THE UNDERRATED FIGHTS?...

silkov · Post by **silkov** » 21 Sep 2006, 17:26

What are the fights which are underrated or unfairly forgotten?....
Hearns vs Benitez
Toney vs Mccallum 1, 2 and 3
Ali vs Frazier 2
Ali vs Shavers
Holmes vs Witherspoon
Chinoi vs Torres 1
Green vs Palomino
Pedrosa vs Lockeridge 1 and 2
........views anyone?...

Seamus · Post by **Seamus** » 21 Sep 2006, 17:54

Keith Stevenson vs Dana Roston. Roston down 3 times, Stevenson down twice.

Jorge Paez vs Calvin Grove I and II

Ray Mercer vs Bert Cooper. Mercer looked like he had a golfball inside his jaw at the end.

Jim Watt vs Sean O'Grady. Would have been a favorite of Count Dracula's.

Livingstone Bramble vs Ray Mancini II. Huge come back by Mancini falls just short.

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 21 Sep 2006, 17:55

Frankie Liles vs Tim Littles.

Collins2000 · Post by **Collins2000** » 21 Sep 2006, 18:46

Holmes - Weaver

evndrbsn · Post by **evndrbsn** » 21 Sep 2006, 19:50

I know this fight might not be as memorable to you guys and it is still fairly recent, but I thought Cesar Soto-Luisito Espinoaa II was a fantastic fight. I think it was on Univision or Telemundo and maybe thats why it didn't get the publicity that Paulie Ayala-Johnny Tapia got.

It took place on May 15th, 1999 and Espinosa was making the 8th defense of his WBC featherweight title. Espinosa had already beaten Soto before in 1996 in his second defense and won a decision. This fight was back and forth with great action. Soto was announced the winner by a very close decision in the rematch, although I had Espinosa slightly ahead.

I never heard anything about this bout after I watched it. Did anyone else think this was a superbly entertaining fight?

emile · Post by **emile** » 21 Sep 2006, 20:07

Jeff Harding - Dennis Andries I. And the two Calvin Grove-Jorge Paez fights. Those three fights hooked me on boxing.

silkov · Post by **silkov** » 21 Sep 2006, 20:29

How about Kelvin Seabrooks vs Jacobs!... one of the best fights I've seen, but hardly gets a mention...
also the Zaragoza vs Paul Banke triology!...

kick asner · Post by **kick asner** » 22 Sep 2006, 20:40

Vito Antufurmo vs Alan Minter I
John "The Beast" Muguibi vs James "Hard Rock" Green
Edwin Rosario vs Jose Luis Ramirez I and II
Saad Muhamed vs Marvin Johnson I and II
Frank "The Animal" Fletcher vs James "Hard Rock" Green

generic screen name · Post by **generic screen name** » 22 Sep 2006, 21:16

Marvin Johnson gets a little forgotten. At that time Light heavyweight was stacked!!

kick asner · Post by **kick asner** » 22 Sep 2006, 21:57

generic screen name wrote:Marvin Johnson gets a little forgotten. At that time Light heavyweight was stacked!!

The light heaveyweight division in the seventies was one of the more interesting weight classes. However it started to thin out in the eighties as they would trot out guys like Murry Sutherland and Jerry "The Bull" Martin, they would get beat and all of a sudden there they were back fighting for another title.

barry · Post by **barry** » 23 Sep 2006, 04:08

Toney-McCallum I would be my pick...that was one hell of a good fight...damn close, but one that I was not upset at all to see it called a draw!

silkov · Post by **silkov** » 23 Sep 2006, 07:57

All three Toney vs Mccallum fights were close, excellent fights, even their Cruiserweight bout...
Imagine Toney making Cruiser now???....

silkov · Post by **silkov** » 23 Sep 2006, 07:59

generic screen name wrote:Marvin Johnson gets a little forgotten. At that time Light heavyweight was stacked!!

I agree, he gets a bit overshadowed by Saad, but he was a excellent fighter in his own right, very exciting to watch... impressive how he came back in the mid-80s to regain the title again!...

silkov · Post by **silkov** » 23 Sep 2006, 13:39

Decagon wrote:
silkov wrote:All three Toney vs Mccallum fights were close, excellent fights, even their Cruiserweight bout...
Imagine Toney making Cruiser now???....
After the Rahman fight, he had an infection or something, and spent some time in the hospital. Supposedly, he lost 40 pounds, which'd make him a cruiserweight.

Probably weighed 210 still... though Toneys methods of bulking up so high are a little dubious for me... to say the least!...

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 23 Sep 2006, 16:25

Leon Spinks vs Eddie Lopez.

wouter · Post by **wouter** » 24 Sep 2006, 14:42

Terry Norris v. Troy Waters

generic screen name · Post by **generic screen name** » 25 Sep 2006, 22:23

a young 11-0 Evander Holyfield vs the Camden Buzzsaw Dwight Muhammad Qawi, cruiserweight title bout.

Ambling Alp · Post by **Ambling Alp** » 27 Sep 2006, 13:48

Edwin Rosario-Howard Davis
Ken Norton-Jimmy Young
Tommy Cordova-Freddie Roach
Tony Lopez- Rocky Lockridge (at least lately you don't seem to hear people talking about it much)

There was a fight around 1994 with Kenny Keane and another guy that can't recall that was a great fight. Maybe someone else remembers.

The Great John L · Post by **The Great John L** » 27 Sep 2006, 13:56

Shavers-Lyle
Lyle-Bugner
O’Grady-Kenty
Navarette-Edwards
Zarate-Pintor

Lausse · Post by **Lausse** » 27 Sep 2006, 20:44

Here are some more forgotten classics:

Chiquita Gonzalez LKO7 Michael Carbajal 1
Chiquita Gonzalez LTKO7 Saman Sorjaturong
Eduardo Lausse LTKO7 Marcel Pigou
Mando Ramos W10 Sugar Ramos
Frankie Duarte TKO10 Alberto Davila 2
Merqui Sosa Vs Charles Williams 1&2
Bobby Czyz Vs Charles Williams 1&2
Rafael Limon KO12 Rolando Navarrete
Jorge Paez W10 Tracy Spann
Orlando Canizales TKO15 Kelvin Seabrooks 1
Simon Brown TKO14 Tyrone Trice 1
Kennedy McKinney KO11 Welcome Ncita 1
Aaron Davis KO9 Mark Breland
Frank Fletcher TKO6 James Green
Carlos Santos W15 Mark Medal
Rafael Ruelas W12 Fred Pendleton
Kevin Kelley W12 Troy Dorsey
Matthew Saad TKO6 Richie Kates
Eder Jofre KO10 Jose Medel 1