Bruno ices Coetzee in 1 round of a non title Heavyweight contest, dropped him heavily with a textbook right hand seconds into the fight, Coetzee done well to get up and inn all fairness he didn't look too bad but Bruno stayed composed jabbed him then knocked him out with a looping right to the temple which had Coetzee lying sprawled on his back through the ropes
Herbie Hide was drunk on his power and thought he could blitz everyone.
He rattled Bowe a few times and I believe Riddick cites Hide as the hardest puncher he faced, but Herbie was simply too small to go hell for leather with giant HWs that could fight.
What do you make of the first knockdown? I can't work out what put Hide down and after that he just fell apart.
I think Hide fainted; it's the only explanation that seems plausible.
Watching it live my buddy and I demanded bowe had ether on his gloves.
Or stuck the nut in. Either way, Hide crumbled and it was pretty embarrassing.
He shat his pants. Hide was a nasty bully with no self-belief at this level.
Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Posted: 28 Sep 2019, 14:19
by Bodyshot3
Frank Bruno vs Gerrie Coetzee
Bruno ices Coetzee in 1 round of a non title Heavyweight contest, dropped him heavily with a textbook right hand seconds into the fight, Coetzee done well to get up and inn all fairness he didn't look too bad but Bruno stayed composed jabbed him then knocked him out with a looping right to the temple which had Coetzee lying sprawled on his back through the ropes
Right fight at the right time for Frank....Coetzee was well on the wane but he was still ranked and a definite name.
The Lawless-Duff system behind Frank knew when to get out the cheque book.
Nevertheless, I am fairly sure nobody jumped Coetzee ever like that and the big Bok had once been very decent and it is a shame that he's largely remembered for being iced by Bruno....that's not the whole Coetzee story.
Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Posted: 30 Sep 2019, 13:57
by handsofstone
Tim Witherspoon vs Frank Bruno
Witherspoon KOs Bruno in the 11th round to retain his World Heavyweight title, Bruno i'd imagine was in front at the time, maybe not by much but probably edging things, Witherspoon was a bit flat and lazy but dangerous with the overhand right when he bothered to throw it, Bruno piled up the points with the workrate, nothing fancy just pushing out the jab and working up close when on the inside, it wasn't a great fight and neither man looked anything special but Bruno was fighting a clever fight
Witherspoon began to let the right hand bombs go later in the fight and was getting closer but Bruno stayed cool until the 11th when he got caught in an exchange of right hands, Bruno landed a cracker but Witherspoon's was better and rocked Bruno to his boots when he backed up into a corner where Witherspoon clubbed him rights and hooks, Bruno got out one corner but found himself straight into another one when Witherspoon landed a series of big right hands to club Bruno in a heap in the corner where it was stopped
Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Posted: 30 Sep 2019, 15:16
by oogiebe
Hagler vs Minter (1980)
Good dust up for 2.5 rounds, then Minter got seriously hurt. Felt it was stopped on cuts prematurely as I would've given Minter at least between rounds for his corner to do some work. But...he was beginning to come undone by Marvin's ferocity.
Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Posted: 30 Sep 2019, 16:08
by Caractacus
not a classic fight of course,but a fight have have watched recently .do you think Berbick really won this fight ?
Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Posted: 01 Oct 2019, 16:15
by Bodyshot3
Tim Witherspoon vs Frank Bruno
Witherspoon KOs Bruno in the 11th round to retain his World Heavyweight title, Bruno i'd imagine was in front at the time, maybe not by much but probably edging things, Witherspoon was a bit flat and lazy but dangerous with the overhand right when he bothered to throw it, Bruno piled up the points with the workrate, nothing fancy just pushing out the jab and working up close when on the inside, it wasn't a great fight and neither man looked anything special but Bruno was fighting a clever fight
Witherspoon began to let the right hand bombs go later in the fight and was getting closer but Bruno stayed cool until the 11th when he got caught in an exchange of right hands, Bruno landed a cracker but Witherspoon's was better and rocked Bruno to his boots when he backed up into a corner where Witherspoon clubbed him rights and hooks, Bruno got out one corner but found himself straight into another one when Witherspoon landed a series of big right hands to club Bruno in a heap in the corner where it was stopped
The first fight I followed as a kid and I even had my little scrapbook of press cuttings
I've talked about this in the past but Tim was largely believed to be in such abysmal shape and there was a belief that he had not trained a jot and Bruno would simply be too strong, too fit and hit too hard.
The British tabloids I was suddenly buying - to my parents horror - were making lots of jokes about 'Spoons waistline.
Witherspoon was never really ripped to be honest and he'd did look notably pudgy.....
….but he was so much more experienced and if you watch the fight back he's technically polished; blocking heaps of stuff with his arms, chin tucked-in, tying Frank up and making him do a lot of work without ever really breaking through.
It was quite the masterclass from a less than fit Tim - letting the other guy make the running before pouncing - despite the fact that he took some proper lumps and nearly ended the fight with a shut eye.
Witherspoon KOs Bruno in the 11th round to retain his World Heavyweight title, Bruno i'd imagine was in front at the time, maybe not by much but probably edging things, Witherspoon was a bit flat and lazy but dangerous with the overhand right when he bothered to throw it, Bruno piled up the points with the workrate, nothing fancy just pushing out the jab and working up close when on the inside, it wasn't a great fight and neither man looked anything special but Bruno was fighting a clever fight
Witherspoon began to let the right hand bombs go later in the fight and was getting closer but Bruno stayed cool until the 11th when he got caught in an exchange of right hands, Bruno landed a cracker but Witherspoon's was better and rocked Bruno to his boots when he backed up into a corner where Witherspoon clubbed him rights and hooks, Bruno got out one corner but found himself straight into another one when Witherspoon landed a series of big right hands to club Bruno in a heap in the corner where it was stopped
The first fight I followed as a kid and I even had my little scrapbook of press cuttings
I've talked about this in the past but Tim was largely believed to be in such abysmal shape and there was a belief that he had not trained a jot and Bruno would simply be too strong, too fit and hit too hard.
