Top 21 most legendary heavyweight fights of all time

pundit · Post by **pundit** » 31 Jul 2006, 09:50

If we add Sullivan-Kilrain, we should seriously think about also including Molineaux-Cribb or Mendoza-Humphries.

In fact, the Olympic boxing competitors in ancient Greece shouldn't be ignored totally either....

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The Great John L · Post by **The Great John L** » 31 Jul 2006, 10:05

pundit wrote:Well, this depends on how you view boxing pre-Queensberry. For me modern boxing starts with the Queensberry rules, and the first modern heavyweight titlefight was Sullivan-Corbett. The bareknuckle stuff was a precursor to modern boxing. Toughman compeititions and some other recent inventions (cage fighting etc.) breath a bit the spirit of these pre-modern times.

Why don't you count the Sullivan-McCaffery fight as the first "modern" HW title fight since it was the inaugural MoQ HW title fight? And there were others that Sullivan fought as well prior to the Corbett fight.

pundit · Post by **pundit** » 31 Jul 2006, 10:12

The Great John L wrote:
pundit wrote:Well, this depends on how you view boxing pre-Queensberry. For me modern boxing starts with the Queensberry rules, and the first modern heavyweight titlefight was Sullivan-Corbett. The bareknuckle stuff was a precursor to modern boxing. Toughman compeititions and some other recent inventions (cage fighting etc.) breath a bit the spirit of these pre-modern times.
Why don't you count the Sullivan-McCaffery fight as the first "modern" HW title fight since it was the inaugural MoQ HW title fight? And there were others that Sullivan fought as well prior to the Corbett fight.

Fine, Sullivan-McCaffery then. I have no strong passions about this. But you're right that there were notably fights under the Queensberry rules some years before Sullivan-Corbett; including also Corbett-Choynksi or Corbett-Jackson. In fact, both could legitly be added to the original list.

The Great John L · Post by **The Great John L** » 31 Jul 2006, 10:21

pundit wrote:Fine, Sullivan-McCaffery then. I have no strong passions about this. But you're right that there were notably fights under the Queensberry rules some years before Sullivan-Corbett; including also Corbett-Choynksi or Corbett-Jackson. In fact, both could legitly be added to the original list.

I didn’t mean that Sullivan-McCaffery should be added to a list of great HW fights, but that Corbett-Sullivan was not the first MoQ HW titlefight. That was, I believe, Sullivan-McCaffery.

Corbett-Sullivan would probably rate as one of the most famous HW fights of all time. Obviously it was more famous than Sullivan-McCaffery.

granberry · Post by **granberry** » 31 Jul 2006, 11:11

pundit wrote:If we add Sullivan-Kilrain, we should seriously think about also including Molineaux-Cribb or Mendoza-Humphries.

In fact, the Olympic boxing competitors in ancient Greece shouldn't be ignored totally either....

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Typical juvenile, low mentality response:

"If I am totally ignorant of it, then it is no good."

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Thunder and Lightning · Post by **Thunder and Lightning** » 31 Jul 2006, 14:24

granberry wrote:
pundit wrote:If we add Sullivan-Kilrain, we should seriously think about also including Molineaux-Cribb or Mendoza-Humphries.

In fact, the Olympic boxing competitors in ancient Greece shouldn't be ignored totally either....

P
Typical juvenile, low mentality response:

"If I am totally ignorant of it, then it is no good."

.

Write about boxing instead of how much you hate people prove them wrong if they are wrong don't just sitt there and bash them it is getting old.

Thunder and Lightning · Post by **Thunder and Lightning** » 31 Jul 2006, 14:34

By the way Pundit great putting Johansson vs Patterson I on the list

Great list by the way but maybe Carnera vs Uzcudun should be there not because it was a great fight but because it was the first nonamerican heavyweight title fight it was staged in Italy Carnera-italian and Uzcudun-spanish

granberry · Post by **granberry** » 31 Jul 2006, 19:14

Thunder and Lightning wrote:
granberry wrote:
pundit wrote:If we add Sullivan-Kilrain, we should seriously think about also including Molineaux-Cribb or Mendoza-Humphries.

In fact, the Olympic boxing competitors in ancient Greece shouldn't be ignored totally either....

P
Typical juvenile, low mentality response:

"If I am totally ignorant of it, then it is no good."

.
Write about boxing instead of how much you hate people prove them wrong if they are wrong don't just sitt there and bash them it is getting old.

If you don't know punkit is totally ignorant of earlier boxing he expresses such antagonism for, that is your problem.