Micky Ward v Arturo Gatti trilogy

Arturo Gatti v Mickey Ward

More than a few experts made the comment that this three fight series was akin to the vicious and wild affairs fight fans were used to back in the 1950’s.
The action packed fights Arturo and Mickey put on actually top most of boxing’s previous match-ups for toe-to-toe slugging and sheer drama.
The first fight especially, was utterly mind boggling. Both men gave their all and, as with many of the fighters on this list, their names will always be correlated.

Ward wisely retired after the third and final gruelling bout, whereas Gatti fought on util his untimely death in 2010.