Classic fights I've watched recently

[chrisjs1985]

Ken Buchanan vs. Carlos Navarro

Navarro gives a good spirited effort though not fighting a totally clean fight. Buchanan early on has some difficulty coming to terms with this type of fight but then settles down into his usual rhythm, firing out his left hand and by the 8th and 9th round he's mixing in a lot of right hands as well and almost scores a stoppage. Navarro survives and rallies a little in the next couple of rounds before being dominated down the stretch.

You mean Ruben Navarro, the Maravailla Kid, right?

Navarro was a very late replacement for ex-champ Mando Ramos, who was reported as taking ill, but had actually been KO'd by drug use.

Promoter Aileen Eaton was well aware of Ramos' extracurricular behavior, and had Navarro on standby, fearing that Ramos would indeed pull out of the bout.

Yes, that's the one.

[chrisjs1985]

Ken Buchanan vs. Carlos Navarro

Navarro gives a good spirited effort though not fighting a totally clean fight. Buchanan early on has some difficulty coming to terms with this type of fight but then settles down into his usual rhythm, firing out his left hand and by the 8th and 9th round he's mixing in a lot of right hands as well and almost scores a stoppage. Navarro survives and rallies a little in the next couple of rounds before being dominated down the stretch.

You mean Ruben Navarro, the Maravailla Kid, right?

Navarro was a very late replacement for ex-champ Mando Ramos, who was reported as taking ill, but had actually been KO'd by drug use.

Promoter Aileen Eaton was well aware of Ramos' extracurricular behavior, and had Navarro on standby, fearing that Ramos would indeed pull out of the bout.

I didnt think the Ruben Navarro fight was available online, I tried to find it recently

It is. It's just in poor quality. I still haven't forgot to upload Rodriguez-Griffith II for you. I'll probably put this one up too if you can't find it.

I recently found Buchanan-Laguna I off a poster here. Do you have a lot of fights? He may be interested in a trade with you.

[handsofstone]

You mean Ruben Navarro, the Maravailla Kid, right?

Navarro was a very late replacement for ex-champ Mando Ramos, who was reported as taking ill, but had actually been KO'd by drug use.

Promoter Aileen Eaton was well aware of Ramos' extracurricular behavior, and had Navarro on standby, fearing that Ramos would indeed pull out of the bout.

I didnt think the Ruben Navarro fight was available online, I tried to find it recently

It is. It's just in poor quality. I still haven't forgot to upload Rodriguez-Griffith II for you. I'll probably put this one up too if you can't find it.

I recently found Buchanan-Laguna I off a poster here. Do you have a lot of fights? He may be interested in a trade with you.

I watch all my old fights on youtube mate

[handsofstone]

Rubin Carter vs Emile Griffith


Carter KOs Griffith in a round, caught Griffith cold with a left hook, Griffith with that low crouching style dipped right into it and really he was done, the ref should've stopped it as you could tell Griffith's legs were gone, Carter set in about him with both hands and battered him to the canvas straight away, Griffith just made the count but the ref had seen enough

[chrisjs1985]

Carlos Ortiz vs. Joe Brown - Not an overly thrilling fight but a masterful performance by Ortiz who really worked his left hand well in this fight, particularly the jab. He won almost every round and showed a lot of quality. Excellent body punching, poise and power in dismantling the great old champion.

Carlos Ortiz vs. Battling Tores - This was a fun fight. Torres a young gun, was probably ruined by this fight. Ortiz broke him down but took a few hard shots along the away winning most of the rounds until he KO'd Torres in the 10th.

[handsofstone]

Emile Griffith vs Dick Tiger 1+2


Griffith wins a close decision over Tiger to win the world Middleweight title, had him down in the 9th with a nice little left hook/right hand combo, apart from that it was fcvking terrible, just a jab off really, both guys circling each other and exchanging jabs, no inside work, cant remember the ref calling a break until the 13th, there was a couple of the later rounds where they fought up close but it was just messy, the last round was back to just jabbing, no drama, no one looking better than the other apart from the KD. just a terrible terrible fight


Griffith wins the rematch as well, again on points but this was a non title fight over 10 rounds, another sh1tfest of a fight, Griffith was more dominant this time around but without getting out of first gear, just using the jab as before and moving, Tiger was dreadful ,done zilch for 10 rounds bar the occasional shot, there wasn't many power punches for either man and each round was the same as the last, it was more of a glorified sparring session

[chrisjs1985]

Emile Griffith vs Dick Tiger 1


Griffith wins a close decision over Tiger to win the world Middleweight title, had him down in the 9th with a nice little left hook/right hand combo, apart from that it was fcvking terrible, just a jab off really, both guys circling each other and exchanging jabs, no inside work, cant remember the ref calling a break until the 13th, there was a couple of the later rounds where they fought up close but it was just messy, the last round was back to just jabbing, no drama, no one looking better than the other apart from the KD. just a terrible terrible fight

Both fights between them were awful fights. The styles didn't gel well at all despite both being all-time great fighters who had excellent fights with others.

