Classic fights I've watched recently

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Terry Norris vs Donald Curry



Norris KOs Curry in the 8th to retain his World Super Welterweight title, too sharp and busy for Curry who didnt offer much until around the 6th round, Norris was busier, had the handspeed and threw combinations to trouble Curry throughout, usually it was the left hooks which did most damage and Norris pulled ahead


Curry began to put pressure on before getting dropped with a right hand at the end of the 7th, Curry looked ok coming out for the 8th but got tagged again witg another right which visably rocked him and Norris never let him off hook, a series of right hands pummeled Curry down and took all the fight out of him and he was counted out

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Terry Norris vs Meldrick Taylor



Norris stops Taylor in 4 rounds to retain his World Super Welterweight title, good action between two sharpshooters ,Taylor begam well landing the body and the straight right, Norris was landing combinations, good action


In the 4th Norris hurt Taylor with a right hand and unloaded both hands before Taylor stumbled to the canvas, two clubbing right hands had Taylor down a second time, he got up again and showed heart to duke it out instead of holding or running, it proved his undoing though as Norris nailed him with clean unanswered right hands when the ref stepped in

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I just watched several Thomas Hearns fights lately. The Hagler classic war. That was a fight that had 15 rounds of action in 8 minutes. This is one of the greatest in boxing history. Iran Barkley 1 this is a classic style vs style were Barkley is all wrong for The Hitman. Thomas was overall greater and had a better career than Barkley but he is kryptonite. Hearns-Dennis Andries a fight that turned sloppy. Dennis is built like a Rock compact and strong but totally outclassed. Great memories all were back in my favorite decade the 1980s.

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Terry Norris vs Meldrick Taylor



Norris stops Taylor in 4 rounds to retain his World Super Welterweight title, good action between two sharpshooters ,Taylor begam well landing the body and the straight right, Norris was landing combinations, good action


In the 4th Norris hurt Taylor with a right hand and unloaded both hands before Taylor stumbled to the canvas, two clubbing right hands had Taylor down a second time, he got up again and showed heart to duke it out instead of holding or running, it proved his undoing though as Norris nailed him with clean unanswered right hands when the ref stepped in

Meldrick was never the same after the classic Chavez first fight. Yes he won another championship but it took something out of him physically and mentally.

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- -Never seen the fight before.

Rodney was Lar's first step up fight had been in with better fighters. Good way get at Dwayne whom he clearly ducked who was rated by Ring a year before Lar.

Rodney bigger/stronger took the fight to Lar with plenty of success, but alas, not a puncher. Ref stopping Rodney still on his feet was in his 5th of 6th career fights did no count or assessment.

Watching Dwayne barehanded tighten the loose ropes Rodney tangled in after the first rd priceless. They were the undercard of The Thrilla of Ali/Frazier. Ali team kicked out MSG prior in the first Frazier fight had been loosening ropes and of course did that in the Rumble with Foreman to great effect.

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Ken Norton vs Jerry Quarry



Norton stops Quarry in the 5th round of a non title Heavyweight scrap, and that's what it was a scrap, all action , no feeling out process, neither guy had to go looking for one another, Quarry got up close and banged away with both hands to head and body, Norton duked it out too but was landing bigger shots

In the 3rd Quarry spent the whole round battering Norton against the ropes, really dishing out the punishment, Norton returned the favour in the 4th and Quarry's eyes were a mess, right cut and left shut, Norton was landing at will in the 5th, Quarry still fighting back but he was taking clean punches, his head was getting jerked back as the ref stopped it, a bit of a war

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Ken Norton vs Jerry Quarry



Norton stops Quarry in the 5th round of a non title Heavyweight scrap, and that's what it was a scrap, all action , no feeling out process, neither guy had to go looking for one another, Quarry got up close and banged away with both hands to head and body, Norton duked it out too but was landing bigger shots

In the 3rd Quarry spent the whole round battering Norton against the ropes, really dishing out the punishment, Norton returned the favour in the 4th and Quarry's eyes were a mess, right cut and left shut, Norton was landing at will in the 5th, Quarry still fighting back but he was taking clean punches, his head was getting jerked back as the ref stopped it, a bit of a war

I remember reading Jerry Quarrys book and he said he absolutely hated and despised Norton. I recall him talking of a situation that occurred after the fight. He wanted to take Norton outside and clean his clock on the street. He spoke of Norton getting in a car and driving away from the scenario. Quarry could not beat the top guys of his era he lost to Ali and Frazier twice and Norton. He did have some great wins however. He many thought was an uncrowned champion.

