1 Alan Minter and Kevin Finnegan
Minter beat Finnegan by more than 15 rounds to win the British middleweight belt in 1975, then won the British belt entirely when repeating that feat the following year. Their third match, again for the British title in 1977, also went to Minter after 15 innings.
2 Armor Johnny and Francis Ampofo
Ampofo’s last three fights in his professional career were against bantamweight rival Armor, the first in 2000 and the last in 2002. Despite losing all three decisive fights, Ampofo was very strong. Unlucky not to win at least one match.
3 Jamie Moore and Michael Jones
Moore first defeated Jones in 2003, via decision, but then lost the rematch in 2004 when disqualified for hitting Jones during the break. The third match, which took place in 2005, was an even match, with Moore eventually winning in six innings.
4 Danny Williams and Michael Sprott
Heavyweights Williams and Sprott first met in 2002, Williams won in seven rounds. They then met again the following year, this time Williams winning five controversial games. That set up a third fight in 2004, which Williams overcame – only – in points.
5 Colin Powers and Clinton McKenzie
Powers stopped McKenzie for two innings in 1977, and then, when McKenzie was a bit more seasoned, beat him by 15 decisive rounds to win the British ultralightweight title in 1979. , McKenzie finally got a second one later that year, when outpointing Powers in a horror movie to win the title.
6 Freddie Mills and Arthur Sadd
Long before winning the world light-heavyweight title, Mills split three fights with Arthur “Ginger” Sadd, losing his first encounter on points in 1939 only to turn around and overtake Sadd in 1940. and also stopped him for nine innings the following year.
7 Matt Skelton and Michael Sprott
Skelton and Sprott fought three times, including a three-round match in the final of the 2010 Prizefighter tournament (won by Sprott). Their two other matches, one in 2004 and the other in 2007, were played the way of Skelton, who won the first by final injury time and the second by majority decision.
8 Robbie Regan and Francis Ampofo
Wales’ Regan against Ampofo, no stranger to the trio, was, for the first time in 1990, six innings ahead of him. The pair then shared two more matches in 1991, both competing for the British flyweight belt, with Ampofo winning the second game via TKO in the 11th round and Regan winning the decisive third match.
9 Julius Francis and Mike Holden
Francis beat Holden in 10 decisive rounds in 1996, but then lost a rematch to Mancunian in 2000 with the British heavyweight title at stake. Their rubber match, in 2001, went back the way of Francis, who decided 12 innings.
10 Quaise Khamedi and Ijaz Ahmed
Recently included on this list, fly supers Khamedi and Ahmed have fought three times so far and drawn two of them. Their last fight, in July, set up a fourth encounter this Friday, but that was later called off.
