Best Middleweight And SuperMiddleweight Fights Ever

Yes i know another thread like my other one but i learn about new fights on threads like this especially from CutMeMick anyway i'll start us off.

Chris Eubank vs Michael Watson 2
Chris Eubank vs Nigel Benn 1
Chris Eubank vs Steve Collins 1
Nigel Benn vs Iran Barkley
Nigel Benn vs Michael Watson
Nigel Benn vs Gerald McClellan
Iran Barkley vs Thomas Hearns 1
Iran Barkley vs Roberto Duran
Iran Barkley vs Michael Olajide
Iran Barkley vs James Toney = Great Boxing Exhibition From James Toney
Thomas Hearns vs Marvin Hagler
Thomas Hearns vs James Shuler = Brutal KO.
Thomas Hearns vs Sugar Ray Leonard 2
Sugar Ray Robinson vs Jake Lamotta St Valentines Day Massacre
James Toney vs Prince Charles Williams
James Toney vs Michael Nunn
Carlos Monzon vs Nino Benvenuti 1
Tony Zale vs Rocky Graziano The Trilogy
Gerald McClellan vs Julian Jackson 1 and 2
Kelly Pavlik vs Edison Miranda
Kelly Pavlik vs Jermain Taylor
Joe Calzaghe vs Chris Eubank
Joe Calzaghe vs Byron Mitchell
Joe Calzaghe vs Mikkel Kessler

Interesting!

Not one single Hopkins or Jones fight.

Marvin Hagler v Tommy Hearns.
Kelly Pavlik V Edison Miranda
Roy Jones V James Toney (more for significance than the fight...)
Ray Robinson V Jake LaMotta
Ray Leonard V Tommy Hearns

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Interesting!

Not one single Hopkins or Jones fight.

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I suppose maybe Hopkins vs Trinidad could be up there but Jones fights were too one sided.

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Interesting!

Not one single Hopkins or Jones fight.

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I suppose maybe Hopkins vs Trinidad could be up there but Jones fights were too one sided.

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Yeah I guess Jones could be on the list just for his brilliant entertaining performances.

Hopkins most certainly couldn't.

It's funny how Hopkins is regarded as such a great fighter yet he never gets a mention when it comes to great fights.

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Interesting!

Not one single Hopkins or Jones fight.

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I suppose maybe Hopkins vs Trinidad could be up there but Jones fights were too one sided.

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Yeah I guess Jones could be on the list just for his brilliant entertaining performances.

Hopkins most certainly couldn't.

It's funny how Hopkins is regarded as such a great fighter yet he never gets a mention when it comes to great fights.

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The ring held an article sometime last year distinguishing between great fighters and exciting fighters using Ali as a basis. The theory was that most great fighters are so goo that they dominate the competition to such an extent that they are not entertaining and it takes another great fighter to be involved in a great fight with them. It went on to say how most exciting fighters are not great as they get hurt, sacrifice skill for brawling and often fizzle out due to their style.

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Interesting!

Not one single Hopkins or Jones fight.

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I suppose maybe Hopkins vs Trinidad could be up there but Jones fights were too one sided.

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Yeah I guess Jones could be on the list just for his brilliant entertaining performances.

Hopkins most certainly couldn't.

It's funny how Hopkins is regarded as such a great fighter yet he never gets a mention when it comes to great fights.

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The ring held an article sometime last year distinguishing between great fighters and exciting fighters using Ali as a basis. The theory was that most great fighters are so goo that they dominate the competition to such an extent that they are not entertaining and it takes another great fighter to be involved in a great fight with them. It went on to say how most exciting fighters are not great as they get hurt, sacrifice skill for brawling and often fizzle out due to their style.

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Yeah I see the point.

But I would bet MOST great fighters have been involved in a great fight.

Sticking with middleweights.

It's easy to see the appeal of Roy Jones. Even if he's dominating an opponent he's bloody entertaining whilst doing it.

