Rematches that were better than the previous fights

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Neither of them were exactly barnburners, but I thought the 2nd Winky Wright vs Shane Mosley fight was better than the 1st.
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I watched both Carl Thompson/Chris Eubank fights this week,both crackers but I probably preferred the rematch
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Re: Rematches that were better than the previous fights

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APerno wrote:
hhaehre wrote:
Kalan wrote:[But I saw the Zale-Graziano series in a movie theater as a 10 year old in the 1950's.. I knew who won already but the atmosphere was like an actual live fight -- just like fans reported when they watched re-runs of Ali-Frazier 1 in theaters.
That's amazing, considering that the two first fights were not filmed. But I guess in your world everything is possible.

You can find a (very bad) copy of the first fight in NY - so bad it almost impossible to watch - but like you suggest, certainly not shown in the theaters; it looks to be private.
Kalans mate took it on his camera phone
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davie wrote:
APerno wrote:
hhaehre wrote:That's amazing, considering that the two first fights were not filmed. But I guess in your world everything is possible.

You can find a (very bad) copy of the first fight in NY - so bad it almost impossible to watch - but like you suggest, certainly not shown in the theaters; it looks to be private.
Kalans mate took it on his camera phone

See I knew all that 'time-travelers with cell phones,' stuff was true, we just needed proof.
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davie wrote:
APerno wrote:
hhaehre wrote:That's amazing, considering that the two first fights were not filmed. But I guess in your world everything is possible.

You can find a (very bad) copy of the first fight in NY - so bad it almost impossible to watch - but like you suggest, certainly not shown in the theaters; it looks to be private.
Kalans mate took it on his camera phone
LOL the same time traveller that was at the Tyson fight. Kalan's a nutjob.
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Fighting Harada vs Eder Jofre II
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The Ring Magazine named the second fight between the great Carmen Basilio and Tony DeMarco as the best fight of 1955, even though fight #1 was a great match.
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elmersalsa wrote:The Ring Magazine named the second fight between the great Carmen Basilio and Tony DeMarco as the best fight of 1955, even though fight #1 was a great match.
The 1st of Carmen Basilio's 5 Fight of the Year awards. All in consecutive years. I don't think that's ever happened with any other fighter. Participating in the Fight of the Year for 5 years straight.

He won the first 3 and lost the last 2.
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gilgamesh wrote:
elmersalsa wrote:The Ring Magazine named the second fight between the great Carmen Basilio and Tony DeMarco as the best fight of 1955, even though fight #1 was a great match.
The 1st of Carmen Basilio's 5 Fight of the Year awards. All in consecutive years. I don't think that's ever happened with any other fighter. Participating in the Fight of the Year for 5 years straight.

He won the first 3 and lost the last 2.
Just by action-packed fights, the great Carmen Basilio was the most exciting boxer of the 1950s decade.
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Re: Rematches that were better than the previous fights

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Bramble/Mancini, Ali/Norton & davila/Duarte
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SaadOffTheDeck wrote:Bramble/Mancini, Ali/Norton & davila/Duarte
Ali vs Norton II fight was the best of the trilogy.
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elmersalsa wrote:
SaadOffTheDeck wrote:Bramble/Mancini, Ali/Norton & davila/Duarte
Ali vs Norton II fight was the best of the trilogy.
I always thought all 3 were pretty poor,infact there's not many post exile Ali fights that I'm a big fan of
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eubank v Watson 2 was better than the 1st
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