In too deep - fighters who drowned...

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 14 Mar 2006, 10:20

JOHNNY MELFAH v Herol Graham
DUNN v Ali
SPROTT v Sanders
G.COLLINS v Laing

kevo · Post by **kevo** » 14 Mar 2006, 10:23

AUDLEY HARRISON vs Danny williams

Chambers2 · Post by **Chambers2** » 14 Mar 2006, 10:29

Kevo wrote:AUDLEY HARRISON vs Danny williams

[Cough] split decision

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 14 Mar 2006, 10:30

TerribleTerry wrote:
MightyWarrior wrote:Andy Holligan v JC Chavez
Holligan showed himself to be a legitimate tough guy that night. He took a fierce shellacking.

He came up against a guy who mirror himself in terms of style but was just SOO much better.

Yes Holligan always looked the real McCoy to me, so I was surprised to see them send him over to the lions den to take on a modern great like Chavez, in his own backyard no less.

Talk about thrown to the wolves........or lions

kevo · Post by **kevo** » 14 Mar 2006, 10:37

Chambers2 wrote:
Kevo wrote:AUDLEY HARRISON vs Danny williams
[Cough] split decision

Nasty cough you've got there

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 14 Mar 2006, 10:40

Barrera v Lloyd was one of the worst i've seen, which one of his managment thought he stood a chance? Didn't help Lloyd that it was in this country and alot of his supporters watched it.

kevo · Post by **kevo** » 14 Mar 2006, 10:44

Allan Green vs JAIDON CODRINGTON

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 14 Mar 2006, 10:51

TerribleTerry wrote:Mike McCallum - Michael Watson.

Too much too soon for the talented Brit.

Yes I was going to say that. In his book Watson claims that a pre fight injury forced him to fight a different fight to the one he wanted to, but I just don't think he had the tools to beat McCallum, who at that time, may well have been the best middleweight in the world.

TerribleTerry · Post by **TerribleTerry** » 14 Mar 2006, 10:52

Kevo wrote:Allan Green vs JAIDON CODRINGTON

The Chin Checker got his chin checked...Great KO and so early in the fight as well. Will Jaidon ever come back from that? Now Curtis Stevens looks the better prospect but he seems small for the weight to me?..

TerribleTerry · Post by **TerribleTerry** » 14 Mar 2006, 10:59

MightyWarrior wrote:
TerribleTerry wrote:
MightyWarrior wrote:Andy Holligan v JC Chavez
Holligan showed himself to be a legitimate tough guy that night. He took a fierce shellacking.

He came up against a guy who mirror himself in terms of style but was just SOO much better.
Yes Holligan always looked the real McCoy to me, so I was surprised to see them send him over to the lions den to take on a modern great like Chavez, in his own backyard no less.

Talk about thrown to the wolves........or lions

I grew up watching Holligan fights late night on ITV. I thought he was awesome against the likes of Tony Ekubia (their first fight was a classic) and Tony McKenzie, but his beating at the hands of Chavez showed the gulf between domestic/European and true world class.

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 14 Mar 2006, 11:02

topper123 wrote:Barrera v Lloyd was one of the worst i've seen, which one of his managment thought he stood a chance? Didn't help Lloyd that it was in this country and alot of his supporters watched it.

One of the worst one round beatings ever seen - brutal.

You could add Watson v Benn

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 14 Mar 2006, 11:04

TerribleTerry wrote:
I grew up watching Holligan fights late night on ITV. I thought he was awesome against the likes of Tony Ekubia (their first fight was a classic) and Tony McKenzie, but his beating at the hands of Chavez showed the gulf between domestic/European and true world class.

He showed his class in the ABA final I remember, beating the much feared hot favorite who'd been flattening his opponents on the way up. Who was that??

mattyp151 · Post by **mattyp151** » 14 Mar 2006, 11:09

Sharmba Mitchell vs Floyd Mayweather....bless Sharmba for actually showing up to fight and not running around for 12 rounds.

kevo · Post by **kevo** » 14 Mar 2006, 11:09

TerribleTerry wrote:
Kevo wrote:Allan Green vs JAIDON CODRINGTON
The Chin Checker got his chin checked...Great KO and so early in the fight as well. Will Jaidon ever come back from that? Now Curtis Stevens looks the better prospect but he seems small for the weight to me?..

Don't know about Stevens, but Codrington looked small for a SM (he seemed tiny next to Green, like a middleweight fighting a lightheavy!)

