Bob Arum said Julio Cesar Chavez could fight Brian Vera next, and eventually, Andre Ward.
10: Multiple appearances in Fights of the Year
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A weekly boxing list compiled by Michael Rosenthal. This week: Fighters who have been involved in multiple RING magazine Fights of the Year. Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez, who fight Saturday on Showtime, have been involved in two Fights of the Year – both against each other. 6 -- Muhammad Ali (Jones, 1963; Liston, 1964; Frazier, 1971; Foreman, 1974; Frazier, 1975; Spinks, 1978) 5 – Carmen Basilio (DeMarco, 1955; Saxton, 1956; Robinson, 1957; Robinson, 1958; Fullmer, 1959) 4 – Joe Frazier (Quarry, 1969; Ali, 1971; Foreman, 1973; Ali, 1975) 4 – George Foreman (Frazier, 1973; Ali, 1974; Lyle, 1976; Young, 1977) 4 – Arturo Gatti (Ruelas, 1997; Robinson, 1998; Ward, 2002; Ward, 2003) 3 – Rocky Graziano (Cochrane, 1945; Zale, 1946; Zale, 1947) 3 – Tony Zale (Graziano, 1946; Graziano, 1947; Cerdan, 1948) 3 – Rocky Marciano (Walcott, 1952; LaStarza, 1953; Charles, 1954) 3 – Mickey Ward (Burton, 2001; Gatti, 2002; Gatti, 2003) 2 – 14 tied Note: Ali was Cassius Clay vs. Jones and Liston Michael Rosenthal can be reached at RingTVeditor@yahoo.com |