Favourite Fights to Rewatch

Morrison J

With the Coronavirus cancelling all boxing for the foreseeable anyone else filling their time this week by watching some older fights?

In the last week I've watched:

Duran v Hagler/Barkley/De Jesus III
Whitaker v Chavez/De La Hoya
Holyfield v Bowe I
Matthew Saad Muhammad v John Conteh I
Bradley v Provodnikov
Floyd v Corrales

Few notes:

Duran v Barkley is my favourite fight of all time. Unbelievable that Duran got that type of performance out of himself at 37, far above his best weight.

I don't think there's a robbery that angers me more than Whitaker v Chavez. Punch perfect performance by Whitaker against the best in the world at the time. Incredible performance.

If there was only one boxer's career I could rewatch for the rest of my life it might be Matthew Saad Muhammad.

Floyd v Corrales is probably the best performance of the last 20 years. Didn't lose a minute against a P4P top 5 fighter at the time. Flawless.

normanoffside

My favourite all time fight remain Duran vs Leonard 1

That was 2 elite guys going at it at close to their peaks.

weemcd

Michael Katsidis vs Graham Earl

This one is MENTAL, a treat for anyone who hasn't seen it.

Morrison J

normanoffside wrote: »

My favourite all time fight remain Duran vs Leonard 1

That was 2 elite guys going at it at clode to their peaks.

Most highly skilled fight ever in my opinion.

walshb

Great thread...

Ali-Foreman never gets old..Superb fight

Toney-Jiriov....super back and forth action

Toney-Nunn: excellent technical masterpiece. Non stop as well.

McGuigan-Pedroza. What an event.

SRL-Hearns 1981. Super scrap.

Coralles-Mayweather. If you want to see why Floyd would be almost unbeatable at 130, watch this.

Gatti-Ward 1

Hagler-Mugabi. Loved it.

Chavez-Taylor for the day that’s in it. Patrick’s day 1990.

Qawi-Holyfield 1. FOTY 1986...

Domestic: I loved Froch-Groves 1. And looking back with measure, Foster got it bang on right with the stoppage.

Sal Sanchez-Wilfredo Gomez one of my favorites. Sal was some fighter..

And my personal choice of best fight I have seen is Bowe-Holyfield 1...

Bobby Baccala

Eubank vs Benn were great scraps, 2 animals.

Bowe vs Holyfield 1 is a great shout gonna throw that on now.

Morrison J

weemcd wrote: »

Michael Katsidis vs Graham Earl

This one is MENTAL, a treat for anyone who hasn't seen it.

Mickey Vann throwing the towel back out of the ring and making them continue!

walshb

The Israel Vasquez-Rafael Marquez fights are epic!!

weemcd

Morrison J wrote: »

Mickey Vann throwing the towel back out of the ring and making them continue!

Absolute scenes.

I know Katsidis was always good for a tear up, was Earl any good?

A other one that's kinda similar is Naz v Kevin Kelly absolute slugfest.

walshb

Not near as well known, but Groves-DeGale was a brilliantly fought technical fight..

Morrison J

weemcd wrote: »

Absolute scenes.

I know Katsidis was always good for a tear up, was Earl any good?

A other one that's kinda similar is Naz v Kevin Kelly absolute slugfest.

Euro level at best warrior type. Half way through a prison sentence now unfortunately. Fought on far too long given his style.

walshb

Castillo-Coralles 1 and Barrera-Morales 1....

Two absolute belters!

walshb

Bobby Baccala wrote: »

Bowe vs Holyfield 1 is a great shout gonna throw that on now.

If you wanted to show an alien what the HW championship of the world is all about, and why it’s the richest prize in sports, this is the fight you show...

Morrison J

Naz v Kevin Kelley is a proper classic. Must watch that at least once a year.

Other must watch slugfests that don't even reach halfway:

Hagler v Hearns
Lennox v Vitali
Vasquez v Marquez II
Zarate v Zamora
Pacquiao-Marquez IV
Foreman v Lyle

walshb

I think overall the Rumble in the Jungle is the greatest single sporting event of all times. As in one contest/match, one event, one day....

normanoffside

walshb wrote: »

Sal Sanchez-Wilfredo Gomez one of my favorites. Sal was some fighter..