TerribleTerry · Post by **TerribleTerry** » 14 Mar 2006, 11:09

MightyWarrior wrote:
He showed his class in the ABA final I remember, beating the much feared hot favorite who'd been flattening his opponents on the way up. Who was that??

Was it George Collins?

holyfields_ear · Post by **holyfields_ear** » 14 Mar 2006, 11:18

WILLIAMS vs Klitschko.

kevo · Post by **kevo** » 14 Mar 2006, 11:20

WILLIAMS vs S.S.Sam

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 14 Mar 2006, 11:29

TerribleTerry wrote:
MightyWarrior wrote:
He showed his class in the ABA final I remember, beating the much feared hot favorite who'd been flattening his opponents on the way up. Who was that??
Was it George Collins?

No he was a black guy I remember.

Tommy Morrison v Ray Mercer. OUCH

Ray worked Tommy's head like a speed ball.

mattyp151 · Post by **mattyp151** » 14 Mar 2006, 11:32

Kevo wrote:
TerribleTerry wrote:
Kevo wrote:Allan Green vs JAIDON CODRINGTON
The Chin Checker got his chin checked...Great KO and so early in the fight as well. Will Jaidon ever come back from that? Now Curtis Stevens looks the better prospect but he seems small for the weight to me?..
Don't know about Stevens, but Codrington looked small for a SM (he seemed tiny next to Green, like a middleweight fighting a lightheavy!)

Stevens is like 5-9 if I remember, really short and stocky, but very well built, and Codrington was the exact same height, maybe .5 inch shorter than Green (6-2). Codrington just fought from a lower stance at the beginning of that fight, and Green started the fight by throwing an overhand right down on Codrington that missed. Codrington actually got Green pretty well with a right coming up, right before Green drilled Jaidon with the left that sent him downhill.

Mensa07 · Post by **Mensa07** » 14 Mar 2006, 11:40

how about Foreman/Ali, I know George was already established and had been in against Frazier but there is an element of man against boy in this one.

Slapsie Maxie · Post by **Slapsie Maxie** » 14 Mar 2006, 11:40

recently rewatched Herol Graham Vs Rod Douglas

Although the fight went on until the 9th, it was such a one sided affair that I thnk it counts.

A great shame what happened to Douglas during/after the fight but it was a master class from Bomber

Slapsie

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 14 Mar 2006, 12:01

RYAN RHODES vs Otis Grant - Did okay, but was schooled

CHRIS JOHNSON vs Herol Graham - As Rhodes

VINNY PAZIENZA vs Roy Jones

WAYNE LLEWELLYN vs Pele Reid

WILL MCINTYRE (or pick another) vs Joe Calzaghe

JULIUS FRANCIS vs Mike Tyson

BILLY HARDY vs Naseem Hamed

SAID LAWAL vs Naseem Hamed

REGIMILO MOLINA vs Naseem Hamed

ANDREW MATABOLA vs Steve Robinson

GILBERT EASTMAN vs Gary Lockett

MARC CALLAGHAN vs Jackson Asiku.

mattyp151 · Post by **mattyp151** » 14 Mar 2006, 12:35

stujones wrote:RYAN RHODES vs Otis Grant - Did okay, but was schooled

CHRIS JOHNSON vs Herol Graham - As Rhodes

VINNY PAZIENZA vs Roy Jones

WAYNE LLEWELLYN vs Pele Reid

WILL MCINTYRE (or pick another) vs Joe Calzaghe

JULIUS FRANCIS vs Mike Tyson

BILLY HARDY vs Naseem Hamed

SAID LAWAL vs Naseem Hamed

REGIMILO MOLINA vs Naseem Hamed

ANDREW MATABOLA vs Steve Robinson

GILBERT EASTMAN vs Gary Lockett

MARC CALLAGHAN vs Jackson Asiku.

Vinny Paz made an ass out of himself that fight, taunting Jones while gettin his ass kicked the entire time.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 14 Mar 2006, 13:09

Yes, and didn't Roy say in his corner words to the effect of "his fans have had their fun now, its time to knock him out" - and duly did.

mattyp151 · Post by **mattyp151** » 14 Mar 2006, 13:36

stujones wrote:Yes, and didn't Roy say in his corner words to the effect of "his fans have had their fun now, its time to knock him out" - and duly did.

I haven't seen it in a while, but I have a copy coming in on DVD, but I'll definitely look for that.