Classic fight of the week suggestions.

strobe

So, this is the idea, roughly.

Every week starting Monday morning, ending Thursday night at this time (or, ye know, whatever), people will post to this thread, suggesting a great fight that everyone should watch (or re-watch). Come Thursday evening, the mods, or a poll, or some sort of thing (I haven't really thought this through), will pick the most worthy, or popular, (I really haven't thought this through) fight suggested. And then we will all try to watch (or re-watch) it over the weekend. And then we can discuss it, one fight at a time.

*Full fights available on youtube or somewhere else are kinda essential to the idea*

My hope is that a lot of us might get to see an unmissable fight we really shouldn't have missed up to now, and that there will be some great discussion to be had for the week about the fight, until the next great fight is put up the following week, and that fight thread is closed off and resigned to history.

This is an amazing idea. Hammer out the details yourselves. Who agrees?


"Yeah awesome idea Strobe!!!"

"Wow, that'd be great!"

"I'm on board!!! Have my babies!"

And other such words in support of the general idea welcome.

megadodge

I really like the idea.

Whatever about the "how's" and "what-if's" I think it's really worthy of trying out. As you said it could introduce lots here to great fights very few knew of.

I'm in favour.

Chrissybhoy

We should definitely go ahead with this good idea strobe

Tiriel

Maybe a week is too short a time.. fortnight perhaps or even monthly?

strobe

Tiriel wrote: »

Maybe a week is too short a time.. fortnight perhaps or even monthly?

Yeah that's a good point, like pac-man, I find myself short for time, and I'm sure a lot of people are the same, one a week might be hard to fit in. Forthnightly (is that a word?) sounds good, or monthly, whatever suits people.

Anyone any other suggestions for how it could work?

menoscemo

Great idea. I have a few classic fight I would love to throw up. Starts Monday?

walshb

As Mills Lane would say "Let's get it on." Good idea. I assume we can throw up a few suggestions? Maybe if each poster throws up three relating to modern/old and one from any era that really stands out for them?

I'll start then. Modern: Groves-DeGale 2011. Excellent technical match and full of subtle action throughout.

Oldie: LaPorte-McGuigan 1985 I think was the year. Very interesting scrap, and Barry's biggest win to date.

Beast of a fight: Holyfield-Bowe 1 1992. All round brilliance.

Big Ears

A fantastic idea for a thread. Although like Pac_man my time to actually watch these is severely limited.

Continuing on Walshb's approach I'm going to choose as follows:
Modern- Vasquez vs Marquez III
Oldie- Alexis Arguello vs Aaron Prior I
Beast- Castillo vs Corrales I

The Vasquez vs Marquez trilogy (lets forget the 4th fight) is simply amazing, and any of the fights stand up there as some of the most enthralling contests we've seen in recent times.
Arguello vs Pryor was just a fantastic fight, with controversy and all to it at the end.
Castillo vs Corrales, perhaps too many will have seen this in recent times, but my pick for the best bout of pugilism we've ever seen.

barney4001

Be hard to find a better fight than Kevin Mitchell vs Jorge Linares last night
Just had a look back i thought this meant the present week

Talib Fiasco

Oldie: Leonard/Hearns 1. Any fight involving the 4 Kings needs no introduction or explanation...great fight this one

Modern: Yaegashi/Porpramook...always have loved the little guys Boxing, there have been countless absolute bangers of fights there in recent years, this one was class. Not even on YT.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xm19if_akira-yaegashi-vs-pornsawan-porpramook_sport

Beast: Easy pick..Morales/Barrera 1

megadodge

Not sure if we are all supposed to suggest something and then decide to watch or just bang away with as many suggestions as possible, but here's three -

Oldie - Lupe Pintor v Wilfredo Gomez

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw4APZuTpBM


Modern - Carl Thompson v Ezra Sellars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWC7aJUa52w


Barroom Brawl / Beast - Ron Lyle v George Foreman featuring IMO the all-time wildest round of boxing between world-class fighters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8AVcEyyMco

walshb

megadodge wrote: »

Not sure if we are all supposed to suggest something and then decide to watch or just bang away with as many suggestions as possible, but here's three -

Oldie - Lupe Pintor v Wilfredo Gomez

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw4APZuTpBM


Modern - Carl Thompson v Ezra Sellars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWC7aJUa52w


Barroom Brawl / Beast - Ron Lyle v George Foreman featuring IMO the all-time wildest round of boxing between world-class fighers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8AVcEyyMco

I'll get onto the Thompson fight. I haven't seen or heard of that one. The other two are classics.

walshb

Watched the fight with Thompson. Not sure if we can give away anything

Hell of a KO!

menoscemo

walshb wrote: »

Watched the fight with Thompson. Not sure if we can give away anything

Hell of a KO!

I have just been watching a few Carl Thompson fights on youtube. was he ever in a bad one?