other....

[MUNG]

Froch was a nobody with a capital N when he was calling out calzaghe. He couldnt even get a tv deal at home for his biggest fight.