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I do not see many RIVALRIES in boxing. And with a rivalry, that was that make the fights more intriguing. Now days I see fighters having too much respect saying things like: "Oh, he is a great fighter" or "I Like him"

Long gone are the days of great rivalries. And I think that is why boxing is not a top sport too many people no more. The only RIVALRY that I have seen lately was Barrera-Morales trilogy. That's it??? Back in the days there were so many RIVALRIES that we took for granted.

Speaking of great RIVALRIES, here are my top picks:

1. Ali-Frazier
2. Zale-Graziano
3. Robinson-LaMotta
4. Barrera-Morales
5. Duran-Leonard
6. Leonard-Hearns
7. Britton-Kid Lewis
8. Saddler-Pep
9. Hagler-Hearns
10. Patterson-Johansson
11. Charles-Moore
12. Moore-Harold Johnson
13. Langford-Wills
14. Dempsey-Tunney
15. Olivares-Chacon
16. Olivares-Herrera
17. Chacon-Bazooka Limon
18. Holyfield-Tyson
19. Duran-DeJesus
20. Zarate-Zamora

Some others...

Bowe V Holifield.
Minter V Finnigan.
Griffith V Paret

Oscar De La Hoya and Fernando Vargas, anyone?

Hatton - Witter

remember those two talented light welters from back in the day, who everyone wanted to see face off against each other and didnt

Benn/Eubank

Eubank & Watson.
Gatti & Ward.

Some that come to my mind are...
Zaragoza vs Banke
Armour vs Ampofo
Conteh vs Finnegan
Prince Charles Williams vs Merqui Sosa
Gatti vs Robinson
Gatti vs Ward
Langford vs Jeanette
Ross vs Mclarnin
Saad Muhammad vs Johnson
Saad Muhammad vs Lopez
Saad Muhammad vs Quawi
.... 8)

Zaragoza versus Banke! Now there's some names to conjure with... Didn't Daniel have more than one contest with Acero-Sanchez and Tracey Harris Patterson, as well? A bit low-key, certainly, but I seem to remember all their fights as being razor-thin one way or t'other.

In the UK

Henry Cooper Vs Joe Erskine
Billy Walker Vs Johnny Prescott.

Fenech vs Nelson

Chavez vs DLH (some heated moments prior to both fights)

McAuley vs Bassa

Hodkinson vs Villasana

Villasana vs Nelson

Conteh vs Finnigan

Ampofo vs Armour

Rigby vs Ayers

Dixie Kid vs. Kid Williams
Joe Jeanette vs. Sam McVey
Harry Wills vs. Sam McVey
Sam Langford vs. Sam McVey
Sam Langford vs. Harry Wills
Harry Greb vs. Joe Borrell
Harry Greb vs. Fay Keiser
Harry Greb vs. Whitey Wenzel
Harry Greb vs. Tommy Loughran
Harry Greb vs. Tommy Gibbons
Harry Greb vs. Gene Tunney
Harry Greb vs. Chuck Wiggins
Harry Greb vs. Jeff Smith
Harry Greb vs. Tiger Flowers
Tiger Flowers vs. Lee Anderson
Tiger Flowers vs. Lou Bogash
Benny Leonard vs. Johnny Dundee
Louis "Kid" Kaplan vs. Babe Herman
Young Chalky Wright vs. Carlos Chipres
(There was one report that the two boxers fought each other over twenty times.)
Mickey Walker vs. Dave Shade
Dave Shade vs. Jimmy Jones
Dave Shade vs. Frankie Schoell
Dave Shade vs. Joe Anderson
Pete Latzo vs. Frankie Schoell
Pete Latzo vs. Georgie Ward
Young Corbett III vs. Young Jack Thompson
Speedy Dado vs. Young Tommy
Speedy Dado vs. Newsboy Brown
Young Tommy vs. Joe Teiken
Pablo Dano vs. Little Pancho
Jimmy McLarnin vs. Fidel La Barba
Henry Armstrong vs. Perfecto Lopez
Henry Armstrong vs. Baby Arizmendi
Charley Burley vs. Holman Williams

- Chuck Johnston

benn v eubank

it's a shame they only fought twice

Barrera - Morales is the obvious classic of this era, Eubank-Benn and gatti-Ward but on a far friendlier basis

Azumah Nelson-Barry McGuigan the fight that never happened.

How about Monzon-Valdez (I don't think that has been mentioned yet)? When Monzon was recognized as world champion, Valdez was WBC Middleweight Champion for about 3 years or so. Monzon and Valdez then had 2 title fights that both went 15 rounds with Monzon getting the decision in both fights. Monzon was knocked down in their second fight (Monzon's last fight). Valdez thought that he deserved the decision in the second fight.

That seems like it would qualify as a rivalry.