The British tabloids I was suddenly buying - to my parents horror - were making lots of jokes about 'Spoons waistline.
Witherspoon was never really ripped to be honest and he'd did look notably pudgy.....
….but he was so much more experienced and if you watch the fight back he's technically polished; blocking heaps of stuff with his arms, chin tucked-in, tying Frank up and making him do a lot of work without ever really breaking through.
It was quite the masterclass from a less than fit Tim - letting the other guy make the running before pouncing - despite the fact that he took some proper lumps and nearly ended the fight with a shut eye.
Yeah i'd read a few times beforehand that Witherspoon was out of shape and Harry Carpenter touched on it in commentary but I never thought he actually looked that bad TBH
Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Posted: 02 Oct 2019, 03:08
by handsofstone
Frank Bruno vs James Tillis
Bruno stops Tillis in the 5th round of a non title Heavyweight fight, well Tillis quit basically after a short attack from Bruno, surprising to see as Tillis usually durable and was well in the fight, neither guy was dominating, Bruno probably shaded the 1st and 4th and Tillis the 2nd and 3rd so it was all to play for, Bruno was struggling to get his punches off at times and Tillis was outboxing him for spells but out of nowhere in the 5th Bruno rocked Tillis with a right hand when Tillis went reeling into the corner where Bruno teed off rights on him, some which looked partially blocked, still when Tillis freed himself out of the corner he signalled to the ref he was done, I'm always careful about calling quit jobs but this was one from Tillis, slightest bit of trouble and he wanted no part of Bruno
Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Posted: 02 Oct 2019, 14:44
by Bodyshot3
Yeah i'd read a few times beforehand that Witherspoon was out of shape and Harry Carpenter touched on it in commentary but I never thought he actually looked that bad TBH
Tim was in poor shape when he arrived in London.....
…….the British press were always baiting him about being a Doughboy and the fact that he always kept his T-Shirt on but I think he knuckled down when he was over here and that was enough.
What is also interesting about the fight is that Tim was already in a lousy relationship with King and probably hated his financial-contract situation and having Don swaggering around the place could not have helped.
But his professional pride kicked-in and he had the skills and know-how to beat Frank.
Next time out James Smith handed Tim his worse defeat...…..with King's toxic management style largely blamed.
Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Posted: 03 Oct 2019, 17:28
by oogiebe
Holmes vs Weaver.
What a terrific fight. Weaver came out of nowhere to give Holmes fits including wobbling the champ late in the fight. A dog tired Holmes landed a tremendous uppercut and decked Weaver in the 11th and finished him in the 12th. Great watch.
Yeah i'd read a few times beforehand that Witherspoon was out of shape and Harry Carpenter touched on it in commentary but I never thought he actually looked that bad TBH
Tim was in poor shape when he arrived in London.....
…….the British press were always baiting him about being a Doughboy and the fact that he always kept his T-Shirt on but I think he knuckled down when he was over here and that was enough.
What is also interesting about the fight is that Tim was already in a lousy relationship with King and probably hated his financial-contract situation and having Don swaggering around the place could not have helped.
But his professional pride kicked-in and he had the skills and know-how to beat Frank.
Next time out James Smith handed Tim his worse defeat...…..with King's toxic management style largely blamed.
He took a dive against Smith.
Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Posted: 03 Oct 2019, 17:41
by Onetimeonly
oogiebe wrote: ↑03 Oct 2019, 17:28
Holmes vs Weaver.
What a terrific fight. Weaver came out of nowhere to give Holmes fits including wobbling the champ late in the fight. A dog tired Holmes landed a tremendous uppercut and decked Weaver in the 11th and finished him in the 12th. Great watch.
Saw that on cc with my dad. Duran/palomino was on the uc. What a great son! How many 9 year old kids veg their dad to take them to fights?
oogiebe wrote: ↑03 Oct 2019, 17:28
Holmes vs Weaver.
What a terrific fight. Weaver came out of nowhere to give Holmes fits including wobbling the champ late in the fight. A dog tired Holmes landed a tremendous uppercut and decked Weaver in the 11th and finished him in the 12th. Great watch.
Saw that on cc with my dad. Duran/palomino was on the uc. What a great son! How many 9 year old kids veg their dad to take them to fights?
That is great. My kid hates sports! LOL! Duran Palomino was ok. Good win for Roberto.
I saw this again the other day. I think a case can be made that it's Palomino's best performance, going the distance against that animal and even landing (say) 3 punches to Duran's 5, or whatever it was, was a superb effort IMO.
I saw this again the other day. I think a case can be made that it's Palomino's best performance, going the distance against that animal and even landing (say) 3 punches to Duran's 5, or whatever it was, was a superb effort IMO.
Agreed, he fought the same Duran that Leonard did. Awesome fight.
I saw this again the other day. I think a case can be made that it's Palomino's best performance, going the distance against that animal and even landing (say) 3 punches to Duran's 5, or whatever it was, was a superb effort IMO.
Agreed, he fought the same Duran that Leonard did. Awesome fight.
handsofstone wrote: ↑04 Oct 2019, 14:07
My dads favourite fight is Duran vs Palomino
It was bad ass. What did you think?
I liked it as well mate, wouldn't be my GOAT but my old mans a bit of a casual, only seen it once it was one sided as far as scoring might be concerned maybe but Palomino gave a great effort
