On Monday April 10th, 2006 ESPN Classics: Who’s #1 (check your local lsitings for time) will list the top 20 GREATEST FIGHTS OF ALL TIME…Theres still time to vote for your favorites…Heres the link…
(GUESS THE LINK WASN’T WORKING )
Vote: Greatest Fights
Who’s #1? That’s for you to decide!
ESPN Classic’s ‘‘Who’s #1?: Greatest Fights’’ will air on Monday, April 10 at 9 p.m. ET. “Who’s #1?” gives you the Top 20 on topics such as people, games, moments and much more. They have their rankings but the show isn’t complete without your input.
On April 10, “Who’s #1?” will be looking at the greatest fights of all time. Legendary fights like Ali-Frazier I and III, Tunney-Dempsey II, Louis-Schmeling II, Robinson-LaMotta VI and even last year’s Corrales-Castillo are among those on the list, but which of these performances is #1 on your list?
Below are the 20 fights which appear in the show. To see how they rank, you’ll have to watch! Until then, cast your vote for the greatest fights.
Which FIVE fights below would you consider the greatest of all-time? (Vote for FIVE)
Jack Dempsey-Luis ‘Angel’ Firpo – Sept. 14, 1923
Gene Tunney-Jack Dempsey (II) – Sept. 22, 1927
Joe Louis-Max Schmeling (II) – June 22, 1938
Joe Louis-Billy Conn (I) – June 18, 1941 Tony Zale-Rocky Graziano (I and II) – Sept. 27, 1946 and July 16, 1947 Willie Pep-Sandy Saddler (II) – Feb. 11, 1949- Sugar Ray Robinson-Jake LaMotta (VI) – Feb. 14, 1951- Fwocken brutal
fight and true showing of 2 warriors
Rocky Marciano-Jersey Joe Walcott (I) – Sept. 23, 1952
Carmen Basilio-Tony DeMarco (I and II) – June 10, 1955 and Nov. 30, 1955
Archie Moore-Yvon Durelle (I) – Dec. 10, 1958
Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier (I) – March 8, 1971 Muhammad Ali-George Foreman – Oct. 30, 1974- I just love the story
behind the fight and all it meant during that time
Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier (III) – Oct. 1, 1975
George Foreman-Ryan Lyle – Jan. 24, 1976
Larry Holmes-Ken Norton – June 9, 1978
Sugar Ray Leonard-Tommy Hearns (I) – Sept. 16, 1981
Aaron Pryor-Alexis Arguello (I) – Nov. 12, 1982
Marvin Hagler-Tommy Hearns – April 15, 1985
Evander Holyfield-Riddick Bowe (I) – Nov. 13, 1992 Diego Corrales-Jose Luis Castillo – May 7, 2005- cuz it was a great fight
and I was there on free tickets 8)
I put in bold my 5 picks…For those who have voted list the fights you picked…Thanks…
Hagler Hearns
SRL Hearns
Ali Foreman
Holmes Norton
Holyfield Bowe
Also Robinson Lamotta had many great fights but VI (the valentines day massacre) was really a one sided beatdown for the most part.. There earlier ones were all more competitive, supposedly the fight Lamotta wins is a great great fight.
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