[handsofstone]

Emile Griffith vs Dick Tiger 1


Griffith wins a close decision over Tiger to win the world Middleweight title, had him down in the 9th with a nice little left hook/right hand combo, apart from that it was fcvking terrible, just a jab off really, both guys circling each other and exchanging jabs, no inside work, cant remember the ref calling a break until the 13th, there was a couple of the later rounds where they fought up close but it was just messy, the last round was back to just jabbing, no drama, no one looking better than the other apart from the KD. just a terrible terrible fight

Both fights between them were awful fights. The styles didn't gel well at all despite both being all-time great fighters who had excellent fights with others.

Im gonna watch the rematch in a few days, I wasn't holding out much hope and you've just confirmed my fears, I'm watching a lot of Griffith lately and ive gotta to say as much a rate him and respect his achievements I just cant stand watching him, his style just doesn't do anything for me, pretty much all his fights are boring, either not enough action or too messy

IMHO of course

[Abradolf Lincler]

Emile Griffith vs Dick Tiger 1


Griffith wins a close decision over Tiger to win the world Middleweight title, had him down in the 9th with a nice little left hook/right hand combo, apart from that it was fcvking terrible, just a jab off really, both guys circling each other and exchanging jabs, no inside work, cant remember the ref calling a break until the 13th, there was a couple of the later rounds where they fought up close but it was just messy, the last round was back to just jabbing, no drama, no one looking better than the other apart from the KD. just a terrible terrible fight

Both fights between them were awful fights. The styles didn't gel well at all despite both being all-time great fighters who had excellent fights with others.

Im gonna watch the rematch in a few days, I wasn't holding out much hope and you've just confirmed my fears, I'm watching a lot of Griffith lately and ive gotta to say as much a rate him and respect his achievements I just cant stand watching him, his style just doesn't do anything for me, pretty much all his fights are boring, either not enough action or too messy

IMHO of course

Completely agree. He's always been a chore for me to watch, some of his earlier fights aside.

[PredatorHayds]

Emile Griffith vs Dick Tiger 1


Griffith wins a close decision over Tiger to win the world Middleweight title, had him down in the 9th with a nice little left hook/right hand combo, apart from that it was fcvking terrible, just a jab off really, both guys circling each other and exchanging jabs, no inside work, cant remember the ref calling a break until the 13th, there was a couple of the later rounds where they fought up close but it was just messy, the last round was back to just jabbing, no drama, no one looking better than the other apart from the KD. just a terrible terrible fight

Both fights between them were awful fights. The styles didn't gel well at all despite both being all-time great fighters who had excellent fights with others.

Im gonna watch the rematch in a few days, I wasn't holding out much hope and you've just confirmed my fears, I'm watching a lot of Griffith lately and ive gotta to say as much a rate him and respect his achievements I just cant stand watching him, his style just doesn't do anything for me, pretty much all his fights are boring, either not enough action or too messy

IMHO of course

I’ve just finished my Duran marathon. All his title fights. Buchanan is the first and Joppy is the last. Incredible.

Next on my list WAS Griffith.
Looks like I’m going to need The Red Bull.

[Ambling Alp II]

Griffith was in a lot of close fights. He usually seemed to fight at the level of of competition.

[handsofstone]

Both fights between them were awful fights. The styles didn't gel well at all despite both being all-time great fighters who had excellent fights with others.

Im gonna watch the rematch in a few days, I wasn't holding out much hope and you've just confirmed my fears, I'm watching a lot of Griffith lately and ive gotta to say as much a rate him and respect his achievements I just cant stand watching him, his style just doesn't do anything for me, pretty much all his fights are boring, either not enough action or too messy

IMHO of course

I’ve just finished my Duran marathon. All his title fights. Buchanan is the first and Joppy is the last. Incredible.

