Classic fights I've watched recently

[gilgamesh]

Wilfred Benitez vs Bruce Curry

What a tremendous battle this is. That 2nd knockdown that Curry scores in the 4th round would've been the end of the fight in the modern era. Benitez goes down, gets back up on shaky legs, and falls back through the ropes. Any referee in the modern era stops that fight right then and there.

[gilgamesh]

Tommy Hearns vs James Kinchen

Kinchen drops Hearns, and has him rocked badly in the 4th. Hearns holds on for dear life, and makes it through the round. Mills Lane was somewhat generous to him for not taking a point because his clinching during this minute or so stretch to end that round was excessive to say the least.

Other than that one scary moment, Hearns wins most of the rounds, but he definitely has plenty of fight on his hands from Kinchen here, and barely escaped with a Majority Decision.

These moments of vulnerability are what makes Hearns' career so exciting to watch back. He often wound up in wars.

[handsofstone]

Gerry Penalosa vs Tomas Rojas

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Jorge Arce vs Tomas Rojas

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Vic Darchinyan vs Tomas Rojas

[Casablanca]

Vic Darchinyan vs Tomas Rojas

We have a Post your scorecards thread going for anyone who has scored the fight(s) which they have recently watched.

[handsofstone]

Vic Darchinyan vs Tomas Rojas

We have a Post your scorecards thread going for anyone who has scored the fight(s) which they have recently watched.

I don't tend to score the old fights, most of the time I watch them before I go to work so I'm probably not the most invested for scoring although tbf my scorings horrific at best of times

[Casablanca]

Vic Darchinyan vs Tomas Rojas

We have a Post your scorecards thread going for anyone who has scored the fight(s) which they have recently watched.

I don't tend to score the old fights, most of the time I watch them before I go to work so I'm probably not the most invested for scoring although tbf my scorings horrific at best of times

Your contributions would be respected and appreciated. No worries.

[handsofstone]

Shinsuke Yamanaka vs Tomas Rojas

[hitman_hatton1]

roy jones jr vs glen johnson (bbc showed 2 rds of mark johnson-ivan hernandez, so i watched that as well)
vs tarver 3 - i'm only halfway thru, i will watch the rest of it.

wladimir klitschko vs lamon brewster

i've got holyfield-qawi 1 on the go (watched 6 rds).

see alex wallau died last year (commentator on holy-qawi).

great commentator.

[Casablanca]

roy jones jr vs glen johnson (bbc showed 2 rds of mark johnson-ivan hernandez, so i watched that as well)
vs tarver 3 - i'm only halfway thru, i will watch the rest of it.

wladimir klitschko vs lamon brewster

i've got holyfield-qawi 1 on the go (watched 6 rds).

see alex wallau died last year (commentator on holy-qawi).

great commentator.

I have some controversial cards in there too. Would be great to get some scores from you.

[gilgamesh]

Roberto Duran vs Pat Lawlor 1

Duran appears to be injured a little from the start as Ferdie Pacheco says he's complaining about his left hand in the corner after the 1st round. Lawlor wins all the rounds, Duran appears basically unable to fight, and eventually injures his left so severely he can't lift his arm, and the Doctor is forced to stop the fight.

Duran makes a scene about "Why'd you stop it?" and honestly comes off looking like a jackass. Sometimes trying to be "Macho" just makes you look stupid, and this was one of those times.

[Casablanca]

Joe Louis vs. Max Baer (9-24-1935)

Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling I (6-19-1936)

Joe Louis vs. Jack Sharkey (8-18-1936)

Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling II (6-22-1938)

[handsofstone]

Tomas Rojas vs Jhonny Gonzalez

[Casablanca]

I was off work a few weeks ago and ended up watching some classics from days gone by,most of them I'd already seen numerous times but some not

Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier 1,2+3
Sugar Ray Leonard vs Tommy Hearns 1+2
Julio Cesar Chavez vs Meldrick Taylor 1+2
Aaron Pryor vs Alexis Arguello 1+2
Marvin Hagler vs Tommy Hearns
Rocky Marciano vs Jersey Joe Walcott 1+2
George Foreman vs Ron Lyle
Larry Holmes vs Ken Norton
Arturo Gatti vs Mickey Ward 1,2+3
Sugar Ray Leonard vs Marvin Hagler
Diego Corrales vs Jose Luis Castillo 1+2
Henry Armstrong vs Lou Ambers(highlights)
Riddick Bowe vs Evander Holyfield 1,2+3
Muhammad Ali vs George Foreman
Tony Zale vs Rocky Graziano 3
Joe Louis vs Billy Conn 1+2
Nigel Benn vs Gerald McClellan
Sandy Saddler vs Willie Pep(highlights)
Sugar Ray Leonard vs Roberto Duran 1,2+3

Next up Holyfield vs Qawi 1+2,I haven't seen either of these yet

Do you know where the full fight footage for Louis-Conn I can be found?

