Best fight 1980-1982?

[chuck9788]

Give it to me brothers!

[candyslim]

Leonard v Hearns. Instinctive reaction. I haven't thought deeply about this but felt I didn't need to.

[TheBeast]

[DrDuke]

I agree about the 1st Duran-Leonard fight. It was a brawl, but it has also presented a high display of boxing skill set.

[Enlightened-One]

• Salvador Sanchez vs. Danny Lopez
• Eddie Mustafa Muhammad vs. Marvin Johnson
• Matthew Saad Muhammad vs. Yaqui Lopez
• Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns I
• Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Duran I
• Bobby Chacon vs. Rafael Limon IV
• Michael Spinks vs. Eddie Mustafa Muhammad
• Aaron Pryor vs. Alexis Arguello I
• Mike Weaver vs. John Tate
• Azumah Nelson vs. Salvador Sanchez
• Wilfredo Gomez vs. Lupe Pintor
• Alexis Arguello vs. Ray Mancini
• Dwight Muhammad Qawi vs. Matthew Saad Muhammad
• Wilfred Benitez vs. Roberto Duran
• Thomas Hearns vs. Wilfred Benitez
• Wilfredo Gomez vs. Lupe Pintor

[tiny_acres]

Chaco vs Rafael Limon 4
Great fight

[tiny_acres]

• Salvador Sanchez vs. Danny Lopez
• Eddie Mustafa Muhammad vs. Marvin Johnson
• Matthew Saad Muhammad vs. Yaqui Lopez
• Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns I
• Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Duran I
• Bobby Chacon vs. Rafael Limon IV
• Michael Spinks vs. Eddie Mustafa Muhammad
• Aaron Pryor vs. Alexis Arguello I
• Mike Weaver vs. John Tate
• Azumah Nelson vs. Salvador Sanchez
• Wilfredo Gomez vs. Lupe Pintor
• Alexis Arguello vs. Ray Mancini
• Dwight Muhammad Qawi vs. Matthew Saad Muhammad
• Wilfred Benitez vs. Roberto Duran
• Thomas Hearns vs. Wilfred Benitez
• Wilfredo Gomez vs. Lupe Pintor

Great list

[Thomastearns]

Leonard v Duran 1 for kicking off their trilogy and the four kings era. The first 2, like the Godfather films, were great drama. The third, not so much.

[gilgamesh]

Bobby Chacon vs Bazooka Limon IV

One of the best fights ever!

[SaadOffTheDeck]

• Salvador Sanchez vs. Danny Lopez
• Eddie Mustafa Muhammad vs. Marvin Johnson
• Matthew Saad Muhammad vs. Yaqui Lopez
• Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns I
• Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Duran I
• Bobby Chacon vs. Rafael Limon IV
• Michael Spinks vs. Eddie Mustafa Muhammad
• Aaron Pryor vs. Alexis Arguello I
• Mike Weaver vs. John Tate
• Azumah Nelson vs. Salvador Sanchez
• Wilfredo Gomez vs. Lupe Pintor
• Alexis Arguello vs. Ray Mancini
• Dwight Muhammad Qawi vs. Matthew Saad Muhammad
• Wilfred Benitez vs. Roberto Duran
• Thomas Hearns vs. Wilfred Benitez
• Wilfredo Gomez vs. Lupe Pintor

Great list

Except for Weaver/Tate, benitez/Duran, qawi/Saad, hearns/benitez, spinks/Mustafa & Weaver/Tate. Nobody ever called those fights great.

[tiny_acres]

Bobby Chacon vs Bazooka Limon IV

One of the best fights ever!

My personal favorite fight. Incredible

[Enlightened-One]

• Salvador Sanchez vs. Danny Lopez
• Eddie Mustafa Muhammad vs. Marvin Johnson
• Matthew Saad Muhammad vs. Yaqui Lopez
• Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns I
• Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Duran I
• Bobby Chacon vs. Rafael Limon IV
• Michael Spinks vs. Eddie Mustafa Muhammad
• Aaron Pryor vs. Alexis Arguello I
• Mike Weaver vs. John Tate
• Azumah Nelson vs. Salvador Sanchez
• Wilfredo Gomez vs. Lupe Pintor
• Alexis Arguello vs. Ray Mancini
• Dwight Muhammad Qawi vs. Matthew Saad Muhammad
• Wilfred Benitez vs. Roberto Duran
• Thomas Hearns vs. Wilfred Benitez
• Wilfredo Gomez vs. Lupe Pintor

Great list

Except for Weaver/Tate, benitez/Duran, qawi/Saad, hearns/benitez, spinks/Mustafa & Weaver/Tate. Nobody ever called those fights great.

Did you watch any of those fights?

You should be careful, because there are obvious consequences to being needlessly facetious, due to the fact that it may sometimes backfire and portray yourself in a bad light.

