The best boxing rivalries

[JakeTheBoxer]

For me:

1. Roberto Duran - Esteban De Jesus

3 timeless wars.

2. Rafael Marquez - Israel Vazquez

Great Mexican rivalry between 2007 -2010. 4 bloody wars.

3. Morales - Barrera

Another great Mexican trilogy.

4. Pryor -Arguello

Pryor won both fights, but I just love that staff.

5. Holyfield -Bowe

My favorite heavyweight trilogy.

Which are your favorite boxing rivalries?

My honorable mentions: Ali -Frazier, Ward -Gatti, Pacquiao - JMM

[Idunnoshet]

Pacquiao / Marquez

[hogey]

Graziano vs Zale
Robinson vs LaMotta
Tunney vs Greb
Nelson vs Gans

[just the facts]

For me:

1. Roberto Duran - Esteban De Jesus

3 timeless wars.

2. Rafael Marquez - Israel Vazquez

Great Mexican rivalry between 2007 -2010. 4 bloody wars.

3. Morales - Barrera

Another great Mexican trilogy.

4. Pryor -Arguello

Pryor won both fights, but I just love that staff.

5. Holyfield -Bowe

My favorite heavyweight trilogy.

Which are your favorite boxing rivalries?

My honorable mentions: Ali -Frazier, Ward -Gatti, Pacquiao - JMM

All great fights!

It’s pretty obscure but in the late 70s, early 80s, Cornelius Boza Edwards, Bazooka Limon, Rolando Navarrete, and Bobby Chacon took turns trying to kill each other for the WBC 130lb belt. None were Arguellos equal but every one of those fights were brutal.

[JakeTheBoxer]

All great fights!

It’s pretty obscure but in the late 70s, early 80s, Cornelius Boza Edwards, Bazooka Limon, Rolando Navarrete, and Bobby Chacon took turns trying to kill each other for the WBC 130lb belt. None were Arguellos equal but every one of those fights were brutal.

Thanks for that information. I will try to find those fights.

[Legends456]

I’d say the most legendary and brutal rivalry where both fighters were equally legendary in skills would have to be Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. For their fights and for their personalities.

Ali was a legend of boxing and had a firey outspoken personality that made him just as much of a star outside the ring. I love the story how he talked a jumper down and went with him to a hospital. Just things like that make him such a larger-than-life character. He didn’t make a big fuss about the good things he did outside the ring. And although he was of a different faith than me, it seems to me he was devoted and not just someone who talks one way and doesn’t walk the walk. I admire that sort of devotion in a person.

Frazier was a really tough, bad*ss dude. Used to steal cars and just do what he had to do to survive. I read his book and loved it, found him to be a very relatable, down to earth, no nonsense guy.

Although they fought three times and Ali won twice, in my opinion, there was almost nothing to separate them. All three fights were very close.

Great personalities, great fighters, and great, elite level matches that didn’t dissapoint.

[GhostofDempsey]

Morales/Barrera

Marquez/Vasquez

Pac/Morales/JMM/Bradley

Gatti/Ward

Zale/Graziano

Robinson/Basilio

Ike Williams/Bob Montgomery/Beau Jack

Emile Griffith/Luis Rodriquez

Carlos Ortiz/Ismael Laguna

Ricardo Mayorga and just about everyone he fights.

[Coreytrevor12]

Jack Britton vs Ted Lewis needs to be in there they fought 20 times.
Jack also STILL holds the record for most title fights with 37

[Willy Wanker]

Pacquiao / Marquez

This.........

[Armchairhero]

For us UK guys...

Benn v Eubank.. those were the days