Great fighters who were never in a great fight

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  1. Slice N Dice

    Slice N Dice Big stiff idiot

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    Obviously this is subjective, but for me Floyd Mayweather slots nicely in here.
     
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    Whitaker, Jones, Mayweather, Hopkins, Arguably Tyson.
     
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    Trying to think of a great fight with Michael Spinks.
     
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    whiskey Czarcasm

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    I can see the arguably part there. I thought that Tyson-Ruddock 2 was great, but not everyone did. A lot of people would put down Holyfield 1 as a great fight but I think that maybe more because of Holyfield winning.
     
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    Slice N Dice Big stiff idiot

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    I thought Whitaker-Hurtado was a fun fight.
     
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    Exactly. Same goes of the Buster Douglas fight...some would say it was great, mostly because it was a tremendous upset.
     
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    Nice topic though.
     
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    Lennox Lewis.

    I mean his very last fight was his most exciting...but it still fell short of great. Most of his other fights were either shocking upsets, quick/one sided beatdowns or drawn out borefests.
     
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    Slice N Dice Big stiff idiot

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    Lewis-Mercer was a fantastic fight IMO
     
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    Hmmm....I thought of that one. I'm not sure I'd classify it as great, personally, but I see what you mean. When I watched it I saw it as a bruising fight...but I didn't find it exciting.
     
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    Roy was never in a "great" fight per say, but I found him extremely exciting to watch.
     
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    great might be stretching it, but him vs lopez was a slugfest
     
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    Wlad vs brewster was a classic. Wlad cowardice made it a bit less memorable than it should have been, but it was a tremendously exciting fight live.
     

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