James Toney-Mike McCallum 1 : Rate it

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goose 5
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James Toney-Mike McCallum 1 : Rate it

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I consider it the best middleweight title bout of the last 35 years-since Hagler-Hearns. How do you guys rank it ?
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It was excellent, but no, Toney-Nunn was better. Hagler-Hearns was great obviously, but too short.
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I think Nunn-Toney was too one-sided prior to the knockout for the overall bout to be # 1 in the time frame of the last 35 years.
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goose 5 wrote: 10 Oct 2020, 20:41 I think Nunn-Toney was too one-sided prior to the knockout for the overall bout to be # 1 in the time frame of the last 35 years.
I won't call it one-sided. Nunn had a lead, but they both had plenty of moments.
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DrDuke wrote: 11 Oct 2020, 04:44
goose 5 wrote: 10 Oct 2020, 20:41 I think Nunn-Toney was too one-sided prior to the knockout for the overall bout to be # 1 in the time frame of the last 35 years.
I won't call it one-sided. Nunn had a lead, but they both had plenty of moments.
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DrDuke wrote: 11 Oct 2020, 04:44
goose 5 wrote: 10 Oct 2020, 20:41 I think Nunn-Toney was too one-sided prior to the knockout for the overall bout to be # 1 in the time frame of the last 35 years.
I won't call it one-sided. Nunn had a lead, but they both had plenty of moments.
Agree, Nunn was ahead but had to work hard, Toney was in the fight all the way through, the McCallum fight was just a brilliant display of world class skills and temperament.
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Nunn-McCallum would have been a great matchup.
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