Top 10 Dream Fights

Nabbed this from ESB. Which twenty would you wanna see in there with eachother?

Joshua and Ronaldo is the obvious choice, so that's off the list.

 

Going with matchups that i think would be entertaining in various ways no matter who came out on top. (for example Ali-Tyson and Hagler-Monzon would be "dream fights" but i don't think they would be particularly exciting)

Also using each fighter only once.

Chavez-Arguello
Frazier-Holyfield
Duran-Pryor
Pacquiao-Sanchez
Robinson-Leonard
Golovkin-Pavlik
Tyson-Foreman
Napoles-Gavilan
Hagler-Toney
Trinidad-Quartey

 

Yeah, I should've specified. This is in terms of pure entertainment, not just historical significance or spectacles. If given the choice between watching Duran vs Robinson or Kelley vs Paez, I know which one I'd take. But that ruins all the fun, so be creative and pick the best brawls you can. My list:

#10. Tatsuyoshi vs Seabrooks
#09. Rodriguez Jr. vs Yaegashi
#08. Jorge Paez vs Kevin Kelley
#07. Tae Shik Kim vs Charlie Magri
#06. Carl Thompson vs Vasllly Jirov
#05. Gaspar Ortega vs John H Stracey
#04. Carmen Basilio vs Rocky Graziano
#03. Joe Frazier vs Evander Holyfield
#02. Myung-Woo Yuh vs Jacob Matlala
#01. Bobby Chacon vs Arturo Gatti

HM: to about 100 SBW fights, and Bernal vs Montero.

 

I remember doing 10 before, but I can't find my list.

Marciano vs Dempsey has always been the dream fight I've pondered on. Such a war, yet I'm undecided on the outcome.

 

In no order:

Spinks vs Foster
Liston vs Frazier
Tyson vs Foreman
Duran vs Pryor
Jackson vs Trinidad
Carlos Ortiz vs JCC
Sanchez vs Saldivar
Zarate vs Olivares
Gomez vs Jofre
Little Red vs Fenech

 

Hamed vs Paez
Pryor vs Whitaker
Chavez vs Sanchez
Hearns vs Trinidad
Tua vs Golota
L. Bramble vs Judah
V. Klitchko vs W. Klitchko
Curry vs Spence
H. Gonzalez vs R. Lopez
Corrales vs A. Nelson

 

Hopkins vs Toney
Cotto vs Hatton
Whitaker vs Camacho

Pacquiao vs Pryor
Tyson vs Holmes(prime)
Chavez vs Pryor

Floyd vs Duran
Hagler vs GGG
Hearns vs SRR

Ali vs Holyfield

 

I always wanted to see tua vs tyson. Sad that at this point of his career, tyson wasnt willing to test himself (except for huge money fights)

 

I remember your old quote.

"Cotto & Hatton should just fight each other at their natural weight.

190."

 

A few others just for the helluva it:

R.Lopez vs Chang
Arguello vs Sanchez
Gilberto Roman vs Johnny Tapia
Corrales vs Mancini
Lionel Rose vs Miguel Lora
Masao Ohba vs Yuri Arbachakov
Gomez vs Fenech @ 122

 

Marquez vs. Morales
Benitez vs. Pryor
Trinidad vs. McCallum
Arguello vs. Chavez
Duran vs. Pacquiao
Gatti vs. Molina

 

Some of those super-bantam fights I'd wanna see. They'd be absolutely unbelievable. Just a few I can whip up off the top of my head.

Michael Brodie vs Naoto Takahashi
Daniel Zaragoza vs Welcome Ncita
Paul Banke vs Nestor Garza
Jeff Fenech vs Erik Morales
Kennedy McKinney vs Soo Hwan Hong
Juan Jose Estrada vs Israel Vazquez
Juanma Lopez vs Ki Joon Lee
Rafel Marquez vs Victor Callejas
Wilfredo Vasquez vs Sergio Palma
Thierry Jacob vs Mahyar Monshipour
Wayne McCullough vs Ponce De Leon
Kiyoshi Hatanaka vs Joichiro Tatsuyoshi

 

I think Estrada would beat Izzy Vasquez.

