good low action fights/boring high action fights

[margaret thatcher]

any examples of fights you enjoyed that were low action

or

fights that were high action that you didnt enjoy

[gregregegg]

I like watching Mckinson fight, and for the most part it's pretty low action, I just like the chess match.

I don't think it's possible to actually dislike a true high action fight completely, but high volume arm punchers are my least favourite high action fighters. Kownaki, big bay Miller, 3/4s of women's fights.

I know your asking for specific fights but I don't think I have the power of recall to dig any specifics out of my memory bank.

[DrDuke]

Fury against Klit was a fun low-action fight, because it was a long-awaited scenario. Mayweather's later fights were decent too, because they were textbook schoolings, low action, but clean and sublime one. The same can be said about the recent Stevenson-Valdez bout, a one-sided masterclass without much action, but kinda beautiful.

Gotta agree about Kownacki's and Miller's fights being boring despite their high-action nature. When there's a lot of pillow-fisted brawling, all intensity fades. Also, I don't like the Ricky Hatton type of fights, when there's a lot of action, but it's filled with husting and pushing instead of boxing.

[handsofstone]

I remember Guerrero beat Kamegai on points over 12 and it was toe to toe for 12 rounds, action galore but it was repetitive and I got bored pretty by the halfway point

[Dioufy]

Low action in the Shak fight on Saturday but I throughly enjoyed it.
Usyk/Joshua was relative low action but I loved watching the skills.
But you cannot beat a Fury/Wilder or Gomez/Arthur absolute slug fest.

[Old bones Ian]

Nigel Benn vs Henry Wharton was a low action fight I enjoyed, you knew both could win at any point but it went through to points after a good boxing show by Benn.

[Old bones Ian]

Don't know why but I rarely enjoyed high action Johnny Tapia fights

[margaret thatcher]

ya, there are high action fights where none of the punches really do much damage, and hence none are really all that significant. same thing over and over, no drama, really.

[Boxerbeetle]

I remember Guerrero beat Kamegai on points over 12 and it was toe to toe for 12 rounds, action galore but it was repetitive and I got bored pretty by the halfway point

That’s exactly the fight that sprang to my mind too, am sure we were all saying it on the RBR thread.

[THEBUTCH]

I really enjoyed the Guerrero v Kamegai fight the whole way through. Kamegai was insanely brave and Guerrero really dished it out.




Would De Lay Hoya v Quartey straddle both ideas ?

Tense dullness, mixed with extreme violence

[littlepug]

Haye v Wlad and Valuev were both low action but I found both extremely interesting.

[margaret thatcher]

wilders considered a very exciting fighter but a lot of his fights were actually fairly low action. he'd spend most of a fight paw pawing with the left, ocassionally the big right

fury-wilder 1 for example....we remember the big moments, but about 9 of the rounds hardly anything happened


for low action, i guess there has to be that feeling that something could change........creates tension

[Delta Jay]

Rigo vs Donaire? It was mad to watch donaire get nullified but also seemed kinda dull? Haven’t watched that fight back, I’m gonna see if it looks like I remember it later.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Rigo vs Donaire? It was mad to watch donaire get nullified but also seemed kinda dull? Haven’t watched that fight back, I’m gonna see if it looks like I remember it later.

Watched highlights a few years back.

Donaire had nothing for Rigo.

[margaret thatcher]

that one got a bit more lively late on.......donaire scoring a kd in the 10th, then in the 12th rigo beak the brakes off him and f@cked his eye

i recall watching that one live and rbrs all had it wide for rigo, but a little group of american media that was all sitting together thought it was like a 1 point fight. no way it was that close