Salvador Sanchez
Bobby Chacon
Alexis Arguello
Mravin Hagler
Matthew Saad Muhammad
Sugar Ramos
Ruben Olivares
Danny Lopez
Joe Louis
Kid Gavilan

Vinny Pazienza had to have been. I'll admit to never liking the guy, so maybe that taints my view, but...........

Since he punked out late in his career people tend to give him a pass. At least I do. Its no worse than Duran quiting against Leonard close to his prime. I think the greatness in their careers far outweigh the negative, so why dwell on it too much when assessing their whole career? Oh, I don't dwel...

One thing that I always liked about Chavez was that he took on the best. I rate Chavez higher than De La Hoya (though I think the gap is closer than some people think) However, one thing that does bother me Chavez is that he quit against De La Hoya in the 2nd fight. Yes he was losing badly. However...

Fenech - Nelson II :evil: 40,000 fans in an open air football stadium and everyone expecting Fenech to walk right through Nelson (Fenech also thought the same thing, to his own detriment) Fenech won the first fight and was robbed. I never saw the 2nd fight. I was surprised at the outcome. What happ...

Yeah I knew Chris Finnigan through a mate & we used to follow him all over in the fight with Foster we really had the rose tinted glasses on & thought Chris was holding his own but in I think it was the 14th round foster put it beyond doubt when he decked Chris & he had nothing left see...

You really got my memory going with this one there have been so many over the last 50 years one's I can remember are Clay/Ali v cooper 1 & 2 Ali v London,pender v downes,Joe Brown v Dave Charnley Bob Foster v Chris finnigan most of hatton & calzaghe 's title fights & so many that don't ...

This isn't a critique of who's best. Just gimme your favorites by division, the fighters you would want to watch in each division if given the choice. HW: Joe Louis - Eerily accurate, powerful combos. You just don't see this kind of thing in the big oafs of today. Cruiser: Holyfield - Just a destroy...

I've been reading some of the stuff in this thead with a bit of interest as Sanchez is my favorite fighter, and by extension, I also followed Pedroza's career pretty closely as he built (slowly built) his reputation as a great fighter. First, Pedroza was not ducked by anyone as a fighter. He simply ...

I've only been to one fight card in my 40 years. It was when I was living in Phoenix, and I went to see the card Fox broadcast which featured Terry Norris against some no hoper whose name I can't remember, Eloy Rojas defending his featherweight belt against a kid from Oregon. The only fight of note ...

Yeah, I have Duran-Moore. It's a somewhat shocking display, if you watch Moore's prior performances. It's not hard to see why Duran was regarded the underdog. I felt sorry for him slumped on the canvas (8th round, wasn't it?) Same thing with Buchanan at the end of his fight with Duran. & DeJesu...

I gave my copy of the fight away, so I'll have to fire it up on youtube again, but I remember scoring it for Sanchez by one point. He needed the 15th round and won it big.

Kiki, what was your favorite Chacon memory?

Good pic there with Duarte, BTW. I still feel for him after he lost that decision to Pinango. He'd come so far..........

Let's give a shout out to one of the gamest battlers of all time. From his trilogy with Olivares, to his four life and death battles with arch-rival Bazooka Limon, to his two scintillating encounters with the tough Boza-Edwards, this man gave us more thrills per minute than perhaps any other. Part o...

Heh; I just PM'ed ya, man. Nice to see you again.

I think Chavez stops him in the late rounds.

I like the mention of Lausse here as well; nice to see others are aware of him. I have the Fullmer fight too, but my favorite of his is the Marcel Pigou fight. Fo all the world it looks like he's gonna get the Frenchman out of there, but Pigou rebounds to stop Lausse. Excellent scrap. I noticed the ...

Ah, what the hell; a few more...... Saad-Johnson II: Essentially done after that right hand at the end of the 7th, but Johnson manfully answered the call for the eighth only to get treated like a tether ball, and just fell down after an avalanche of desperation punches from a bloodied Saad. Sanchez-...

Good points, IFF. Jackson caught a little heat for raising his arm in triumph when he landed the big shot against Drayton, but later went to great pains to explain that it was just a momentary gut reaction, that he meant no disrespect and wasn't trying to showboat. In his case, I believe him. Anothe...

Some good picks here, thanks for the responses. Katsidis-Earl, eh? Gotta look that one up. I have Ramirez-Rosario II in my library if you wanna call it that, and that one is indeed terrific. Rosario was a lot of fun. Hugely explosive puncher, but not one iota of an idea of how to clinch or get himse...

I apologize ahead of time for what must be a terribly redundant topic, but I'm a newb. I was kinda interested to see what the concensus choices there were, if any, of favorite fight sof the past, or perhaps pick up a few ideas to expand my own DVD collection. Mine are: Chacon-Limon IV : The best way...

Simply put, the finest fighter Mexico ever produced, which is saying something. I was a fan of his for quite a while after I first saw him dismantle Roger Mayweather the first time, and followed his career closely. Then Tyson went to prison, and Don King needed a new flagship. The rot set in there i...

I used to box at the Sprague Ave. Boy's Club, and had the distinct pleasue of meeting Leo Randolph. One of the nicest people I've ever met in any walk of life. Just about the only "name" fighter that would take time out to help out and encourage us newbs at the gym. He was embarking on wha...