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Favourite Fights to Rewatch

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    #32
    weemcd
    Registered Users Posts: 6,411 ✭✭✭weemcd


    Sky sports just posted a load to their YouTube playlist:

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


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    #33
    walshb
    Registered Users Posts: 54,584 ✭✭✭✭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...


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    #34
    Bobby Baccala
    Registered Users Posts: 7,341 ✭✭✭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.


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    #35
    dinky earnshaw
    Registered Users Posts: 207 ✭✭dinky earnshaw


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


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    #36
    weemcd
    Registered Users Posts: 6,411 ✭✭✭weemcd


    walshb wrote: »
    Spence-Brook the pick of the bunch there...

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


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    #37
    [Deleted User]
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    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:



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    #38
    squinn2912
    Registered Users Posts: 4,678 ✭✭✭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


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    #39
    selectamatic
    Registered Users Posts: 3,888 ✭✭✭selectamatic


    Tyson vs Ruddock I & II

    2 bad tempered all action fights.

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


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    #40
    Wuff Wuff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,429 ✭✭✭Wuff Wuff


    Queensbury had Hatton v Tszyu up on their youtube last night

    not the greatest fight but one i enjoy rewatching


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    #41
    nacho libre
    Registered Users Posts: 16,637 ✭✭✭✭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?


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    #42
    nacho libre
    Registered Users Posts: 16,637 ✭✭✭✭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.


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    #43
    walshb
    Registered Users Posts: 54,584 ✭✭✭✭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!


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    #44
    walshb
    Registered Users Posts: 54,584 ✭✭✭✭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..


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    #45
    Panda Killa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,384 ✭✭✭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


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    #46
    normanoffside
    Registered Users Posts: 9,925 ✭✭✭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?


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    #47
    Panda Killa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,384 ✭✭✭Panda Killa


    normanoffside wrote: »
    Tyson never fought Bowe?

    Berbick!!! Sorry
    I edited it :)


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    #48
    walshb
    Registered Users Posts: 54,584 ✭✭✭✭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.....


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    #49
    Diddley Squat
    Registered Users Posts: 345 ✭✭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:D


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    #50
    Diddley Squat
    Registered Users Posts: 345 ✭✭Diddley Squat


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


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


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    #51
    walshb
    Registered Users Posts: 54,584 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    Diddley Squat wrote: »
    complete with Spoiler :D:D

    :D


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    #52
    normanoffside
    Registered Users Posts: 9,925 ✭✭✭normanoffside


    Salvador Sanchez vs Azumah Nelson

    A cracker!


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    #53
    squinn2912
    Registered Users Posts: 4,678 ✭✭✭squinn2912


    Just watched McCall v Lewis 1 again. No arguments about that stoppage Lewis was all over the place. Lot of people arguing that he’d clean out anyone from today.. I’m not so sure, he’d be giving away over a stone, 2.5 stones in the case of Fury.


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    #54
    normanoffside
    Registered Users Posts: 9,925 ✭✭✭normanoffside


    squinn2912 wrote: »
    Just watched McCall v Lewis 1 again. No arguments about that stoppage Lewis was all over the place. Lot of people arguing that he’d clean out anyone from today.. I’m not so sure, he’d be giving away over a stone, 2.5 stones in the case of Fury.

    He was 238 against McCall and was 242-256 thereafter. I don’t think size is an issue here. He was one of the first super heavyweights.


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    #55
    Cyrus
    Registered Users Posts: 19,670 ✭✭✭✭Cyrus


    Everyone over estimates fighters from the past and underestimate the guys in the present

    Same in most sports


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    #56
    walshb
    Registered Users Posts: 54,584 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    squinn2912 wrote: »
    Just watched McCall v Lewis 1 again. No arguments about that stoppage Lewis was all over the place. Lot of people arguing that he’d clean out anyone from today.. I’m not so sure, he’d be giving away over a stone, 2.5 stones in the case of Fury.

    But a 1 punch KO like the McCall one is not at all applicable to how Fury copes with LL..are you using that whopper shot KO to lessen LLs chances against a relatively light hitting slappy Fury?

    LL was a 235-245 HW. Proper big big man...

    Deontay fooking Wilder got a draw against Fury...

    The McCall shot would have dropped heaps of men through many eras..it’s one single split second punch.

    The McCall and Rahman losses would be more applicable to being used to bolster Wilder’s chances v Lewis, not Fury’s chances.


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    #57
    Mantis Toboggan
    Registered Users Posts: 17,652 ✭✭✭✭Mantis Toboggan


    weemcd wrote: »
    Sky sports just posted a load to their YouTube playlist:

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

    Enjoyed the doc on Vlad. Had forgotten how vulnerable he was in his early career. Serious job to get to where he did. He looked unbeatable for a while.

    Free Palestine 🇵🇸



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    #58
    walshb
    Registered Users Posts: 54,584 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    normanoffside wrote: »
    Salvador Sanchez vs Azumah Nelson

    A cracker![/scrap.

    Great scrap


    Funny, Nelson I think was a little older than Sal, but he was considered ‘green’ at that stage. Nelson had maybe 12/13 fights at that stage, whereas Sal was in the 40s numbers. You could see the experience shine through, and Sal looked stronger and more mature...

    I think they were set for a rematch only for Sal to lose his life in a car accident.

    Edit: rematch with LaPorte..


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    #59
    Boooourns
    Registered Users Posts: 1,531 ✭✭✭Boooourns


    Khan v Maidana is a cracking fight. Also Maidana vrs Broner just because of the hiding he gives him.

    It's a pity Maidana got those cash out fights v Floyd as i loved watching him, always in a good fight.


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    #60
    Wuff Wuff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,429 ✭✭✭Wuff Wuff


    Watched Prince Naseem vs Barerra this morning, great fight


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    #61
    Boooourns
    Registered Users Posts: 1,531 ✭✭✭Boooourns


    Wuff Wuff wrote: »
    Watched Prince Naseem vs Barerra this morning, great fight

    Theres a documentary following Naseem in the buildup for that fight, well worth a watch.


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