Fights You Wished Never Happened

[TheOneIsHere2008]

Louis-Marciano

Ali-Holmes

Ali-Berbick

Ibragimov-Holyfield

Camacho-Leonard

I am afraid Oscar DeLaHoya will make this list one day...It would be nice if they left when they were a "is" instead of leaving when they were a "was"...I don't like to appropriate the work of others...That was how Mark Kram defined Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier after The Thrilla In Manila...

[JC]

Lewis vs Vitali

[Robinson]

Larry Holmes-Mike Tyson 1988 (I wish it happened in 1986 or 1991)

Larry Holmes-Michael Spinks 1985

Floyd Patterson-Sonny Liston 2 ( I wish he waited a little while to get Liston)

Holyfield post Rahman...

Ezzard `Charles post Marciano

[hoodsyeahright]

Ali and Frazier post Manila

Tyson - Williams

Tyson - McBride

Bugner - Marvis Frazier, Tangsted, and particularly Welch.

[dr_devious]

Cotto - Alfonso Gomez

Pavlik - Gary Lockett

Calzaghe - Peter Manfredo

[allworld80]

Lewis/Tyson
McBride/Tyson
Williams/Tyson (get my point?)

Morales/Pac 3
DLH/Chavez 2
Gatti/Gomez
Ali/Holmes,Berbick

[Rocky Balboa]

For me its Lewis-Tyson, no doubt about it!

[oliverfennell]

Any fight which ended in the death or permanent disability of a boxer.

[Tantum]

Apollo Creed - Ivan Drago

[TheOneIsHere2008]

Apollo Creed - Ivan Drago

Rocky 5

Rocky , Rocky 2 and Rocky Balboa (6) were quite good, imho... Three and four were mediocre and five just sucked...

[raylawpc]

Ray Mancini v. Duek Koo Kim.

Not only did Kim die tragically (that's reason enough to wish the fight never happened), this fight was the catalyst for shortening title fights from 15 to 12 rounds. The WBC immediately ordered all title fights shortened to 12 rounds, and the other A B C groups followed suit.

[My2Sense]

Ray Mancini v. Duek Koo Kim.

Not only did Kim die tragically (that's reason enough to wish the fight never happened), this fight was the catalyst for shortening title fights from 15 to 12 rounds. The WBC immediately ordered all title fights shortened to 12 rounds, and the other A B C groups followed suit.

The irony there being the WBC was as much at fault for throwing an overmatched/undeserving challenger into any kind of title fight in the first place.

The ABC boys actually altered the whole game just so they could continue in their disgracefully corrupt ways.

[Knucklez]

Hagler vs Leonard.

Meldrick Taylor's dismal fortunes in early '00s.

[man]

Lewis vs Vitali

that was a great fight IMO.

[man]

golota-tyson
golota-lewis

[hoodsyeahright]

Rocky 2, 4, and 5 were awful.

In Rocky 2, he can't have a rematch because of his bad eye, a point that then seems to be conveniently forgotten about.

[raylawpc]

Ray Mancini v. Duek Koo Kim.

Not only did Kim die tragically (that's reason enough to wish the fight never happened), this fight was the catalyst for shortening title fights from 15 to 12 rounds. The WBC immediately ordered all title fights shortened to 12 rounds, and the other A B C groups followed suit.

The irony there being the WBC was as much at fault for throwing an overmatched/undeserving challenger into any kind of title fight in the first place.

The ABC boys actually altered the whole game just so they could continue in their disgracefully corrupt ways.

You lost me. Mancini was WBA champion. How was the WBC at fault?

[kikibalt]

Ray Mancini v. Duek Koo Kim.

Not only did Kim die tragically (that's reason enough to wish the fight never happened), this fight was the catalyst for shortening title fights from 15 to 12 rounds. The WBC immediately ordered all title fights shortened to 12 rounds, and the other A B C groups followed suit.

The irony there being the WBC was as much at fault for throwing an overmatched/undeserving challenger into any kind of title fight in the first place.

The ABC boys actually altered the whole game just so they could continue in their disgracefully corrupt ways.

You lost me. Mancini was WBA champion. How was the WBC at fault?

6 months before Kim fought Mancini, he was fighting 6 rounders, was the WBA paid off? by Bob Arum to rank Kim so he could fight Mancini? I think so.... :x

[tennessee]

roberto duran- william joppy. think i may of been a bit weepy over that one

[dagosd2000]

Napoles and Monzon. Broke my heart. Mantequilla,you broke my heart. No kiss on the mouth though.

[Poncey]

Leonard v Duran 3
Leonard v Camacho
Duran v Laing
Lynch v Toma

[My2Sense]

You lost me. Mancini was WBA champion. How was the WBC at fault?

Sorry, I meant to say WBA. My bad.

[My2Sense]

6 months before Kim fought Mancini, he was fighting 6 rounders, .... :x

Damn, that really puts it in perspective.

[Asterix]

Cotto vs Margarito.

[elmersalsa]

Cotto vs Margarito.

Why Cotto vs Margarito? I believe that both of them were in their primes.