Great fights that no one talks about

[VibesMan]

We all know the epics but what fights do you love that get little mention?

Let's not try and be too obscure and go with fights only serious collectors and historians may know.

My pick is Dave "Boy" Mcauley vs Fidel Bassa (i forget the exact year - 80's) in an unbelievable up and down thriller.

Interested to hear your thoughts on any others but love to hear from anyone who saw the one I mentioned.

[Kiid Dynamite]

Boza edwards vs Bobby Chacon

[JAB5239]

Kid Akeem-Robert Quiroga. Great fight, tragic ending.

[mickey malone]

We all know the epics but what fights do you love that get little mention?

Let's not try and be too obscure and go with fights only serious collectors and historians may know.

My pick is Dave "Boy" Mcauley vs Fidel Bassa (i forget the exact year - 80's) in an unbelievable up and down thriller.

Interested to hear your thoughts on any others but love to hear from anyone who saw the one I mentioned.

I remember Bassa McCauley.. Sure they had 2 fights for one of the flyweight titles, the first being a draw and the second was won by Bassa on a late TKO.. Can recall plenty of KD's, but I can't remember what fight was the better one..

[VibesMan]

I remember Bassa McCauley.. Sure they had 2 fights for one of the flyweight titles, the first being a draw and the second was won by Bassa on a late TKO.. Can recall plenty of KD's, but I can't remember what fight was the better one..

I think it was the first one?? Just remember watching it with my Dad in awe.

Think the 2nd was good but didn't quite reach the heights of Number 1.

One of my first fight memories along with Colin Jones/Don Curry and a very vague recollection of Larry Holmes - Ah the good ole days!

[sonnyboyx2]

Joe Frazier v Jerry Quarry (1) a forgotten classic RMFOTY 1969
Bobby Chacon v Bazooka Limon 4
Bobby Chacon v Boza Edwards 2
Bobby Chacon v Danny Lopez
Frank Fletcher v Ernie Singletary
Ray Leonard v Thomas Hearns 1
Ray Mancini v Duk Koo Kim
Gene Fullmer v Benny Peret
Caveman Lee v John Locicero
Evander Holyfield v Dwight Braxton 1
Chris Eubank v Carl Thompson 1 & 2
Nigel Benn v Gerald McClellan
Denis Andries v Jeff Harding 1,2,3
Jerry Quarry v Joe Alexander
Muhammad Ali v Al`blue`Lewis
Colin Jones v Kirkland Laing 1 & 2

[VibesMan]

Joe Frazier v Jerry Quarry (1) a forgotten classic RMFOTY 1969
Bobby Chacon v Bazooka Limon 4
Bobby Chacon v Boza Edwards 2
Bobby Chacon v Danny Lopez
Frank Fletcher v Ernie Singletary
Ray Leonard v Thomas Hearns 1
Ray Mancini v Duk Koo Kim
Gene Fullmer v Benny Peret
Caveman Lee v John Locicero
Evander Holyfield v Dwight Braxton 1
Chris Eubank v Carl Thompson 1 & 2
Nigel Benn v Gerald McClellan
Denis Andries v Jeff Harding 1,2,3
Jerry Quarry v Joe Alexander
Muhammad Ali v Al`blue`Lewis
Colin Jones v Kirkland Laing 1 & 2

Nice list although I'd argue SRL/Hearns and Benn/Mclellan aren't overlooked.

Good shout re Eubank/Thompson 1. I was there for that fight (Hamed/Vasquez headlined) and it remains one of my favourite "i was there" fights.

[Benncollinsaad]

Moorer-Stewart was a very exciting fight. Moorer's first real test as a heavyweight, which he passed with a glance.

[Silencers]

There are way too many to list but here are some of them IMO.

Terry Norris vs Troy Waters
Michael Carbajal vs Jorge Arce
Tony Ayala vs Yory Boy Campas
Orlando Canizalez vs Kelvin Seabrooks 1
Ray Leonard vs Donny Lalonde I thought was an underrated fight
All 3 Jeff Harding vs Denis Andries fights
Frank Fletcher vs Clint Jackson
Frank Fletcher vs James Green
Wilfredo Gomez vs Lupe Pintor
Frankie Liles vs Tim Littles 2
Richard Hall vs Julian Letterlough
Matthew Saad Muhammad vs Marvin Johnson 1 & 2
Matthew Saad Muhammad vs Richie Kates
Erik Morlaes vs Daniel Zaragoza
Daniel Zaragoza vs Paul Banke 2
Bruce Curry vs Wilfred Benitez
Mike McCallum vs Milton McCrory
Bruce Curry vs Monroe Brooks
Simon Brown vs Tyrone Trice
Simon Brown vs Vincent Pettway
Michael Gomez vs Alex Arthur
Alex Arthur vs Stephen Foster
Kelvin Seabrooks vs Thierry Jacob
Mickie Ward vs Reggie Green
Charles Williams vs Merqui Sosa 1 & 2
Luis Collazo vs Jose Antonio Rivera
Kennedy McKinney vs Junior Jones
Kennedy McKinney vs Welcome Ncita 1
Jamie Moore vs Matthew Macklin
Danny Hunt vs Lee Meager
Mark Kaylor vs Errol Christie
Daniel Santos vs Neil Sinclair
Jorge Arce vs Hussein Hussein 1
Rafael Pedroza vs Gustavo Ballas
Kermit Cintron vs David Estrada
David Tua vs David Izon
Acelino Freitas vs Jorge Barrios
Alex Stewart vs Michael Moorer
Bert Cooper vs Henry Tillman
Ray Mercer vs Bert Cooper
Alex Stewart vs Ezra Sellers
Bert Cooper vs Andre McCall
Ildemar Paisan vs Geronimo Luque
Barry Michael vs Lester Ellis
David Walker vs Spencer Fearon
Manuel Gomez vs Jeffrey Hill
Luis Hernandez vs Luis Pabon
Alfonso Gomez vs Jesse Feliciano 3
Fulgencio Zuniga vs Jose Luis Zertuche 1 & 2
Bobby Czyz vs Williw Edwards
Freddie Roach vs Tommy Cordoba
Daniel Edouard vs Willie Gibbs
Jason Litzau vs John Nolasco
Michael Gomez vs Carl Johanneson
Michael Moorer vs Bert Cooper
John Duddy vs Yory Boy Campas
Antwun Echols vs Charles Brewer
Israel Vazquez vs Oscar Larios 2
Pernell Whitaker vs Buddy McGirt 1
Thomas Hearns vs James Kinchen
Carmen Basilio vs Tony De Marco 1 & 2
Ray Mancini vs Livingstone Bramble 1
Ray Mancini vs Alexis Arguello
Carl Thompson vs Chris Eubank 1 & 2
Caveman Lee vs John LoCicero
Carl Thompson vs David Haye

Anyways, there are much much more. Some of these fights get mentioned more than others but are still mentioned too little IMO. There should really be a sticky in the History Section about this kind of stuff, like a 'fights you have to watch before you die' thread.

[Hitman Hodgson]

Graham Earl vs Michael Katsidis - 4 rounds of total war

Martin Rogan vs Matt Skelton - 21st century HW classic.