But Hopkins? How can one of the supposed greatest middleweights ever not make a list of greatest ever middleweight fights? :-\

He never beat people with consummate ease like Roy. He wins UGLY. So what's the appeal?

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Interesting!

Not one single Hopkins or Jones fight.

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I suppose maybe Hopkins vs Trinidad could be up there but Jones fights were too one sided.

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Yeah I guess Jones could be on the list just for his brilliant entertaining performances.

Hopkins most certainly couldn't.

It's funny how Hopkins is regarded as such a great fighter yet he never gets a mention when it comes to great fights.

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The ring held an article sometime last year distinguishing between great fighters and exciting fighters using Ali as a basis. The theory was that most great fighters are so goo that they dominate the competition to such an extent that they are not entertaining and it takes another great fighter to be involved in a great fight with them. It went on to say how most exciting fighters are not great as they get hurt, sacrifice skill for brawling and often fizzle out due to their style.

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Yeah I see the point.

But I would bet MOST great fighters have been involved in a great fight.

Sticking with middleweights.

It's easy to see the appeal of Roy Jones. Even if he's dominating an opponent he's bloody entertaining whilst doing it.

But Hopkins? How can one of the supposed greatest middleweights ever not make a list of greatest ever middleweight fights? :-\

He never beat people with consummate ease like Roy. He wins UGLY. So what's the appeal?

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Well i believe that for every great fighter, thete is one great career defining fight.
Ali solidified his greatness vs. Frazier/Foreman
SRR solidified his greatness vs. LaMotta
Hagler solidified his greatness V Hearns.

Other champions with the lack of one great nemesis dominate the mediocre competition impressively for long periods of time....Hopkins did it with wins over DLH, Trinidad and Meracdo.
Jones did it too....The nature in which they won their mediocre sized fights was the impressive part.

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Interesting!

Not one single Hopkins or Jones fight.

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I suppose maybe Hopkins vs Trinidad could be up there but Jones fights were too one sided.

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Yeah I guess Jones could be on the list just for his brilliant entertaining performances.

Hopkins most certainly couldn't.

It's funny how Hopkins is regarded as such a great fighter yet he never gets a mention when it comes to great fights.

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The ring held an article sometime last year distinguishing between great fighters and exciting fighters using Ali as a basis. The theory was that most great fighters are so goo that they dominate the competition to such an extent that they are not entertaining and it takes another great fighter to be involved in a great fight with them. It went on to say how most exciting fighters are not great as they get hurt, sacrifice skill for brawling and often fizzle out due to their style.

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Yeah I see the point.

But I would bet MOST great fighters have been involved in a great fight.

Sticking with middleweights.

It's easy to see the appeal of Roy Jones. Even if he's dominating an opponent he's bloody entertaining whilst doing it.

But Hopkins? How can one of the supposed greatest middleweights ever not make a list of greatest ever middleweight fights? :-\

He never beat people with consummate ease like Roy. He wins UGLY. So what's the appeal?

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I agree Hopkins in his younger days was entertaining but in his later years he was not exciting to watch at all and alot of his fights were dirty fights and just boring to watch all round you know i appreciate the sweet science but i just can't enjoy a Hopkins fight.

Atleast Jones was entertaining i love how he embarrassed Toney when Toney tried to copy Jones that was hilarious.

How about Charles Brewer vs Antwun Echols that was barn burner.

I never actually saw that fight Ice but il set about locationg it now that it comes reccomended.

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I never actually saw that fight Ice but il set about locationg it now that it comes reccomended.

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If i can remember right Brewer floored Echols 3 times then Echols comeback and TKO Brewer only lasts 3 rounds but its exciting while it lasts.

Hagler v roldan
hearns v Roldan :)

RJJ v Paz just for the fun of it.

