Also watched the 4 Ezzard Charles-Jersey Joe Walcott fights,Jersey Joe's KO of Ezzard in the 3rd fight was as clinical as you'll see
Classic fights I've watched recently
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handsofstone
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I watched both Chris Eubank-Nigel Benn fights again,I've got the first fight on DVD so obviously I've seen it a few times but I watched the rematch for the first time since watching it live back in 1993 when I just turned 9,wasn't a great fight and nowhere near as exciting as my Dad made out when watching it back then
Also watched the 4 Ezzard Charles-Jersey Joe Walcott fights,Jersey Joe's KO of Ezzard in the 3rd fight was as clinical as you'll see
Also watched the 4 Ezzard Charles-Jersey Joe Walcott fights,Jersey Joe's KO of Ezzard in the 3rd fight was as clinical as you'll see
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Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Have you seen Don Curry v Colin Jones, stone hands? If clinical is to you're liking...
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Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Leonard -v- Benitez.
Hearns -v- Roldan.
Barkley -v- Hearns 1.
Moorer -v- Cooper.
Hearns -v- Roldan.
Barkley -v- Hearns 1.
Moorer -v- Cooper.
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handsofstone
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I haven't mate no but I will,I've heard of Jones but don't know much about him other than the fact that he's Welsh,before my time, I had a look at his record and he seemed a great fighter,its a pity he came up against Curry,he pushed McCrory hard twice I noticedpalooka wrote:Have you seen Don Curry v Colin Jones, stone hands? If clinical is to you're liking...
My dad KO'd Colin's brother in the ams
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Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
if you haven't seen bobby chacon's bouts with boza-edwards or limon please do so...and hang on to your seats! bobby chacon - is he the greatest warrior our sport has ever seen?
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maybe try morales vs barrera those were some great fights.
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Watched Holligan v Chavez again. I was a big fan of Andy and he had a heck of a career; even post Chavez he had some good wins.
Going to Mexico to fight Chavez was as brave as you like and the weird thing I had forgotten is that Andy gets a pretty decent start.....clumps Chavez with some solid shots early on and although JC hardly blinks I think he realised that it was time to get busy. Of course, when Chavez does select a gear he suddenly starts getting through often and hard....the shots make you wince.
Top stuff by Holligan...went out there and tried to make something happen; I'll take it too him and if I go down then so be it.
Anyone know what Andy does these days?
Going to Mexico to fight Chavez was as brave as you like and the weird thing I had forgotten is that Andy gets a pretty decent start.....clumps Chavez with some solid shots early on and although JC hardly blinks I think he realised that it was time to get busy. Of course, when Chavez does select a gear he suddenly starts getting through often and hard....the shots make you wince.
Top stuff by Holligan...went out there and tried to make something happen; I'll take it too him and if I go down then so be it.
Anyone know what Andy does these days?
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I remember reading a Holligan interview and he said he realised in the first round he wasn't going to win; he said Chavez hit him with a perfect placed body shot, harder than anything he'd taken in all his years of boxing and sparring. Even feeling that way, he gave it everything.Bodyshot3 wrote:Watched Holligan v Chavez again. I was a big fan of Andy and he had a heck of a career; even post Chavez he had some good wins.
Going to Mexico to fight Chavez was as brave as you like and the weird thing I had forgotten is that Andy gets a pretty decent start.....clumps Chavez with some solid shots early on and although JC hardly blinks I think he realised that it was time to get busy. Of course, when Chavez does select a gear he suddenly starts getting through often and hard....the shots make you wince.
Top stuff by Holligan...went out there and tried to make something happen; I'll take it too him and if I go down then so be it.
Anyone know what Andy does these days?
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Agreed, Andy was super brave that night and all Chavez's punches were sickeners.I remember reading a Holligan interview and he said he realised in the first round he wasn't going to win; he said Chavez hit him with a perfect placed body shot, harder than anything he'd taken in all his years of boxing and sparring. Even feeling that way, he gave it everything.
Holligan, Tony E, Ross Hale and Neary all kept the division nicely ticking over between the Marsh and Hatton world title eras I thought.
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They did bodyshot and I used to like Scrap Iron Ryan as well though I was gutted he blasted through the RoosterBodyshot3 wrote:Agreed, Andy was super brave that night and all Chavez's punches were sickeners.I remember reading a Holligan interview and he said he realised in the first round he wasn't going to win; he said Chavez hit him with a perfect placed body shot, harder than anything he'd taken in all his years of boxing and sparring. Even feeling that way, he gave it everything.
Holligan, Tony E, Ross Hale and Neary all kept the division nicely ticking over between the Marsh and Hatton world title eras I thought.