I don't think there was ever a bad Sal Sanchez fight. He had a great style to watch

walshb

Morrison J wrote: »

Naz v Kevin Kelley is a proper classic. Must watch that at least once a year.

Other must watch slugfests that don't even reach halfway:

Hagler v Hearns
Lennox v Vitali
Vasquez v Marquez II
Zarate v Zamora
Pacquiao-Marquez IV
Foreman v Lyle

Zarate was in some belters.

Going to watch his Zamora scrap...

Lewis-Vitali a great shout.

Hagler-Hearns...just monumentally epic..

walshb

normanoffside wrote: »

I don't think there was ever a bad Sal Sanchez fight. He had a great style to watch

So relaxed, poised and indefatigable...

walshb

For pure wow and awe and mesmerising....Tyson’s arrival on the global stage v Berbick and his manner of victory...

walshb

Roger Mayweather passed away!!!

normanoffside

Thanks to this thread it took me away from all the coronavirus stuff for an hour.

Just watched Bowe vs Holyfield 1 in full.

Bowe was so fit - he outlasted Evander and threw more punches, 700 in total. Great power, great jab and great inside game too. Lovely uppercuts and turns when inside.

Evander showed great heart, fitness and durability but only seemed able to fight in bursts.

Bowe showed some of his mental weaknesses too- hitting Evander with Low blows when the fight wasn’t going his way.

Big George on commentary and Lennox Lewis right there at the end in Bowes face calling him ‘ Chicken Bowe’ . It’s a snapshot of better times in heavyweight history.

normanoffside

walshb wrote: »

Qawi-Holyfield 1. FOTY 1986...

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That's another cracker I just watched, Qawi so underrated. He gave Evander everything he could handle at 190lbs there.

walshb

normanoffside wrote: »

That's another cracker I just watched, Qawi so underrated. He gave Evander everything he could handle at 190lbs there.

An absolute 15 rds belter. The amount shots landed by both...astonishing

Fight 2 a blowout!

Morrison J

Just watched Trinidad v Vargas.

Hadn't seen it in a long time. Great fight with plenty of drama but more one-sided than I remember. Only gave Vargas two rounds. Prime Trinidad at that weight was some fighter, just far too fast and far too strong for Vargas really.

megadodge

There's quite a few great ones mentioned on this thread - enjoy!

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056486344

Bobby Baccala

The Golden boy vs Vargas was another war. De la Hoya shut him up in the end.

https://youtu.be/pNOxSqYsOZA

walshb

Bobby Baccala wrote: »

The Golden boy vs Vargas was another war. De la Hoya shut him up in the end.

https://youtu.be/pNOxSqYsOZA

Very good scrap...

Quartey- Oscar another good scrap....

The biggest fight of the 90s outside the HW division was Oscar-Tito at 147....

Massive event. Very good fight that Oscar threw away by running the last 3 rds..

Bobby Baccala

Prograis vs Taylor is about to start on sky sports mix, nice start to the Sunday morning. One of the better fights I’ve seen in recent years.

walshb

Bobby Baccala wrote: »

Prograis vs Taylor is about to start on sky sports mix, nice start to the Sunday morning. One of the better fights I’ve seen in recent years.

That was an exceptional fight. Really entertaining, and fought so hard and fair and honest by both men...

nacho libre

Froch V Paschal.
Not many would probably choose this one, but it was toe to toe action for much of the fight.
Corrales v Castillo was another one that springs to mind.

also a more recent one, was Ugonoh v Breazeale, it was a war while it lasted

Foreman v Holyfield

Bit of a forgotten one, during his comeback, big George shows everyone he can still mix it with the best

weemcd

Sky sports just posted a load to their YouTube playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL3d0tSgZRDSYB_Zo2fq3_H7Ydv8xiYSj&feature=share

walshb

weemcd wrote: »

Sky sports just posted a load to their YouTube playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL3d0tSgZRDSYB_Zo2fq3_H7Ydv8xiYSj&feature=share

Spence-Brook the pick of the bunch there...