Oh & RJJ v Thornton, that hundred hnd slap shat was V.V.Funny ;D

First off let me say that "Best Ever" is a tuff sell for me...as I am a middle & super middle junkie...I just have to list my favorites...so here's a short list. ;D

Stanley Ketchel vs Jack Johnson (Ketchel fights out of weight class...as usual.)
Arthur Abraham vs Edison Miranda (Loved it...all out war that wasn't as one sided as Miranda fans preach.)
Arthur Abraham vs Khoren Gevor (Busted them Armenian chops.)
Arthur Abraham vs Kingsley Ikeke (Honestly...this is one of those that I will always remember. Brought me into Abraham.)
Edison Miranda vs Howard Eastman (Actually showed how limited Miranda was...but still a goody.)
Howard Eastman vs William Joppy (Made me love Eastman...for the slacker he is.)
Howard Eastman vs Steve Foster (Good knockout from Eastman)
Howard Eastman vs Sam Soliman
Chris Eubank vs Nigel Benn
Nigel Benn vs Gerald McClellan (Horrible but amazing fight.)
Marvin Hagler vs Thomas Hearns (Hagler being one of my FOAT...this made me love boxing 160lbs...nothing tops THE WAR!!!)
Marvin Hagler vs Fulgencio Obelmejias
Marvin Hagler vs Roberto Duran
Marvin Hagler vs John Mugabi
Thomas Hearns vs Sugar Ray Leonard 1 & 2 (Ray Leonard makes me wanna puke...& this punctuated it!)
Kelly Pavlik vs Jermain Taylor (Picked it from the start & loved the stoppage!!)
Kelly Pavlik vs Fulgencio Zúñiga (One of the most impressive ones that I saw)
Kelly Pavlik vs Bronco McKart
Kelly Pavlik vs Edison Miranda (Would have paid PPV dollars for this one. Total domination!!!)
Felix Sturm vs Oscar De la Hoya (Sturm showed class...by getting robbed.)
Felix Sturm vs Maselino Masoe
Felix Sturm vs Bert Schenk
Jeff Lacy vs Robin Reid (Big step up for Jeff!)
Jeff Lacy vs Scott Pemberton (Guilty Pleasure)
Jeff Lacy vs Syd Vanderpool (Assault with two deadly weapons!)
Joe Calzaghe vs Chris Eubank (Great fight with too many excuses. Huge step up for Joe)
Joe Calzaghe vs Mario Viet 1 & 2 (Straight up beatdowns)
Joe Calzaghe vs Jeff Lacy (Called it from the get go & it was a beaut)
Joe Calzaghe vs Byron Mitchell (Showed Joe's chin & class)
Joe Calzaghe vs Mark Delaney (Blowout!)
Joe Calzaghe vs Mger Mkrtchian (Didn't expect Joe to handle him so well.)
Joe Calzaghe vs Mikkel Kessler (FOTY for me...outside of Pavlik Taylor)
Bernard Hopkins vs Felix Trinidad (Drew up the blueprint.)
Bernard Hopkins vs Steve Frank (Blew him out like a candle)
Bernard Hopkins vs Joe Lipsey (Retired him in devastating fashion)
Bernard Hopkins vs Roy Jones Jr (Everyone hates it...but I loved it.)
Bernard Hopkins vs William Joppy (Turned Jopps into John Merrick)
Winky Wright vs Trinidad (Followed the blueprint.)
Winky Wright vs Jermain Taylor (Draw shoulda been a win for Wright)
Jermain Taylor vs Alex Bunema (Taylor hammered him out & how!)
Jermain Taylor vs Marcos Primera (Quality battering.)
Jermain Taylor vs Nicolas Cervera (Another hammer out...wonder how he fell from grace.)

While there are plenty of other fights out there...those are the first that would be greats for me.

Im gonna add Bika vs Jaidon ;)

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Im gonna add Bika vs Jaidon ;)

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Do what you will...but...

