Recent MEGA FIGHTS: Which was the best one?

[mikeeod]

Interesting thread. You are limiting the discussion to those three fights, and I agree with the majority that only the Canelo vs Cotto fight was competitive or entertaining. That being said, your post also brought me to another conclusion: there hasn't been a competitive mega fight in YEARS.

80s: Great fights like Duran vs Leonard, Leonard vs Hearns, Hearns vs Hagler, Pryor vs Arguello, and Holyfield vs Qawi, to name a few.

90s: Holyfield vs Bowe, Holy vs Tyson, Carbajal vs Gonzales, Benn vs G-Man, Taylor vs Chavez, and Foreman vs Moorer, to name a few.

2000s: Chico vs Castillo, Gatti vs Ward, Barerra vs Morales, Morales vs Pac, Pac vs Cotto, Pac vs JMM, Lewis vs Vitali, and even Roy vs Tarver.

I can't think of great, competitive mega fights in this decade. Most seemed to be one sided or never happen at all. Froch vs Bute was, Froch vs Kessler, and Froch vs Grove were good, I guess. Just don't see the same level of comp these days, in my opinion.

[TitoFan]

Interesting thread. You are limiting the discussion to those three fights, and I agree with the majority that only the Canelo vs Cotto fight was competitive or entertaining. That being said, your post also brought me to another conclusion: there hasn't been a competitive mega fight in YEARS.

80s: Great fights like Duran vs Leonard, Leonard vs Hearns, Hearns vs Hagler, Pryor vs Arguello, and Holyfield vs Qawi, to name a few.

90s: Holyfield vs Bowe, Holy vs Tyson, Carbajal vs Gonzales, Benn vs G-Man, Taylor vs Chavez, and Foreman vs Moorer, to name a few.

2000s: Chico vs Castillo, Gatti vs Ward, Barerra vs Morales, Morales vs Pac, Pac vs Cotto, Pac vs JMM, Lewis vs Vitali, and even Roy vs Tarver.

I can't think of great, competitive mega fights in this decade. Most seemed to be one sided or never happen at all. Froch vs Bute was, Froch vs Kessler, and Froch vs Grove were good, I guess. Just don't see the same level of comp these days, in my opinion.

All those mega fights you mentioned were good. I was concentrating on a very short period of time, seeing as to how Floyd-Pac wasn't that long ago, and we've had the other two fights since then. I just thought Floyd-Pac was extremely disappointing, whereas Fury-Wlad wasn't very aesthetically pleasing. Canelo-Cotto was good, although next time I watch the recording I'll do so with the sound off. Biased commentating can sure put the desired spin on a fight. Canelo won, but it wasn't the whitewash Lampley and company saw.