[handsofstone]

I was off work a few weeks ago and ended up watching some classics from days gone by,most of them I'd already seen numerous times but some not

Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier 1,2+3
Sugar Ray Leonard vs Tommy Hearns 1+2
Julio Cesar Chavez vs Meldrick Taylor 1+2
Aaron Pryor vs Alexis Arguello 1+2
Marvin Hagler vs Tommy Hearns
Rocky Marciano vs Jersey Joe Walcott 1+2
George Foreman vs Ron Lyle
Larry Holmes vs Ken Norton
Arturo Gatti vs Mickey Ward 1,2+3
Sugar Ray Leonard vs Marvin Hagler
Diego Corrales vs Jose Luis Castillo 1+2
Henry Armstrong vs Lou Ambers(highlights)
Riddick Bowe vs Evander Holyfield 1,2+3
Muhammad Ali vs George Foreman
Tony Zale vs Rocky Graziano 3
Joe Louis vs Billy Conn 1+2
Nigel Benn vs Gerald McClellan
Sandy Saddler vs Willie Pep(highlights)
Sugar Ray Leonard vs Roberto Duran 1,2+3

Next up Holyfield vs Qawi 1+2,I haven't seen either of these yet

Do you know where the full fight footage for Louis-Conn I can be found?

Nah sorry mate I must've only watched highlights, I'd been watching the classics a while before I started this thread so some of the old ones might have been highlights

[Casablanca]

I was off work a few weeks ago and ended up watching some classics from days gone by,most of them I'd already seen numerous times but some not

Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier 1,2+3
Sugar Ray Leonard vs Tommy Hearns 1+2
Julio Cesar Chavez vs Meldrick Taylor 1+2
Aaron Pryor vs Alexis Arguello 1+2
Marvin Hagler vs Tommy Hearns
Rocky Marciano vs Jersey Joe Walcott 1+2
George Foreman vs Ron Lyle
Larry Holmes vs Ken Norton
Arturo Gatti vs Mickey Ward 1,2+3
Sugar Ray Leonard vs Marvin Hagler
Diego Corrales vs Jose Luis Castillo 1+2
Henry Armstrong vs Lou Ambers(highlights)
Riddick Bowe vs Evander Holyfield 1,2+3
Muhammad Ali vs George Foreman
Tony Zale vs Rocky Graziano 3
Joe Louis vs Billy Conn 1+2
Nigel Benn vs Gerald McClellan
Sandy Saddler vs Willie Pep(highlights)
Sugar Ray Leonard vs Roberto Duran 1,2+3

Next up Holyfield vs Qawi 1+2,I haven't seen either of these yet

Do you know where the full fight footage for Louis-Conn I can be found?

Nah sorry mate I must've only watched highlights, I'd been watching the classics a while before I started this thread so some of the old ones might have been highlights

No worries. I am watching fights (many again) and scoring them. If you have any great fights which you think that I should score, please let me know.

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Andres Gutierrez vs Tomas Rojas

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Miguel Roman vs Tomas Rojas

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Rene Alvarado vs Jayson Velez

[witherspoon]

Louis v Schmeling 1

Looked to me like Max was eating alot of decent Louis jabs and well leveraged right hands before he managed to find a home for his own right hand.

He might have been doing just enough, defensively, to take the momentum out of most of those punches, difficult to say. But even taking that into account, I'm surprised that Louis would start so aggressively in the rematch, considering how well Schmeling dealt with his attacks first time round.

Great performance by Schmeling, but I have to say that watching this fight made me appreciate how impressive a result the rematch was for Joe.

[handsofstone]

Jayson Velez vs Juan Manuel Lopez

[Caractacus]

SRR had said that he did not even remember afterwards getting off the stool to go into the 12th round.
-1952-

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Ryan Garcia vs Jayson Velez

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Jayson Velez vs Orlando Cruz