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Well I don't think all will qualify as Best ever but A few not mentioned that stand out to me that had a :o effect:

Jorge Castro vs.John David Jackson-Jackson was putting on a pure clinic and then Castro caught him on the ropes...WOW
Kid Gavilan vs.BoBo Olson-Gavilan cleans out Welts.and moves up to war with Olson.
Marvin Hagler vs.Vito Antufermo-brutal
Omar Sheika vs.Scott Pemberton 1-freakishly savage fight
Julian Jackson vs.Thomas Tate -Great back & forth as Tate takes everything
Iran Barkley vs.Jesus Castenada-Someone forgot to tell Jesus he was an "opponent".Bloodbath
Vincent Pettway vs.James hardrock Green-forget strategy,just bombs away
Quincy Taylor vs.Otis Grant-pretty much all technical until 12th rnd.picture perfect one punch and OUT COLD.
Aaron Davis vs.Simon Brown-2 old warriors.......go to war
Bernard Hopkins vs.John David Jackson-B-Hop assaults and beats down future corner man
Tommy Hearns vs.James "the heat" Kinchen-Hearns gets dropped and is given early christmas gift Decision.

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Bernard Hopkins vs.John David Jackson-B-Hop assaults and beats down future corner man

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:coolclick: Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah ha ha ha ha ha!!!

Fantastic. That's just wrong, babe...IT'S WRONG!!!

....all these posts and not a single Hagler-Leonard?!?!?


Zale and Graziano had some brawls
Robinson and Fullmer
Robinson and Basilio
Basilio and Fullmer

I guess Benn-McClellan has to be up there too

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Bernard Hopkins vs.John David Jackson-B-Hop assaults and beats down future corner man

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:coolclick: Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah ha ha ha ha ha!!!

Fantastic. That's just wrong, babe...IT'S WRONG!!!

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:beatup2: Your right on Wack'O but that was ANOTHER systematic break Em' down and Beat Em' up By Hopkins (sorry John) :coolclick:back at ya chief. Gotta wait 24 looks like.

Monzon had two very tough fights with Rodrigo Valdez and they were good fights.

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....all these posts and not a single Hagler-Leonard?!?!?


Zale and Graziano had some brawls
Robinson and Fullmer
Robinson and Basilio
Basilio and Fullmer

I guess Benn-McClellan has to be up there too

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I didn't really enjoy Hagler vs Leonard.

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Monzon had two very tough fights with Rodrigo Valdez and they were good fights.

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:coolclick: No doubt.Good pick.Valdes comes in with heavy heart and kept it close in 1st.Good classic..Briscoe v. Valdes 2 was harsh battle also

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Well I don't think all will qualify as Best ever but A few not mentioned that stand out to me that had a :o effect:

Jorge Castro vs.John David Jackson-Jackson was putting on a pure clinic and then Castro caught him on the ropes...WOW
Kid Gavilan vs.BoBo Olson-Gavilan cleans out Welts.and moves up to war with Olson.
Marvin Hagler vs.Vito Antufermo-brutal
Omar Sheika vs.Scott Pemberton 1-freakishly savage fight
Julian Jackson vs.Thomas Tate -Great back & forth as Tate takes everything
Iran Barkley vs.Jesus Castenada-Someone forgot to tell Jesus he was an "opponent".Bloodbath
Vincent Pettway vs.James hardrock Green-forget strategy,just bombs away
Quincy Taylor vs.Otis Grant-pretty much all technical until 12th rnd.picture perfect one punch and OUT COLD.
Aaron Davis vs.Simon Brown-2 old warriors.......go to war
Bernard Hopkins vs.John David Jackson-B-Hop assaults and beats down future corner man
Tommy Hearns vs.James "the heat" Kinchen-Hearns gets dropped and is given early christmas gift Decision.

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great matches.. i enjoyed the write up 8)

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Well I don't think all will qualify as Best ever but A few not mentioned that stand out to me that had a :o effect:

Jorge Castro vs.John David Jackson-Jackson was putting on a pure clinic and then Castro caught him on the ropes...WOW
Kid Gavilan vs.BoBo Olson-Gavilan cleans out Welts.and moves up to war with Olson.
Marvin Hagler vs.Vito Antufermo-brutal
Omar Sheika vs.Scott Pemberton 1-freakishly savage fight
Julian Jackson vs.Thomas Tate -Great back & forth as Tate takes everything
Iran Barkley vs.Jesus Castenada-Someone forgot to tell Jesus he was an "opponent".Bloodbath
Vincent Pettway vs.James hardrock Green-forget strategy,just bombs away
Quincy Taylor vs.Otis Grant-pretty much all technical until 12th rnd.picture perfect one punch and OUT COLD.
Aaron Davis vs.Simon Brown-2 old warriors.......go to war
Bernard Hopkins vs.John David Jackson-B-Hop assaults and beats down future corner man
Tommy Hearns vs.James "the heat" Kinchen-Hearns gets dropped and is given early christmas gift Decision.

