Most shocking moments you've experienced while watching a fi

[iamasadlittleboy]

Mayol v Romero 1-bizarre ending with a foot stamp, a low blow and a punch thrown as Drakulich tries to stop the bout
Burke v Williams-Burke just runs straight into the only punch of the bout
Casimero v Lazarte-Post fight riot that looked like it was in the world of ECW.
George Klinesmith v Jerry Hackney-One of the most played boxing clips in recent history...not shocking but hilarious
Lewis-McCall II-McCall's break down was pretty shocking
Cintron v Williams-Cintron decides to become kermit the frog
John Wesley Meekins v Mohammad Kawoya-The winner is sparked out whilst the referee steps in between them
Derrick Gainer v Freddie Norwood-The referee did nothing right in the entire fight, heck he finished the bout on a 20 count!

[bluerosekiller]

The ones that made you say "Jesus Christ!" or something like that.
Mine:
1. When James Miller landed his parachute at Caesar's during the seventh round of Holyfield/Bowe II.
2. When James "The Harlem Hammer" Butler sucker punched Richard Grant on Friday Night Fights in front of a shitload of New York City cops on a card where the proceeds were going to benefit 9/11 victims.
3. The Bowe/Golota I riot.
4. Tyson's ear-biting.
5. When Big George KO'd Moorer; never thought that could happen.
6. During Juan Coggi v. Eder Gonzalez I; I was thinking, "This ref's out of his damned mind."
7. The ending of Chavez/Taylor I.
8. When I heard "and new champion...Timothy 'Desert Storm' Bradley" after the Pacquiao fight.
9. When Margarito was discovered with loaded gloves and then absolutely smashed by Mosley.
10. The 22-second Powell-Bundrage I fight, with a double "knockdown" followed by a Powell bomb that had K9 out.

i was watching that fight with my friends and was so disappointed by how easily pacquiao won (big bradley fan) and by the 11th or 12th round i went outside to have a conversation with my girlfriend (we were actually in a very bad argument) and out of no where come my three friends running outside going "DUDE TIM BRADLEY WON!" and i look at them and go "yeah . . sure he did" (i was assuming they just wanted me to come back inside to do something) and they reply "no dude! seriously! he won! you gotta check it out!" and my girlfriend was not pleased at all (and actually left due to how bad of an argument we were in) but i had to go back and check it out and i go back in to see timothy bradley getting interviewed as the champion and i go "you've got to be effing kidding me". definitely one of the most shocking moments i've experienced in boxing

Now don't get me wrong, I don't have a misogynistic bone in my body, but SERIOUSLY, why the hell do women LOVE to start shit with us while we're watching the fights?!!!
I'll be turning 51 on the 10th & if I go all the way back to my first serious relationship, that means that I've had to deal with that sort of nonsense from about a dozen women over the course of the past 32 years. Some, not so bad, with whom there was just an isolated incident & a couple who were a LOT worse than the rest. The point being though, that I've had to deal with far too many situations in which these girls have interrupted far too many fights over the years. And it sucked!
Anyone else here suffer(ed) from a high rate of that sort of trouble?
And the silly thing is that 9.5 out of 10 times it was because they just felt "ignored".
Which was always SO maddening because from day one of my relationships with them they were all WELL aware of how big a part of my life boxing was/is. And yet, they'd still come over while the fights were on knowing that my attention was going to be divided at best ( depending on how anticipated the fights were ). OY!

Luckily, my wife & are are separated, so I haven't had to deal with any of that stuff for a while now. LOL

Jim

[bluerosekiller]

In no particular order:

Hector Camacho v Ray Leonard - I managed to kid myself thru the first four rounds, believing that Leonard would shake off the ring rust
& beat Camacho, but then that horrific fifth round occurred with him getting dropped & stopped by
a guy that couldn't have even gotten his attention w/ his best shot a few years earlier...

Michael Bentt v Tommy Morrison - Morrison had already rocked him & was well on his way to another KO1 win, when Bentt suddenly
turned the tables & Tommy was on the deck three times for a KO by 1.

Thomas Hearns v Roberto Duran - SPLAT! Never thought I'd see Duran massacred like that.

Bonecrusher v Tim Witherspoon - Timmy had basically shutout Smith a year or two earlier & I was all set for another dull, onesided
distance bout... Then Bonecrusher began to bounce Witherspoon off the canvas in an homage to
Foreman-Frazier I.

James Toney v Michael Nunn - I was thoroughly pissed that they were throwing an excellent young prospect like Toney in WAY
over his head in a title fight with Nunn, as I felt he was a year or so away from that level. But,
after 10 rounds, I was pleasantly surprised that Toney was putting up a decent effort enroute to
an apparent decision loss... Then, midway thru round 11 THAT hook! I was elated.

Diego Corrales v J L Castillo I - The incredible pace & savagery of the exchanges made me a mouth breather throughout, but
that final round? Just ridiculous.

