We take a look at the top 10 fights in professional boxing history.
If you're a lover of film, you may be familiar with Letterboxd.
Essentially, it’s an app - a home for movie fans - where they can create lists of films they've watched and rate or review them accordingly.
The Letterboxd team has taken the idea to red carpets across America, asking various cast members to pick their four favourite films of all time... an impossible task!
From the big screen to the squared circle, I've been challenged to pick out the 10 best fights of all time.
If you’re a serious boxing connoisseur, then you’ll know just how difficult it is to whittle down the greatest fights - which there have been many - to just 10.
These selections may not necessarily be the greatest fights ever to take place in a ring, but they are must-watch, thrilling spectacles that you’ll find hard to take your eyes off.
Check out the fights to have made the cut below...
No.1 - Marvin Hagler vs Thomas Hearns
April 15, 1985 - Caesars Palace, Las Vegas
The term “war” is overused to describe toe-to-toe action, but no fight suits the word better than the several minutes of mayhem, chaos, and destruction that Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearns brought to Caesars Palace.
The ultimate fight to hook someone looking to get into boxing.
No.2 - Arturo Gatti vs Micky Ward 1
May 18, 2002 - Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville
A 30-minute Rocky movie featuring two 10-stone men.
Arturo Gatti and Micky Ward created a rivalry so glorious, respectful, and violent that it bonded them for the rest of their lives.
Jaws are still being picked up 23 years later.
No.3 - Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier III
October 1, 1975 - Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Four years after discovering everything about one another in the ring, two of boxing’s most revered figures went to war once again.
This was not so much about skill as survival - and about how far each man was willing to go to beat his greatest rival.
The third installment of Muhammad Ali versus Joe Frazier was a true fight for the ages.
No.4 - Sugar Ray Leonard vs Thomas Hearns
September 16, 1981 - Caesars Palace, Las Vegas
The poise and panache of Sugar Ray Leonard against the venom and violence of Thomas Hearns.
A bout that was not just edge-of-the-seat thrilling but also one of the highest calibre.
Two of the very best meeting at the right time.
No.5 - Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier 1
March 8, 1971 - Madison Square Garden, New York
The first chapter of one of boxing’s greatest rivalries.
Like Leonard vs Hearns, this wasn’t just a slugfest - it was the greatest boxer in the world taking on the man determined to knock him off his perch.
No.6 - Diego Corrales vs Jose Luis Castillo
May 7, 2005 - Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas
Boxing is the theatre of the unexpected, and this jaw-dropping lightweight unification fight proves exactly why.
Just when you think you know what will happen, the script is flipped - and then ripped.
Do all you can to dig out the highlights of Diego Corrales vs Jose Luis Castillo, you won't be disappointed!
No.7 - George Foreman vs Ron Lyle
January 24, 1976 - Caesars Palace, Las Vegas
The heavyweight equivalent of Hagler vs Hearns.
The 1976 Ring Magazine Fight of the Year was a punishing, rock 'em sock 'em back-and-forth thriller that has to be seen to be believed.
No.8 - Riddick Bowe vs Evander Holyfield 1
November 13, 1992 - Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
The frustrating yet undeniable talent of Riddick ‘Big Daddy’ Bowe met the superhuman resolve of Evander ‘The Real Deal’ Holyfield.
Together, they reminded everyone how spectacular the heavyweight division can be.
A fight that ticks every box!
No.9 - Nigel Benn vs Gerald McClellan
February 25, 1995 - London Arena, London
A harrowing reminder of boxing’s savagery when two of the most destructive fighters ever to grace the super-middleweight division collide.
Nigel Benn versus Gerald McClellan produced unfiltered violence with life-changing consequences.
No.10 - Felix Trinidad vs Fernando Vargas
December 2, 2000 - Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas
Billed as Forces of Destruction, Felix Trinidad versus Fernando Vargas certainly lived up to the hype.
A chaotic opening round set the tone for one of the wildest fights of the early 2000s.
