The legendary Harry Greb. Painting by Damien Burton. His title winning effort against Tiger Flowers was universally viewed as a terrible decision and he went on to defend the championship only three times.

His accomplishments as a welterweight are much more impressive. Walker remains one of the best fighters of his era and a pound-for-pound great, but his exploits at are not the basis of that status and on their own do not compare well to that of other middleweight greats.

Why should the tall, strong, wiry guy get all the advantages over the short, muscular guy? They are taller, have a longer reach, usually faster.

I believe there should be some type of a weight handicap match to even things out for the little short guy. By the way LaMotta had many fights and wins against middleweights who would agree to fight him, many would not fight him so he boxed welters, who thought they could maybe outspeed him to victory.

And Rocky did fight middleweight Zale to a standstill in their first two matches. Charley Burley???? Burley was nothing special and should not be listed in the Top 50 Greatest Middleweights.

Burley was THE guy. None of the top fighters wanted to take him on, chief amongst them being Sugar Ray Robinson. Corbett was the last bare-knuckle champion in the sport of boxing although he fought gloved most of the time.

His fall from grace concluded the bare-knuckle era once and for all when challenger John L. Sullivan landed a KO in the 21st round. Corbett vs..

Sullivan will remain an iconic fight for its bridging of old-school and modern boxing. I mean, bare-knuckle would be bloodshed today.

Close your eyes and imagine fighting a professional boxer for rounds. This fight put two of the greats head-to-head in a classic bout.

It was a total knockout for Dan because Rua continued defending himself and keeping his pace which later took Dan to ground with a lot of damage.

Henderson used all his energy and by the third round he got all empty and Rua took advantage of it in the fifth and final round, but Henderson was strong enough and he survived that ticking clock that got him victory.

These two fought first in in which Lawyer was announced as the winner of that match. In , these two again came in front of each other and that first round began.

Lawler played the match wisely from beginning to end, he used his rage efficiently and it got Rory all bloody.

In next rounds, MacDonald also turned him quite good and hurt Lawler badly using a head kick and punches. It seems a wise fight where Sonnen used his strength and Silva used his brain power and won the fight with minimum blood on his face.

Sonnen was harsh from the beginning and he started unloading punches on Silva without stopping for a moment. Silva seems like losing the match initially, but this guy was in complete control that made Sonnen meeting with blood all over.

In the last minutes, Sonnen was unlucky because of that slipping that allowed Silva to choke him up making it a triangle choke.

Sonnen was caught hard that it was impossible for him to be released from that choke and by the time Sonnen lost the fight and made Silva a winner.

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Finally, the two faced off for a second time at UFC Could Cormier get the victory he needed to draw level with his chief rival?

Would Jones return from another lengthy layoff to pick up where he left off? Would they bury the hatchet, regardless of the outcome?

After two close rounds to start the fight where Cormier was the aggressor and Jones worked the body, Jones caught Cormier with a high kick that sent him stumbling backwards and brought about the end of the fight.

A month after the contest, Jones was notified of another potential anti-doping violation and the result was overturned.

Cormier was reinstalled as light heavyweight champion and has since gone on to add the heavyweight title to his mantle, while Jones has been sidelined, trying to find a way back to the cage.

Just two weeks ago, it was announced that Jones would be eligible to return at the end of October and as soon as the news was official, talk of a third fight started, with Jones leading the charge through social media and Cormier responding in kind.

As big as their second meeting was - and it was massive - a third meeting between the two could be even bigger. Previous Next.

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