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Which boxing rivalries do you think were the best? Here is a listing of several of the top rivalries. ---------------


1. Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier.



2. Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns.



3. Evander Hollyfield vs. Riddick Bowe.



4. Jake LaMotta vs. Sugar Ray Robinson.



5. Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansen.



6. Rocky Graziano vs. Tony Zale.



7. Willie Pep vs. Sandy Saddler.



8. Marco Antonio Barrera vs. Erik Morales.



9. Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez.







Which boxing rivalries were your favorites? Why?



Please explain.

Of those listed Barrera vs Morales is my favorite.

Another 2 fantastic rivalries are Rafael Marquez vs Israel Vazquez and Bobby Chacon vs Bazooka Limon

Stanley Ketchell vs Billy Papke.... Ted Lewis vs Jack Britton... Harry Wills vs Sam Langford... Archie Moore vs Ezzard Charles... Archie Moore vs Harold Johnson... Holman Williams vs Lloyd Marshall... Robert Duran vs Estaban De Jesus...

Patterson vs Johansen were great fights. Every boxing fan should watch them. They weren't the greatest HWs of course but they had 3 very entertaining fights. Great rivalry.

I like Ali-Frazier even better but that's such an obvious choice.

Ali vs Frazier is not only the biggest rivalry in boxing history, but in the history of sports.

Probably Jack Britton vs Ted "Kid" Lewis. That one's pretty hard to top.

Seamus wrote:Probably Jack Britton vs Ted "Kid" Lewis. That one's pretty hard to top.

That is not Ali vs Frazier, mate. Nothing comes close.