Boxing Historians here, what have been some classic co-mains in PPV fights?

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I think that a lot of us, myself included, tend to forget or ignore a lot of the fights that come before the main event. We get so caught up in the two main boxers that are selling the fight that there are usually 6-8 other boxers on the card, for their own specific reasons, trying to make it happen in the sweet science. 2 of those 6-8 are on the verge of something special at times. These are people that near the cusp of greatness of headlining their own PPV and some move on while some only make it to this peak, so close, but yet, so far. Almost all of today's current P4P boxers were at this point sometime in their careers. So, for those we recognize as legends, stars, average strap holders and even the journeymen who fought great fights in these fights and sometimes get lost as footnotes in history, I'd appreciate it if anybody could shine some light and drop some video links to educate us, that'd be great.
 

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Orlando Salido vs Rocky Martinez 2 shytted on Floyd-Berto

Rocky Martinez vs Miguel Beltran nearly stole the spotlight from Sergio-Jr

Takashi Miura vs Francisco Vargas stole the whole fukking show from Canelo-Miguel Cotto

King Sor-Chocolatito might have edged GGG-DannyJacobs but both were good fights

Michael Katsidis vs Czar Amonsot stole the show from Bernard Hopkins-Winky Wright

Michael Katsidis vs Vicente Escobedo on Floyd-Marquez...almost stole the show too
 

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Orlando Salido vs Rocky Martinez 2 shytted on Floyd-Berto

Rocky Martinez vs Miguel Beltran nearly stole the spotlight from Sergio-Jr

Takashi Miura vs Francisco Vargas stole the whole fukking show from Canelo-Miguel Cotto

King Sor-Chocolatito might have edged GGG-DannyJacobs but both were good fights

Michael Katsidis vs Czar Amonsot stole the show from Bernard Hopkins-Winky Wright

Michael Katsidis vs Vicente Escobedo on Floyd-Marquez...almost stole the show too

I found links for everyone to watch





 

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co-main is usually pretty much just a fancier name for undercard though... :russ:
Nah, to me, Co-main is the B fight....like it would be HBO/Showtime Main Event quality, but not strong enough for PPV Main Event (i.e. Danny Garcia vs Lucas Matthysse as the co-main of Floyd Mayweather vs Canelo Alvarez).


Undercard fights are those who are just lower quality matchups, but the Co-main and the Main Event are supposed to be good & great matchups.
 
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