Next on my list WAS Griffith.
Looks like I’m going to need The Red Bull.

Yeah ive already done Duran's career, one of the GOAT without a shadow of a doubt

Griffith knows how to pull out wins but he's got a boring style for me, you might like him though mate he has some decent fights but I'm glad I'm coming to the end of his career

[chrisjs1985]

Luis Rodriguez vs. Jesse Smith

A fun enough fight to watch. Rodriguez displayed beautiful lateral movement and excellent use of his left hand mainly with jabs. Starts a bit slow and the pattern is a bit dominant but for those that like Feo’s style that’s fine. Last two rounds, particularly the 10th is fun as they go toe-to-toe and Rodriguez throws a ton of bolo punches. Smith was tough as nails.

[chrisjs1985]

Ken Buchanan vs. Ismael Laguna I

A very good evenly matched boxing match for the most part. Laguna looked a lot sharper this fight then he did by the time of the re-match. He was able to land a lot of snappy, flashy punches upstairs but Buchanan was excellent with his left and was sneaking in plenty of sharp rights.

A lot of trading rounds and after 11 rounds it looks Lagunas fight (slightly) but despite the searing heat it’s Buchanan who handled the last four rounds best. He hammered Laguna in the 12th and 13th and did enough to win by anywhere from 1-3 rounds. The Puerto Rican crowd even booed when the ref had it for Laguna but he was overruled by the other two judges.

[klompton]

Ken Norton-Harold Dutra.

This was Nortons third pro fight. Anyone defending Nortons suspect chin would have a hard time explaining away this fight. It was a sloppy slug fest for three rounds. Norton had dropped Dutra twice and was trying to finish him when a single punch on the chin turned his arms and legs to jelly and dropped him face first on the canvas with his ass in the air. When he tried to get up he pitched backwards with his arms flailing and fell again. He was clearly badly dazed. He beat the count and made it out of the round. In the next round Norton buzzed Dutra who wobbled and dropped his hands prompting the ref to jump in and stop it. Dutra had been down two or three times in the three rounds but given the back and forth nature of the fight I thought it was a slightly odd stoppage.

Edit: Upon further research it appears that the ref stopped the fight on a cut, not because Dutra was wobbled.

Edit 2: Nope. After watching it again Im disputing the newspaper account I read. That paper claimed Dutra lost because of a cut. That is clearly not the case here. Dutra gets clipped, drops his hands and buckles but stays upright. The ref immediately jumps in and stops it. No cut.

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Sugar Ray Leonard V Frank Santore - Early SRL fight.

You can seen even from this early bout that SRL was going to be something special, movement, speed, jab, combination flurries & aggressiveness, all on point, against an experienced opponent.

[handsofstone]

Jose Napoles vs Emile Griffith


Napoles outpoints Griffith over 15 to retain his world Welterweight title, the picture quality was awful but you can see still see Napoles put on a masterclass against the ageing former champ, it was one sided from start to finish, Napoles had Griffith down in the 3rd, looked like a right uppercut what done the trick but the picture went fuzzy for a sec and next thing you see is Griffith on the deck, he made the most of the count so I assume he felt it

Griffith gave it a good go and was never really in any danger of being stopped after but Napoles was just too fresh, quick and slick for Griffith, Napoles jabbed on the outside, lightening right hands, rapid flurries to the body when they were up close and just looked too slick for Griffith who did press all night but was left chasing shadows as Napoles danced out of danger and countered Griffith with sharp combinations, easy win for Napoles and a bit of a clinic

[Abradolf Lincler]

Not sure Griffith's age had much to do with it. He still had plenty of good boxing left in him. The weight cut is what hurt him that night. He was like a tree trunk, just waiting to get carved up by Mantequilla.

