The Sweet Science
- Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier III, Oct. 1, 1975
- Jack Dempsey vs. Luis Angel Firpo, Sept. 14, 1923
- Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns, Sept. 16, 1981
- Micky Ward vs Arturo Gatti I, May 18, 2002
- Joe Louis vs. Billy Conn, June 18, 1941
- Diego Corrales vs. Jose Luis Castillo, May 7, 2005
- Marvin Hagler vs. Thomas Hearns, April 15, 1985
- Erik Morales vs Marco Antonio Barrera I, February 19, 2000
- Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Meldrick Taylor, March 17, 1990
- Chris Eubank v Nigel Benn I, November 18, 1990
Top 10 Boxing Matches of All Time
On the morning of 17 April 1860, boxing's inaugural "world title" match took place. Though illegal, sporting historians accept that John C. Heenan vs Tom Sayers (U.S. vs England, in a Hampshire field) was the first of many thousands of "fights of the century." Here's TIME's selection of the greatest bouts of all time