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Tyson V Holyfield 2.....

Jackson328 wrote: ↑03 Dec 2017, 15:51 Mayweather v Hatton. Was the same night as my works xmas do and having already bought the ppv I was determined to do both. Got home well oiled after midnight and couldn't decide whether to set the alarm and have a kip or stay up and drink coffee for 4 hours. Ended up cracking a few more beers and fell into an alcohol-induced coma around 3am with the telly on. Woke up at the start of the 10th and watched two Ricky Hattons being knocked about by two Floyd Mayweathers assisted by two Joe Cortez' ffs. Had put a few quid on Hatton too even though I very rarely bet.

I had a dream the night before that Mayweather would win in the 10th so I put a tenner on it at 25-1

In answer to the thread quite a few of Hopkins fights, his fight with Winky was particularly mind numbing.

Hamed-Soto. Like watching a Mourinho team playing for an away draw. Woefully tedious.

Hopkins v Wright
Mayweather v Alvarez
Ward v Kessler
Mayweather v Marquez

Probably loads more.

youngrell wrote: ↑04 Dec 2017, 06:54 Hopkins v Wright
Mayweather v Alvarez
Ward v Kessler
Mayweather v Marquez

Probably loads more.

You rekon there's more fights you regret staying up for than actually enjoyed watching?? I guess it depends how often you likely are to stay up.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑04 Dec 2017, 06:59

youngrell wrote: ↑04 Dec 2017, 06:54 Hopkins v Wright
Mayweather v Alvarez
Ward v Kessler
Mayweather v Marquez

Probably loads more.

You rekon there's more fights you regret staying up for than actually enjoyed watching?? I guess it depends how often you likely are to stay up.

Haha, I don't think so. There's usually good support even if the main event is a let down so it's not always a regret.

I don't stay up too often these days, there's no one single boxer who I follow closely so I just pick the handful a year which I feel I have to make the effort for.

Lewis v Holyfield 1 when the scores were read out

May v Pac, dreadful fight, but when I decide to give Pac v Marquez 4 a miss then I miss a barnburner !

ewenhay wrote: ↑04 Dec 2017, 08:15 Lewis v Holyfield 1 when the scores were read out

So prior to that, you were okay?

Andy Lee vs Peter Quillin. Thankfully it was in New York so was on at about 2/3 iirc.

Most of them.
My system is stay awake until they get in the ring and start the anthems, fall asleep, wake up in the morning on the sofa freezing cold and stiff as a board and then watch the replay.

leejonesjnr wrote: ↑04 Dec 2017, 11:22 Most of them.
My system is stay awake until they get in the ring and start the anthems, fall asleep, wake up in the morning on the sofa freezing cold and stiff as a board and then watch the replay.

Pretty much what happened to me for Canelo-Chavez Jr., but GGG at the end woke me up.

Pacquiao vs clottey

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑04 Dec 2017, 08:43

ewenhay wrote: ↑04 Dec 2017, 08:15 Lewis v Holyfield 1 when the scores were read out

So prior to that, you were okay?

Yeah pretty much

Naandrew wrote: ↑03 Dec 2017, 08:01 Devon Alexander v Timothy Bradley.

Was after a night out like a fair few of the late night fights.

Was pretty gutted after the ward Kovalev rematch though.

Watched Ward Kov 2 at an outdoor rave in the woods on my phone with some bloke who i’d just made friends with. It was horrible. But I was straight back to the party after. I hadn’t exactly stayed up for it. I was up and it was on. GGG vs Canelo was one I actually left a party to go and watch at home and then went back to the party when I couldn’t get a stream. I read the round by round on here while people danced around me and was royally pissed off with the draw.

I’ve never stayed up for a fight since. Both those fights killed the vibe at two really great nights out.

Lewis V Mccall 2
OK there was something different in that fight but nothing that I dont see on the mean streets of Devon every day

I think I may have even PPV ed on this fight cant remember now

Tyson-Spinks

It was a school night and I went to the trouble of trying to block out any possibility of light showing through the door in my bedroom in case the folks went to the toilet, bought the KO magazine preview poster with all of my pocket money and Spinks sh1ts himself and folds like a deckchair.

Pretty much any Bernard Hopkins fight. He helped me understand that I didn't actually need to stay up for every fight that was available, I could just wait until the next day.

Why did that fight take place on a Monday night?

ewenhay wrote: ↑04 Dec 2017, 12:34

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑04 Dec 2017, 08:43

ewenhay wrote: ↑04 Dec 2017, 08:15 Lewis v Holyfield 1 when the scores were read out

So prior to that, you were okay?

Yeah pretty much

I was delighted at the result. Lewis fought a terrible, stinky fight. Dont think the Americans ever forgave him for that one. So much hype and he performs like that. He did the same against tua, youd need several grams of cocaine to stay awake for that one.

He won me over in the vitali fight. First time I actually cheered for him. He showed real heart and champions will in that fight. I remember being really annoyed that they were booing him after it

I really wanted to see him blast vitali in a rematch

banjo wrote: ↑04 Dec 2017, 20:24 Why did that fight take place on a Monday night?

Dunno Banjo, if memory serves quite a few others from that era in the states were, like Hagler-Hearns, Barkely-Hearns and Holmes-Frazier. Seems strange to do it midweek from a business perspective.

Flump wrote: ↑05 Dec 2017, 05:04

banjo wrote: ↑04 Dec 2017, 20:24 Why did that fight take place on a Monday night?

Dunno Banjo, if memory serves quite a few others from that era in the states were, like Hagler-Hearns, Barkely-Hearns and Holmes-Frazier. Seems strange to do it midweek from a business perspective.

I think Hagler v Leonard was on a Wednesday, what a treat for midweek !

They were all casino fights weren't they? It was a way for the Casino to extend their weekend and make more money.

Ali-Spinks II at the New Orleans Superdome in September 1978, a fight I watched 'live' at the Odeon in Birmingham. Spinks was terrible, Ali was shot but slightly less terrible, Victor Galindez half-killed himself to make the weight and got his arse handed to him by the ordinary Mike Rossman, Danny Lopez landed one punch to wipe out a face-first Argentine in a few minutes, Jorge Lujan bored the hell out of everyone in the longest 15-rounder ever with an equally lifeless Alberto Davila, and the ungainly Marvin Johnson and a homesick Mircea Simon completed the bill - awful.

One of the hardest late ones was definitely Lewis v Tyson.

Had a lock in at our local and we started drinking late afternoon/early evening. Got pissed, struggled, fell asleep, woke up feeling rough, got pissed again and then walked home about 8.45am.

Felt like forever before the main event started, just had to wait and wait and wait. Was a tough night.

blanca wrote: ↑03 Dec 2017, 09:47 Any mayweather fight except v hatton

Mayweather vs cotto,maidana and de la hoya were worth staying up for