[handsofstone]

Ezzard Charles vs Joey Maxim 4(highlights)


Charles widely outpoints Maxim over 15 to retain his world Heavyweight title, only 10 mins available so not a lot to go on but from what I seen Charles easily outboxed him apart from the 9th when Maxim seemed to hurt Charles and open him up, teeing off on him with both hands but he didn't have the power to put Charles away and Charles recovered before the round was out

All in all it looked as if Charles was by far the better man, he controlled things with the jab, landed some nice straight rights and always looked comfortable up close, driving uppercuts through the middle, he looked good Charles but its a shame the whole fight isn't available

Charles fought Maxim 5 times and won on points each time, this was the only title fight though

[handsofstone]

Harold Johnson vs Ezzard Charles


Johnson outpoints Charles over 10 in a pretty entertaining non title bout, it was a competitive scrap and not as messy as most old fights, Johnson doing enough to deserve the win, showed a good jab, some crunching left hooks and also nailed Charles with some big right hands as well, Charles had success of his own with the same shots but just not as busy and fresh as Johnson who looked a shade faster and quicker to the punch, Charles did steady Johnson a couple of times with big overhand rights but the more the fight wore on the more Johnson pulled away for a great win

[Ambling Alp II]

Two of the most technically sound guys you are going to find.

[handsofstone]

Alexis Arguello vs Royal Kobayashi


Arguello stops the unbeaten Kobayashi in 5 to retain his World Featherweight title, Kobayashi was strong and aggressive, always in Arguello's face and throwing some hard looking shots, clipped Arguello more than once and tried to open him up a couple of times but Arguello was too smart for him, Arguello has every shot in the book, the textbook jab, straight right, left hook counters were class, sinking in the right hands into the ribcage of Kobayashi

Arguello rocked Kobayashi in the 5th with a straight right then a left to the body had Kobayashi doubled up and backed on the ropes when Kobayashi took a knee, he bravely got up and Arguello set in about him with both hands, caught him with a right hand then a vicious left hook downstairs put Kobayashi down for the count

[oogiebe]

Alexis Arguello vs Royal Kobayashi


Arguello stops the unbeaten Kobayashi in 5 to retain his World Featherweight title, Kobayashi was strong and aggressive, always in Arguello's face and throwing some hard looking shots, clipped Arguello more than once and tried to open him up a couple of times but Arguello was too smart for him, Arguello has every shot in the book, the textbook jab, straight right, left hook counters were class, sinking in the right hands into the ribcage of Kobayashi

Arguello rocked Kobayashi in the 5th with a straight right then a left to the body had Kobayashi doubled up and backed on the ropes when Kobayashi took a knee, he bravely got up and Arguello set in about him with both hands, caught him with a right hand then a vicious left hook downstairs put Kobayashi down for the count

Arquello is one of my all time favorites! Ever since he beat Ruben Olivares. I still think Pryor cheated in his two wins v. Alexis.

[handsofstone]

Alexis Arguello vs Royal Kobayashi


Arguello stops the unbeaten Kobayashi in 5 to retain his World Featherweight title, Kobayashi was strong and aggressive, always in Arguello's face and throwing some hard looking shots, clipped Arguello more than once and tried to open him up a couple of times but Arguello was too smart for him, Arguello has every shot in the book, the textbook jab, straight right, left hook counters were class, sinking in the right hands into the ribcage of Kobayashi

Arguello rocked Kobayashi in the 5th with a straight right then a left to the body had Kobayashi doubled up and backed on the ropes when Kobayashi took a knee, he bravely got up and Arguello set in about him with both hands, caught him with a right hand then a vicious left hook downstairs put Kobayashi down for the count

Arquello is one of my all time favorites! Ever since he beat Ruben Olivares. I still think Pryor cheated in his two wins v. Alexis.

Mine too mate, i'd only seen the Pryor fights, Olivares and Watt, now Kobayashi, I'm gonna watch the Escalera fights next

[oogiebe]

Alexis Arguello vs Royal Kobayashi


Arguello stops the unbeaten Kobayashi in 5 to retain his World Featherweight title, Kobayashi was strong and aggressive, always in Arguello's face and throwing some hard looking shots, clipped Arguello more than once and tried to open him up a couple of times but Arguello was too smart for him, Arguello has every shot in the book, the textbook jab, straight right, left hook counters were class, sinking in the right hands into the ribcage of Kobayashi

Arguello rocked Kobayashi in the 5th with a straight right then a left to the body had Kobayashi doubled up and backed on the ropes when Kobayashi took a knee, he bravely got up and Arguello set in about him with both hands, caught him with a right hand then a vicious left hook downstairs put Kobayashi down for the count

Arquello is one of my all time favorites! Ever since he beat Ruben Olivares. I still think Pryor cheated in his two wins v. Alexis.

Mine too mate, i'd only seen the Pryor fights, Olivares and Watt, now Kobayashi, I'm gonna watch the Escalera fights next

Don't leave off the boom boom mancini fight. It was a fun watch.