Fights where the rematch was better than the original...

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  1. Double L

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    Barkley vs. Hearns
    Bowe vs. Golota

    Others?
     
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    Saad vs Yauqi Lopez II
     
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    Spinks - Judah, arguably
     
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    No way. Spinks judah 2 was a one sided bore, while the first fight was really good
     
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    I'm actually with JOM.

    Spinks-Judah 1 was a very good, highly competitive fight.

    The rematch Zab just kicked Spinks' ass.
     
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    Pretty much all of the Marquez-Vazquez fights were great but i can't even recall which one is which now.
     
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    I too enjoyed the action in the first fight much more. However the second had a definite, indisputable ending and was perhaps a career-best performance for Judah
     
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  10. Double L

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    No way!
     
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    Lewis-Holyfield
    Hagler-Antuofermo
    Garcia-Morales
     
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    Disagree with Garcia/Morales. But the others are perfect examples.
     
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    He was talking about Jesus Garcia vs Julio Morales.
     
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    Fight about to start now in Eddie Hearns garden has the potential to be even better than the first fight.

    It's Katie Failer vs Delfine Persoon.
     
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    Katie Taylor has a hematoma
     
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    Whether that's true or not is not important. We don't need that kind of transphobia around here.
     
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    Don't know if anyone caught it but the referee fell in the Taylor-Persoon fight.

    In another instance, Persoon swung herself into the mat and the referee let her get up and fight on , never bothered to wipe her gloves :Jest:
     
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    The 2nd and 3rd are the best.

    1st fight: Vázquez retires on his stool with a busted nose

    2nd fight: Both guys cut, Vázquez stops Márquez in the 6th.

    3rd fight: Vázquez drops Márquez with about 15 seconds left in the fight, and wins on the card by 1 point.

    The fourth fight was just a money grab, Vázquez and his team probably knew their chances were slim with his surgeries from the detached retinas. I think he was sparring with some special protective headgear to try to protect his eyes. Vázquez’s face was all cut up early on and got stopped.
     
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    Matthew Saad Muhammad-Yaqui Lopez 2 was the first to come to mind. Salad’s first fight with Marvin Johnson was probably better than the second, but the 2nd was a classic too.

    Bobby Chacon-Cornelius Boza Edwards 2 was a classic. I haven’t seen the first 3 Chacon fights against Bazooka Limon but I imagine they weren’t as good as the fourth.

    Frankie Liles-Tim Littles 2 was a great short fight.

    Julio Cesar Chavez’s 2nd fight with Roger Mayweather was better than the first. GGG-Canelo 2 was better than the first.
     
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    Monzon-Valdez II
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    Harada-Jofre II (IMO)
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    Saad/Lopez I was awesome, too, with an 8th round that was virtually identical. That was peak Saad.
     
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    Fights where the first fight was a classic but the second fight was even better:
    -Basilio-DeMarco 2
    -Saad-Lopez 2
    -Arguello-Escalera 2 (I know @PhillyPhan69 will disagree with me on this)
    -Banke-Zaragoza 2

    Fights where the first fight was okay but the rematch was a classic:
    -Chacon-Boza
    (I actually think the first fight is underrated and was very good for the first 10 rounds before Boza took over but the second fight was on another level)
    -Valdez-Briscoe (the second fight was a war)
    -Duran-DeJesus

    Fights where the 3rd or 4th fight in the series was the best:
    -Vasquez-Marquez
    (the 2nd was better than the 1st and the 3rd was better than the 2nd)
    -Chacon-Limon
    (the 3rd was better than the 2nd but the 4th was better than the 3rd)
    -Ali-Frazier 3 (very arguable on this one)
     
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    Daniel Zaragoza vs Paul Banke 2
    Israel Vazquez vs Oscar Larios 2
    Israel Vazquez vs Rafael Marquez 2
    Alberto Davila vs Frankie Duarte 2
    Alberto Davila vs Lupe Pintor 2
    Donald Curry vs Marlon Starling 2
    Juan Francisco Estrada vs Carlos Cuadras 2
    Canelo vs GGG 2
     
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    Rosario-Ramirez II
    Rosario-Randall II
     
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    Ward vs Gatti
    Fury vs Wilder
    Marquez vs Pacquio
     
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    how many rounds did pacquiao win vs marquez in 4 fights?
     
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    I thought the first fight was the best.

    The rematch was definitely a lot closer though, and still a good action fight.
     
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    Good call.
     
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