Rematches which Surpassed Originals?

[Noxy]

Holmes - Spinks

[Noxy]

I am generally not a fan of the wee guys...….

...…. but Dave McAuley and Fidel Bassa had two exceptional, blood and thunder flyweight title fights.
The second is better but only just because they caned each other in their first encounter.

Still amazed that McAuley came out of those wars with Bassa and had a good run as the IBF champion.

The first fight was something else.

[chrisjs1985]

Ruben Olivares had a couple of re-matches better than the originals when he fought Kanazawa a second time and his second fight with Chucho Castillo. The Kanazawa re-match in particular as the first was a second round KO, the second was a Gomez-Pintor level brawl with incredible drama.

[Ambling Alp II]

Some old fights where the rematch was considered better:
Fitzsimmons-Jeffries
Dempsey-Tunney

Some that were about even"
Zale -Graziano
Robinson-LaMotta
Basilio-Robinson
Walcott-Louis

[elmersalsa]

Duran vs De Jesus II.

[oogiebe]

Duran vs De Jesus II.

I think I'm partial to the first fight.

Monzon vs Valdez II is my vote.

[hhaehre]

I hate to say this because:
#1 I was in person at fight one and
# 2 I am Puerto Rican and the Puerto Rican guy lost fight two, but....

Ramirez-Rosario 2 was way better than Rosario-Ramirez 1.

Bramble-Mancini 2, arguably however...

Dokes-Weaver 2 was an excellent fight that went 15 instead of one...

You could say Marquez-Pacquia 4 outdid the other three...

Oh and Pacquiao-Morales 2.

Great shout, very underrated brawl, amazing that it went 15 rounds at a good pace.

Yeah good fight, too bad Weaver got shafted.

[elmersalsa]

Alexis Arguello vs Alfredo Escalera (II)
Canelo vs GGG (II)
Matthew Saad Muhammad vs Yaqui Lopez (II)
Bobby Chacon vs Cornelius Boza-Edwards (II)
Ricardo "Finito" Lopez vs Alvarez (II)
Willie Pep vs Sandy Saddler (II)
Chucho Castillo vs Ruben Olivares (II)
Carmen Basilio vs Tony DeMarco (II)

[elmersalsa]

Another great fight that surpassed the original: Mike McCallum vs Sumbu Kalambay II

[Onetimeonly]

Another great fight that surpassed the original: Mike McCallum vs Sumbu Kalambay II

Mike is really underrated!!!!!!!

[giacomino]

Monzon v Valdez. #2 was much more dramatic than #1.

[funso banjo baby]

Williams v Sprott 2

a great tear up and controversial ending

[Nile4000]

Dokes vs Ocasio.

[Onetimeonly]

Dokes vs Ocasio.

The first fight was actually pretty good except for the decision. Ossie got hosed.

[Nile4000]

Dokes vs Ocasio.

The first fight was actually pretty good except for the decision. Ossie got hosed.

Yeah, caught a little of it way back. Ossie did catch Michael with a couple of strong shots late.

[DrDuke]

Fury-Wilder.

[Onetimeonly]

The first fight was actually pretty good except for the decision. Ossie got hosed.

Yeah, caught a little of it way back. Ossie did catch Michael with a couple of strong shots late.

He clearly won. You're odd.

[Nile4000]

Yeah, caught a little of it way back. Ossie did catch Michael with a couple of strong shots late.

He clearly won. You're odd.

Maybe, just an observation.

[Onetimeonly]

He clearly won. You're odd.

Maybe, just an observation.

Perhaps you enjoyed it more, on no planet was it a better fight.

[Woldemar]

Holt vs Torres

[Nile4000]

Maybe, just an observation.

Perhaps you enjoyed it more, on no planet was it a better fight.

For the 90 seconds it lasted, it was a frenetic pace. Issue couldn't handle Michael's speed glow. May be the fastest I have seen Michael.

[Nile4000]

Perhaps you enjoyed it more, on no planet was it a better fight.

For the 90 seconds it lasted, it was a frenetic pace. Ossie couldn't handle Michael's speed glow. May be the fastest I have seen Michael.

[elmersalsa]

Ali v Frazier 3. An obvious choice but got to be the Thrilla given that it topped even the Fight Of The Century.

NO way

[elmersalsa]

Roberto Duran vs Esteban De Jesus II....it was one of the greatest lightweight title fights of all time

[oogiebe]

Roberto Duran vs Esteban De Jesus II....it was one of the greatest lightweight title fights of all time

I thought their first fight was better.

Monzon/Valdez II outdid the first fight.