do you recall any recent good to great heavyweight fights...?

i've pretty much lost interest in the heavies over the last few years... but i'm wondering if the heavyweight division's supporters wouldn't mind listing the last 10 good to great heavyweight fights that they can remember. i'm curious to see what we can come up with.

i liked the klitchko v lewis fight but i can't think of any really good ones since (altho i'm sure there must have been some...)

I uhhhhh well. You see there's this hole, you see. And this hole is really really deep. Even worse no one knows where it is and it is rumored to be a dark place. And THAT is where all the heavyweight talent went.

When James Toney came in and almost won a heavyweight title as a fat ass middleweight (very very skilled and all; don't get me wrong). I knew that we were in the middle of the dark ages. I feel like we will look back on this era when we are older and wonder how that void existed.

Toney - Peter 1 was ok
Arreola - Witherspoon was ok
I only saw highlights of Arreola - Adamek, but it looked good

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Liakhovich-Brewster was the best heavyweight fight since Lewis-Klitschko in my opinion. W Klitschko-Peter was good as well. Ibragimov-Austin although sloppy was a decent scrap.

I'm kind of in shock that my pick of Sergei-Brewster was taken. Tha was it, that fight had everything including Sergei's crazy ass trainer who is worth watching for alone.

as mentioned brewster-lyakovich was awesome, pretty sure ruined both of them tho because neithers done anything significant since. more recently adamek arreola was dam good I thought, I actually just rewatched it yesterday, good back and forth action. Chambers-povetkin wasn't to bad if I remember right, with the exception of chambers running outa gas in the last few rounds.

heavyweight division is horrible, has been ever since lewis retired:(

Wladimir Klitschcko vs Samuel Peter
Samuel Peter vs Jameel McCline

Wern't bad fights they had plenty of knockdowns, and good comebacks which added to the drama.

Lamon Brewster vs Wladimir Klitschko an exciting come from behind KO.

The standard might not have been very high but I enjoyed the Audlly Harrison-Sprot fight.

Great ending as well.

Also all of Martain Rogans fights are exciting to watch.If you want to watch a toe to toe brawl watch the Rogan-Skelton fight from a few years ago.Great fight.

Harrison-Sprott was an awful fight bar the last round.

Haye v Barrett, Haye v Ruiz, Rogan v Skelton, Chisora v Williams.

All American HW fights are shite.

Ettiene v Clay Bey was good
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GbjrVV-09Y

Both Bowe Golota fights were good too.

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Ettiene v Clay Bey was good
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GbjrVV-09Y

Both Bowe Golota fights were good too.

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I forgot about Clifford Eittene vs Lawerence Cley-Bey, that indeed was a very good fight. Some vicious exchanges in that one, also Maurice Harris vs Derrick Jefferson was a classic.

Theres been a good number that far back,just not on huge networks.Minto had a good on with first Maddalone.What about Zuri Lawrence vs Sosnowski...well it was funny at least

Vitali-Lewis was amazing

And I hate it if everyone disagrees but...
Wlad-Brock, Wlad-Peter, Wlad-Thompson, Wlad-Austin were solid scraps

Brock-Lawrence was a hell of a KO and as with most heavyweight fights endings can make fights exciting as well.

Ibeabuchi-Tua anyone? Moorer-Holyfield? Lewis-Briggs?

Arreola vs. Walker
Haye vs. Barrett
Tua vs. Cameron

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Vitali-Lewis was amazing

And I hate it if everyone disagrees but...
Wlad-Brock, Wlad-Peter, Wlad-Thompson, Wlad-Austin were solid scraps

Brock-Lawrence was a hell of a KO and as with most heavyweight fights endings can make fights exciting as well.

Ibeabuchi-Tua anyone? Moorer-Holyfield? Lewis-Briggs?

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Austin-Wlad? You're freakin trippin Lyle...

For people who bitch about Wlad being boring a 2nd round DEVISTATING KO was a cracking end to that fight...I get it that people didn't like the build up towards the KO but the KO itself was pretty awesome.

Going to sound like a broken record but a hidden classic is Alex Stewart vs.Sinclair Babb.If you can find a copy,it's brutally worth it.

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For people who bitch about Wlad being boring a 2nd round DEVISTATING KO was a cracking end to that fight...I get it that people didn't like the build up towards the KO but the KO itself was pretty awesome.

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Wlad has had better KO wins than his win over Austin

Andrew Golota vs Mike Mollo, think it was last year, was an excellent fight and kept me on the edge of my seat to the very last second.

I can think of quite a few good heavyweight fights, but they probably wouldn't be what you are looking for.

Most of the good one's I can think of were relative mis-matches, where one guy smashed the hell out of another guy.

I don't really remember a close fought, good heavyweight fight.

Rogan vs Sexton 1 was probably the best I can think of.

