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What do you think is the Best Fight You've personally ever seen in all the weight classes of Boxing?

A few that come to mind for me.

Heavyweight: George Foreman vs Ron Lyle (I know Ali vs Frazier 1 and 3 are amazing as well, but I just love the wild nature, and shootout that is Foreman-Lyle)

Cruiserweight: Holyfield vs Qawi 1 all day....though Toney vs Jirov was a lot of fun too.

Jr. Lightweight (130 pounds): Bobby Chacon vs Bazooka Limon IV

Jr. Featherweight (122 Pounds): Barrera vs Morales 1

Jr. Flyweight: Michael Carbajal vs Chiquita Gonzalez 1

Jr. Welterweight: Gatti vs Ward 1

Lightweight: Corrales vs Castillo 1

Crazy topic off the dome, but I'll take a shot. Fights i saw live will always be rated higher.

SW: takayama/rodriguez
108: Gonzalez/Carbajal 1
112: Chionoi/Torres 1
115: Quiroga/Akeem
118: Davila/Duarte 2
122: Morales/MAB 1
126: Kelley/Hamed
130: Chacon/Limon 4
135: Mancini/Kim
140: Pryor/Arguello 1
147: Duran/Leonard 1
154: Trinidad/Vargas
160: Lee/LoCicero
168: Williams/Sosa
175: Saad/Lopez 2
200: holy/Qawi
HW: Ali/Frazier 1

gilgamesh wrote:What do you think is the Best Fight You've personally ever seen in all the weight classes of Boxing?

Do you mean seen as I was alive when they were good?

Heavyweight-Ali or Wlad

Cruiser- Holyfield

LH- Michael Spinks or RJJ

M- Hagler or Monzon

Welter- SR Leonard/ Mayweather

Light- Roberto Duran

I pay less attention to those more diminutive than Lightweight and I "cheated" and mentioned 2.

Tony1244 wrote:

gilgamesh wrote:What do you think is the Best Fight You've personally ever seen in all the weight classes of Boxing?

Do you mean seen as I was alive when they were good?

Heavyweight-Ali or Wlad

Cruiser- Holyfield

LH- Michael Spinks or RJJ

M- Hagler or Monzon

Welter- SR Leonard/ Mayweather

Light- Roberto Duran

I pay less attention to those more diminutive than Lightweight and I "cheated" and mentioned 2.

I'm not talking about Best Fighters. I'm talking about Most Exciting Fights.

Great shout out on Lee vs Lo Cicero Saad. That was very reminiscent of Lyle vs Foreman. Rounds 4 and 5 are ridiculous.

gilgamesh wrote:

Tony1244 wrote:

gilgamesh wrote:What do you think is the Best Fight You've personally ever seen in all the weight classes of Boxing?

Do you mean seen as I was alive when they were good?

Heavyweight-Ali or Wlad

Cruiser- Holyfield

LH- Michael Spinks or RJJ

M- Hagler or Monzon

Welter- SR Leonard/ Mayweather

Light- Roberto Duran

I pay less attention to those more diminutive than Lightweight and I "cheated" and mentioned 2.

I'm not talking about Best Fighters. I'm talking about Most Exciting Fights.

I saw Billy "Dynamite" Douglas (Buster's Dad) against Pedro Soto Live. That was a very exciting fight. Made Ring magazines top 10 fights of the 1970s. I don't think either were top 10 light heavy at the time but a great see saw fight.

gilgamesh wrote:Great shout out on Lee vs Lo Cicero Saad. That was very reminiscent of Lyle vs Foreman. Rounds 4 and 5 are ridiculous.

I saw that live in Oregon when I was a kid. Everyone was asleep because we were going deep sea fishing. I was going crazy.

gilgamesh wrote:A few that come to mind for me.

Heavyweight: George Foreman vs Ron Lyle (I know Ali vs Frazier 1 and 3 are amazing as well, but I just love the wild nature, and shootout that is Foreman-Lyle)

Cruiserweight: Holyfield vs Qawi 1 all day....though Toney vs Jirov was a lot of fun too.

Jr. Lightweight (130 pounds): Bobby Chacon vs Bazooka Limon IV

Jr. Featherweight (122 Pounds): Barrera vs Morales 1

Jr. Flyweight: Michael Carbajal vs Chiquita Gonzalez 1

All great fights

Vazquez/Marquez were all great tear ups but i the rematch was up there with the best ive seen

Sithchatchawal/Monshipour as well

handsofstone wrote:Vazquez/Marquez were all great tear ups but i the rematch was up there with the best ive seen

Sithchatchawal/Monshipour as well

Good call, I actually think the 3rd Izzy/Rafa fight rates higher for me than Erik/Mab.

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:

handsofstone wrote:Vazquez/Marquez were all great tear ups but i the rematch was up there with the best ive seen

Sithchatchawal/Monshipour as well

Good call, I actually think the 3rd Izzy/Rafa fight rates higher for me than Erik/Mab.

108. Adrian Hernandez- poorpramook kompayak (?) 1
112. Hernan Marquez - Concepcion 1
115. The classic Akeem- Quiroga
118. Chucho Castillo- Rafael Herrera
122. Marquez - Vasquez 3
126. Sanchez - Nelson
130. Pacquiao Morales 1
135. Castillo - Corrales 1
140. Arguello - Pryor 1
147. Close. Either Leonard hearns or pacquiao Marquez 4, for very different reasons
154. Macklin - Moore yes a British title fight is my best ever here
160. Cant argue with lee- loccicero
168. Froch - Kessler 2
175. Andries -Harding 1 or 3
Cw theres only one choice here the easiest one by far
Hw FOTC


Close.but not quite were Banke-Lee at 122, mancini-Kim.at 135, mab-Morales at 122, eubank-Watson 2 at 168, Hernan Marquez in two of the greatest fights ever at 112 IMO as the segura fight was insane too. Chavez-Taylor at 140, marquez-Diaz at 135, umm I could keep going all night ha

I haven't seen some of the fights mentioned here. I'm gonna make a night of it one time, and watch a few of these. Any fight that's considered the best ever in a weight class has gotta be something else.

Saad- Sosa/Williams was at 175, by the way. I thought it was so rewatched it last night (the first one)

HW- Ali-Frazier III (Thrilla in Manila)
CW - Holyfield-Qawi II
175 - Saad-Lopez II
168 - Leonard-Hearns
160- Robinson-Turpin II
154 - Hearns-Benitez
147 - Leonard-Hearns II
140 - Pryor-Arguello I
135 - ?
130 -Chacon-Boza Edwards II
126 - Saddler-Elorde II
122- Morlaes-Barrera I
Little dudes -Carbajal-Gonzalez I

HW and CW were easy picks for me.
Almost went with Moore-Durelle I at 175.
Not much to choose from at 168.
A ton of fights to pick from at 160 in the 1940s,1950s, and 1960s. Zale-Graziano fights, Robinson's fights with LaMotta, Fullmer, and Basilio, Basilio-Fullmer etc.

There has to be something better at 135 that none of us is thinking of.
I feel lucky to be the only person on earth to have ever seen the second Chacon-Boza Edwards fight.