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Tomasz Adamek vs Ismail Abdoul

Joe Frazier V Jumbo Cummings.

It popped up on my YouTube feed, so I decided to watch it.

Frazier was 37, which today would make him the undisputed HW champion, but in 1981, it meant shot to buggery and Frazier certainly was.

He was slow, uncoordinated with dreadful timing.

He did well to eek out a draw, but that said more about Cummings than it did about Frazier.

Ironically the next fight to pop up on my feed was Berbick V Ali, which I didn't watch.

It's ironic that these two icons and great rivals both came out of retirement to fight in December 1981.

I dread to think what would have happened next had both men won their respective fights.

Marco Huck vs Ismail Abdoul

Yoan Pablo Hernandez vs Ismail Abdoul

Hagler-Mugabi. Great fight. Vintage Hagler.

PredatorHayds wrote: ↑25 Jun 2025, 12:57 Hagler-Mugabi. Great fight. Vintage Hagler.

I would say that the Mugabi fight was the first time we really saw how Hagler had slipped.

OK, we saw it a bit with the Hearns fight, but we really saw it against Mugabi.

Marvin's speed had diminished and he had morphed from a classic boxer puncher to almost an all-out brawler.

He took a lot of punishment against Mugabi, but he also gave it back and he had such a phenomenal chin that he could get away with it.

It was this fight that convinced Leonard to come back and challenge Hagler.

Great fight indeed.

Dmytro Kucher vs Ismail Abdoul

Murat Gassiev vs Ismail Abdoul

Clifford Ettiene- Lawrence Clay Bey

Mairis Briedis vs Ismail Abdoul

Krzysztof Wlodarczyk vs Rakhim Chakhkiev

Wayne Braithwaite vs Yoan Pablo Hernandez

Salvador Sanchez- Danny Lopez

PredatorHayds wrote: ↑27 Jun 2025, 08:26 Clifford Ettiene- Lawrence Clay Bey

Excellent fight.

Otto Wallin vs Murat Gassiev

Jimmy2025 wrote: ↑30 Jun 2025, 14:21

PredatorHayds wrote: ↑27 Jun 2025, 08:26 Clifford Ettiene- Lawrence Clay Bey

Excellent fight.

It really was. Bey got himself outworked.

Mairis Briedis vs Olanrewaju Durodola

Jerwin Ancajas- Jonathan Rodriguez. One of the best fights of lockdown and the start of the rapid decline of Ancajas.

Wayne Braithwaite vs Adam Watt

Jean Marc Mormeck vs Wayne Braithwaite

Guillermo Jones vs Wayne Braithwaite

handsofstone wrote: ↑05 Jul 2025, 04:59 Guillermo Jones

Did he have unlimited stamina? Cheating bastard.

keithmoonhangover wrote: ↑05 Jul 2025, 10:50

handsofstone wrote: ↑05 Jul 2025, 04:59 Guillermo Jones

Did he have unlimited stamina? Cheating bastard.

He stopped Braithwaite in 4, cracking scrap with one of the worst stoppages you'll ever see

handsofstone wrote: ↑06 Jul 2025, 07:08

keithmoonhangover wrote: ↑05 Jul 2025, 10:50

handsofstone wrote: ↑05 Jul 2025, 04:59 Guillermo Jones

Did he have unlimited stamina? Cheating bastard.

He stopped Braithwaite in 4, cracking scrap with one of the worst stoppages you'll ever see

Can I just say, I'm in awe at how much boxing you watch.

keithmoonhangover wrote: ↑06 Jul 2025, 07:26

handsofstone wrote: ↑06 Jul 2025, 07:08

keithmoonhangover wrote: ↑05 Jul 2025, 10:50

Did he have unlimited stamina? Cheating bastard.

He stopped Braithwaite in 4, cracking scrap with one of the worst stoppages you'll ever see

Can I just say, I'm in awe at how much boxing you watch.

Haha I watch a fight in the morning before work when the rest of the house are still in bed, only time I get peace