Top 20 Fights

[TitoFan]

It's the perfect forum for this thread.... and welcome to the forum.

I could probably give you more than 20 fights to watch, but I'll keep my list short and off the top of my head. I'll also try to give you a mix of fights, all very exciting IMO. I'm not sure whether you mean recent fights or from any era, so I'll go with the latter. Most are from the 70's-80's forward. This is in no particular order:

1. Ali-Frazier III (one of the classics of all time)
2. Pryor-Arguello I (both were great, but the first was another classic of all time. Unfortunately, the wrong guy won for me.)

3. Leonard-Hearns I (another classic... hard to top for sheer excitement)
4. Ward-Gatti I (what a slugfest! classic!)
5. Duran-Leonard I (both are ATG's and were at their absolute peak.... great stuff!)
6. Leonard-Benitez (I seem to have SRL a lot on here... but he did face some great fighters in his time)

7. Ali-Foreman (one of the greatest upsets of all time)
8. Tyson-Douglas (ditto)
9. Trinidad-Vargas (ok.... I'll stick in a personal favorite )
10. Barrera-Morales III (can't have a good list without one of these fights... the trilogy was awesome)

11. Corrales-Castillo I (the 10th round is probably one of the best in history)
12. Hagler-Hearns (short fights don't get any better than this)
13. Ali-Frazier I (the 3rd one was better... but this one was probably the biggest sporting event in history to that point)

14. Eubank-Benn I (two British fighters at their best putting on a great show)
15. Foreman-Lyle (if you like multiple knockdowns on BOTH sides... this one's your fight)


Well.... 15 is a nice round number, so I'll stop there.
Hope the list is helpful.

[Peter Som]

Thank you for the response and welcome Tito! Any boxing match of any time that's reasonably accessible.

[THE THIRD MAN]

It's the perfect forum for this thread.... and welcome to the forum.

I could probably give you more than 20 fights to watch, but I'll keep my list short and off the top of my head. I'll also try to give you a mix of fights, all very exciting IMO. I'm not sure whether you mean recent fights or from any era, so I'll go with the latter. Most are from the 70's-80's forward. This is in no particular order:

1. Ali-Frazier III (one of the classics of all time)
2. Pryor-Arguello I (both were great, but the first was another classic of all time. Unfortunately, the wrong guy won for me.)

3. Leonard-Hearns I (another classic... hard to top for sheer excitement)
4. Ward-Gatti I (what a slugfest! classic!)
5. Duran-Leonard I (both are ATG's and were at their absolute peak.... great stuff!)
6. Leonard-Benitez (I seem to have SRL a lot on here... but he did face some great fighters in his time)

7. Ali-Foreman (one of the greatest upsets of all time)
8. Tyson-Douglas (ditto)
9. Trinidad-Vargas (ok.... I'll stick in a personal favorite )
10. Barrera-Morales III (can't have a good list without one of these fights... the trilogy was awesome)

11. Corrales-Castillo I (the 10th round is probably one of the best in history)
12. Hagler-Hearns (short fights don't get any better than this)
13. Ali-Frazier I (the 3rd one was better... but this one was probably the biggest sporting event in history to that point)

14. Eubank-Benn I (two British fighters at their best putting on a great show)
15. Foreman-Lyle (if you like multiple knockdowns on BOTH sides... this one's your fight)


Well.... 15 is a nice round number, so I'll stop there.
Hope the list is helpful.

A very good list, i will add 5 more.

Sanchez V Gomez (Just so you know how good Salvador Sanchez really was.)
Mancini V Frias ( Even 1 round of boxing can enthrall and excite to the max)
Frazier V Foreman 1 (Only to highlight what a monster George Foreman was back in 1973, this was Joe Frazier he destroyed, not some club pug!)
Mosley V DLH 1 (It was Sugar Shane Mosley's finest hour)
Fenech V Nelson 1 (they could've fought this in a phone booth)

[ICB]

Michael Ayers vs Wayne Rigby 1
Kevin Kelley vs Alejandro Gonzalez/Troy Dorsey/Naseem Hamed
Matthew Saad Muhammad vs Marvin Johnson 1/2 Yaqui Lopez 2
Wilfredo Gomez vs Lupe Pintor
Jeff Harding vs Dennis Andries 1 2 3
Daniel Zaragoza vs Paul Banke 2
Michael Gomez vs Alex Arthur
Kelvin Seabrooks vs Thierry Jacobs
Charles Williams vs Merqui Sosa 1 2

I'll give you a bit of advice check out Arturo Gatti, Bobby Chacon, Danny Lopez, Ray Mancini, Matthew Saad Muhammad, Micky Ward, check out there best fights there some of the most exciting fighters you will see

[Peter Som]

So I'm almost through all of the fights. Jaw dropping stuff, I've watched so many I don't even know what's real anymore.

[CutMeMick]

And I'll give you this little short & sweet gem of a fight. Enjoy!

Holy crap

You had not seen that?

That's actually my video. I saw that fight live on TV and recorded it on VHS.
That was Manuel Gomez (Fought SSM and Margarito) and is IMO one of the best 1 round fights ever...

And I'll give you this little short & sweet gem of a fight. Enjoy!

That's a thing of beauty!

In deed it is...

[ruthless rocco]

[Peter Som]

Thank you guys again for taking the time to share your knowledge with me. Peace.

[Peter Som]

Breathing some air back into this thread. I've actually managed to watch most of them. They were great suggestions indeed!

I would appreciate anymore suggestions!

[Dave1066]

I agree with whats been posted. But i'm going to mention an Era nobody else has posted. Back in those days the rules were very different.

Jack Dempsey Vs Jess Willard
Jack Dempsey Vs Gene Tunney

More modern
Henry Cooper Vs Muhammad Ali 1
Lennox Lewis Vs Hasim Rahman 2 Classic Lewis knock out!