Rematches that were better than the previous fights
Re: Rematches that were better than the previous fights
Neither of them were exactly barnburners, but I thought the 2nd Winky Wright vs Shane Mosley fight was better than the 1st.
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handsofstone
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Re: Rematches that were better than the previous fights
I watched both Carl Thompson/Chris Eubank fights this week,both crackers but I probably preferred the rematch
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Kalans mate took it on his camera phoneAPerno wrote:hhaehre wrote:That's amazing, considering that the two first fights were not filmed. But I guess in your world everything is possible.Kalan wrote:[But I saw the Zale-Graziano series in a movie theater as a 10 year old in the 1950's.. I knew who won already but the atmosphere was like an actual live fight -- just like fans reported when they watched re-runs of Ali-Frazier 1 in theaters.
You can find a (very bad) copy of the first fight in NY - so bad it almost impossible to watch - but like you suggest, certainly not shown in the theaters; it looks to be private.
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davie wrote:Kalans mate took it on his camera phoneAPerno wrote:hhaehre wrote:That's amazing, considering that the two first fights were not filmed. But I guess in your world everything is possible.
You can find a (very bad) copy of the first fight in NY - so bad it almost impossible to watch - but like you suggest, certainly not shown in the theaters; it looks to be private.
See I knew all that 'time-travelers with cell phones,' stuff was true, we just needed proof.
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LOL the same time traveller that was at the Tyson fight. Kalan's a nutjob.davie wrote:Kalans mate took it on his camera phoneAPerno wrote:hhaehre wrote:That's amazing, considering that the two first fights were not filmed. But I guess in your world everything is possible.
You can find a (very bad) copy of the first fight in NY - so bad it almost impossible to watch - but like you suggest, certainly not shown in the theaters; it looks to be private.
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elmersalsa
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Re: Rematches that were better than the previous fights
Fighting Harada vs Eder Jofre II
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Re: Rematches that were better than the previous fights
The Ring Magazine named the second fight between the great Carmen Basilio and Tony DeMarco as the best fight of 1955, even though fight #1 was a great match.
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The 1st of Carmen Basilio's 5 Fight of the Year awards. All in consecutive years. I don't think that's ever happened with any other fighter. Participating in the Fight of the Year for 5 years straight.elmersalsa wrote:The Ring Magazine named the second fight between the great Carmen Basilio and Tony DeMarco as the best fight of 1955, even though fight #1 was a great match.
He won the first 3 and lost the last 2.
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Just by action-packed fights, the great Carmen Basilio was the most exciting boxer of the 1950s decade.gilgamesh wrote:The 1st of Carmen Basilio's 5 Fight of the Year awards. All in consecutive years. I don't think that's ever happened with any other fighter. Participating in the Fight of the Year for 5 years straight.elmersalsa wrote:The Ring Magazine named the second fight between the great Carmen Basilio and Tony DeMarco as the best fight of 1955, even though fight #1 was a great match.
He won the first 3 and lost the last 2.
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Re: Rematches that were better than the previous fights
Bramble/Mancini, Ali/Norton & davila/Duarte
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elmersalsa
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Ali vs Norton II fight was the best of the trilogy.SaadOffTheDeck wrote:Bramble/Mancini, Ali/Norton & davila/Duarte
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Re: Rematches that were better than the previous fights
I always thought all 3 were pretty poor,infact there's not many post exile Ali fights that I'm a big fan ofelmersalsa wrote:Ali vs Norton II fight was the best of the trilogy.SaadOffTheDeck wrote:Bramble/Mancini, Ali/Norton & davila/Duarte
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eubank v Watson 2 was better than the 1st