Your Fav Fight & Why

Manc_Red · Post by **Manc_Red** » 19 Jan 2008, 07:54

My Fav has to be Tyson v Holyfield 1 - Loved the way Holyfield smashed Tyson's head in lol

banjo · Post by **banjo** » 19 Jan 2008, 09:53

gatti v ruelas
a classic back from the brink victory for gatti

joeymc · Post by **joeymc** » 19 Jan 2008, 09:58

Gomez-Arthur, hooked on boxing after that

black panther · Post by **black panther** » 19 Jan 2008, 10:44

Gotta be Morales-Barrera 1 for me. Two fighters in their prime, a unification to boot. Both fighters went all out - this fight had everything: non-stop action, tactics and controversy. When I first got hold of the tape of this fight I must have watched it like twenty times

Syntax Error · Post by **Syntax Error** » 19 Jan 2008, 10:54

Matthew Saad Muhammad -v- Yaqui Lopez 2 (1980).

Brilliant see-saw fight that you couldn't tell who was going to win.

Round 8 was probably the best round I've ever seen.

Saad was like a real life LHW Rocky Balboa.

silkov · Post by **silkov** » 19 Jan 2008, 11:52

So many to choose from but if I had to choose just one I think I'd have to go for Bobby Chacon vs Bazooka Limon 4... the best pure toe to toe skilled brawl that I've ever seen.... and I simply love Bobby, one of the bravest fighters I've ever seen bar none!....

Poncey · Post by **Poncey** » 19 Jan 2008, 12:14

Lyle v Foreman. IMO the greatest HW fight of all time. How either fighter wasn't dead by the end of it is beyond me.

BO Selecta · Post by **BO Selecta** » 19 Jan 2008, 12:59

Prince Naseem Hamed -v- Kevin Kelley!

No technique or subtlety in this fight. Both men abandoned defence & went for broke.

The Prince was standing at the end!!!

TerribleTerry · Post by **TerribleTerry** » 19 Jan 2008, 12:59

Gomez v Pintor is the fight I have probaby watched more than any other.

Great, brutal fight.

Foggy · Post by **Foggy** » 19 Jan 2008, 13:16

Benn - G-Man

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 19 Jan 2008, 13:49

Battle of the little giants - Salvador Sanchez v Wilfredo Gomez. The two Latin superstars of the 80's in a massive clash of legends, Puerto Rico v Mexico, everything on the line, and no one knew who was going to win.

Then to see a ring legend almost destroyed in the first round was such a shocker....he looked finished, but staged a brilliant fight back until the brutal end.

Syntax Error · Post by **Syntax Error** » 19 Jan 2008, 13:58

MightyWarrior wrote:Battle of the little giants - Salvador Sanchez v Wilfredo Gomez. The two Latin superstars of the 80's in a massive clash of legends, Puerto Rico v Mexico, everything on the line, and no one knew who was going to win.

Then to see a ring legend almost destroyed in the first round was such a shocker....he looked finished, but staged a brilliant fight back until the brutal end.

Good shout.

I'm a massive Salvador Sanchez fan; I think he may have been my favourite fighter had he not been tragically killed, probably before he even reach his prime. :(

john2345 · Post by **john2345** » 19 Jan 2008, 14:29

Gatti - Watd 2

Followed by
Hearns - Hagler
Barrera-Morales 1
PacMan - Morales 2
The Thrilla in Manila
Duran - Cuevas
Gatti - Ruelas
Gatti - Ivam Robinson 1
Benn - McClellan
Eubank- Benn 1

J

TerribleTerry · Post by **TerribleTerry** » 19 Jan 2008, 14:30

MightyWarrior wrote:Battle of the little giants - Salvador Sanchez v Wilfredo Gomez. The two Latin superstars of the 80's in a massive clash of legends, Puerto Rico v Mexico, everything on the line, and no one knew who was going to win.

Then to see a ring legend almost destroyed in the first round was such a shocker....he looked finished, but staged a brilliant fight back until the brutal end.

Great shout MW - it would probably rank as my favourite too if it didnt end with Gomez losing..

TheGoods · Post by **TheGoods** » 19 Jan 2008, 14:31

Hunter - Pickering... By a long, winding country mile.

silkov · Post by **silkov** » 19 Jan 2008, 14:41

The Ali vs Norton 1 and 2 fights were classics that often get overshadowed by the Ali vs Frazier fights.... also Ali vs Shavers was a great fight...

the patriot · Post by **the patriot** » 19 Jan 2008, 14:58

Gotta be Benn v McClellan for me. I still watch it now and again and can't believe Benn won.

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 19 Jan 2008, 15:06

TerribleTerry wrote: Great shout MW - it would probably rank as my favourite too if it didnt end with Gomez losing..

Yeah I was sure Gomez would win that one Terry, but I wasn't really aware, at the time, of how Sanchez had already stood up to the TNT bombs of Danny Little Red Lopez, which would have been a clue as to just how good his chin was. Big fan of both fighters.

Hearns blasting his way to the title against the fearsome Pipino Cuevas was a standout - the most electrifying KO I've ever seen, TH taking out a bonebreaking puncher in 2 rnds like he was diffusing a bomb.

Aaron Pryor / Alexis Arguello 1 - another 50/50 clash of legends, and the whole world of boxing was watching. A first round just as violent as Hagler/Hearns.

Holmes / Shavers 2nd fight, don't think I've seen anyone hit as hard as Larry Holmes was, and still get up off the floor.

hitman_hatton1 · Post by **hitman_hatton1** » 19 Jan 2008, 15:15

black panther wrote:Gotta be Morales-Barrera 1 for me. Two fighters in their prime, a unification to boot. Both fighters went all out - this fight had everything: non-stop action, tactics and controversy. When I first got hold of the tape of this fight I must have watched it like twenty times

yeah i think this is my favouite as well.

the pace and intensity of it was frightening.

those mexicans are the feistiest fighters in the world.

nobody does it like a mexican.

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 19 Jan 2008, 15:32

Yes Morales/MAB 1 was probably the best fight of the last...what, 10 years? Even better than Corrales/Castillo for me, just because the build up was much bigger, and then the fight more than lived up to all the hype.

Matt W · Post by **Matt W** » 19 Jan 2008, 15:40

Morales - Barrera 1 for 12 round action.

Holyfield - Tyson 1 for the awe of watching Holy take him apart after having been written off.

Benn - McClellan for sheer courage and excitement.

Ali - Foreman for the event and the stunning nature of the upset victory.

n1ebf · Post by **n1ebf** » 19 Jan 2008, 15:45

TheGoods wrote:Hunter - Pickering... By a long, winding country mile.

I was at that ...............yes it was a bit special wasn't it!

mentions too for Eubank - Benn 1, and Corrales - Castillo.
I've yet to see Morales Barrera but no doubt I'll get hold of them.

top of my list though is Hearns - Hagler

BAMBI · Post by **BAMBI** » 19 Jan 2008, 15:49

HAMED VS KELLY

kevo · Post by **kevo** » 19 Jan 2008, 15:49

Corrales - Castillo 1. Then ending still gives me goosebumps.

Grilling Machine · Post by **Grilling Machine** » 19 Jan 2008, 18:44

McCallum vs. Jackson.