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great matches.. i enjoyed the write up 8)

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Thanks Taz. Good to see "new" posters.Early CC to ya!
Any Favs at Middle?

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Yes i know another thread like my other one but i learn about new fights on threads like this especially from CutMeMick anyway i'll start us off.

Chris Eubank vs Steve Collins 1
Nigel Benn vs Iran Barkley
Nigel Benn vs Michael Watson
Nigel Benn vs Gerald McClellan
Iran Barkley vs Roberto Duran
Thomas Hearns vs Marvin Hagler
Sugar Ray Robinson vs Jake Lamotta St Valentines Day Massacre
Carlos Monzon vs Nino Benvenuti 1
Tony Zale vs Rocky Graziano The Trilogy
Kelly Pavlik vs Edison Miranda
Kelly Pavlik vs Jermain Taylor
Joe Calzaghe vs Mikkel Kessler

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Good call on all of these ICB.
IMO, I think Zale vs. Graziano 1 is head and shoulders above the rest.
The fight that started it all.

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Arthur Abraham vs Edison Miranda (Loved it...all out war that wasn't as one sided as Miranda fans preach.)
Marvin Hagler vs Roberto Duran
Marvin Hagler vs John Mugabi
Felix Sturm vs Maselino Masoe
Bernard Hopkins vs Steve Frank (Blew him out like a candle)
Bernard Hopkins vs Joe Lipsey (Retired him in devastating fashion)

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Good call on these Wacks...

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Well I don't think all will qualify as Best ever but A few not mentioned that stand out to me that had a :o effect:

Jorge Castro vs.John David Jackson-Jackson was putting on a pure clinic and then Castro caught him on the ropes...WOW
Julian Jackson vs.Thomas Tate -Great back & forth as Tate takes everything
Aaron Davis vs.Simon Brown-2 old warriors.......go to war

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Great calls on these... Especially on the 'Locomotora' vs. 'Action' 1 quite possibly my favortie FOTY to date. I've seen it a shit load of times and know it from begining to end.

Some of my favorites:

Monzon vs. Emile I
Nino vs. Rodriguez
Hank vs. Giardello I
Jackson vs. Graham
Collins vs. Pyatt
L. Holmes vs. Van Horn
Tiozzo vs. Baek
Liles vs. Littles II
Duddy vs. Campas
Sebastian vs. Asikainen II
Willie Gibbs vs. Eduoard

Benn-Logan and Benn-DeWitt weren't bad, either :)

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Well I don't think all will qualify as Best ever but A few not mentioned that stand out to me that had a :o effect:

Jorge Castro vs.John David Jackson-Jackson was putting on a pure clinic and then Castro caught him on the ropes...WOW
Kid Gavilan vs.BoBo Olson-Gavilan cleans out Welts.and moves up to war with Olson.
Marvin Hagler vs.Vito Antufermo-brutal
Omar Sheika vs.Scott Pemberton 1-freakishly savage fight
Julian Jackson vs.Thomas Tate -Great back & forth as Tate takes everything
Iran Barkley vs.Jesus Castenada-Someone forgot to tell Jesus he was an "opponent".Bloodbath
Vincent Pettway vs.James hardrock Green-forget strategy,just bombs away
Quincy Taylor vs.Otis Grant-pretty much all technical until 12th rnd.picture perfect one punch and OUT COLD.
Aaron Davis vs.Simon Brown-2 old warriors.......go to war
Bernard Hopkins vs.John David Jackson-B-Hop assaults and beats down future corner man
Tommy Hearns vs.James "the heat" Kinchen-Hearns gets dropped and is given early christmas gift Decision.