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Yup....Ryan was a dangerous man for a while. There's got to be a great British Super Six light-welter tournament out there isn't there. Hale, Holligan, Neary, Hatton, Marsh and Witter. Ryan and Magee as first reserves.They did bodyshot and I used to like Scrap Iron Ryan as well though I was gutted he blasted through the Rooster
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That'd be good, I'd put Jason Rowland in the mix too - he was very good.Bodyshot3 wrote:Yup....Ryan was a dangerous man for a while. There's got to be a great British Super Six light-welter tournament out there isn't there. Hale, Holligan, Neary, Hatton, Marsh and Witter. Ryan and Magee as first reserves.They did bodyshot and I used to like Scrap Iron Ryan as well though I was gutted he blasted through the Rooster
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i feel old......handsofstone wrote:I haven't mate no but I will,I've heard of Jones but don't know much about him other than the fact that he's Welsh,before my time, I had a look at his record and he seemed a great fighter,its a pity he came up against Curry,he pushed McCrory hard twice I noticedpalooka wrote:Have you seen Don Curry v Colin Jones, stone hands? If clinical is to you're liking...
My dad KO'd Colin's brother in the ams
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i AM old....
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jaclem3 wrote:i AM old....
I started watching Zarate v Davilla today, will finish tomorrow.
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Been a bit nostalgic this afternoon and decided to see what I could find on Dave Boy McAuley....I am generally not a fan of the little guys but McAuley was someone I always followed as a boxing mad kid through the newspapers and on the TV. He had a great back story that he was a professional chef which the tabloids absolutely loved as if it gave them a punny headline and he never messed about in the ring either.
The classic Bassa fights are out there and definitely stand the test time but sadly I struggled to find much more than a few edited clips of Dave's biggest night....when he beat the much-fancied Duke Mckenzie in London in what was considered to be his last throw of the dice. I'd also clean forgotten that Dave actually put a tidy string of defences together after dethroning Duke including a win over Baby Jake Matlala.
One of those decent, bona fide British world champs who tends to get overlooked I think.
The classic Bassa fights are out there and definitely stand the test time but sadly I struggled to find much more than a few edited clips of Dave's biggest night....when he beat the much-fancied Duke Mckenzie in London in what was considered to be his last throw of the dice. I'd also clean forgotten that Dave actually put a tidy string of defences together after dethroning Duke including a win over Baby Jake Matlala.
One of those decent, bona fide British world champs who tends to get overlooked I think.
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Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Ryan Rhodes -v- Jamie Moore - superb contest. 
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I have been watching the jerry quarry fights.
quarry- frazier 1
quarry- foster
quarry- shavers
quarry-lyle
quarry-chuvalo
he could fight.
quarry- frazier 1
quarry- foster
quarry- shavers
quarry-lyle
quarry-chuvalo
he could fight.
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One of the best non champions ever. And better than about 30% of those who made it to HW champ status.
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yes, and if he didn't cut might have made it all the way. I would take him over holmes, would you?BoxBuzz wrote:One of the best non champions ever. And better than about 30% of those who made it to HW champ status.
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Counter-puncher
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Quarry over Holmes, no chance, I m oL.A. kidd wrote:yes, and if he didn't cut might have made it all the way. I would take him over holmes, would you?BoxBuzz wrote:One of the best non champions ever. And better than about 30% of those who made it to HW champ status.
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One of my FAVORITE fights EVER. Holyfield/Qawi 1. The only ones that I can say compare would be Gatti/Ward 1. I absolutely LOVE this list you put together. Love it.handsofstone wrote:I was off work a few weeks ago and ended up watching some classics from days gone by,most of them I'd already seen numerous times but some not
Ali vs Frazier 1,2+3
Leonard vs Hearns 1+2
Chavez vs Taylor 1+2
Pryor vs Arguello 1+2
Hagler vs Hearns
Marciano vs Walcott 1+2
Foreman vs Lyle
Holmes vs Norton
Gatti vs Ward 1,2+3
Leonard vs Hagler
Corrales vs Castillo 1+2
Armstrong vs Ambers(highlights)
Bowe vs Holyfield 1,2+3
Ali vs Foreman
Zale vs Graziano 3
Louis vs Conn 1+2
Benn vs McClellan
Saddler vs Pep(highlights)
Leonard vs Duran 1,2+3
Next up Holyfield vs Qawi 1+2,I haven't seen either of these yet
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Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Recently watched all Tyson's fights in order up until about the time he won the world title. It didn't take long.
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Wait... what? No way man...L.A. kidd wrote:yes, and if he didn't cut might have made it all the way. I would take him over holmes, would you?BoxBuzz wrote:One of the best non champions ever. And better than about 30% of those who made it to HW champ status.
Watched a few fights myself at the weekend :)
Benn - McClellan
Benn - Eubank(1) "I am da-ha-ngerous, y-aay!" - epic - probably my all time #1 fight.
Eubank - Dos Santos (dat KO)
Sibson - Finnegan
Sibson - Lee
Sibson - Andries
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imagine watching the likes of Zale v graziano and marciano v walcott in HD !!!!
it'd make your hair stand on end
it'd make your hair stand on end