Good Guy vs Bad Guy fights?

Name some bouts where there has been a clear good guy vs bad guy situation beforehand.

Some fighters have made a career of being the bad guy (Tyson, Mayweather etc) but which of their opponents have been popular good guys? Or vice versa.

Riddick Bowe vs Jorge Luiz Gonzalez, Holy vs Tyson and Leonard vs Duran could be such examples

 

Hogan/Sheikh

 

Manny Pacquiao v Antonio Margarito

 

Luis Ramon campas vs tony ayala jr

 

Nice thread Ugo. Unique.

Trinidad vs Hopkins?

Barrera vs Hamed?

 

Mayorga vs. Cotto
Ali vs. Liston

 

Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito 2

 

Ali vs. Foreman

 

In quebec hilton-ouellet fitted the bill. Anglo vs frenchy
Jailbird vs poet

Was great seeing the nation go into a collective depression once hilton stopped him, trailing on the cards, with a few seconds left in the fight

 

Liston vs Patterson is one where the bad guy won

 

Louis-Schmeling 2 (although more about politics than character)

 

Tyson vs Holyfield is THE example

 

Ali-Foreman is the ultimate example.

 

No its not. Like I just said, Ali-Foreman is THE example.

Holy was never loved by the public like Ali was. And Tyson has ALWAYS had a bigger fanbase than Foreman.

 

To be fair I don't know much about the Ali /Foreman build up etc. so maybe you're right

 

Watch When We Were Kings.

 

Super babyface Old George Foreman vs. Cocky young heel Michael Moorer
Frank Bruno vs. any opponent

 

To Varying Degrees...

Louis - Schmeling II
Louis - Walcott II
Ali - Frazier I
Ali - Foreman
Pryor - Arguello I and II
Leonard - Duran I and II
Leonard - Hagler
Dela - Vargas






REED

 

Hell, the PRESIDENT wanted Patterson to win

 

Louis-Schmeling II is probably the best example ever, despite Schmeling being totally misrepresented.

 

Why louis walcott 2?

 

joshua v fury will work well for a UK-level good guy v bad guy

 

Ali-Foreman number 1 for sure.

Ali-Frazier 1 also where it was Ali who was hated by many.

More recent examples are...

May-Pac
Cotto vs Margarito 2