Fights that coulda, shoulda but didn't.

[Beanflicker]

PBF v Pac now falls into this category, and may very well be the only one where the #1 and #2 P4P fighters never met. Barring a miraculous return to form by Pac, the moment is over. And even then, PBF isn't exactly a spring chicken.

Agreed 100%. Since the fight, Pac has lost twice (one by BRUTAL ko) and although Floyd is still undefeated, he is now showing signs of slowing with age IMO.

They had a window of opportunity to make the fight of the century and they blew it.

[Rantcatrat]

Pac/May
Johnson/Langford 2
Johnson/Jeanette
Dempsey/Langford
Dempsey/Greb
Dempsey/Wills
SugarRayRobinson-Black Murderer's Row e.g. Buley, prime Bivins etc.
Calzaghe/Froch

[Master]

Tyson v Holyfield (pre jail)
Holmes v Foreman (1970's)
Herol Graham v Hagler
Herol Graham v Eubanks
Herol Graham v Watson

[Beanz]

Tyson v Holyfield (pre jail)
Holmes v Foreman (1970's)
Herol Graham v Hagler
Herol Graham v Eubanks
Herol Graham v Watson

Ha! Loving the bomber matchups. (:

[Thunder]

Don't think I saw it mentioned but for me it would be prime hagler v prime leonard. I know it probably gets talked about so much it gets boring but woulda been a good one. Also La Motta V Cerdan 2 would have been good too. And seeing Teofilo stephenson v Ali in 76 might have been a bit tasty, but of course the love of a million cubans was better than $8 dollars

EDIT Pryor V leonard

[Master]

Dempsey v Wills
Langford v Johnson

[TysonBomb]

SRR vs. Charley Burley would've been a hell of a fight. Both were reluctant because the money wouldn't have been there but it would've been epic. Many though that Burley had the best shot of beating SRR.

[IamInuit]

SRR vs. Charley Burley would've been a hell of a fight. Both were reluctant because the money wouldn't have been there but it would've been epic. Many though that Burley had the best shot of beating SRR.

That is not true. Burley would have fought Robinson for his rent. Robinson avoided the entire Murderers Row fighting Wade after he had been retired for over two years.

[TysonBomb]

SRR vs. Charley Burley would've been a hell of a fight. Both were reluctant because the money wouldn't have been there but it would've been epic. Many though that Burley had the best shot of beating SRR.

That is not true. Burley would have fought Robinson for his rent. Robinson avoided the entire Murderers Row fighting Wade after he had been retired for over two years.

Well Robinson was reluctant ... and Burley didn't blame him.

No one fought those guys ... HIGH risk and low reward/pay fights. But I think Robinson should've fought at least one of them ... the opportunity had to be there at some point. He can fight Jake LaMotta 6 times but not Burley or any of the Murderers Row guys even once?

[IamInuit]

Great input u guys. Here is a few more that could have been made:

Esparragoza v Fenech

McGuigan v Nelson

Mosley v Mayweather (late 90's)

Whitaker v Quartey

Pedroza V Lopez

Starling v Brown 2

Chavez v Coggi

[TysonBomb]

^ Floyd said that he offered Mosley a fight in 1999/2000 or the early 2000s but the Mosley camp rejected it.

Floyd would beat him then just like he beat him in '10 IMO

[bzkfn]

Audley Harrison - Vitali/Wlad Klitshcko

Mismatch, Audley is levels above them. The brothers are just lucky Audley doesn't feel like proving it.

[bzkfn]

Mosley vs. Trinidad
Mosley vs. Quartey
Trinidad vs. Quartey
Mayweather vs. Pacquiao
Pavlik vs. Abraham (When both undefeated champions @ 160)
Gatti vs. Corrales
Hatton vs. Corrales
Lewis vs. Bowe
Lewis vs. Tyson (Pre Jail)
Calzaghe vs. Collins
Mayweather vs. Cotto (Just after the Hatton fight)
Duddy vs. Lee
De La Hoya vs. Winky
Jones Jr. vs. DM
Cotto vs. Castillo @ 140
Eubank vs. Benn III
JMM vs. Morales
Gamboa vs. JuanMa (Even though I think Gamboa would have killed him, it should have happened when they both had an 0)

Andre Ward vs. Evander Holyfield vs. Timothy Bradley vs. Bernard Hopkins in a 4 way last man standing headbutting contest

[Andre]

Floyd and Tszyu @ 140 on Floyds way up.

[Rantcatrat]

In recent times:

Mayweather vs. Margarito after the first Margarito vs. Cotto fight.
Mayweather vs. Williams after Williams beat Margarito

Valero versus _____

Martinez vs. Cotto

Historians of the board:

How about the twenties and thirties outside of the heavyweight division?

Greb vs. Langford