RED DRAGON, CAN YOU HELP?

[jamesmcdonnell]

Red Dragon, this is for you, or anyone else out there. I wanted to check if you had copies of any/all of these fights for future reference, as I will be writing pieces on some of them for an upcoming book.

If you could let me know which of these you have I would be most grateful, email me at [email protected]. Some of these I have already, but I can't say which as my video collection is in storage at the moment.

Tyson v Douglas
Honeyghan v Curry J
McCallum v Jackson
McCallum v Curry J
Norris v Curry
Duran v Davey Moore I
Benn v McClellan I
Benn v Watson J
Eubank v Watson
Duran V Buchanan,
Duran V Moore, I
Barrera V Hamed, J
Chavez V Taylor,
Azumah Nelson v Fenech
George Forman V Ali,
Ali V Liston
Carlos Palomino V Wilfred Benitez,
Rocky Graziano V Ray Robinson,
Ray Mancini V Livingstone Bramble (Aka Ras-i Aluja Bramble)
Arguello V Pryor 1 and 2,
Maathew Saad Muhammad (aka, Matt Franklin) V Dwight Quawi (aka, Dwight Braxton)
Ali V Leon Spinks 2,
Moorer V Holyfield 2,
Don Curry, Milton McCrory
Lupe Pintor V Wilfredo Gomez,
Jeff Merritt V Henry Clark,
Randolph Turpin V Ray Robinson,
Pipino Cuevas V Tommy Hearns
John Mugabi V Marvin Hagler J
Micheal Grant V Lennox Lewis,
Louis V Conn
Dempsey V Willard,
Louis V Schmelling II,
Jones V Toney - Toney v Holyfield 1 story.
Cruz V McGuigan,
James Toney V Michael Nunn,
Steve Robinson V John Davison,
Terry Norris V Julian Jackson,
Ike Ibeabuchi V David Tua,
Barkley V Hearns
Toney v Nunn
Toney v Jones Jr
Toney v Holyfield
Ali v Foreman
Foreman v Young
Foreman v Moorer
Leonard v Duran II
Duran v Barclay
Emille Griffith v Benny Paret
Benn v McClellan
Eubank v Watson

[red dragon]

mate i will have a look to see what fights i have and send you an email


red dragon

[Guest]

I have none of them.

[mrbassie]

I have:

Tyson v Douglas (cd)
Benn v McClellan (tape)
Benn v Watson (on cd, got it from dutch's ftp, good quality)
Barrera V Hamed (cd)
George Forman V Ali (tape)
Ali V Liston (both, tape)
Rocky Graziano V Ray Robinson (cd)
John Mugabi V Marvin Hagler (cd)
John Mugabi V Marvin Hagler (tape)
James Toney V Michael Nunn (cd)
Ike Ibeabuchi V David Tua (cd)
Toney v Holyfield (tape)

I wouldn't mind sending out a few discs/tapes if you covered the cost.

[MightyWarrior]

Jeff Merritt

"Candy Slim" Now where did that nickname come from??

Hardest puncher of all time, or a myth? Larry Holmes said he'd never been hit so hard.....

[Woller]

I think I have all the fights on your list exept Jeff Merritt v. Henry Clark

Søren Woller
Denmark

[jamesmcdonnell]

Bloody Hell woller....that's good going.

I'm negotiating with my editor at the moment to stump up the cash for a 'video library' for the mag, I'll get back to everyone who has emailed me.

[red dragon]

mate these are the one that i don't have from your list.

graziano v robinson
merritt v clarke
louis v conn
dempsey v willard
louis v schmelling
robinson v davis
duran v barkley
griffith v paret


i did send you an email but it keeps on coming back to me


red dragon

[neil r]

mate these are the one that i don't have from your list.

graziano v robinson
merritt v clarke
louis v conn
dempsey v willard
louis v schmelling
robinson v davis
duran v barkley
griffith v paret


i did send you an email but it keeps on coming back to me


red dragon

ive got graziano v robinson 1952
louis v conn 1941
louis v schmelling both fights

some highlights some full fights. cant remember whats what been ages since i watched them

[Guest]

To be fair, I always got the impression Lewis wanted to fight Tyson more then Tyson wanted to fight Lewis.

[jamesmcdonnell]

I must admit I have heard from several boxing people, that Lewis wasn't that keen to face either Bowe or Tyson in their primes.

I have to say, that the early version of Lewis would have been relatively easy fare for Tyson, provided of course Tyson wasn't shit scared of him. Lewis' defence and balance were pretty poor as a young heavyweight, but his unbelievable speed, physical strength and power carried him through.

The early version of Tyson with the head movement and ability to close the gap would have been under the jab and into the ribs in a flash in my opinion.

I also think that Bowe's jab would have made it very difficult for Lewis, because Lewis was ineffective if he couldn't land the jab. Mercer outjabbed Lewis for large portions of their fight, and I think Bowe's jab was a little more consistent than Lewis' Despite the fact that Bowe didn't want to fight Lewis, I think there was a case to say neither was that keen to face the other. I've heard reports and contra reports on this.

I do rate Lewis, because he maintained his peak over such a long period of time.