Great Fights That Never happened

H. Flashman

Now I'm not talking about ali tyson or whatever. What are the greatest fights with guys at or near their prime which that could have happened should have happened but didn't happen?

Can think of a couple of good ones at the moment

Duran v Pryor - reckon Duran would have won by K.O but would have been hagler Hearns incarnate for as long as it lasted.

Trinidad v Mosley - I reckon this would have been an interesting one with Mosley coming out on top

Jones v Collins - Be an interesting bet to see if collins's chin would have survived the battering jones would have administered

Hagler v Hearns 2 - don't think anybody would have complained about a rematch here

walshb

On a closer to home level, the biggest and most anticipated fight was
McGuigan-Nelson.

From the world scene we had Sanchez-Nelson II that was due to go ahead but Sal's untimely death scrapped that fight.

My all time favorite fight that I would have died to see was Bowe-Lewis in the early 90s.

Rumours had it that Toney wanted Benn and Eubank but it never materialised

Benn-Toney would have been great while it lasted.

T-K-O

Some of these were never even discussed but here goes nothing..

Vitali V Wlad

Morales V Hamed

Tapia V Mccullough

Benn /Collins/ Eubank VS Jones / Toney / Hopkins

Vintagekits

closer to home and more recently - Hatton v Witter

joepenguin

T-K-O wrote: »

Benn /Collins/ Eubank VS Jones / Toney / Hopkins

Now thats a super 6!!!

Mosely - Mayweather (few years back)

McCullough vs Martinez... I just think Wayne would have won and it would leave a big impression on the irish public if he retired then or soon after.

I would have been interested in Winky Wright vs Pavlik for the middleweight title a while back.

Hatton - Witter.

Corralles - Castillo III

I would have liked to have seen Pryor in with some of the bigger names in his time.

Tyson-Lewis a few years earlier would have been good.

Collins - Calzaghe wouldnt have been bad.

Wlad vs Haye.

Thats all I can think of at the mo.

There are loads I would like to see at between 130 and 154 at the mo but with a bit of luck they might happen.

walshb

These two were stablemates, but I think the fight could have been made at 140 lbs between Meldrick Taylor and Pernell Whitaker. What a possible bout it could have been. Blazing speed and volume vs. speed, movement, angles and defense.

alanceltic

walshb v TKO ?????:D:D

walshb

alanceltic wrote: »

walshb v TKO ?????:D:D

There was a thread devoted to that before. We had our chance and blew it, muck like a lot of fights posted on this thread.

cowzerp

Vitali v Wladimir

walshb

cowzerp wrote: »

Vitali v Wladimir

I'd say it can, but won't, and for obvious reasons:)

T-K-O

It was suggested in the past. I hear Mr Walsh was a pretty handy boxer in his day, but in TKO he would be up against a L4L king. A bit like Mayweather V Marquez.:D

mark renton

Dunne v Vasquez

Not yet anyway...

cowzerp

Lewis v Bowe

The Davestator

happened but not in the ring;

Rocky balboa v Tommy Gunn:)

T-K-O

The Davestator wrote: »

happened but not in the ring;

Rocky balboa v Tommy Gunn:)

Total mis match. Clubber Lang V Ivan Drago - now thats a fight.

joepenguin

T-K-O wrote: »

Total mis match. Clubber Lang V Ivan Drago - now thats a fight.

Personally Id prefer to see Apollo v Clubber. It could have been Rocky 2.5. They missed out on that one

Another fight I fancied was Enzo Mac vs Marco Huck. We may have missed out on that one.

Roy Jones vs Tyson. Not your everyday affair and was been talked about.

Pac vs jmm III

Mayweather vs Cotto when both of them seemed unstoppable.

eagle eye

I actually started a thread about him before, he will never fight anyone again as he is a murderer and in jail. But Ike 'The President' Ibeabuchi vs Lennox/Vitali/Evander.

He is the best professional boxer never to have held a world title imo.

After that it would have to peak Joe Calzaghe vs peak Roy Jones jnr.

And I would also have liked to have seen a rematch between Leonard and Hagler.

mark renton

Bruno v Tyson 3

I still think big Frank could ave taken em

T-K-O

Don't be silly. Big Frank was scared ****less of Tyson.

mark renton

He was just coming to terms with Tysons style

mark renton

Kevin Kelley is still game - I reckon if Naz gets back into shape we could still have a cracker

BDF

TKO KO's Walshb in 1

The fights I would have liked to see and some I would like to see in the future are :

Naseem Hamed V Scott Harrsion
Eamonn Magee V Ricky Hatton II
Matthew Macklin V Darren Barker
Martin Lindsay V Patrick Hyland
Paul McCloskey V Amir Khan
Bernard Dunne V Rendall Munroe

Plus lots more I can't think of right now.

walshb

BDF wrote: »

TKO KO's Walshb in 1

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This ain't a pissy;) hockey game!

T-K-O

walshb wrote: »

This ain't a pissy;) hockey game!

...and you should be very grateful



and it's Ice Hockey :pac::pac:

marcusluck

lennox lewis Vs riddick bowe
barry mcguigan Vs azumah nelson
george foreman Vs mike tyson
rocky marciano Vs sonny liston

consultech

Tyson/Morrison would've been good. Morrison was (wrongfully) diagnosed with HIV just before it happened :eek:

Ahhhh, Don King, is there nothin that man can't do!?

f1dan

Ike Ibeabuchi against any of the top heavyweights

De La Hoya - Mosley III

Riddick Bowe - Lennox Lewis

horsebox09

Prime tyson vs lewis (would have been some match up!)

Hagler vs spinks (as far as i know hagler wanted to fight spinks but spinks wouldn't drop down to middleweight)

dempsey vs harry willis (going way back with this one but i would have been a war)

hearns vs hagler II

kumate_champ07

Bartley Gorman V Mike Tyson

filament

cowzerp wrote: »

Vitali v Wladimir

even don king won't promote it

spongeman

cowzerp wrote: »

Lewis v Bowe

I was going to say that one as well.

I think Lewis would have knocked him out.

walshb

horsebox09 wrote: »

Hagler vs spinks (as far as i know hagler wanted to fight spinks but spinks wouldn't drop down to middleweight)

The only possible match would have had to be at 175 lbs, no way in hell does
Spinks make 160 lbs, condsidering he was a 165 lb Olympic champ aged 20 and by 22 he was fighting at 170 lbs and above. It was up to the smaller Hagler to move to make this fight a possibility and Hagler knew well that it was a step too far.

But, good choice for a possible match all the same