Best Fight That never happened in the 90's?

[TIGEREDGE]

Here are some candidates:

Tyson V Holyfield in 1991
Bowe V Lewis
Tyson V Lewis in mid 90's
Holyfield V Lewis in the early 1990's ( would of happened if holy hadn't lost to moorer in 94)
Bowe Vs Tyson

Quartey V Tito
Tito V Pea in mid 1990's
Tito V Norris
sweet Pea V Norris
Jackson V Toney
Jackson V Nigel Benn

Dlh V Tszyu
Jones Jr V dariuz michalzweski
Jones V Mccllelan
Mosley V Mayweather
Mosley V Tszyu

My choice would be Tyson V holyfield in 1991. i was gutted when that fight was called off. i also remember being fired up for tito v norris and gutted when that never happened. tito quartey was a fight that i prayed to see happen

[TIGEREDGE]

you have got to give dlh credit for giving us nearly all the great fights that he could of given us

was it true that he going to fight norris before mullins beat him

[sweet_scientist]

Nice thread.

I'd say the 15 I'd anticipate most (pretty subjective list) would be:

1. Whitaker vs. Trinidad 1995
2. Whitaker vs. Quartey 1996
3. Jones vs. Michelczewski 1999
4. Mosley vs. Tszyu 1999
5. De la Hoya vs. Tszyu 1997
6. Lopez vs. Johnson 1996
7. Lewis vs. Bowe 1995
8. Norris vs. Vasquez 1993
9. Mosley vs. Johnston 1998
10. Trinidad vs. Quartey 1997
11. Bowe vs. Tyson 1991
12. Johnson vs. Tapia 1997
13. Lopez vs. Arbachakov 1994
14. Hamed vs. Norwood 1998
15. Arbachakov vs. Gonzalez 1993

[sweet_scientist]

Ideally, Whitaker vs. Chavez would have occured a couple years earlier too, around 1991 at 140. Well, ideally it happens 1989 at 135, but I mean, keeping it in the context of the 1990's, 1991 would have been nice.

I suppose Whitaker vs. Taylor would have been good before Chavez got to him as well, around 1990.

[sweet_scientist]

you have got to give dlh credit for giving us nearly all the great fights that he could of given us

was it true that he going to fight norris before mullins beat him

Yeah I believe there were talks of the fight happening if Norris beat Mullings.

And I agree with giving DLH credit for fighting lots of big fights, but he ducked some rematches he should have taken, namely against Pea and Bazooka.

[SuzieQ49]

if you give de la hoya beef for not giving rematches, i hope your all over larry holmes case for never giving rematches in close controversial fights

[Bill1234]

if you give de la hoya beef for not giving rematches, i hope your all over larry holmes case for never giving rematches in close controversial fights

He didn't give one guy a rematch, but I haven't exactly read a lot about Witherspoon pleading for a rematch either. It's sort of natural to blame the ATG for no rematch, but it's not like they can give everyone rematches.

[ThinBlack]

Ruddock/Bowe
Jones/McClellan
Toney/Hopkins.

[luke]

morrison vs bowe
lewis vs bowe
taylor vs chavez
ibeabuchi vs lewis '99
benn vs jones
foreman vs holmes for sentimental value
tyson vs tua/morrison/moorer/bowe/foreman/ibeabuchi/byrd/mercer

[luke]

morrison vs bowe
lewis vs bowe
taylor vs whitaker
ibeabuchi vs lewis '99
benn vs jones
foreman vs holmes for sentimental value
tyson vs tua/morrison/moorer/bowe/foreman/ibeabuchi/byrd/mercer

[Threetime no1]

morrison vs bowe
lewis vs bowe
taylor vs whitaker
ibeabuchi vs lewis '99
benn vs jones
foreman vs holmes for sentimental value
tyson vs tua/morrison/moorer/bowe/foreman/ibeabuchi/byrd/mercer


All these and i'll add;

Benn v Toney + Nunn '91-'93
Eubank v Toney + Nunn '91-'93
Jones v Michalczewki