Question. Boxers who said no to "Superfights."

This is the boards thread, not mine. I'll only ask you not to include, Sugar Ray Leonard, who eventually fought Hagler. Who said no to a bunch of millions and a sold out venue, whether it was PPV, Closed Circuit theaters of the 70,s and 80,s or what ever? Who walked away from millions of dollars and refused to fight in the biggest contest of their time. I'm not asking for a debate here. I'd just like to be informed. (Note: Hugo Corro vs. Marvin Hagler is no superfight.)

Man this is TOUGH. In the days of eight divisions and one champ per this rarely happened.
Back then the belt=money.

Most of these are gonna be a reach but here goes.

Roy Jones and Darius M would have been the biggest fight either ever had.

Up and coming Ray Robinson against fan unfriendly Charley Burley.

A coked up Aaron Pryor didn't sign to fight Duran for big money when he was given the contract.

But these are real reaches by your criteria. I am glad to say I think this fiasco is nearly unique in boxing.

I believe it should be referred to as a two-time fiasco. Twice the biggest money fight in the history of boxing was not signed.

Frank - I'm looking forward to your Floyd bashing.

robinson-basilio 3...dempsey-tunney 3..both superfights..

Not the biggest fight, but Lewis-Vitali II

bowe-lennox lewis

Vitali v. Wladimir
Haye v. Vitali/Wladimir
Pavlik v. Abraham
RJJ v. Holyfield
Leonard v. Pryor

even tho the second fight finally happened it was a waste of time and happened about 10-12 yrs to late.

Roy Jones Vs B-HOP

NBrooks5 wrote:

Frank - I'm looking forward to your Floyd bashing.

It's his oxygen.

Leonard said no to Hagler for a good while

Birdofthad wrote:

Leonard said no to Hagler for a good while

Convenient that he finally chose to nut up when he saw serious wear on Marvin starting to show in the Mugabi fight. Another reason why I really dislike him post-Hearns I career.

yep Leonard was at Mugabi fight and only then was he like

oh I can beat this guy, lets fight, 12 rounds, big ring, 48 oz gloves, and you have to blow me!

yet people that hate Mayweather have Leonard in their top 10 all time P4P

kinda interesting !

Leonard was a welterweight fighting an ATG middleweight. Leonard also fought all the best welters. No contest between Leonard's resume and Mayweather's.

not saying there is jsut saying its funny Leonard dodged the biggest win of his career for a good long time with certain stipulations yet no one remembers that for the msot part

KrazyHorseBennett wrote:

NBrooks5 wrote:

Frank - I'm looking forward to your Floyd bashing.

It's his oxygen.

C'mon guys. The last thread I did about MW was positive. I'll admit that I am in shock that this fight is probably not going to happen. I have nothing else to say about him.

The biggest problem with the negotiations last year and this year has been the impact on other fighters.

Many fighters from 140 to 154 have been left sitting.

Guys not wanting to fight as they wanted to be in the running for the Pac or Floyd lottery (PW, Berto, Bradley).

Guys wanting to fight guys in that first group.

It really has been a drag on the sport with much further implications than the two combatants.

captainanddew wrote:

The biggest problem with the negotiations last year and this year has been the impact on other fighters.

Many fighters from 140 to 154 have been left sitting.

Guys not wanting to fight as they wanted to be in the running for the Pac or Floyd lottery (PW, Berto, Bradley).

Guys wanting to fight guys in that first group.

It really has been a drag on the sport with much further implications than the two combatants.

Agreed, but the only damage control we have is to go on and make other exciting fights.

Holmes turned down a huge payday to fight Gerrie Coetzee due to the apartheid issue.Not sure if this would fall into the Superfight category.