Whats Been Your Favourite Boxing Fights

DrWise · 03-05-2009, 12:00 PM

over the last couple of decades?
choose 5 if you can

would it be barerra - morales trilogy
gatti vs ward
benn vs mclennen
calzaghe - jeff lacy
ali foreman
lewis holyfield
pacquiao juan manuel marquez
whats been your fav fights could be any fight

xxx_ibzy_xxx · 03-05-2009, 12:07 PM

Agree with the above ones. Antonio Margarito vs Miguel cotto was a good fight.

BB3Lions · 03-05-2009, 12:49 PM

Nigel Benn versus Chris Eubank and the rematch
pacquiao v DLH
Tyson v Bruno

DrWise · 03-05-2009, 1:41 PM

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Originally Posted by xxx_ibzy_xxx

Agree with the above ones. Antonio Margarito vs Miguel cotto was a good fight.

that was a good fight but overshadowed by the illegal substance margarito had on his bandages,
i thought cotto vs mallinagi was a good fight too

danuk · 03-05-2009, 1:56 PM

The illegal bandaging was for the Mosley fight wasn't it?

Calzaghe v Lacy
JMM v Juan Diaz
Mosley v Margarito
The Benn v Eubank fights
Benn v McClellan

redcat1 · 03-05-2009, 2:48 PM

A few that deserve a mention

Naseem Hamed v Kevin Kelly
Graham Earl v Michael Katsidis
Carl Thompson v David Haye

domtheone · 03-05-2009, 3:38 PM

Don't realy get to see much boxing these days now that most of it is on pay tv.

Some that stand out from yesteryear are:

Benn vs Eubank
Benn vs Mcclellan
Couple of Barry Mcguigan fights from the 80's
Balboa vs Creed in Rocky

Of all I think I remember the Benn Mcclellan one the most. Watched it with some friends and we were screaming for Benn as he came back into the fight (after taking a hammering early on) Sadly (i think) Mcclellan had some serious complecations from that fight.

kopchoir · 03-05-2009, 3:51 PM

Diego coralles vs jose luis castillo both fights best fights i have ever seen

gatti ward was a war as well

themonsters · 03-05-2009, 4:49 PM

Hagler v Hearns
Leonard v Hearns
Hearns v Duran
Chavez v Meldrick Taylor
Watson v Benn

Spligsey · 03-05-2009, 6:14 PM

I've always been a fan of heavy handed - one punch KO power fighters.
A few that come to mind are...

Julian Jackson knocking seven bells out of Terry Norris

Terry Norris knocking seven bells out of John Mugabi

Gerald McClellan knocking seven bells out of Julian Jackson

I think i'm right in saying that after McClellan destroyed Julian Jackson - his next fight was against Nigel Benn.
I remeber saying to the lads at work that Benn was going to get KTFO inside 2 rounds (nearly happened too!!!)

If the time is right - there's nothing like 2 great heavyweights going toe to toe. The Bowe / Holyfield fights were great entertainment.

Oddly enough, some of the best KO's i have seen in heavyweights involve Tommy Morrison

Getting mullered by Ray Mercer & getting chinned by Michael Bentt

DrWise · 03-05-2009, 8:04 PM

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Originally Posted by danuk

The illegal bandaging was for the Mosley fight wasn't it?

Calzaghe v Lacy
JMM v Juan Diaz
Mosley v Margarito
The Benn v Eubank fights
Benn v McClellan

apparantley he had illegal bandaging for previous fights too but its still to be proven.
Yeah mosley margarito was a good fight
as was mosley mayorga the last minute of round 12 damn

supahyp · 03-05-2009, 9:23 PM

Hagler vs Hearns
Hagler vs Minter
Lewis vs Rahman (2)
Bowe vs Golota ( 1 and 2 )

IAN P · 03-05-2009, 9:28 PM

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Originally Posted by themonsters

Hagler v Hearns
Leonard v Hearns
Hearns v Duran
Chavez v Meldrick Taylor
Watson v Benn

You have good taste.Any fight with Hearns,Duran,Spinks, Hagler,Sugar Ray Leonard were absolutely fantastic.

There are loads more but i'll keep the list short.

DrWise · 04-05-2009, 2:34 PM

chavez vs dela hoya

justincase · 04-05-2009, 6:04 PM

Benn vs Eubank
Lloyd Honeyghan vs Don curry
Lennox lewis vs Donavan (razor)Ruddock
Ali vs Frazier ,which imho is the greatest fight of all time

bekko · 05-05-2009, 7:02 PM

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Balboa vs Creed in Rocky

lol

02-08-2009, 8:58 AM

By the looks of it I'm a lot older than you lot. See if you can find Ali v Cleveland Williams (1966) on youtube. It showed Ali at his absolute best. Short fight, as Williams, who was no slouch in the 60s, was humiliated in a masterclass of floating and jabbing.

Also got to vote for Alis KO of George Foreman in 1974. Foreman was 40-0-0 at the time and some doctors feared for Alis life in the intense heat in Zaire as they knew he would never give in.

So did I, but he was 8/1 against to win, and you couldn't pass that up when he got in the ring.

addyb · 03-08-2009, 9:24 PM

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Diego coralles vs jose luis castillo both fights best fights i have ever seen

gatti ward was a war as well

Yep agreed!

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The Glimmer Man Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Whats Been Your Favourite Boxing Fights By the looks of it I'm a lot older than you lot. See if you can find Ali v Cleveland Williams (1966) on youtube. It showed Ali at his absolute best. Short fight, as Williams, who was no slouch in the 60s, was humiliated in a masterclass of floating and jabbing. Also got to vote for Alis KO of George Foreman in 1974. Foreman was 40-0-0 at the time and some doctors feared for Alis life in the intense heat in Zaire as they knew he would never give in. So did I, but he was 8/1 against to win, and you couldn't pass that up when he got in the ring.
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