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Ken Norton vs Jerry Quarry



Norton stops Quarry in the 5th round of a non title Heavyweight scrap, and that's what it was a scrap, all action , no feeling out process, neither guy had to go looking for one another, Quarry got up close and banged away with both hands to head and body, Norton duked it out too but was landing bigger shots

In the 3rd Quarry spent the whole round battering Norton against the ropes, really dishing out the punishment, Norton returned the favour in the 4th and Quarry's eyes were a mess, right cut and left shut, Norton was landing at will in the 5th, Quarry still fighting back but he was taking clean punches, his head was getting jerked back as the ref stopped it, a bit of a war

I remember reading Jerry Quarrys book and he said he absolutely hated and despised Norton. I recall him talking of a situation that occurred after the fight. He wanted to take Norton outside and clean his clock on the street. He spoke of Norton getting in a car and driving away from the scenario. Quarry could not beat the top guys of his era he lost to Ali and Frazier twice and Norton. He did have some great wins however. He many thought was an uncrowned champion.

In the late 60s - early and mid 70s era Quarry was worthy to be ranked #6, after Ali, Frazier, Foreman, Norton and Young.

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Ken Norton vs Jerry Quarry



Norton stops Quarry in the 5th round of a non title Heavyweight scrap, and that's what it was a scrap, all action , no feeling out process, neither guy had to go looking for one another, Quarry got up close and banged away with both hands to head and body, Norton duked it out too but was landing bigger shots

In the 3rd Quarry spent the whole round battering Norton against the ropes, really dishing out the punishment, Norton returned the favour in the 4th and Quarry's eyes were a mess, right cut and left shut, Norton was landing at will in the 5th, Quarry still fighting back but he was taking clean punches, his head was getting jerked back as the ref stopped it, a bit of a war

I remember reading Jerry Quarrys book and he said he absolutely hated and despised Norton. I recall him talking of a situation that occurred after the fight. He wanted to take Norton outside and clean his clock on the street. He spoke of Norton getting in a car and driving away from the scenario. Quarry could not beat the top guys of his era he lost to Ali and Frazier twice and Norton. He did have some great wins however. He many thought was an uncrowned champion.

Aye commentary mentioned Quarry had been desperate to fight Norton

[Nile4000]

- -Never seen the fight before.

Rodney was Lar's first step up fight had been in with better fighters. Good way get at Dwayne whom he clearly ducked who was rated by Ring a year before Lar.

Rodney bigger/stronger took the fight to Lar with plenty of success, but alas, not a puncher. Ref stopping Rodney still on his feet was in his 5th of 6th career fights did no count or assessment.

Watching Dwayne barehanded tighten the loose ropes Rodney tangled in after the first rd priceless. They were the undercard of The Thrilla of Ali/Frazier. Ali team kicked out MSG prior in the first Frazier fight had been loosening ropes and of course did that in the Rumble with Foreman to great effect.

Wow, didn't know Larry ducked Duane.

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that was the Battle of the Main Event-ers sparring partners.
Larry Holmes had been Muhammad Ali's sparring partner but for this fight was Joe Frazier's
and Rodney Bobick was Muhammad Ali's sparring partner.
as far as I know this was Larry Holmes first filmed professional fight
and the only fight footage of Rodney Bobick.
BTW I don't think Jerry Quarry ever wrote his autobiography.
I think maybe you're thinking of Tex Cobb
who had bet his entire purse on himself for his fight with Norton
and was still angry afterwards.

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Ken Norton vs Jimmy Young


Norton beats Young by 15 round SD in a non title Heavyweight fight, Norton fought great for first 10 rounds, ploughing forward with that cross arm defence, getting up close and banging those wide shots to the midsection of Young, in the 10th it looked like Young made a breakthrough, nailing Norton clean with a right hand then measuring him up for more of the same, it seemed to galvanise Young who finished well down the stretch and began to come forward, the last round was even, both men going for it, Norton's early work won him the split

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Henry Akinwande vs Axel Schulz I

Not even sure, if it's worthy to be called classic. The bout was lackluster and deserved to be called a draw, like it had actually been ruled, but it should have gone 0-0. No one scored anything significant really. Schulz was a passive aggressor and fought in spurts, Akinwande outworked him on the back foot majorly with a jab. Yet both were mostly punching the air. Schulz tooked a lot on his gloves, that's why Akinwande still can look a bit more decisive.

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Following Arthur Abraham's retirement this week I revisited his fights with Edison Miranda back to back earlier, the first fight in particular was a serious tear up. Headbutts, low blows, trading bombs throughout but how AA fought rounds 5-12 with that jaw was ridiculous. I forgot how much holding AA got away with late on in fight 1, not even a single warning never mind a point taken two tough operators. AA was a beast at 160.

