Best Fight Ever in Every Weight Class

[gilgamesh]

What do you think is the Best Fight You've personally ever seen in all the weight classes of Boxing?

[gilgamesh]

A few that come to mind for me.

Heavyweight: George Foreman vs Ron Lyle (I know Ali vs Frazier 1 and 3 are amazing as well, but I just love the wild nature, and shootout that is Foreman-Lyle)

Cruiserweight: Holyfield vs Qawi 1 all day....though Toney vs Jirov was a lot of fun too.

Jr. Lightweight (130 pounds): Bobby Chacon vs Bazooka Limon IV

Jr. Featherweight (122 Pounds): Barrera vs Morales 1

Jr. Flyweight: Michael Carbajal vs Chiquita Gonzalez 1

[gilgamesh]

Jr. Welterweight: Gatti vs Ward 1

Lightweight: Corrales vs Castillo 1

[SaadOffTheDeck]

Crazy topic off the dome, but I'll take a shot. Fights i saw live will always be rated higher.

SW: takayama/rodriguez
108: Gonzalez/Carbajal 1
112: Chionoi/Torres 1
115: Quiroga/Akeem
118: Davila/Duarte 2
122: Morales/MAB 1
126: Kelley/Hamed
130: Chacon/Limon 4
135: Mancini/Kim
140: Pryor/Arguello 1
147: Duran/Leonard 1
154: Trinidad/Vargas
160: Lee/LoCicero
168: Williams/Sosa
175: Saad/Lopez 2
200: holy/Qawi
HW: Ali/Frazier 1

[Tony1244]

What do you think is the Best Fight You've personally ever seen in all the weight classes of Boxing?

Do you mean seen as I was alive when they were good?

Heavyweight-Ali or Wlad

Cruiser- Holyfield

LH- Michael Spinks or RJJ

M- Hagler or Monzon

Welter- SR Leonard/ Mayweather

Light- Roberto Duran

I pay less attention to those more diminutive than Lightweight and I "cheated" and mentioned 2.

[gilgamesh]

What do you think is the Best Fight You've personally ever seen in all the weight classes of Boxing?

Do you mean seen as I was alive when they were good?

Heavyweight-Ali or Wlad

Cruiser- Holyfield

LH- Michael Spinks or RJJ

M- Hagler or Monzon

Welter- SR Leonard/ Mayweather

Light- Roberto Duran

I pay less attention to those more diminutive than Lightweight and I "cheated" and mentioned 2.

I'm not talking about Best Fighters. I'm talking about Most Exciting Fights.

[gilgamesh]

Great shout out on Lee vs Lo Cicero Saad. That was very reminiscent of Lyle vs Foreman. Rounds 4 and 5 are ridiculous.

[Tony1244]

What do you think is the Best Fight You've personally ever seen in all the weight classes of Boxing?

Do you mean seen as I was alive when they were good?

Heavyweight-Ali or Wlad

Cruiser- Holyfield

LH- Michael Spinks or RJJ

M- Hagler or Monzon

Welter- SR Leonard/ Mayweather

Light- Roberto Duran

I pay less attention to those more diminutive than Lightweight and I "cheated" and mentioned 2.

I'm not talking about Best Fighters. I'm talking about Most Exciting Fights.

I saw Billy "Dynamite" Douglas (Buster's Dad) against Pedro Soto Live. That was a very exciting fight. Made Ring magazines top 10 fights of the 1970s. I don't think either were top 10 light heavy at the time but a great see saw fight.

[SaadOffTheDeck]

Great shout out on Lee vs Lo Cicero Saad. That was very reminiscent of Lyle vs Foreman. Rounds 4 and 5 are ridiculous.

I saw that live in Oregon when I was a kid. Everyone was asleep because we were going deep sea fishing. I was going crazy.

[handsofstone]

A few that come to mind for me.

Heavyweight: George Foreman vs Ron Lyle (I know Ali vs Frazier 1 and 3 are amazing as well, but I just love the wild nature, and shootout that is Foreman-Lyle)

Cruiserweight: Holyfield vs Qawi 1 all day....though Toney vs Jirov was a lot of fun too.

Jr. Lightweight (130 pounds): Bobby Chacon vs Bazooka Limon IV

Jr. Featherweight (122 Pounds): Barrera vs Morales 1

Jr. Flyweight: Michael Carbajal vs Chiquita Gonzalez 1

All great fights

[handsofstone]

Vazquez/Marquez were all great tear ups but i the rematch was up there with the best ive seen

Sithchatchawal/Monshipour as well

[SaadOffTheDeck]

Vazquez/Marquez were all great tear ups but i the rematch was up there with the best ive seen

Sithchatchawal/Monshipour as well

Good call, I actually think the 3rd Izzy/Rafa fight rates higher for me than Erik/Mab.

[Counter-puncher]

Vazquez/Marquez were all great tear ups but i the rematch was up there with the best ive seen

Sithchatchawal/Monshipour as well

Good call, I actually think the 3rd Izzy/Rafa fight rates higher for me than Erik/Mab.

[Counter-puncher]

108. Adrian Hernandez- poorpramook kompayak (?) 1
112. Hernan Marquez - Concepcion 1
115. The classic Akeem- Quiroga
118. Chucho Castillo- Rafael Herrera
122. Marquez - Vasquez 3
126. Sanchez - Nelson
130. Pacquiao Morales 1
135. Castillo - Corrales 1
140. Arguello - Pryor 1
147. Close. Either Leonard hearns or pacquiao Marquez 4, for very different reasons
154. Macklin - Moore yes a British title fight is my best ever here
160. Cant argue with lee- loccicero
168. Froch - Kessler 2
175. Andries -Harding 1 or 3
Cw theres only one choice here the easiest one by far
Hw FOTC


Close.but not quite were Banke-Lee at 122, mancini-Kim.at 135, mab-Morales at 122, eubank-Watson 2 at 168, Hernan Marquez in two of the greatest fights ever at 112 IMO as the segura fight was insane too. Chavez-Taylor at 140, marquez-Diaz at 135, umm I could keep going all night ha

[gilgamesh]

I haven't seen some of the fights mentioned here. I'm gonna make a night of it one time, and watch a few of these. Any fight that's considered the best ever in a weight class has gotta be something else.

[Counter-puncher]

Saad- Sosa/Williams was at 175, by the way. I thought it was so rewatched it last night (the first one)

[Ambling Alp II]

HW- Ali-Frazier III (Thrilla in Manila)
CW - Holyfield-Qawi II
175 - Saad-Lopez II
168 - Leonard-Hearns
160- Robinson-Turpin II
154 - Hearns-Benitez
147 - Leonard-Hearns II
140 - Pryor-Arguello I
135 - ?
130 -Chacon-Boza Edwards II
126 - Saddler-Elorde II
122- Morlaes-Barrera I
Little dudes -Carbajal-Gonzalez I

HW and CW were easy picks for me.
Almost went with Moore-Durelle I at 175.
Not much to choose from at 168.
A ton of fights to pick from at 160 in the 1940s,1950s, and 1960s. Zale-Graziano fights, Robinson's fights with LaMotta, Fullmer, and Basilio, Basilio-Fullmer etc.

There has to be something better at 135 that none of us is thinking of.
I feel lucky to be the only person on earth to have ever seen the second Chacon-Boza Edwards fight.