- Andre Ward v Paul Smith
This odd pairing became all the more weird when Smith weighed in well over the agreed catchweight.
- Deontay Wilder v Eric Molina
Wilder took a backward step after winning the WBC world heavyweight title by fighting the anonymous Molina.
- Floyd Mayweather v Andre Berto
After routing Manny Pacquiao in their colossal fight last year, Mayweather closed out his career with a whimper by taking on undeserving Berto.
- John Ruiz v Roy Jones Jnr
Jones gained 20lbs and jumped two weight classes to make history and claim the world heavyweight title.
- Marvin Hagler v Sugar Ray Leonard
Plenty feared for Leonard’s wellbeing when he ended a three-year hiatus to fight the monstrous Hagler at a weight he’d never met before, but he came away with a questionable win.
- Oscar De La Hoya v Manny Pacquiao
Promoter Bob Arum was lambasted for matching Pacquiao with the much-larger De La Hoya, but the Filipino pulled off a sensational win.
- George Foreman v five different men
After losing to Muhammad Ali, Foreman tried to regain his menacing reputation by fighting – and beating – five men on the same night. It didn’t work.
- Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez v Amir Khan
This out-of-the-blue superfight was kept completely under wraps until it was announced, and Khan will jump two weight classes for it.
- Guillermo Rigondeaux v Jazza Dickens
Few could believe their eyes when it was recently announced pound-for-pound master Rigondeaux was to travel to Cardiff to fight British champion Dickens.
- Larry Holmes v Eric ‘Butterbean’ Esch
It was a strange affair whenever the blubbery, bald-headed Esch stepped through the strands but never more so than when he fought a 52-year-old Holmes in 2002.
