The first Ali/Frazier fight I think was the best fight during my lifetime.
It's the one that got me hooked on the sport.
Ali vs Frazier III is the next best IMHO.
All the others ...... (except Hagler/Hearns) ... pale in comparison.
I had made a list of a mix between greatest fights I've seen and personal favorites. I'd say all classics in their own way though. No real order mainly just going down from Heavyweight to Straweight. I've bolded the one's that are a little more under the radar but one's that every Boxing fan should see a.s.a.p. Most of them I'm sure can be found on YouTube. I've picked out mainly fights from the last 50 years.
Riddick Bowe vs. Evander Holyfield I
Riddick Bowe vs. Andrew Golota II
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier I & III
Larry Holmes vs. Ken Norton
George Foreman vs. Ron Lyle
Michael Moorer vs. Bert Cooper
Evander Holyfield vs. Dwight Muhammad Qawi I
James Toney vs. Vassily Jirov Matthew Saad Muhammad vs. Yaqui Lopez I & II
Matthew Saad Muhammad vs. Marvin Johnson I & II
Matthew Saad Muhammad vs. John Conteh I
Marvin Hagler vs. Thomas Hearns
Marvin Hagler vs. John Mugabi
Carlos Monzon vs. Rodrigo Valdez II
Roberto Duran vs. Iran Barkley
James Toney vs. Mike McCallum I & II
Felix Trinidad vs. Ricardo Mayorga
Felix Trinidad vs. Fernando Vargas
Felix Trinidad vs. David Reid
Shane Mosley vs. Oscar De La Hoya I
Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns I
Roberto Duran vs. Sugar Ray Leonard I
Jose Napoles vs. Curtis Cokes I
Aaron Pryor vs. Alexis Arguello I (my choice for greatest boxing match ever)
Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Meldrick Taylor I
Mickey Ward vs. Arturo Gatti I
Ivan Robinson vs. Arturo Gatti I
Carlos Ortiz vs. Ismael Laguna III
Arturo Gatti vs. Gabriel Ruelas
Diego Corrales vs. Jose Luis Castillo I
Jose Luis Ramirez vs. Edwin Rosario II
Hector Camacho vs. Edwin Rosario Bobby Chacon vs. Rafael Limon IV
Bobby Chacon vs. Cornelius Boza-Edwards II Danny Lopez vs. Mike Ayala
Salvador Sanchez vs. Azumah Nelson
Salvador Sanchez vs. Wilfredo Gomez
Alexis Arguello vs. Ruben Olivares
Nassem Hamed vs. Kevin Kelley
Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Manny Pacquaio I, II & IV
Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Juan Diaz I
Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Marco Antonio Barrera
Marco Antonio Barrera vs. Erik Morales I & III
Erik Morales vs. Manny Pacquaio I Wilfredo Gomez vs. Lupe Pintor
Rafael Marquez vs. Israel Vazquez I, II, III
Rafael Marquez vs. Mark Johnson I
Rafael Marquez vs. Tim Austin I Ruben Olivares vs. Chucho Castillo I & II
Ruben Olivares vs. Kazuyoshi Kanazawa II
Eder Jofre vs. Jose Medel I
Eder Jofre vs. Fighting Harada I
Eder Jofre vs. Jose Legra Michael Carbajal vs. Humberto Gonzalez I
Ricardo Lopez vs. Rosendo Alvarez II
Robert Quiroga vs. Akeem Anifowoshe
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