Which is the best trilogy of all time?

I would have loved to have gone for Holyfield v Bowe,Vasquez v Marquez or Gatti v Ward but in the end,for both quality and star power i had to go Ali v Frazier,even though the 2nd one was pretty boring.
Some great trilogies listed there though and it’s not easy for me to pick just one.

And will look to refresh my memory/gain a view of some of the old ones later. Naturally the Vazquez-Marquez trilogy is the one I know best, and good point on not counting the fourth one.

It’s the only one where all three fights were FOTY quality.

Sergio Martinez wins this weekend and next year we get another trilogy to add to the list.

I went with Barrera-Morales. Man those guys could fight.

Vazquez-Marquez. It was like the Gatti-Ward and Morales-Barrera trilogies put into a blender together.

Much of what can be written about South African boxing can be found in the drama that unfolded in the four great fights between Brian Mitchell and the late Jacob "Dancing Shoes" Morake

Morake and Mitchell had fought a total of 34 rounds, but this time Mitchell stopped the game Morake in the twelfth and final round. Morake had taken a significant amount of punishment in the fiercely contested fight. A dehydrated Morake collapsed in the 12th round and never regained consciousness. He was hospitalized and died the following day of head injuries. Some say that in the final rounds, he clearly was unable to defend himself, but I have never been able to corroborate this though Gavin Evans makes reference to the bout in his compelling book Dancing Shoes Is Dead: A Tale of Fighting Men in South Africa (Black Swan, 2003). Evans believes Morake’s courage, his trainer’s desperate hope, and what he terms the inaction of the referee all contributed to the tragic ending. After deep self-reflection, an emotionally devastated Mitchell returned to the ring in March 1986, knocking out Julio Ruiz in six rounds at Sun City.

In the end, he and the classy Mitchell had a great rivalry going, and according to South African boxing lore (and in a bizarre twist of fate), Morake stated to friends before his fateful fight with Mitchell that he’d rather die than lose.

Greatness!!!!!!

The bastards up 2 – 1 in our once a decade Xmas title fights. I’ve gotta work on slipping the jab . Hes 6 ft 4 and thinks hes frigging Larry Holmes .

see Floyd v Ingo .

I enjoyed Ward-Gatti personally the most, and I’m voting that way, because they are—well, what they are, really, and with the release of the Ward movie may/will have a type of historical importance, because I think it will spark a much-needed up-tick in interest in the sport. Ali was the sport, but it was one of the most popular sports in the U.S. at the time—with the movie, Mickey’s a crossover star when the numbers are down.

I’m just curious….

I think as it stands now is a great top 3
Ali v Frazier
Vasquez v Marquez
Gatti v Ward.

 
And Dennis Andries-Jeff Harding the best.

how the first 3 fights for Bobby Chacon and Bazooka Limon went?
I’ve only seen the fourth fight, which was great! (FOTY)
However, I’ve never had an opportunity to check out their first 3.
Were they any/as good?

How about the worst trilogies of all time? I nominate Holyfield-Ruiz and Mundine-Soliman.