I've picked half-a-dozen heavyweight fights that did not happen and perhaps were not that vitally important in the great scheme of the division...but where you sense some fireworks would have happened and some drama unfolded. The clash of (or complete meeting of styles) as well as size is also a consideration.
Hide v Valuev
Bugner v Sanders
Witherspoon v Tua
Haye v Johansson
Henry Cooper v Holyfield
Bonnavena v Bruno
strange match ups that you dream of
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mugabi wrote:Julian Jackson v darren barker
Pipino cueves v amir khan
Roberto duran v Kevin Mitchell at lw
Mike Tyson circa 87 v James toney 2013
Those had me in stitches imagining them! Especially Pipino hammering Khan and Duran destroying Mitchell.
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The Ruiz vs Byrd fight would have been fascinating in terms of a purist point of view...Ambling Alp II wrote:John Ruiz vs Chris Byrd. This would have been a great experiment to cure insomnia.
But in a practical sense I can't see this fight capturing the public's imagination.
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Indeed.Tomasino wrote:mugabi wrote:Julian Jackson v darren barker
Pipino cueves v amir khan
Roberto duran v Kevin Mitchell at lw
Mike Tyson circa 87 v James toney 2013
Those had me in stitches imagining them! Especially Pipino hammering Khan and Duran destroying Mitchell.
Jackson kills Barker.
Cueves kills Khan
Duran kills Mitchell.
Tyeon kills Toney.
As a matter of debate, I don't even see the possibility of the more recent fighters winning at all.
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Vitali would've been the heavy favourite (if you pardon the pun) but in no way is this fight straightforward for him.Vladimir5555 wrote:Nikolay Valuev vs Vitali Klitschko...)
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Maybe so. But that fight has the potential to be explosive!tommo100 wrote:johnny nelson vs Bernard Hopkins,you could patent a cure for insomnia pairing these two
(just one knockdown and gameplans change)
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And may God help Jim Watt!AngryGoon38 wrote:Arturo Gatti vs Jim Watt
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Crease wrote:Indeed.Tomasino wrote:mugabi wrote:Julian Jackson v darren barker
Pipino cueves v amir khan
Roberto duran v Kevin Mitchell at lw
Mike Tyson circa 87 v James toney 2013
Those had me in stitches imagining them! Especially Pipino hammering Khan and Duran destroying Mitchell.
Jackson kills Barker.
Cueves kills Khan
Duran kills Mitchell.
Tyeon kills Toney.
As a matter of debate, I don't even see the possibility of the more recent fighters winning at all.
Nope, no chance at all. Maybe Khan could run from Pipino for a few rounds but when he lands, it's rag doll time.
They all pretty much get rag dolled. Duran v Mitchell wouldn't go past 2 rounds.
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Il Duce wrote:Carmen Basilio vs. Jose 'Pipino' Cuevas
Now that's a WAR.
I'd take Basilio to win, he was an underrated boxer IMO.
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When Bruno was WBC champ you had Seldon and Botha holding the other 2 titles. There's a photo of the three of them somewhere, with DK...now I used to wonder and the mind boggled at the concept, but Bruno could potentially have held the 3 titles for a brief period.