Fights that never were

[Autobarn]

Dariusz Michalczewski v Henry Maske around 96 - Maske at end of title reign, Michalczewski the relative newcomer. Maske lost to Virgil Hill, Michalczewski beat Hill.

Michalczewski v Zsolt Erdei - D-M at end of title reign, Erdei the newcomer. What stopped this happening was a flagging Michalczewski losing a (IMO) dubious split verdict to Julio Gonzalez. Erdei went on to beat Gonzalez; cue uneventful WBO reign.

Michalczewski v Carl Thompson, Johnny Nelson, Eubank - had DM been beaten at light heavy, in his prime, he may have gone back up to cruiser for the WBO belt he briefly won. Thompson or Nelson were holding the belt. The 3 Brits were on the WBO cruiser scene in the late '90s/early '00s.

[alexpaterson]

Hearns-Hagler 2 would of been good also Benn-Duran were pretty close to fighting they sparred a few times but they did nearly fight i think

[mickey1975]

wharton v ashley,very big in yorkshire

[REAL_DEAL]

Yeah i wanted to see Hagler adainst the goods.

[Autobarn]

Thompson-Nelson 2 - but Thompson lost to Sellers in that wild scrap.

Ricky Hatton v Mark Ramsey 3 - why not?

Ricky Hatton v Mickey Mouse - provided it's at the MEN & that Mickey Mouse comes up from super featherweight

Michael Gomez v Chris Jickells 3 - an exercise in futlity, sounds like boxing

[Autobarn]

Calzaghe v Silvio Branco - for Italy

Calzaghe v Thomas Ulrich - for Europe

Calzaghe v Inkin - for the world

Calzaghe v Erdei - for history

[Ash-Weston]

Thompson-Nelson 2 - but Thompson lost to Sellers in that wild scrap.

Ricky Hatton v Mark Ramsey 3 - why not?

Ricky Hatton v Mickey Mouse - provided it's at the MEN & that Mickey Mouse comes up from super featherweight

Michael Gomez v Chris Jickells 3 - an exercise in futlity, sounds like boxing

. On a serious note id say Hatton v Judah

[mike john]

Michalczewski - jones
jones - tyson
calzaghe - reid 2
tszyu - phillips 2

[chinny]

Nigel Benn was very close to fighting Michael Nunn in 95. Then Nunn lost to Steve Little and Benn was set to unify WBC/WBA on the Mccall Bruno bill. This was when King and Warren were doing deals.

I think Little got injured and Benn got that late replacement who nearly stopped him!

[Goz]

Tyson-Holyfield back before Tyson was banged up would have been tasty, Iron Mike was injured in a car accident and withdrew.

[stujones]

Might not have been a tasty fight, but Foreman vs Tyson would have been the biggest fight in boxing history circa 1995. They were considered 2 of the 3 highest earning athletes in the world at the time (Michael Jordan making the list) you had the baddest man on the planet, against the goody religious grandpa.

It simply would have made millions at the box office.

[Boxingnut]

Jung Koo Chang v Myung Woo Yuh when both were junior-fly champs

[Captain Hook]

Hamed v Espinosa
Hamed v Morales

90% of FW's shows....

[bennie]

Carlos De Leon v Johnny Nelson. The draw ending, to me, was unsatisfactory. 8)

[chesh]

Hamed v JMM

[Autobarn]

Ricardo Lopez v Michael Carbajal and Chiquita Gonzalez

Johnny Tapia v Mark Johnson

At 130:

Brian Mitchell v Azumah Nelson - 2 superb champs who reigned at same time

At 118

Veeraphol Sahaprom v Rafael Marquez - ditto, although Marquez fought better comp, though Sahaprom went 2-0-2 with current WBC 122 champ Nishioka

Veeraphol v Weean McCullough - both were punching machines. Weean moved up to 122 where he was too small and light hitting. I know Mac was having trouble making 118, but he might have been able to continue winning at world level. Veeraphol was coming up the WBC rankings, won the title couple of years aftre Mac vacated it.

[hitman_hatton1]

Thompson-Nelson 2 - but Thompson lost to Sellers in that wild scrap.

yeah over 2 and a half yrs later.

it was a joke that rematch never happened.

another example of warren not being interested when a fighter has gone to another uk promoter.

[Autobarn]

arseholes, absolute arseholes - nothing but

how about Rowland-Thaxton 2 as well, which kind of falls into that category. After the fight, everyone's saying we need a rematch, Warren's saying yeah let's do it for the WB_ belt, Thaxton - desperate for another shot at the Lonsdale strap - almost in tears...

[ERIC GUY]

Benn-Duran were pretty close to fighting they sparred a few times but they did nearly fight i think

they only sparred 2 rounds, and no, they never even thought of fighting each other,

[Khaosai-Galaxy]

Bruno v Mercer, wasn't that supposed to be on in Hong Kong?

Yer, and Herbie Hide Vs Tommy Morrison

I remember that well, they sold about 200 tickets and cancelled it just a few days beforehand, no?

[Ketchel]

Calzaghe V Brian Magee

Scott Harrison V Gary St Clair

[DavidPayne]

Foreman v Holmes about ten years ago?

[stujones]

John Davidson vs Reubens Palaciao

Barry Jones vs Julien Lorcey

Who was the fella Tommy Morrison was supposed to fight before he failed his medical for HIV.

[chinny]

Who was the fella Tommy Morrison was supposed to fight before he failed his medical for HIV.

A no mark but the next one was due to be a comebacking Tyson

[jamesmcdonnell]

Might not have been a tasty fight, but Foreman vs Tyson would have been the biggest fight in boxing history circa 1995. They were considered 2 of the 3 highest earning athletes in the world at the time (Michael Jordan making the list) you had the baddest man on the planet, against the goody religious grandpa.

It simply would have made millions at the box office.

Yes, this was a fight everyone would have tuned in to see.

I've heard from several sources that Tyson was intimidated by Foreman's reputation in his youth, and point blank refused to sign for what would have been the highest earning heavyweight fight in history.