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AFter hearing the news that Jameel 'Big Time' McCline blew out his knee in the 3rd round against Nicolai Valuev, I thought to myself that this had to go down as one of the worst championship fights in history.

Then I thought, why not make a list of some of the worst. Here is a few that in my opinion were horrible matches:


-John Ruiz vs Kirk Johnson (WBA)

-John Ruiz-Evander Holyfield trilogy (WBA)

-Max Schmeling vs Jack Sharkey (1) (world)

-Mike Dokes vs Mike Weaver (1) (WBA)

-Ernie Terell vs Chuck Wepner (National Americas title)

-Larry Holmes vs Tex Cobb (world)

-Muhammad Ali vs Jimmy Young (world)

-Muhammad Ali vs Alfredo Evangelista (world)

-Muhammad Ali vs Chuck Wepner (world)

That's just some that were horrible championship fights in my opinion.

not sure its a bonafide title fight but if it was Henry Akinwande v Scott Welch. AWFUL!

The Victor Galindez/Eddie Mustafa Muhammad was so bad the TV announcers were talking about how uninteresting it was.

the Michael Moorer vs Axel Shultz fight seemed like it was 30 rounds long. hands down the most boring fight I've ever watched all the way through.

Ali-Bugner is not much fun to watch.

Carlos de leon v johnny nelson nearly turned me off boxing and made me stop WATCHING FOR A WHILE ,Deleon v Reeson was also poor

Mike Weaver vs. James Tillis

Tyson v Bonecrusher. Possibly the most boring fight from boxing's most boring division.

Ali vs Ron Lyle.

Briggs/Liahovich recently was pretty frickin terrible. You had to wait till almost the last second to see something special. Heavyweight fights in general are more boring than any other division, although there is a share of snoozers.

Not sure if the IBO Cruiserweight Title qualifies as a "title" for the purposes of this thread, but Tommy Hearns' 2000 "title defense" vs. Uriah Grant for that bauble was pretty dismal - Hearns stepped wrong early in the 2nd (I seem to remember he slipped on a patch of Metamucil) and broke his ankle. The audience at the retirement home was shocked and disappointed at this abrupt ending to their evening's entertainment.

not a championship fight, but Jameel McCline-Michael Grant.

How about Lennox Lewis vs Henry Akinwande for the WBC Heavy Hugging championship title. One of the worst in history.

It was enough to Make Mills Lane get out of the business.

It was only for the Commonwealth title but no list of shite fights can be complete without a mention of Harrison Williams I ... lest we forget.

Oh my God! How can I forget John “The Huggerman” Ruiz vs. Fres “The Terrible” Oquendo. Another boring fest that it was so painful to watch.

I perfer to call John Ruiz 'Huggybear' considering he wore that pimp outfit to the press conference of his fight with Roy Jones, Jr.

Dlh vs Trinidad

Joe Calzaghe vs David Starie.

Dull, dull, dull/

Bruce Seldon's dive against Mike Tyson ... big disappointment !!

..tony tubbs versus greg page....an all time snorer...the fight was so slow that tubbs actually GAINED weight by the time it was over...

kingpawn wrote:Bruce Seldon's dive against Mike Tyson ... big disappointment !!

Actually, Dec, I did see Seldon-Bowe, but that wasn't a championship fight.

kingpawn wrote:

kingpawn wrote:Bruce Seldon's dive against Mike Tyson ... big disappointment !!

Actually, Dec, I did see Seldon-Bowe, but that wasn't a championship fight.

And the performance was much better...

Jaclem wrote:..tony tubbs versus greg page....an all time snorer...the fight was so slow that tubbs actually GAINED weight by the time it was over...

This is the winner! I was just checking that someone else had suffered this fight enough to remember it.

Silvio Branco vs Robin Reid.