Best/worst boxing 'Promo' names for an event

[chinarich]

Dubois vs. Bryan had some ludicrous tagline, something like "The Fight for Freedom". Freedom for who and from what? Perhaps it was both fighters from a Don King contract...

it was to do with Ukraine.

They did UK, USA and Ukraine anthems IIRC.

The next card has a similar tagline.

I see . Still ridiculous though, given that neither of the fighters have any connection to Ukraine.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Dubois vs. Bryan had some ludicrous tagline, something like "The Fight for Freedom". Freedom for who and from what? Perhaps it was both fighters from a Don King contract...

it was to do with Ukraine.

They did UK, USA and Ukraine anthems IIRC.

The next card has a similar tagline.

I see . Still ridiculous though, given that neither of the fighters have any connection to Ukraine.

Sneaky sod just used it to hype the event and publicity.

[olij999]

"Judgement Day" has been used a few times. That's pretty unimaginative.

I also liked the promoter (I think it was the then-Frank Maloney) who would put "For one night only" at the top of the posters, as if ticket-buyers might mistakenly think they were going to a rival to the The Mousetrap.

[GreenLightning]

Tatum-Watson 1 "The bout to Knock the other guy out"

Tatum-Watson 2 "This time...it's for money"

[Ruthless-RKO]

Tatum-Watson 1 "The bout to Knock the other guy out"

Tatum-Watson 2 "This time...it's for money"

How cringe.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Was Pac vs. Hatton called: The Battle of East and West

[Ruthless-RKO]

Roy Jones Vinnie Pazienza: "The Devil and Mr. Jones"

[Ruthless-RKO]

The World Awaits

[GreenLightning]

Tatum-Watson 1 "The bout to Knock the other guy out"

Tatum-Watson 2 "This time...it's for money"

It's funnier on the simpsons

[olij999]

"Battle Cruisers" for De Leon v Reeson for the WBC title (no prizes for guessing the division) was particularly poor. You can almost hear the meeting - "Well, they're both cruiserweights and they're battling, so we could call it Battle Cruisers." Meh.

[olij999]

Tatum-Watson 1 "The bout to Knock the other guy out"

Tatum-Watson 2 "This time...it's for money"

How cringe.

Think that was kind of the point. I particularly enjoyed the following bit, complete with Drederick's Tysonesque lisp:

Reporter #2:
Drederick, ah, what do you think of Homer Simpson?

Drederick Tatum:
I think he's a good man. I like him. I got nothing against him, but I'm definitely gonna make orphans of his children.

Reporter #3:
Uh, you know, they do have a mother, Champ?

Drederick Tatum:
Yes, but I would imagine that she would die of grief.

[GreenLightning]

Tatum-Watson 1 "The bout to Knock the other guy out"

Tatum-Watson 2 "This time...it's for money"

How cringe.

Think that was kind of the point. I particularly enjoyed the following bit, complete with Drederick's Tysonesque lisp:

Reporter #2:
Drederick, ah, what do you think of Homer Simpson?

Drederick Tatum:
I think he's a good man. I like him. I got nothing against him, but I'm definitely gonna make orphans of his children.

Reporter #3:
Uh, you know, they do have a mother, Champ?

Drederick Tatum:
Yes, but I would imagine that she would die of grief.

Prime Simpson's man....makes Marciano look like a poodle

Didn't Taytum also say he had "possible regrets" about pushing his mother down the stairs or something

[Ruthless-RKO]

Anymore?

[JamesPhilips]

clash on the dunes was lame, aj-ruiz 2. i bet half of people wouldnt even know what the hell dunes are

I thought it was ‘Rage on the Red Sea”!!???

[Ruthless-RKO]

clash on the dunes was lame, aj-ruiz 2. i bet half of people wouldnt even know what the hell dunes are

I thought it was ‘Rage on the Red Sea”!!???

That was Usyk-AJ 2

[jameswilson]

Ali v Norton 2 was called ‘Battle of the revenge of broken jaw’ or something equally daft.

[SeanBrennan]

I wonder if they ever gave Slugger O Toole fights an Irish theme, always makes me chuckle how Ingle rebranded Fidel Castro Smith to be an Irishman. Brilliant.

He could fight too.

[deadpan]

"The Fresh Prince"
Hamed v Calvo.

That aged as well as milk on a summer doorstep.

[JC]

Anyone know when they started giving fights names? Did it start with Ali?

[Kilburn]

How about the aborted “High Noon in Hong Kong”, which was set to feature Bruno v Mercer and Hide v Morrison no less.

[margaret thatcher]

hide vs morrison, gawd damn i would've loved to see that one

[dookus]

How about the aborted “High Noon in Hong Kong”, which was set to feature Bruno v Mercer and Hide v Morrison no less.

That's almost a thread in itself - best events that never happened

[Kilburn]

How about the aborted “High Noon in Hong Kong”, which was set to feature Bruno v Mercer and Hide v Morrison no less.

That's almost a thread in itself - best events that never happened

On a similar note I vaguely remember a fight poster years back which I seem to recall being for a Nigel Benn card on these shores, where Terry Norris v Julio Cesar Vasquez were to also feature on the undercard for the unified light-middle undisputed title (WBA, WBC, IBF). I can’t remember the tag line for the show but I think the whole thing might have been shelved, not just the Norris v Vasquez fight which unfortunately never got rescheduled.

These days does the WBO belt have to be in the pot in order to be undisputed? Sorry OP gone a bit off track.

[margaret thatcher]

wbo is just as credible as the rest these days tbh. they might actually do the least stupid sh!t

[Kilburn]

Yeah I just wasn’t sure if a boxer somehow manages to pick up the “big three” belts and keep them, would he be recognised / announced as undisputed champion from then on.

The IBF belt seemed to slot into the mix quite easily thanks to Larry Holmes, but I’m not sure the WBO strap has ever been as coveted despite some outstanding belt holders in its history.