Even though it was a bit older.
Mesi - Jirov just too see if Mesi could hang on.
Barrett - Beck something about this fight I just liked it.
Maddalone - Minto
a little more recent
Adamek - Arreola

Wellllllll,,,,,,,,........... I just saw Evander and Botha live in Vegas.
It was actually a good fight and quite entertaining. There was some drama and a real question as to who would win. Now please remember Evander just fought for the WBO and then WBA titles in 07/08 against Sultan And Valuev so he still has to be considered a "real" top heavyweight.
Botha was the WBF champ and had fought for the interm and then vacant title and then defended it twice.
Botha looked strong at the start and landed strong clean shots that may have done more damage if Evander didn't take shots so well.. Evander battled back applying pressure with a good work rate. Bothas 250#'s seemed to play on him as the rounds went on and the always fit Evander wore him down for the victory. What a differance from the Evander I saw against Larry Donald. It was worth the trip to Vegas to see a legend fight and it was IMO a truly "good" HW fight.

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Wellllllll,,,,,,,,........... I just saw Evander and Botha live in Vegas.
It was actually a good fight and quite entertaining. There was some drama and a real question as to who would win. Now please remember Evander just fought for the WBO and then WBA titles in 07/08 against Sultan And Valuev so he still has to be considered a "real" top heavyweight.
Botha was the WBF champ and had fought for the interm and then vacant title and then defended it twice.
Botha looked strong at the start and landed strong clean shots that may have done more damage if Evander didn't take shots so well.. Evander battled back applying pressure with a good work rate. Bothas 250#'s seemed to play on him as the rounds went on and the always fit Evander wore him down for the victory. What a differance from the Evander I saw against Larry Donald. It was worth the trip to Vegas to see a legend fight and it was IMO a truly "good" HW fight.

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To be honest I was entertained by this fight as well. It did have it's ebbs and flows and a couple of times Evander even looked to be in trouble. Then gutted out a KO performance. But SHOO!! Don't say that on these boards people will think your crazy.

NO

Lewis vs Klitscko
Rahman vs Maskaev II
Brewster vs Lykovic

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Wellllllll,,,,,,,,........... I just saw Evander and Botha live in Vegas.
It was actually a good fight and quite entertaining. There was some drama and a real question as to who would win. Now please remember Evander just fought for the WBO and then WBA titles in 07/08 against Sultan And Valuev so he still has to be considered a "real" top heavyweight.
Botha was the WBF champ and had fought for the interm and then vacant title and then defended it twice.
Botha looked strong at the start and landed strong clean shots that may have done more damage if Evander didn't take shots so well.. Evander battled back applying pressure with a good work rate. Bothas 250#'s seemed to play on him as the rounds went on and the always fit Evander wore him down for the victory. What a differance from the Evander I saw against Larry Donald. It was worth the trip to Vegas to see a legend fight and it was IMO a truly "good" HW fight.

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LOOK WHO IT IS!

Figured you would talk about Botha-Holyfield, how bout Valuev-Holyfield? ;D

so.... all in all the answer seems to be NO.


guess thats that heavyweights.

quite enjoyed the haye v barrett fight. barrett going arse over tit when entering the ring was entertaining

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quite enjoyed the haye v barrett fight. barrett going arse over tit when entering the ring was entertaining

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I enjoyed when Barrett knocked down the Diva and then gave him 1 more for good measure whilst the Diva was sitting on his ass...unsportsmanlike? Yes. Hilarious? Yes. Deserved? Yes. Well played by Monte!

Toney Peter was decent and Toney won it. The rematch was awful though.

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quite enjoyed the haye v barrett fight. barrett going arse over tit when entering the ring was entertaining

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I enjoyed when Barrett knocked down the Diva and then gave him 1 more for good measure whilst the Diva was sitting on his ass...unsportsmanlike? Yes. Hilarious? Yes. Deserved? Yes. Well played by Monte!

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yeah forgot abt this fight, prob last exciting heavy fight i saw

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Originally Posted by landmine950

Wellllllll,,,,,,,,........... I just saw Evander and Botha live in Vegas.
It was actually a good fight and quite entertaining. There was some drama and a real question as to who would win. Now please remember Evander just fought for the WBO and then WBA titles in 07/08 against Sultan And Valuev so he still has to be considered a "real" top heavyweight.
Botha was the WBF champ and had fought for the interm and then vacant title and then defended it twice.
Botha looked strong at the start and landed strong clean shots that may have done more damage if Evander didn't take shots so well.. Evander battled back applying pressure with a good work rate. Bothas 250#'s seemed to play on him as the rounds went on and the always fit Evander wore him down for the victory. What a differance from the Evander I saw against Larry Donald. It was worth the trip to Vegas to see a legend fight and it was IMO a truly "good" HW fight.

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LOOK WHO IT IS!

Figured you would talk about Botha-Holyfield, how bout Valuev-Holyfield? ;D

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I have un adopted the giant ape man as my illegitamite sasquach love child.

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Ettiene v Clay Bey was good

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Was that the one where Clay Bey dropped his hands and took several clean shots on the bonce? Weird fella.

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Ettiene v Clay Bey was good

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Was that the one where Clay Bey dropped his hands and took several clean shots on the bonce? Weird fella.

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was a good fight but was bloody years ago