[candyslim]

• Salvador Sanchez vs. Danny Lopez
• Eddie Mustafa Muhammad vs. Marvin Johnson
• Matthew Saad Muhammad vs. Yaqui Lopez
• Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns I
• Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Duran I
• Bobby Chacon vs. Rafael Limon IV
• Michael Spinks vs. Eddie Mustafa Muhammad
• Aaron Pryor vs. Alexis Arguello I
• Mike Weaver vs. John Tate
• Azumah Nelson vs. Salvador Sanchez
• Wilfredo Gomez vs. Lupe Pintor
• Alexis Arguello vs. Ray Mancini
• Dwight Muhammad Qawi vs. Matthew Saad Muhammad
• Wilfred Benitez vs. Roberto Duran
• Thomas Hearns vs. Wilfred Benitez
• Wilfredo Gomez vs. Lupe Pintor

Great list

Yeah, some absolute crackers there for sure.

[SenorPipino]

Leonard-Duran 1, probably.

After 15 rounds, you were as breathless as the fighters. In defeat, Leonard proved he was no "Made for Television" fighter.

Pryor-Arguello 1 also has to be up there. The fight itself sometimes gets overshadowed by the overblown 'little black bottle" scenario, but it was terrific.

I'm not sure if it fits in that 2 year span, but Chacon vs Boza-Edwards 2 was an absolutely brutal war. Chacon, his skills dissipated, showed his heart and toughness by outlasting the rugged Ugandan.

And I recall another back-and-forth brutal encounter between Yaqui Lopez and Saad Muhammad. As Brian Kenny would say "it was caveman stuff."

I loved Little Red Lopez vs. Mike Ayala---probably Danny's toughest title defense before losing to Sanchez---but that might have been in the late 70s. Still, it was an extraordinary fight held before a roaring throng in San Antonio.

[jewboypgh]

Holmes Cooney

[giacomino]

• Salvador Sanchez vs. Danny Lopez
• Eddie Mustafa Muhammad vs. Marvin Johnson
• Matthew Saad Muhammad vs. Yaqui Lopez
• Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns I
• Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Duran I
• Bobby Chacon vs. Rafael Limon IV
• Michael Spinks vs. Eddie Mustafa Muhammad
• Aaron Pryor vs. Alexis Arguello I
• Mike Weaver vs. John Tate
• Azumah Nelson vs. Salvador Sanchez
• Wilfredo Gomez vs. Lupe Pintor
• Alexis Arguello vs. Ray Mancini
• Dwight Muhammad Qawi vs. Matthew Saad Muhammad
• Wilfred Benitez vs. Roberto Duran
• Thomas Hearns vs. Wilfred Benitez
• Wilfredo Gomez vs. Lupe Pintor

Weaver v Tate was a boring fight until the end when Tate gassed. Hearns v Benitez was fairly boring. Gomez v Pintor was the best of the list. Great action every round, like Chacon v Limón

[Badhusker]

There is a section called boxers of the past for this.

Don't get me wrong, I love the topic of the thread, but why does it take mods so long to realize it should be somewhere else? WTF STUPID

[bennie]

William "Caveman" Lee vs. John LoCicero deserves a mention.

[Enlightened-One]

• Salvador Sanchez vs. Danny Lopez
• Eddie Mustafa Muhammad vs. Marvin Johnson
• Matthew Saad Muhammad vs. Yaqui Lopez
• Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns I
• Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Duran I
• Bobby Chacon vs. Rafael Limon IV
• Michael Spinks vs. Eddie Mustafa Muhammad
• Aaron Pryor vs. Alexis Arguello I
• Mike Weaver vs. John Tate
• Azumah Nelson vs. Salvador Sanchez
• Wilfredo Gomez vs. Lupe Pintor
• Alexis Arguello vs. Ray Mancini
• Dwight Muhammad Qawi vs. Matthew Saad Muhammad
• Wilfred Benitez vs. Roberto Duran
• Thomas Hearns vs. Wilfred Benitez
• Wilfredo Gomez vs. Lupe Pintor

Weaver v Tate was a boring fight until the end when Tate gassed. Hearns v Benitez was fairly boring. Gomez v Pintor was the best of the list. Great action every round, like Chacon v Limón

I believe that both the Hearns-Benitez and Weaver-Tate bouts were highly-entertaining. If you found them “boring”, then that’s clearly your prerogative to feel that way. I reckon they're probably better than most of the fights that take place during the current era.

However, I feel your opinion is a tad harsh, but I don’t know what criteria you use to determine the difference between “entertaining” and “boring” fights. Perhaps you’re only entertained by “Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots”?

Anyway, rather than criticise my list, why don’t you demonstrate to the forum your “expert” knowledge, by providing a list of highly-exciting bouts that haven’t already been listed, since your standards are clearly far superior than my own?

I don’t mind being proven wrong, if you can list some bouts that I’ve either forgotten or never seen before. So please, let me know if you can provide a better list?

[Nile4000]

Arguello-Mancini
Gomez-Pintor
Sanchez-Nelson
Boza-Edwards-Elizondo
Leonard-Duran l