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great matches.. i enjoyed the write up 8)

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Thanks Taz. Good to see "new" posters.Early CC to ya!
Any Favs at Middle?

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thanks.. your list echos my thoughts.. great matches you listed . simon brown -vs vincent pettway was exciting .. many great fights in and around that 160lb range 8)

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Yes i know another thread like my other one but i learn about new fights on threads like this especially from CutMeMick anyway i'll start us off.

Chris Eubank vs Steve Collins 1
Nigel Benn vs Iran Barkley
Nigel Benn vs Michael Watson
Nigel Benn vs Gerald McClellan
Iran Barkley vs Roberto Duran
Thomas Hearns vs Marvin Hagler
Sugar Ray Robinson vs Jake Lamotta St Valentines Day Massacre
Carlos Monzon vs Nino Benvenuti 1
Tony Zale vs Rocky Graziano The Trilogy
Kelly Pavlik vs Edison Miranda
Kelly Pavlik vs Jermain Taylor
Joe Calzaghe vs Mikkel Kessler

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Good call on all of these ICB.
IMO, I think Zale vs. Graziano 1 is head and shoulders above the rest.
The fight that started it all.

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Arthur Abraham vs Edison Miranda (Loved it...all out war that wasn't as one sided as Miranda fans preach.)
Marvin Hagler vs Roberto Duran
Marvin Hagler vs John Mugabi
Felix Sturm vs Maselino Masoe
Bernard Hopkins vs Steve Frank (Blew him out like a candle)
Bernard Hopkins vs Joe Lipsey (Retired him in devastating fashion)

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Good call on these Wacks...

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Well I don't think all will qualify as Best ever but A few not mentioned that stand out to me that had a :o effect:

Jorge Castro vs.John David Jackson-Jackson was putting on a pure clinic and then Castro caught him on the ropes...WOW
Julian Jackson vs.Thomas Tate -Great back & forth as Tate takes everything
Aaron Davis vs.Simon Brown-2 old warriors.......go to war

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Great calls on these... Especially on the 'Locomotora' vs. 'Action' 1 quite possibly my favortie FOTY to date. I've seen it a S*** load of times and know it from begining to end.

Some of my favorites:

Monzon vs. Emile I
Nino vs. Rodriguez
Hank vs. Giardello I
Jackson vs. Graham
Collins vs. Pyatt
L. Holmes vs. Van Horn
Tiozzo vs. Baek
Liles vs. Littles II
Duddy vs. Campas
Sebastian vs. Asikainen II
Willie Gibbs vs. Eduoard

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NO doubt,Imagine the smooth sailing and then it all comes crashing down on jackson,brutal ko,good call on newer fav's Gibbs vs. Eduoard and Duddy vs. Yori Boy.Duddy better work on defense,something tells me he'll have additional fights later to add to this topic Lol.

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Benn-Logan and Benn-DeWitt weren't bad, either :)

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Benn and Logan was a crazy fight Logan was close to stopping Benn.

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Well I don't think all will qualify as Best ever but A few not mentioned that stand out to me that had a :o effect:

Jorge Castro vs.John David Jackson-Jackson was putting on a pure clinic and then Castro caught him on the ropes...WOW
Kid Gavilan vs.BoBo Olson-Gavilan cleans out Welts.and moves up to war with Olson.
Marvin Hagler vs.Vito Antufermo-brutal
Omar Sheika vs.Scott Pemberton 1-freakishly savage fight
Julian Jackson vs.Thomas Tate -Great back & forth as Tate takes everything
Iran Barkley vs.Jesus Castenada-Someone forgot to tell Jesus he was an "opponent".Bloodbath
Vincent Pettway vs.James hardrock Green-forget strategy,just bombs away
Quincy Taylor vs.Otis Grant-pretty much all technical until 12th rnd.picture perfect one punch and OUT COLD.
Aaron Davis vs.Simon Brown-2 old warriors.......go to war
Bernard Hopkins vs.John David Jackson-B-Hop assaults and beats down future corner man
Tommy Hearns vs.James "the heat" Kinchen-Hearns gets dropped and is given early christmas gift Decision.