Estrada vs Palma would be a great matchup.

 

I listed them with the winners first, for the most part. I agree, Estrada has too much firepower for Vazquez IMO, who's a too hittable. It'd be an absolute war, though.

 

Roberto Duran vs Jose Napoles
Ricardo Lopez vs Roman Gonzalez
Sung Kil Moon vs Khaosai Galaxy
Carlos Zarate vs Eder Jofre
Johnny Tapia vs Mark Johnson
Manny Pacquiao vs Aaron Pryor
Juan Manuel Marquez vs Edwin Rosario
Alexis Arguello vs Julio Cesar Chavez
Salvador Sanchez vs Vicente Saldivar
Daniel Zaragoza vs Lupe Pintor
Jeff Fenech vs Orlando Canizales
Felix Trinidad vs Julian Jackson
Mike McCallum vs Terry Norris

 

What would your picks be here?

 

I was thinking about the matchup I'd MOST wanna see outta those I listed, and I think the answer would be Gomez vs Jofre, as it'd be a battle between the two best guys in history below 126.

 

Disagree. Harada conclusively showed he was better than Jofre IMO. In terms of achievements, Jimmy Wilde is unequivocally the best fighter below featherweight. I've always thought Olivares was better than Jofre as well.

I'd actually rather see Gomez vs Fenech. Not because it's a 'better' fight, in the sense of a higher combined level, but just because the action would be insane. Actually, Jofre vs Fenech @122 would be pretty fucking good too.

 

Jofre was weight drained and it showed.

I do not believe for a SECOND that Harada could have handled the Jofre from Medel 1.

 

Fenech was less sophisticated than Harada. I'd be inclined to think that Jofre would take Fenech apart.

 

The difference between the version who fought Medel and the one who fought Harada is tiny. It's there on film. Even Jofre himself didn't think the weight drain affected him. If anything, Jofre being a massive at bantamweight should be a positive for Harada since he was coming up from flyweight.

 

Roberto Duran vs Jose Napoles - Duran stoppage
Ricardo Lopez vs Roman Gonzalez - Chocolatito decision
Sung Kil Moon vs Khaosai Galaxy - Galaxy decision
Carlos Zarate vs Eder Jofre - Jofre decision
Johnny Tapia vs Mark Johnson - Too Sharp decision
Manny Pacquiao vs Aaron Pryor - Pac stoppage
Juan Manuel Marquez vs Edwin Rosario - JMM stoppage
Alexis Arguello vs Julio Cesar Chavez - Arguello decision
Salvador Sanchez vs Vicente Saldivar - Saldivar decision
Daniel Zaragoza vs Lupe Pintor - Pintor decision
Jeff Fenech vs Orlando Canizales - Fenech decision
Felix Trinidad vs Julian Jackson - Trinidad stoppage
Mike McCallum vs Terry Norris - McCallum stoppage

 

I disagree.

I see an appreciable difference between the Medel fight Jofre and the Harada fight Jofre.

Jofre was far quicker and sharper against Medel.

Considering that it was already a close fight, I don't see how Harada beats the Jofre of 4 years earlier.

 

Pre-prison Tony Ayala Jr vs Matthew Hilton is a matchup I would have loved to see.

Or either one of those guys versus Jose Luis Lopez.

Oh, and a BIG dream matchup of mine I forgot... Dick Tiger vs Rodrigo Valdez.

 

Nice list

 

I make the best lists. You know it, I know it, everyone knows it.

 

They're yuge, ask anyone.

 

Tiger vs Valdez would be insane. Hard to think of many better middleweight fights.

 

Lil Red Lopez vs Barry McGuigan is another one of my dream matchups that deserves mention.

 

Indeed.

I would favor Tiger, btw.