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ok we had the fights that never happened thread. how about the rematch that should have been, thread?

fights that were so good, or that were controversial enough, that they warranted another go. that did not happen.

I'll kick off with Johnny Nelson v Carl Thompson. Nelson appeared to be outclassing Thompson, but showed little signs of weakening for my money, before stopping Thompson on his feet. BUT, Thompson was a slow starter and finished his career with a number of come-from-behind KO wins.

Calzaghe v Reid. Very close, very competitive, not a great fight but they arguably had something to settle. Naturally, it never happened.

If we can stick to British fighters, that would be cool.

david barnes v jimmy vincent, this should have definatley been a rematch and i felt sorry for vincent who took the defeat very graciously.I think barnes never had the stomach for a remtch after the 1st fight which vincent bulllied him in and didnt give him a minutes breathing space to box and move.

i always wanted to see Spencer Oliver-Pat Mullings rematch...
Obvisly before Oliver got hurt

Tyson-Douglas.

Arguebally Tyson would have taken it easily, as he probably would have bothered training. Never the less, should have happened.

Hopkins-RJJ 2

Calzaghe v Reid
Barnes v Vincent
Anderson v Okine
Mutley v Jennings

Michael Ayers-Colin Dunne

Tommy Gunn13 wrote:Michael Ayers-Colin Dunne

do you reckon ayers would have overpowered him again in another slugfest?

Haye v Thompson, dont know if there were ever talk of it but would of thought haye would of wanted to redeem himself.

Autobarn wrote:

Tommy Gunn13 wrote:Michael Ayers-Colin Dunne

do you reckon ayers would have overpowered him again in another slugfest?

Not sure,but Dunne did improve after that defeat...
Id have liked to seen a rematch

Barney-Francis

Naz v Barrera in the UK.

Bugner-Cooper. Henry had the chance but was 37, swallowed his pride and went through a longer bitter and twisted stage than most ex-fighters, but they all go through it.

....which still hasn't ended.

DavidPayne wrote:....which still hasn't ended.

Nah, he made up with Gibbs publicly years ago (around 1984) and has moved on from Bugner, who made a fool of himself with his repeated comebacks.
Bugner, coincidentally, lost to Jack Bodell six months after Cooper.

Hagler-Hearns
Hagler-Leonard
Hagler-Mugabi
Foreman-Lyle
Lewis-Klitschko
Duran-Barkley
Mancini-Arguello
Sithchatchawal-Monshipour

Not a rematch exactly, but why did Benn/eubank 3 not happen ??

Khan-Limond, in light of the "long count", of which Khan was the beneficiary, and the stoppage due to Limond's "broken jaw" (which never was!).

woodhall - catley
phillips - tszyu
hatton - tszyu
zudah - tszyu
trinidad - de la hoya
brodie - jorrin
wright - vargas
john - marquez
arthur - gomez

chesh wrote:Khan-Limond, in light of the "long count", of which Khan was the beneficiary, and the stoppage due to Limond's "broken jaw" (which never was!).

What long count? He was up at 2, took a knee, was up at 8 and told to box on straight away. And Limond was pulled out of his corner, he took a battering in the 7th. But if you prefer to spread rumours of a conspiracy, this is the place to do it.

Undoubtedly Ali-Foreman. Which was a very dubious stoppage as George was up at 8. AND the round timer was at zero.

But 'The Greatest' didn't fancy it. Rope-a-dope wouldn't have worked twice.

gobbles wrote:

chesh wrote:Khan-Limond, in light of the "long count", of which Khan was the beneficiary, and the stoppage due to Limond's "broken jaw" (which never was!).

What long count? He was up at 2, took a knee, was up at 8 and told to box on straight away. And Limond was pulled out of his corner, he took a battering in the 7th. But if you prefer to spread rumours of a conspiracy, this is the place to do it.

It's going to be one of those things that will no doubt be considered fact over time on the forums. It wasn't long. I was there.

Pacman vs Hatton...

Emerson Poncey Name Ghent wrote:

gobbles wrote:

chesh wrote:Khan-Limond, in light of the "long count", of which Khan was the beneficiary, and the stoppage due to Limond's "broken jaw" (which never was!).

What long count? He was up at 2, took a knee, was up at 8 and told to box on straight away. And Limond was pulled out of his corner, he took a battering in the 7th. But if you prefer to spread rumours of a conspiracy, this is the place to do it.

It's going to be one of those things that will no doubt be considered fact over time on the forums. It wasn't long. I was there.

Tell me about it.

Mods should just delete dumb posts like that

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG1cBjZpFMQ


with count..

bigped wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG1cBjZpFMQ


with count..

he hits the floor at 2.03 and is up off his knee at 1.54. Seeing as most counts are normally long anyway, that one was 9 seconds, and most times the ref would be much slower in allowing a boxer to carry on.