Renaldo Snipes 1981-1982 - I'd been following Snipes career closely via the small print in the back pages of THE RING for a couple
of years ( anyone else here old enough to recall when that was pretty much the best & ONLY way to
follow young, up & comers careers before they made it to TV back in the day? I certainly wouldn't
trade the amazing advantages of today with it, but sometimes, in a weird way, I miss it ), but didn't
get to see him fight until NBC gave him his opportunity v light heavy champ Eddie Mustafa Muhammad
in the latter's heavyweight debut. In which, the former Eddie Gregory was a big favorite over the
young unknown Snipes. But, Snipes rose to the occasion & outworked & outboxed Muhammad in a one
sided affair. The shock came when they announced that it was a close, split decision. Snipes got the
nod, but I couldn't figure out what those judges had been watching to have had it so close. Then,
came Snipes match up with the ridiculously dangerous puncher Gerrie Coetzee. A bout that I feared
for him in. A fear that proved to be well founded as poor Snipes was on the canvas pretty quickly.
Twice. But, Snipes showed good recuperative powers & a lot of guts by coming back & giving Coetzee
a competitive fight down the stretch in going the full 10. I was certain that they were going to give
the South African the decision. But THEN, a shocker, Snipes got another split nod. Maybe a bit
dubious for sure, but I was happy for him.
Which earned him a title shot against Larry Holmes. Which I didn't give him a shot in, until that fateful
seventh round when he dropped Holmes & came within a hair's breadth of a MASSIVE upset.
Snipes came back in early '82 when they robbed him of a win over Scott Frank by scoring it a draw.
Followed by a loss to Tim Witherspoon.
After which, the powers that be seemed to decide to turn him into an opponent by matching him up
with the then-streaking, strong, dangerous Trevor Berbick.
The fight took place on ABC, a Saturday afternoon bout on the WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS exactly 30
years ago tomorrow, October 2, 1982.
I wasn't feeling good at all about Snipes chances, but he came out & dropped Berbick in the first round
before outworking & outpunching him over the following 9 rounds for a W10.

[beaujack]

The most shocking fight I saw ringside in the early 1950s, was a fight between Ray Robinson and Bobby Dykes....Why was this fight SHOCKING ? Because though i saw this fight it is not in any
RECORD BOOK ...

[bluerosekiller]

The most shocking fight I saw ringside in the early 1950s, was a fight between Ray Robinson and Bobby Dykes....Why was this fight SHOCKING ? Because though i saw this fight it is not in any
RECORD BOOK ...

It must have been one of those "exhibition" bouts that was for all intents & purposes a actual fight, but for whatever reason wasn't "counted". Like George Foreman's demolition of Jodie Ballard back in '76.
As I'm sure you're very aware of, those contests used to be quite common. Right up until about the time of the Ali act when all the various state athletic commissions got on the same page with rules & such.
I have plenty of up close & personal experience with them as I had three such bouts of my own back in the day.
I enjoyed an on & off amateur carer of 17-5 ( or 22-5 when I count the five non-AAU sanctioned fights I had at a bar on the rez in Salamanca, NY back in the early '80s ) from 1979 thru 1987. I was also a sparring partner for many top pros for a few years, working with guys like Hector Camacho, Louis Howard, Ralph Racine, Ricky Bryant, Alex Hilton, Roger Brown & Donnie Poole among others.
At the same time, I began to get a lot of work as an assistant to many of the top promoters of the time, including Arum, Don King, Main Events... But, I worked most often for Don Elbaum & Mike Acri for several years.
During which, I had my three pro fights. Filling in for no show opponents against Lenzie Morgan, Greg Everett & George Taylor.
Sadly, NONE of which show up here on BoxRec. MUCH to my eternal chagrin & disappointment.

[beaujack]

The most shocking fight I saw ringside in the early 1950s, was a fight between Ray Robinson and Bobby Dykes....Why was this fight SHOCKING ? Because though i saw this fight it is not in any
RECORD BOOK ...

It must have been one of those "exhibition" bouts that was for all intents & purposes a actual fight, but for whatever reason wasn't "counted". Like George Foreman's demolition of Jodie Ballard back in '76.
As I'm sure you're very aware of, those contests used to be quite common. Right up until about the time of the Ali act when all the various state athletic commissions got on the same page with rules & such.
I have plenty of up close & personal experience with them as I had three such bouts of my own back in the day.
I enjoyed an on & off amateur carer of 17-5 ( or 22-5 when I count the five non-AAU sanctioned fights I had at a bar on the rez in Salamanca, NY back in the early '80s ) from 1979 thru 1987. I was also a sparring partner for many top pros for a few years, working with guys like Hector Camacho, Louis Howard, Ralph Racine, Ricky Bryant, Alex Hilton, Roger Brown & Donnie Poole among others.
At the same time, I began to get a lot of work as an assistant to many of the top promoters of the time, including Arum, Don King, Main Events... But, I worked most often for Don Elbaum & Mike Acri for several years.
During which, I had my three pro fights. Filling in for no show opponents against Lenzie Morgan, Greg Everett & George Taylor.
Sadly, NONE of which show up here on BoxRec. MUCH to my eternal chagrin & disappointment.

blue, nice to hear from you...but the bout I and a deceased buddy saw in Coney Island in the early 1950s was Not an exhibition bout ,as I wouldn't have pair money to see Sugar Ray fight an exhibition bout...Years before my dad took me to watch the peerless WW ray robinson fight Henry Armstrong and others at old MSG...I have posted this mystery many times before with no positive results...
I recall this bout very well,and I remember thinking that this was the 2nd time Robinson and Bobby Dykes fought cause i watched them fight on our small tv from Chicago Nov 8, 1950 in which Robinson won a decision...Both Robinson and Dykes are dead taking their secret with them...But my "SHOCKING " mystery remains a mystery...

[man]

i was shocked from embarrassment here on the
board when froch became better and better while
i had posted after the pascal that he is way too
slow and telegraphy for top level.

but in all honesty i never can't help smiling when
people write "I'm shocked" about the weirdest little
things. always have to think about victorian upper
class females almost fainting when they hear "shocking"
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