Fights That Shouldn't Of Won FOTY.

[ICB]

Larry Holmes vs Ken Norton 1978
Marvin Johnson vs Matthew Saad Muhammad 1 1979
Lee Roy Murphy vs Chisanda Mutti 1985
Evander Holyfield vs Dwight Muhammad Qawi 1 1986
Kevin Kelley vs Troy Dorsey 1992
Leonard Dorin vs Raul Babi 1 2002
James Toney vs Vassiliy Jirov 2003
Juan Manuel Marquez vs Manny Pacquiao 2004

These are the fights that should of won IMO, the ones that did win are.

Leon Spinks vs Muhamamd Ali 1978
Danny Lopez vs Mike Ayala 1979
Thomas Hearns vs Marvin Hagler 1985
Barry McGuigan vs Steve Cruz 1986
Riddick Bowe vs Evander Holyfield 1 1992
Micky Ward vs Arturo Gatti 1 2002
Arturo Gatti vs Micky Ward 3 2003
Marco Antonio Barrera vs Erik Morales 2004

This is sure to be controversial but lets see what your opinions are.

[Motor City Cobra]

Saw Holyfield vs Tyson yesterday and thought it wasent that good. I thought Holyfield vs Quawi was so good it was best cruiser fights of the 80's and a great fight? Anyone ever seen it?

[ICB]

Saw Holyfield vs Tyson yesterday and thought it wasent that good. I thought Holyfield vs Quawi was so good it was best cruiser fights of the 80's and a great fight? Anyone ever seen it?

Well i can't remember all the fights in 1996, but didn't Arturo Gatti have a good war in 1996 ? it probably was better than Mike Tyson vs Evander Holyfield 1, which is probably one of the weakest FOTY's.

Yes i've seen Evander Holyfield vs Dwight Muhammad Qawi 1, a great fight and better than i expected it too be when i watched it about 2 years ago.

Its probably the top 3 best Cruiserweight fight of all time. Only James Toney vs Vassiliy Jirov, and Lee Roy Murphy vs Chisanda Mutti are maybe better fights regarding the best Cruiserweight fights.

[JazMerkin]

I agree on Holmes/Norton, Holyfield/Qawi & Toney/Jirov, however, I think they made the right choices in all the other ones.

[ICB]

I agree on Holmes/Norton, Holyfield/Qawi & Toney/Jirov, however, I think they made the right choices in all the other ones.

Nah disagree Matthew Saad Muhamamd vs Marvin Johnson 1, was a brawl to end all brawls. And it had a dramatic finish and was pretty even all the way.

And you had no idea who was going to win, Danny Lopez vs Mike Ayala was one sided in the later rounds. Especially when the fight should of been over because Mike Ayala was actually KO'ed twice.

Im not sure if you have ever seen Chisanda Mutti vs Lee Roy Murphy, but i can tell you now that is way better than Thomas Hearns vs Marvin Hagler. It had a Rocky 2 like finish and it was just a brawl from start to finish.

Thomas Hearns vs Marvin Hagler had 1 excellent round, the other 2 were all Marvin Hagler plus it was too short.

Kevin Kelley vs Troy Dorsey i just watched last night, and thats one of the best fights i've ever seen. I suggest you type it in on youtube then comeback and tell me that wasn't the FOTY.

Riddick Bowe vs Evander Holyfield 1 was a bit too one sided, and it wasn't as competitive or as good as Kevin Kelley vs Troy Dorsey.

Leonard Dorin vs Raul Balbi was the same aswell, fought at an unreal pace and it went 12 rounds instead of 10 like Arturo Gatti vs Micky Ward.

Marco Antonio Barrera vs Erik Morales 3 was too one sided, until the later rounds. And it didn't really get going until the later rounds. Juan Manuel Marquez vs Manny Pacquiao 1 was more dramatic IMO.

[JazMerkin]

I agree on Holmes/Norton, Holyfield/Qawi & Toney/Jirov, however, I think they made the right choices in all the other ones.

Nah disagree Matthew Saad Muhamamd vs Marvin Johnson 1, was a brawl to end all brawls. And it had a dramatic finish and was pretty even all the way.

And you had no idea who was going to win, Danny Lopez vs Mike Ayala was one sided in the later rounds. Especially when the fight should of been over because Mike Ayala was actually KO'ed twice.

Im not sure if you have ever seen Chisanda Mutti vs Lee Roy Murphy, but i can tell you now that is way better than Thomas Hearns vs Marvin Hagler. It had a Rocky 2 like finish and it was just a brawl from start to finish.

Thomas Hearns vs Marvin Hagler had 1 excellent round, the other 2 were all Marvin Hagler plus it was too short.

Kevin Kelley vs Troy Dorsey i just watched last night, and thats one of the best fights i've ever seen. I suggest you type it in on youtube then comeback and tell me that wasn't the FOTY.

Riddick Bowe vs Evander Holyfield 1 was a bit too one sided, and it wasn't as competitive or as good as Kevin Kelley vs Troy Dorsey.

Leonard Dorin vs Raul Balbi was the same aswell, fought at an unreal pace and it went 12 rounds instead of 10 like Arturo Gatti vs Micky Ward.

Marco Antonio Barrera vs Erik Morales 3 was too one sided, until the later rounds. And it didn't really get going until the later rounds. Juan Manuel Marquez vs Manny Pacquiao 1 was more dramatic IMO.

I'm not really fussed about how long a fight goes, it's about how much I enjoy it for me. Haven't seen Muhammad v Johnson, only Lopez v Ayala so can't comment.

I have seen Mutti vs Murphy, & whilst it's a good fight, it just becomes too messy for my liking & doesn't have anywhere near the excitement of Hagler/Hagler for me. Also I hate the Rocky films, & at the end I thought they just collapsed from exhaustion & that it should have been counted as a slip, but hey that's just me. The fact that Hagler/Hearns was short doesn't bother me because they were all great rounds, & I don't think it's till the 3rd that you can say that it's an undisputed Hagler round.

Haven't seen Kelley-Dorsey so again can't comment, although I didn't think Bowe-Holyfield was that one-sided & haven't seen Dorin-Balbi either.

I do think that MAB-EM III is a better fight than JMM-Pac 1. Although MAB dominates, I feel that JMM actually dominates the fight more, just happens those knockdowns affect the fight, but I feel the MAB-EM fight builds up the whole time, it just keeps getting better throughout, whilst I thought JMM took the rounds for the latter half of the fight

[SweetPea]

I think Barrera-McKinney should have won 1996 FOTY over Tyson-Holyfield I.

[ICB]

I think Barrera-McKinney should have won 1996 FOTY over Tyson-Holyfield I.

I forgot about that fight yes it easily should have, it was 10x times better than the overrated Evander Holyfield vs Mike Tyson 1 fight.

[BoomBoom]

Ward-Gatti I was unquestionably the fight of the year 2002.

[No Contest]

Your entitled to your opinion, I just think that you like to go for the lesser known options to be original, but Ward-Gatti 1 was waay better IMO.