Top 10 Best Boxing Matches Ever

Eight minutes of the most ferocious sustained violence in boxing history — two elite middleweights trading haymakers from the opening bell until Hearns crumbled in the third.

Ali invented the rope-a-dope in Kinshasa, absorbed Foreman's devastating power for seven rounds, then knocked out the unbeatable champion to reclaim his crown.

Sugar Ray Leonard was losing on the scorecards before unleashing a 14th-round onslaught that stopped Hearns in one of the most dramatic comebacks in welterweight history.

The first installment of boxing's greatest modern trilogy saw Gatti and Ward engage in a ninth-round war so savage it won Round of the Year and launched a legendary rivalry.

Two Mexican warriors fought twelve brutal rounds with national pride on the line — Morales won a split decision in a featherweight classic that transcended boxing in Latin America.

Diego Corrales got off the canvas twice in the tenth round and stopped José Luis Castillo with a flurry that is universally regarded as the greatest round in boxing history.

Buster Douglas was a 42-to-1 underdog and knocked out the most feared man on the planet in the tenth round in Tokyo — the biggest upset in boxing history.

Three razor-close fights earned a fourth, and Márquez ended it with a perfectly timed counter right hand that left Pacquiao face-down and unconscious in the sixth.

Lennox Lewis was losing badly to a younger, bloodied Vitali Klitschko before a cut stoppage ended the fight — Klitschko demanded it continue, creating heavyweight legend.

Eight minutes of the most ferocious sustained violence in boxing history — two elite middleweights trading haymakers from the opening bell until Hearns crumbled in the third.

Ali invented the rope-a-dope in Kinshasa, absorbed Foreman's devastating power for seven rounds, then knocked out the unbeatable champion to reclaim his crown.

Sugar Ray Leonard was losing on the scorecards before unleashing a 14th-round onslaught that stopped Hearns in one of the most dramatic comebacks in welterweight history.

The first installment of boxing's greatest modern trilogy saw Gatti and Ward engage in a ninth-round war so savage it won Round of the Year and launched a legendary rivalry.

Two Mexican warriors fought twelve brutal rounds with national pride on the line — Morales won a split decision in a featherweight classic that transcended boxing in Latin America.

Diego Corrales got off the canvas twice in the tenth round and stopped José Luis Castillo with a flurry that is universally regarded as the greatest round in boxing history.

Buster Douglas was a 42-to-1 underdog and knocked out the most feared man on the planet in the tenth round in Tokyo — the biggest upset in boxing history.

Three razor-close fights earned a fourth, and Márquez ended it with a perfectly timed counter right hand that left Pacquiao face-down and unconscious in the sixth.

Lennox Lewis was losing badly to a younger, bloodied Vitali Klitschko before a cut stoppage ended the fight — Klitschko demanded it continue, creating heavyweight legend.