Fights were rematch was most necessary/deserved but never given?

[Rostov Papa]

Some fights where a rematch was the only way to really determine who is the better man, but for whatever reason, never came to fruition?

Like where fights ended early on a freak cut, or injury. Or clear robberies on the scorecards. Or the fight was literally just a dead even draw.

And where one boxer refused to gve the rematch, no matter how much it was deserved. Or where it just never came off for other reasons.

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Lennox-Vitali
Chavez-Whitaker

Maybe Tyson vs Douglas
but that was more people just wanting to see a pissed off revenge beatdown

[Rostov Papa]

Lennox-Vitali
Chavez-Whitaker

Maybe Tyson vs Douglas

Damn, how could I forget Lennox-Vitali? That's probably the epitome of a rematch being necessary. Didn't Lennox promsie a rematch, but then retired? Or am I forgetting somethng in how that played out? Vital was up 4 rounds to 2, but the fight was stopped (and probably justifiably) due to bad cuts on Vitali's eye.

Crowd booed the decision, cheered Vitali, and everybody was dying for a rematch, as finally Lewis had a competitive challenger. Lewis promises rematch, but then subsequently retires?


And yeah, Chavez/Whitaker is probably the worst decision in the history of boxing (in recent fistic eras), maybe matched by Holyfield/Lewis (but Lewis was granted a rematch). I remember Chavez deserving a few rounds, and even those were close.


Douglas-Tyson I could see, just because of how dominant Tyson was, and how shocking the upset was. Not to mention the controversy over the whole "13 count" that Douglas supposedy received (I've never really looked and counted, so I can't say for sure if that's accurate).

[Kneeguel Cotto]

Garcia v. Herrera

Lara v. Williams

DLH v. Wrapidad

JMM v. John

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You never know what's true and what isn't but according to Emmanuel Steward, Lewis and Vitali are both good sports and had a gentleman's agreement for a rematch almost immediately, but Lennox's wife threatened to leave him if he signed the contract.

I'm not sure why Chavez-Whitaker never rematched. The rumor there is that Whitaker simply didn't think he could improve on a fight he clearly won and didn't want to get robbed again.

[Rostov Papa]

Garcia v. Herrera

Lara v. Williams

DLH v. Wrapidad

JMM v. John

Good mentions here; very good, actually.

[Rostov Papa]

You never know what's true and what isn't but according to Emmanuel Steward, Lewis and Vitali are both good sports and had a gentleman's agreement for a rematch almost immediately, but Lennox's wife threatened to leave him if he signed the contract.

I'm not sure why Chavez-Whitaker never rematched. The rumor there is that Whitaker simply didn't think he could improve on a fight he clearly won and didn't want to get robbed again.

Ahhh yes - I do remember hearnig somethng about Lewis's wife, and mother being heavily opposed to it.

I guess it's just one of those fights that we'll have to accept, but continue to wonder who is actually the better fighter head to head.

Yeah - it sort of would be like Bradley/Pac I (forgot to mention that as one of the worst decisions). Pac didn't even need to rematch BRadley, despite officially losing, because he already so dominantly won the fght... And the rematch was actually closer than the first fight.

[Fists_of_Fury]

Chavez vs Whitaker
Whitaker vs DLH
Quartey vs DLH
Mosley vs DLH with better testing. Should be NC for Mosley admitting he cheated
Trinidad vs DLH
Clottey vs Cotto
Hopkins vs Calslappy
Froch vs Dirrell
Taylor vs Hopkins
Cotto vs Mosley
JMM vs John
Lara vs Williams
Garcia vs Herrera
Gradovich vs Velez
in shape Lewis vs Vitali to shut the morons up... damn face was burger lol
Clottey with imodium vs Pac lol
Vasquez vs Bey
Bey vs Molina
Broner vs PDL
Broner vs Quintero
Abril vs Rios
Khan vs Maidana
Khan vs Peterson
Hatton vs Collazo
Bradley vs Provodnikov
Lara vs Molina

[Dirk Diggler UK]

DeGale vs Ugly Kid

[wonder187]

Arthur Abraham vs Andre Dirrell I don't know if it was really necessary or deserved but I believe Dirrell faked it. would be nice to see the fight play out to a true finish