Boxing Regrets

[stujones]

Just was watching some classic boxing action while nursing some man flu and just wondering what are some of your personal boxing regrets.... you know fights or a series of fights that should have happened but for some reason didn't. Both domestically and world wide.

Try and not just note the obvious ones (e.g. The early naughties Light Middles not fighting each other, no Hatton vs Witter, no Pacquiao vs Mayweather etc)

My domestic one would be - no Steve Robinson vs Barry Jones when Barry was WBO Super Feather champion. Could have been a really intriguing fight and a real cash earner - to Cardiff lads, former gym mates (with the criminally overlooked Ronnie Rush) and an intriguing clash of styles. Robinson was going through a decent run as Commonwealth feather champion around the time also.

Globally (and entirely related to my boxing action I have been watching).... More fights involving the Super Feather / Lightweights of the mid 2000's.

the likes of Freitas, Casamayor, Castillo and Corrales all fought each other, but were generally considered a step behind Mayweather so possibly didn't get the limelight their skills deserved. I would have loved to have seen more of them against each other (Freitas vs Casamayor 2 etc), but at the time also there was the likes of Morales, Barrera, Maquez and Pacquiao all seemingly fighting for the #1 spot without them fighting these 4 fantastic fighters.... Yes, Maquez fought Casamayor eventually at Maquez's peak (and Casa somewhat on the slide) but I would have loved to have seen a series of fights involving these 8 fighters around the 2004/2005 mark.

[Sklar]

Bowe v Lewis
Bowe v Tyson
Vitali v Lewis 2
Foreman v Tyson
Foreman v Bowe
Tua v Tyson

[hurlock]

Good post.

I'd say Hopkins v toney or a rematch with either two.
I'd say calzaghe facing the best at there best or even a Reid rematch.

Michael ayers not facing grigorian when ayers was ayers.

Jamie Moore not getting a crack.

Hatton v neary

Thompson v nelson 2

[Boxerbeetle]

Audley Harrison v Frank Bruno!

More seriously:

Calzaghe v Collins
Calzaghe v Jones Jr (about 7 years earlier than it actually happened)
Eubank v Toney
Naz v Morales
Lewis v Bowe

[palooka]

Ayres v Schwer when both were on top form.

I know you said not to but Bingham v Alexander.

I would have liked to see a rematch between Buster Keeton and Terry Dunstan - Keeton just got caught cold, it was such a shame.

A rematch between Colin McMillan and JonJo Irwin - that was a controversial and close win for Colin and also a rematch with JonJo and Paul Ingle - Ingle tested positive for some diuretic or stimulant after the bout and the result stood.

[earsjohn]

Marquez v Morales was a big lost opportunity.

Domestically, not matching up Barker, Macklin and Murray was wasteful.

[el_grande_mauro_mina]

When South Korea ruled the light flyweights and had the three belts in the late 1980's - none of them unified.

Myung Woo Yuh (WBA champion)
Jung Koo Chang (WBC champion)
Jum Hwan Choi (IBF champion)

[palooka]

Corey Gardner v Fat Git

[el_grande_mauro_mina]

Corey Gardner v Fat Git

He would stand no chance.

[Baxter]

Hatton v Witter

[handsofstone]

Great topic

George Foreman vs Larry Holmes

[stujones]

Good post.

I'd say Hopkins v toney or a rematch with either two.
I'd say calzaghe facing the best at there best or even a Reid rematch.

Michael ayers not facing grigorian when ayers was ayers.

Jamie Moore not getting a crack.

Hatton v neary

Thompson v nelson 2

I think your first one is particularly a good call. Infact, related to some of my man flu viewing I saw Holy vs Toney and if people remember that was kind of a match made in a bit of haste as both original opponents fell though (RJJ for Holyfield and Hopkins for Toney). I'm sure at the time Toney at Cruiserweight would have started as a warm favourite -(especially as Hopkins was practically fighting at Light Middle at the time) - however, given Hopkins' run at Light Heavy at pushing 50..... I think Hopkins would have won.

I used to have a regular email/msn chats with Cory Spinks' manager at the time. He was tipping Hopkins comfortably to find a way and he had dealings with the two of them.

[dbf]

Mayweather v Tszyu, Mosley v Tszyu, Calzaghe Ottke (just to see Sven lose officially!), Hamed v Marquez, Toney v Hopkins (supposed to happen at 190 in 2003)

[Monte Fisto]

Eubank benn 3

[littlepug]

Hoko v McMillan, Bruno v mason.

[arlovski]

McCallum not fighting any of the 'big 4', would have loved to have seen him pitting his incredible boxing brain against any of them

[handsofstone]

Barrera/Naz rematch
Barker v Macklin or Murray
Scott Harrison v Joan Guzman

[stujones]

McCallum not fighting any of the 'big 4', would have loved to have seen him pitting his incredible boxing brain against any of them

Decent call - although think he would have been the underdog against 3 of them. I would have had him favourite against Duran at Light Middle in mid/late 80's.

On a similar note - Halger vs Benitez mainly because the big 4 would have become the big 5.

[forcefraser]

Toney v Benn
Ali v Stephonson
Bruno v Mason
Calzaghe v Froch

[fozzy]

Hatton v Witter

Alex Arthur v Gomez 2 would also have been a massive fight

[ShadrachSimmo]

I wanted to see Khan fight Yuri Romanov back when Khan was commonwealth and Romanov EBU champ.

[earsjohn]

Hatton v Cotto at 140lb around 2005-06.

[Manchester Massive]

McGuigan v Nelson

[Monte Fisto]

Toney v Benn
Ali v Stephonson
Bruno v Mason
Calzaghe v Froch

Bruno vs mason is a great shout

[mickey1975]

H. Wharton sticking it on Benn. Nigel really didn't want to fight.