Mega-hyped fights, mega disappointments

generic screen name · Post by **generic screen name** » 29 Apr 2006, 01:56

I remember the De La Hoya/Trinidad fight was going to be the next Hearns/Leonard or Hearns/Hagler of the era, but it was a tad dissappointing and had repurcussions in both fighter's legacies.

Spinks/Tyson also was supposed to be THE fighters in the division, but ended with Spinks on his face w/his butt sticking out in round 1.

ringsider · Post by **ringsider** » 29 Apr 2006, 02:05

Agree on both!!

I thought another bad one was Donald Curry vs Milton McCrory.

ringsider · Post by **ringsider** » 29 Apr 2006, 02:13

Na......what did you expect in Lewis/Tyson? Tyson was 12 years past his prime! Now had the fight been back in the 90's it might have been something to at least see, Like Tyson/Holyfield 1 & 2.

generic screen name · Post by **generic screen name** » 29 Apr 2006, 02:15

ringsider wrote:Na......what did you expect in Lewis/Tyson? Tyson was 12 years past his prime! Now had the fight been back in the 90's it might have been something to at least see, Like Tyson/Holyfield 1 & 2.

Yeah and it was kinda sad when Tyson had no way out: He couldn't bite his way out, he couldn't KO the hell out of Lennox, he just had to take the ass whupping

bigzab · Post by **bigzab** » 29 Apr 2006, 03:21

Maybe not a mega fight, but I was young at the time and I really expected FIREWORKS when Tyson and Bonecrusher squared off. I was trembling waiting for the bell to sound.
First lesson of boxing : Just coz anything CAN happen don't mean anything WILL happen.

bollox · Post by **bollox** » 29 Apr 2006, 05:00

bigzab wrote:Maybe not a mega fight, but I was young at the time and I really expected FIREWORKS when Tyson and Bonecrusher squared off. I was trembling waiting for the bell to sound.
First lesson of boxing : Just coz anything CAN happen don't mean anything WILL happen.

Same here. I could have sworn this fight would result in some major excitement. Instead is was boring as all hell

wouter · Post by **wouter** » 01 May 2006, 04:50

Leonard v. Duran III

bigzab · Post by **bigzab** » 01 May 2006, 04:59

wouter wrote:Leonard v. Duran III

Yeah, after what happened to barkley, I thought leanord was in the shit here, was expecting montreal all over again.

adspath · Post by **adspath** » 01 May 2006, 06:36

mayweather vs judah i think was hyped a bit much and didnt end up very exciting. Mayweather didnt fight well and Judah was a dissapointment as usual.

also gatti vs mayweather was a dissapointment and many of DLH's big fights

Migz · Post by **Migz** » 01 May 2006, 06:47

adspath wrote:mayweather vs judah i think was hyped a bit much and didnt end up very exciting. Mayweather didnt fight well and Judah was a dissapointment as usual.

also gatti vs mayweather was a dissapointment and many of DLH's big fights

adam im sorri but i disagree. sure mayweather vs judah was hyped but it was a reasonable fight not a snoozefest..we even got to see a small 10th round brawl and low blow

And comeon mayweather fought he reasonable he dominated Judah through most of the rounds after round 4..

as with gatti vs mayweather it to me was an outcome i was expecting i didnt see gatti with a chance.. and ODLH did bring a lot of dissapointment in some of his fights especially when he drained the trinidad fight

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 01 May 2006, 07:35

bollox wrote:
bigzab wrote:Maybe not a mega fight, but I was young at the time and I really expected FIREWORKS when Tyson and Bonecrusher squared off. I was trembling waiting for the bell to sound.
First lesson of boxing : Just coz anything CAN happen don't mean anything WILL happen.
Same here. I could have sworn this fight would result in some major excitement. Instead is was boring as all hell

With the benefit of hindsight it has crossed my mind that maybe big Bonecrusher had put some money on himself going the distance.

Richie Aprille rules · Post by **Richie Aprille rules** » 01 May 2006, 12:19

Trinidad-De la Hoya is the first that comes to mind, but I also would add Chavez-Whitaker, in the sense that was such an exhibition by Whitaker, not competitive at all, and a very disappointing performance by Chavez. Maybe I'm biased cause I was a huge Chavez fan and in my own mind I was hyping the bout for almost six months (since the end of Whitaker-McGirt I).

The Great John L · Post by **The Great John L** » 01 May 2006, 12:31

[quote="KOJOE90With the benefit of hindsight it has crossed my mind that maybe big Bonecrusher had put some money on himself going the distance.[/quote]

He sure did fight like it.

adspath · Post by **adspath** » 01 May 2006, 22:24

Migz wrote:
adspath wrote:mayweather vs judah i think was hyped a bit much and didnt end up very exciting. Mayweather didnt fight well and Judah was a dissapointment as usual.

also gatti vs mayweather was a dissapointment and many of DLH's big fights
adam im sorri but i disagree. sure mayweather vs judah was hyped but it was a reasonable fight not a snoozefest..we even got to see a small 10th round brawl and low blow And comeon mayweather fought he reasonable he dominated Judah through most of the rounds after round 4..

as with gatti vs mayweather it to me was an outcome i was expecting i didnt see gatti with a chance.. and ODLH did bring a lot of dissapointment in some of his fights especially when he drained the trinidad fight

I agree with the 10th round, it was a beautifull low blow and created a bit of excitement when the trainers jumped in. Migz as much i like DLH, its true, i have finally admitted that many of his fights have been dissapointments. Especially vs Trinidad.

THE DANCING MASTER · Post by **THE DANCING MASTER** » 03 May 2006, 14:35

Duran-Hagler.

DoubleM · Post by **DoubleM** » 03 May 2006, 23:42

THE DANCING MASTER wrote:Duran-Hagler.

That was nowhere even close to a boring fight. It was an average fight, a decent clash, and because of the superstars fighting, it could be called a good fight.

dalek · Post by **dalek** » 04 May 2006, 01:09

duran-hagler ended up being more competitive than most people thought so i don't see how it was a disappointment.

generic screen name · Post by **generic screen name** » 04 May 2006, 01:10

Its dissappointing compared to Hagler-Hearns and Hagler-Mugabi

Expug · Post by **Expug** » 04 May 2006, 20:49

Ali - Frazier 2 wasnt that great of a fight.