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Bit of a twist on @smashup s thread.
Burley/Robinson @160
Duran/Arguello @135
Chandler/Pintor@118
Sanchez/Arguello @130
Arbachakov/2 sharp @112
Pedroza/Sanchez @126
Toney/Jackson @160
The entire Murders row member’s vs any champ of their day.
Oscar/Zu @140
Adamek/Haye@200
Jones/Benn@168
Quartey/Trinidad @147
Norris/Trinidad@154 or Hearns/McCallum
Hill/Williams@175
Lewis/Bowe@hev
Sadly all of them could have actually been made along with plenty of others.
Tyson vs A Southpaw
Golata vs 1 of the k2
Bowe v Lewis - was a real shame they didnt fight as pro's.
Tyson v Witherspoon - the only fighter i thought during the HW competition who could have tested Tyson , but he came in fat and got TKO by Bonecrusher.
Layla Ali vs Trish Stratus.
Experimental, of course. :cool:
PBF v Pac now falls into this category, and may very well be the only one where the #1 and #2 P4P fighters never met. Barring a miraculous return to form by Pac, the moment is over. And even then, PBF isn't exactly a spring chicken.
Would've loved to have seen Tyson v Foreman. Foreman came back during Tyson's peak but was viewed as a joke. However, he proved to be for real...retaining his power coupled with a weird but oddly effective defense. He never hit the canvas.
Of course, he could be rather easily outboxed but how would Tyson pull that off? Styles make fights and Tyson was essentially Frazier. Ergo, a Foreman fight risky. It would've been high-drama to see if Tyson could get to Foreman before Foreman landed one of his heavy punches.
JC Chavez v Azumah Nelson
Pernell Whitaker v Meldrick Taylor...you don't often see a defensive genius fight someone faster than he is.
A prime Michael Nunn ('88-'89) against any of the Big Names...Leonard, Hagler, Hearns, Duran.
Hatton- Witter just so Junior would STFU. Ricky would have retired him.
Calzaghe-Froch would have no doubt been one of the biggest British fights of all time if they had both rose to the top at the same time.
Personally I still reckon Calazaghe should just get fit and have a crack at Froch, but I know he's been out for a while and Hatton has showed us long inactivity + cocaine = a loss.
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Originally Posted by IamInuit
Tremendous matchups, all of them.
Not a big Bowe fan, however... and I would've loved to have seen Lewis sweep the ring canvas with him.
Whitaker vs Camacho
Tyson vs Toney
Holmes vs Foreman
JMM vs Morales
Audley Harrison - Vitali/Wlad Klitshcko
Who? The only one I could think of that would have been a compelling matchup was Michael Moorer, and I think they missed each other's times.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vendettos
To me, the biggest blown fight ever will ALWAYS be Pac vs PBF. You had two MEGASTARS at the top of their sport, around the same weight, in their absolute PRIMES, and it never happened because of their egos and even if it does happen in the future, it won't even come close to matching the luster that it would have had they did it at the right time.