Bobby Baccala

Batrachotox wrote: »

Foreman v Holyfield

Bit of a forgotten one, during his comeback, big George shows everyone he can still mix it with the best

His destruction of Frazier is a great watch as well, Howard Cosells commentary is legendary.

dinky earnshaw

Funny I've found this thread now. Just finished watching Toney vs Mc Callum 1. Two technically excellent fighters going full tilt.

weemcd

walshb wrote: »

Spence-Brook the pick of the bunch there...

Haven't seen it, but it's added to the list!

Hagler v Hearns in 1985, Round 1. As a comment summarised, there was more action in that three minutes than Floyd Mayweather's entire career:

squinn2912

walshb wrote: »

If you wanted to show an alien what the HW championship of the world is all about, and why it’s the richest prize in sports, this is the fight you show...

I’m late to the party been so busy this last week. Watched the Holyfield Bowe 1 what a great fight. Bowe was a great boxer that jab!! Always thought early 90s Bowe takes Lewis but he left himself very open. Lewis was great at finding a big shot

selectamatic

Tyson vs Ruddock I & II

2 bad tempered all action fights.

Both men dished out some serious punishment in the second fight.

Wuff Wuff

Queensbury had Hatton v Tszyu up on their youtube last night

not the greatest fight but one i enjoy rewatching

nacho libre

walshb wrote: »

Spence-Brook the pick of the bunch there...

I found that one too one sided to be interesting. What others are on it?

nacho libre

squinn2912 wrote: »

I’m late to the party been so busy this last week. Watched the Holyfield Bowe 1 what a great fight. Bowe was a great boxer that jab!! Always thought early 90s Bowe takes Lewis but he left himself very open. Lewis was great at finding a big shot

I think Bowe was afraid of Lewis. Lewis had him beaten before they every stepped foot in the ring. If you look up toughness, there should be a picture of Holyfield under the definition.

walshb

nacho libre wrote: »

I found that one too one sided to be interesting. What others are on it?

Spence always a step ahead, but the skill, technique and commitment from both men was superb.

Aesthetically, it was a beautiful looking fight!

walshb

dinky earnshaw wrote: »

Funny I've found this thread now. Just finished watching Toney vs Mc Callum 1. Two technically excellent fighters going full tilt.

One for the purists...

Excellent match. Toney deserved winner..

Panda Killa

For me personally, Tyson v Berbick in the heavyweights...

But overall...I think the 90's supermiddleweights, Collins, Eubank, Benn ...
throw in Watson, Close etc and these were the fights that got the blood pumping for me..
Collin's v Eubank was 25 years ago last week... feels like it was only yesterday

normanoffside

Panda Killa wrote: »

For me personally, Tyson v Bowe in the heavyweights...

But overall...I think the 90's supermiddleweights, Collins, Eubank, Benn ...
throw in Watson, Close etc and these were the fights that got the blood pumping for me..
Collin's v Eubank was 25 years ago last week... feels like it was only yesterday

Tyson never fought Bowe?

Panda Killa

normanoffside wrote: »

Tyson never fought Bowe?

Berbick!!! Sorry
I edited it

walshb

Guys,

Julio Cesar Chavez v Frankie Randall 1 was a great fight

And kind of historic, as Frankie became the first man to beat JCC. I think JCC was 89-0-1 at the time.....

Diddley Squat

walshb wrote: »

Guys,

Julio Cesar Chavez v Frankie Randall 1 was a great fight

And kind of historic, as Frankie became the first man to beat JCC. I think JCC was 89-0-1 at the time.....

complete with Spoiler :D

Diddley Squat

Mosley v De LaHoya I
A highlight - two P4P best met at their prime


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0g_EKs1FMc

walshb

Diddley Squat wrote: »

complete with Spoiler :D