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Several days ago i watched the Arguello-Kevin Rooney destruction. It was quick and Rooney was outclassed and overmatched from the opening bell. Rooney gave it his all but fell way short.

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Several days ago i watched the Arguello-Kevin Rooney destruction. It was quick and Rooney was outclassed and overmatched from the opening bell. Rooney gave it his all but fell way short.

Textbook KO from Arguello

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Earnie Shavers vs Ken Norton



Shavers blitzes Norton in 1 round, non title fight, straight away Shavers had Norton backed up on the ropes and Norton never got away away from them and should've tried to, think he was trying to tuck up and let Shavers blow a gasket, a risky tactic agaisnt a puncher like Shavers and it was costly, Shavers just battered away with both hands and eventually after about a minute Norton finally collapsed to the canvas, finished, he juat about got up but his legs were jelly and it shouldve been stopped but it was allowed to go on, Norton couldn't even get out the corner, Shavers walked up and starched him with a right uppercut and that was all she wrote

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Cotto-Torres

Terrific barnburner. Constant action and one of the best fights over the last 20 years.
Cotto’s left hook is a thing of beauty.

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Kelly Pavlik v Edison Miranda

Absolute firefight this, the output from both men in the opening 2 rounds in particular was incredible. Kelly began to take over with his straighter, cleaner shots through the middle which allowed him to beat Miranda to the punch quite regularly, however Edison also had some moments of success with short right hands on the inside. Fight could well have been stopped after the 2nd knockdown in R6 but Smoger let the action continue and Miranda was pummeled/dropped again in the opening minute of R7 before the fight was waved off. Bombs away in this one.

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Victor Galindez vs Yaqui Lopez 2..inspired by a commenter on another topic to watch some Victor Galindez fights



Interesting fight...not action packed but supremely interesting. It was a very close affair and could have gone either way. Both men boxed beautifully which of course made it a boring fight if what you are looking for is Wilfredo Gomez, Arturo Gatti, Manos De Piedra, Hearns and Fernando Vargas type of action, but the boxing purist in me liked what I saw from both men, boring, again, as it was.

I had Galindez by one, 143-142, but it could have gone either way.

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Ken Norton vs Scott LeDoux



Norton gets off the canvas twice in a torrid last round to hold on to a draw with LeDoux over 10 rounds, Norton must've been ahead fairly comfortably, he forced the action, pressed forward, got behind the jab and walked LeDoux down and battering him with clubbing shots upstairs and down, LeDoux landed occasional counters and had the odd success with clubbing punches of his own but it was Norton who was dictating

Things got a bit messy down thr stretch but in thr 10th LeDoux out of nowhere hurt Norton with a right hand and a left hook had him sliding down thr ropes , he got up groggy but looked like he made it out the woods when with a few seconds left another right from LeDoux rocked him and another 3 rights clubbed Norton and he was literally lying sprawled over the top rope, the bell went and the fight was over, LeDoux and his team thought it was a stoppage and he won by KO but it went to the cards for a draw

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Kelly Pavlik v Jermain Taylor 1 & 2

Great action from two quality middleweights, particularly the first fight! Kelly was just so consistent, continuously pumping the jab and firing home the straight right hand, Taylor went for the kill after his knockdown in fight 1 but once he failed to get Pavlik out of there Kelly broke him down with precise work upstairs before forcing the stoppage in R7.

The 2nd bout was a more cagey affair and Taylor was certainly more effective defensively, managed to neutralise the Pavlik right hand much more efficiently and established his own jab too. Again it was the consistency from Pavlik that got him through as he came on stronger in the 2nd half of the fight to take over on the cards, great determination and solid fundamentals.

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Kelly Pavlik v Jermain Taylor 1 & 2

Great action from two quality middleweights, particularly the first fight! Kelly was just so consistent, continuously pumping the jab and firing home the straight right hand, Taylor went for the kill after his knockdown in fight 1 but once he failed to get Pavlik out of there Kelly broke him down with precise work upstairs before forcing the stoppage in R7.

The 2nd bout was a more cagey affair and Taylor was certainly more effective defensively, managed to neutralise the Pavlik right hand much more efficiently and established his own jab too. Again it was the consistency from Pavlik that got him through as he came on stronger in the 2nd half of the fight to take over on the cards, great determination and solid fundamentals.

The first fight is an all-timer!

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Gerry Cooney vs Ken Norton



Cooney steamrolls through Norton in under a minute of the 1st round, demolished him, came out trapped Norton un the corner and was unloaidng lefts and rights, Norton slumped down onto the seat of his pants where the ref was far too slow in getting in, Norton took 3/4 too many shots, Cooney about decapitating him with left and right uppercuts before eventually it was stopped, a rout