If you could travel back in time to see ONE fight

[raylawpc]

Maybe . . . on the "Most famous boxers you have met" thread, Granberry wrote that he's met Jem Mace, the Nonpareil Jack Dempsey, Tommy Ryan, and George Dixon.

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

[Lenny]

Sanchez v Gomez, great fight, great clash of bands for the ringwalk. And Stracey v Napoles

oh and Harrison v Williams 1

[granberry]

Granberry

How do you know that it wasnt boring to watch...

You that old ? That you were there?

Robinson,

Give it up.

Go back to your wrestling or kick boxing or whatever it is you do.

You don't have a clue when it comes to boxing--and you never will.

[JDGAFFLIN]

Meldrick Taylor -J.C. Chavez 1.

[harrygreb]

it just has to be greb/walker.

[bobbyd]

which fight would you want to see in person sitting ringside?

any fight with "Harry Greb".Especially his bouts with "Gene Tunney".

other choices would be....

-Duran/Dejesus(all 3 of em)
-Duran/Leonard I
-Duran/Moore
-Duran/Barkley
-Watt/Davis
-Arguello/Mancini
-Hagler/Roldan
-Foreman/Peralta I
-Holyfield/Tyson I
-Ali/Shavers
-Ali/Young
-Ali/Norton I
-Ali/Foreman
-Marciano/Walcott I
-Marciano/Layne
-Marciano/LaStarza I & II
-Dempsey/Willard
-J.Johnson/Ketchell
-J.Johnson/Burns
-J.Johnson/Moran
-Louis/Conn I
8)

[actjac]

which fight would you want to see in person sitting ringside?

any fight with "Harry Greb".Especially his bouts with "Gene Tunney".

other choices would be....

-Duran/Dejesus(all 3 of em)
-Duran/Leonard I
-Duran/Moore
-Duran/Barkley
-Watt/Davis
-Arguello/Mancini
-Hagler/Roldan
-Foreman/Peralta I
-Holyfield/Tyson I
-Ali/Shavers
-Ali/Young
-Ali/Norton I
-Ali/Foreman
-Marciano/Walcott I
-Marciano/Layne
-Marciano/LaStarza I & II
-Dempsey/Willard
-J.Johnson/Ketchell
-J.Johnson/Burns
-J.Johnson/Moran
-Louis/Conn I
8)

My God! We don't want your CHOICES. We want ONE fight that you would travel back in time to see. I could list 200 fights!

[Collins2000]

Granberry

How do you know that it wasnt boring to watch...

You that old ? That you were there?

Robinson,

Give it up.

Go back to your wrestling or kick boxing or whatever it is you do.

You don't have a clue when it comes to boxing--and you never will.

Don't worry, Kym.

That most important of m'f*ckers said he would be above discussing the tactics of boxing with someone like Ken Norton.

So you can excuse the great man not wanting to dirty his hands with the likes of us.

[Robinson]

Granberry

I admit I do not have a great deal of knowledge. That is why I am here to learn from you guys.

From the contemporary accounts it sounded like a 'boring' fight. Great men have those, and as you know styles make fights. It just seems that Corbett-Jackson didnt have the chemistry to make a fan favourite.

How do you envision the 61 rounds ? to be a back and forth dance of violence of passion, heart and the utmost of technical prowse ?

I am just interested in getting all opinions.

[Collins2000]

[Robinson]

Collins
All that picture proves is that Frazier was waaay over weight and out of shape when he faced Foreman :P

[Goodnight, Irene]

Collins
All that picture proves is that Frazier was waaay over weight and out of shape when he faced Foreman :P

C'mon, Robster, you yourself said three pounds shouldn't constitute a difference in weightclass, because the difference is negligible, yet Frazier, a Heavyweight, was nine pounds more than when he faced Ali in his career-defining fight, & he was way overweight? Naughty, naughty :P

Interested to know why you chose that fight as I did, Collins. Foreman fan, as well?

As for the pic...look out, Joe! Look out! Look...uhhh...get...hmmm...never mind

[harrygreb]

i dont remember joe's camp making too much of a fuss at the time.
that fight is a landmark one for me. i have been fascinated with it since i saw it all those years ago. complete dominance of one man over the other and i was a big frazier fan then too.

i remember young marvis was ringside and someone noticing how joe was not sweating like a maniac as he normally did before the opening bell. he seemed subdued and doubtful that he could beat the guy in front of him. he was right. he took a hell of a beating. great picture

[Robinson]

However it happens, Foreman knew that he could not let Frazier get into the fight. And he didnt.

I love to watch Frazier and he is one tough guy, I would love to have seen him fight in the flesh or to have more of his fights on film. In any case its hard to deny Foreman's dominance over him.

[Collins2000]

[Robinson]

Thanks for tyhat pic Collins
Turpin looks in such good shape there.

Kym

[raylawpc]

Granberry

I admit I do not have a great deal of knowledge. That is why I am here to learn from you guys.

From the contemporary accounts it sounded like a 'boring' fight. Great men have those, and as you know styles make fights. It just seems that Corbett-Jackson didnt have the chemistry to make a fan favourite.

How do you envision the 61 rounds ? to be a back and forth dance of violence of passion, heart and the utmost of technical prowse ?

I am just interested in getting all opinions.

I am sure that, had it been a 10 round or even a 20 or 25 round fight, it would have been alot more interesting. Accounts for many of those "finish fights" make them sound like wars of attrition. For example, I have some news accounts of Tommy Ryan's 1891 bout with Danny Needham, which Ryan won on a 76-round KO. According to these accounts, Ryan and Needham had more than a few rounds late in the fight in which they threw either no punches at all or only one or two. Tommy was normally a very exciting fighter.

[bobbyd]

which fight would you want to see in person sitting ringside?

any fight with "Harry Greb".Especially his bouts with "Gene Tunney".

other choices would be....

-Duran/Dejesus(all 3 of em)
-Duran/Leonard I
-Duran/Moore
-Duran/Barkley
-Watt/Davis
-Arguello/Mancini
-Hagler/Roldan
-Foreman/Peralta I
-Holyfield/Tyson I
-Ali/Shavers
-Ali/Young
-Ali/Norton I
-Ali/Foreman
-Marciano/Walcott I
-Marciano/Layne
-Marciano/LaStarza I & II
-Dempsey/Willard
-J.Johnson/Ketchell
-J.Johnson/Burns
-J.Johnson/Moran
-Louis/Conn I
8)

My God! We don't want your CHOICES. We want ONE fight that you would travel back in time to see. I could list 200 fights!

any one of the Greb-Tunney bouts then.

8)

[Jaclem]

..yeah..my choice would have been corbett/sullivan...but that's been picked by several here....so...i'd relly like to see any one of the original joe walcott's fights. he must have been a wonder, with his success against big guys...considering his height and weight. surely one of the phyisically strongest fighters ever.