gilgamesh wrote:Castillo vs Corrales 1 was gut wrenching for me as Castillo was definitely one of my favorite fighters at the time, and aside from that I'd been picking Castillo to win via 10th round KO the whole month leading up to the fight, and just as it seemed as though I was right, I had called it right on the money Castillo is moments away from scoring his 10th round KO, Corrales hurts him launches an assault on the ropes and I see Tony Weeks waving off the fight and Corrales being declared the winner, I was in such a state of disbelief I was speechless for at least 5 minutes.
You predicted it exactly right. Without the sissy mouthpiece crap, Chico would have never made it. Still amazing that he came back, but a tainted win all the same. I never forgave corrales for that. So yeah, that one hurt me too.
It took me like 2 weeks to except what had happened and I agree with Castillo's sentiments that Weeks should've stopped the fight after Corrales went down the 2nd time, but I suppose if that had happened then it wouldn't be remembered as one of the best fights of the decade.
I think it would have, the action was sustained throughout. Having the guy that earned the win raise his arms should always be the first priority.
The entire Tyson-McBride fight. From him chewing on his glove during the entire fight. To him being so tired he couldn't stand up after McBride shoved him down. Then him asking his corner to stop the fight, but pretending he didn't want it stopped. Then that post fight interview. "I don't love this no more". I felt bad for the guy. You could tell he we pretty much forced to be there for money, and unfortunately McBride fought back.
He went out with a ton of heart and on his shield against Lewis, and then came back and seemingly could have walked away after his :49 KO of Etienne (Yes, Irene I know he took a dive). Either way its too bad he didn't leave it at that. The Williams and McBride fights were sad events. Leaving the stadium after the Williams fight I have never seen so many thousands of people in disbelief in my life.
Norm wrote:Arguello vs Pryor 1 was the worst one for me. Panama Lewis was able to revive Pryor's energy in amazing ways between rounds that led to a brutal beating for Alexis.
Norm wrote:Arguello vs Pryor 1 was the worst one for me. Panama Lewis was able to revive Pryor's energy in amazing ways between rounds that led to a brutal beating for Alexis.
that one for me too.
Also Duran vs Joppy
Yep PL provided an invigorating tonic of inspiration for Mr P. Tap water mixed with Perrier will do it every time.
Norm wrote:Arguello vs Pryor 1 was the worst one for me. Panama Lewis was able to revive Pryor's energy in amazing ways between rounds that led to a brutal beating for Alexis.
that one for me too.
Also Duran vs Joppy
Yep PL provided an invigorating tonic of inspiration for Mr P. Tap water mixed with Perrier will do it every time.
From Wikipedia:
It was later alleged in an interview with former Lewis-trained boxer Luis Resto in the HBO documentary film Assault in the Ring, that Lewis would break apart pills used to treat asthma and pour the medicine into the water, giving Resto greater lung capacity in the later rounds of a fight.
You may be just a little young to remember it lucidly, Barry, but at the time, Trinidad-mania among Rican Forum fans was more intense than I've ever seen for any other fighter in ten years of posting on various forums around the web. I started posting in late-2000 at the height of the drama, & I've not yet seen a fighter come along who inspires such widespread idiocy at a cellular level as did Trinidad (which says a whole lot).
tell you what , i havent got 1 single fight to mention but i but alot of career sets and seeing these once great fighters get beat at the end of their careers by much lesser men is a bit gut wrenching.
i enjoy watching the careers but seeing tyson lose at the end , leonard lose etc etc is a wee bit disturbing
jesus wait till i get the holyfield set when he retires in 2037
boxerbob wrote:tell you what , i havent got 1 single fight to mention but i but alot of career sets and seeing these once great fighters get beat at the end of their careers by much lesser men is a bit gut wrenching.
i enjoy watching the careers but seeing tyson lose at the end , leonard lose etc etc is a wee bit disturbing
jesus wait till i get the holyfield set when he retires in 2037
He'll probably still be eeking out decisions or losing on points against an even fatter, less-skilled generation of Heavies by that time, the way the division is headed...
...i feel like boxer bob..though there have been some that hurt more than others, my watching ezzard charles' decline was the most painful.
less so, but still not easy to watch was billy graham's losing to fighters he would have easily handled in his prime. he was such a smart fighter....basilio said he was the smartest he ever fought. (... he also said gavilan was the quickest and robinson the hardest hitter.)
Dwight Qawi -v- Matthew Saad Muhammad 2 - It made me realise that the once indomitable Saad just did not have it anymore. :(
Steve Collins -v- Nigel Benn 2 - Seeing a warrior like Benn quitting on his stool was so unlike him & definitely sad to see.
Carl Thompson -v- Chris Eubank 2 - I'm a big fan of both me, but it was sad to see Eubank retired like that. It was compounded by the fact that the fight need not have happened, as Eubank could quite feasibly have won their first bout if when he had Thompson hurt, he'd had gone on to try & finish him, rather than back off to admire his handy work & allow Thompson to recover.
David Tua -v- Michael Moorer - Sad to see Moorer so meekly destroyed, espcially as he was such a destroyer himself once.
You're not alive if you didn't take pleasure from the agony it delivered unto the Titosites, though. The singular most dreadful army of supporters for one fighter in history!
Goodnight, Irene wrote:You're not alive if you didn't take pleasure from the agony it delivered unto the Titosites, though. The singular most dreadful army of supporters for one fighter in history!
I only caught the end of that. Roy Jones must have come close, he still has ravenous fans that think he can make noise.
Goodnight, Irene wrote:You're not alive if you didn't take pleasure from the agony it delivered unto the Titosites, though. The singular most dreadful army of supporters for one fighter in history!
Yes it took me a few years after the loss to start liking Trinidad.
He's actually a good exciting fighter it's just his fans make me dislike him.
The same thing is happening with David Haye and Manny Pacquiao right now.