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great matches.. i enjoyed the write up 8)

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Thanks Taz. Good to see "new" posters.Early CC to ya!
Any Favs at Middle?

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thanks.. your list echos my thoughts.. great matches you listed . simon brown -vs vincent pettway was exciting .. many great fights in and around that 160lb range 8)

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Brown laying on the canvas jabbing into mid air was Insane.Really Brutal,even more so than Morrison sitting in his corner hooking off the jab after Mercer rendered him KTFO.
Really the beginning of the end for Brown and really sad as well was his similar KO loss to featherfisted David "Popeye" Reid.Ive always enjoyed Brown but all of his wars took an unforgiving toll.

Felix Trinidad-William Joppy. Great middleweight debut by Trinidad
Byron Mitchell-Julio Cesar Green. Mitchell down twice in the first come backs to win
Antwan Echols-Charles Brewer. Amazing comeback by Echols
Bernard Hopkins-Antwan Echols 2. Such deliberate fouls

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Felix Trinidad-William Joppy. Great middleweight debut by Trinidad
Byron Mitchell-Julio Cesar Green. Mitchell down twice in the first come backs to win
Antwan Echols-Charles Brewer. Amazing comeback by Echols
Bernard Hopkins-Antwan Echols 2. Such deliberate fouls

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Good scraps VD.Mitchell vs.Green was insane.Green got hammered like a Nail!
Echols always struck me as "touched" came off kind of nutty.absolute born puncher who could hurt anyone at anytime.Had alot of dirty S!!!! go on in some of his fights but was truly dangerous when hurt.

some great fights mentioned,but calzaghe vs mgartchin (excuse spelling)? i was at that fight and it stunk.routine breaking down of a punchbag.

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Felix Trinidad-William Joppy. Great middleweight debut by Trinidad
Byron Mitchell-Julio Cesar Green. Mitchell down twice in the first come backs to win
Antwan Echols-Charles Brewer. Amazing comeback by Echols
Bernard Hopkins-Antwan Echols 2. Such deliberate fouls

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Good scraps VD.Mitchell vs.Green was insane.Green got hammered like a Nail!
Echols always struck me as "touched" came off kind of nutty.absolute born puncher who could hurt anyone at anytime.Had alot of dirty S!!!! go on in some of his fights but was truly dangerous when hurt.

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nice list .. great matches

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....all these posts and not a single Hagler-Leonard?!?!?


Zale and Graziano had some brawls
Robinson and Fullmer
Robinson and Basilio
Basilio and Fullmer

I guess Benn-McClellan has to be up there too

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I didn't really enjoy Hagler vs Leonard.

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...it was one of the biggest fights at middleweight ever

Hagler-Duran?

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Originally Posted by Lyle

....all these posts and not a single Hagler-Leonard?!?!?


Zale and Graziano had some brawls
Robinson and Fullmer
Robinson and Basilio
Basilio and Fullmer

I guess Benn-McClellan has to be up there too

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I didn't really enjoy Hagler vs Leonard.

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...it was one of the biggest fights at middleweight ever

Hagler-Duran?

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Well for an event or ect you could list it but im listing the fights that were the most exciting Duran vs Hagler is another fight that didn't catch fire imo.

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Originally Posted by Lyle

....all these posts and not a single Hagler-Leonard?!?!?


Zale and Graziano had some brawls
Robinson and Fullmer
Robinson and Basilio
Basilio and Fullmer

I guess Benn-McClellan has to be up there too

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I didn't really enjoy Hagler vs Leonard.

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...it was one of the biggest fights at middleweight ever

Hagler-Duran?

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For a fight with two legends, two real rugged warriors, it was a snoozefest!