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Re: Some Great Fights That Should Have Happened But Never Did

Posted: 04 Nov 2012, 19:17
by AngryGoon38
Rover wrote:
AngryGoon38 wrote:Cooney-Coetzee

Cooney-Weaver

Cooney-Cobb

Cooney-Tate

Cooney-Bruno

Coetzee-Berbick

Roberto Duran-Doug DeWitt

Nino LaRocca-Wilfredo Benitez

Juan Roldan- John Mugabi

Ibeabuchi-Holyfield

Ibeabuchi-Tyson
Ike's last fight was in 99 v. Byrd; don't know exactly when he got arrested, but when should the Holy and Tyson fights have happened?
Mike got that suspension after the munchies incident in June 1997. Holyfield and Lewis tied up 99.
I guess you'd have preferred Holy/Ike instead of Holy/Bean and Tyson/Ike instead of Tyson/Botha; that is about the only time, given suspensions and arrests, that Mike and Ike could've fought.

Yup. Just what you said. :TU:

Some more...

*Quarry-Chuvalo II
*Rueban Castillo-Danny Lopez
*Tony Chiaverini-Rocky Mattioli
*Marcus Geraldo-Vito Anterfermo
*Bernardo Mercado-Tex Cobb
* Peralta-Chuvalo
* Butterbean-Savarese

Re: Some Great Fights That Should Have Happened But Never Did

Posted: 04 Nov 2012, 21:51
by Rover
Savarese would've beaten Butterbean easily. Bean squeaked by ("prime" Bean) against Harry Funmaker. The ultimate hype job...and hog job.

Re: Some Great Fights That Should Have Happened But Never Did

Posted: 05 Nov 2012, 05:29
by Rover
Breland/Honeygan in 87 or 88.

Re: Some Great Fights That Should Have Happened But Never Did

Posted: 05 Nov 2012, 05:33
by Rover
Carlos Gonzalez v. Coggi.
Carlos Gonzalez v. Charles Murray.
Padilla/Coggi.
Padilla/Murray.

Re: Some Great Fights That Should Have Happened But Never Did

Posted: 06 Nov 2012, 08:22
by Rover
Guzman/Valero

Re: Some Great Fights That Should Have Happened But Never Did

Posted: 06 Nov 2012, 08:23
by Rover
I'll put this one here even though I don't agree with it:
McGuigan/Gomez
I don't think it could've happened because the Gomez/Lockridge winner was ordered to fight Layne next. Gomez did and lost.

Re: Some Great Fights That Should Have Happened But Never Did

Posted: 06 Nov 2012, 08:40
by Rover
Judah v. Sharmba Mitchell

Re: Some Great Fights That Should Have Happened But Never Did

Posted: 06 Nov 2012, 09:14
by Rover
Jeff Lampkin v. Nate Miller.

Re: Some Great Fights That Should Have Happened But Never Did

Posted: 06 Nov 2012, 09:25
by Rover
Holmes/Witherspoon II
Spinks/Witherspoon

Re: Some Great Fights That Should Have Happened But Never Did

Posted: 06 Nov 2012, 10:00
by Rover
Qawi/Mustafa

Re: Some Great Fights That Should Have Happened But Never Did

Posted: 07 Nov 2012, 03:54
by AngryGoon38
Rover wrote:Judah v. Sharmba Mitchell

That would be great. Surprised i didnt think of that one.

How about...

*Pazienza-Bronco McKart

*Pazienza-Bryant Brannon

*Pazienza-Jorge "Locomotora" Castro

Re: Some Great Fights That Should Have Happened But Never Did

Posted: 07 Nov 2012, 04:03
by Rover
AngryGoon38 wrote:
Rover wrote:Judah v. Sharmba Mitchell

That would be great. Surprised i didnt think of that one.

How about...

*Pazienza-Bronco McKart

*Pazienza-Bryant Brannon

*Pazienza-Jorge "Locomotora" Castro
When were Paz and McKart in the same weightclass? McKart was still a jr. middle v. Mundine, right?

Re: Some Great Fights That Should Have Happened But Never Did

Posted: 07 Nov 2012, 15:17
by Rover
Seldon/Morrison

Re: Some Great Fights That Should Have Happened But Never Did

Posted: 08 Nov 2012, 04:13
by Rover
Narvaez/Arce

Re: Some Great Fights That Should Have Happened But Never Did

Posted: 08 Nov 2012, 04:53
by Rover
Tucker/Bruno

Match-ups that could have happened but didn't?

Posted: 09 Nov 2012, 06:28
by BenHistorian
What match-ups could have happened that unfortunately didn't? The Mayweather-Pacquiao mess has got me thinking.
Frazier-Norton? Foreman-Shavers? Lewis-Bowe?

Re: Some Great Fights That Should Have Happened But Never Did

Posted: 09 Nov 2012, 08:35
by Adamj1987
zale vs lamotta

Re: Match-ups that could have happened but didn't?

Posted: 11 Nov 2012, 06:44
by Lights Out 1
Hopkins- Toney would of been a very interesting middleweight bout

Re: Match-ups that could have happened but didn't?

Posted: 11 Nov 2012, 07:42
by Rover
Lights Out 1 wrote:Hopkins- Toney would of been a very interesting middleweight bout
James was done at middle after the McCallum rematch in August 1992. He had a very hard time making weight.
RJJ and B-Hop fought for his vacant title.
By the time Toney/Hopkins would've been interesting at middle, James was gone from the division.
Hopkins was a virtual unknown during Toney's rather brief reign at middle.

Re: Some Great Fights That Should Have Happened But Never Did

Posted: 13 Nov 2012, 14:18
by Ambling Alp II
Adamj1987 wrote:zale vs lamotta
That fight probably would have happened if it wasn't for world War II. Probably would have been a great fight. They still could have fought in 1946-1948, though Zale was slowing down by that point.

Re: Some Great Fights That Should Have Happened But Never Did

Posted: 14 Nov 2012, 02:53
by Rover
Austin/Ayala

Re: Some Great Fights That Should Have Happened But Never Did

Posted: 14 Nov 2012, 02:54
by Rover
Sahaprom/Ayala
(Ayala lost a TD to Sahaprom victim Tatsuyoshi before Sahaprom took the title.)
Sahaprom/Tapia

Re: Some Great Fights That Should Have Happened But Never Did

Posted: 14 Nov 2012, 03:05
by Rover
Ayala v. Adan Vargas.
Sahaprom/Moya

Re: Some Great Fights That Should Have Happened But Never Did

Posted: 14 Nov 2012, 03:08
by Rover
Austin/Konadu
Konadu/Tatsuyoshi
Austin/Tatsuyoshi

Re: Some Great Fights That Should Have Happened But Never Did

Posted: 14 Nov 2012, 03:10
by Rover
Sahaprom/Vorapin