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Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Posted: 11 Aug 2015, 08:15
by elmersalsa
ClivePatrickLyons wrote:Pryor/Arguello 1........................... I think on this night he would have beat some welterweight's like cuevas :P
Yeah, in your wildest dreams.
Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Posted: 06 Sep 2015, 14:51
by handsofstone
Ivan Robinson vs Arturo Gatti 1+2
Both crackers,especially the first 1
Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Posted: 06 Sep 2015, 15:20
by palooka
elmersalsa wrote:ClivePatrickLyons wrote:Pryor/Arguello 1........................... I think on this night he would have beat some welterweight's like cuevas :P
Yeah, in your wildest dreams.
Baited.
Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Posted: 07 Sep 2015, 02:05
by Tomasino
Toney vs Prince Charles Williams...on someone's advice...great fight
Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Posted: 07 Sep 2015, 08:31
by palooka
Tomasino wrote:Toney vs Prince Charles Williams...on someone's advice...great fight
I'm not just 'someone', Thomas.
Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Posted: 08 Sep 2015, 16:05
by handsofstone
Carmen Basilio vs Tony DeMarco 1+2
Wars

Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Posted: 17 Sep 2015, 15:56
by handsofstone
Tony Lopez vs Rocky Lockridge 1+2

Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Posted: 17 Sep 2015, 15:58
by handsofstone
Jack Johnson vs Stanley Ketchel
Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Posted: 19 Sep 2015, 02:04
by evrenb
Jimmy Ellis vs Floyd Patterson. Very interesting fight. Ellis took some real battering shots. His nose was splattered. Ellis done some very effective work also. A good match on the earlybird satellite.
Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Posted: 07 Oct 2015, 09:53
by handsofstone
Muhammad Ali vs Ken Norton 1,2+3
None of them were great fights IMO,i didnt score them but they were close,Ali very lazy
Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Posted: 07 Oct 2015, 10:11
by stevedoc
handsofstone wrote:Muhammad Ali vs Ken Norton 1,2+3
None of them were great fights IMO,i didnt score them but they were close,Ali very lazy
I said recently in another thread that these were the first fights of Ali that I saw and I wasn't impressed at all
Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Posted: 07 Oct 2015, 11:34
by handsofstone
stevedoc wrote:handsofstone wrote:Muhammad Ali vs Ken Norton 1,2+3
None of them were great fights IMO,i didnt score them but they were close,Ali very lazy
I said recently in another thread that these were the first fights of Ali that I saw and I wasn't impressed at all
Understandably nearly 4 years in exile didint help Ali and he was a totally different fighter from the 1 who used to bamboozle fighters by sticking and moving,in and out,blistering combinations and excellent lateral movement,he found another way,effective too in its own right but it wasnt beautiful boxing,he still showed cameos of the speedy flurrys and a sharp jab but 90% of the time he backed up usually laying on the ropes,spoiling,holding and leaning on opponents
Im not taking anything away from his achievements i love him and have more dvds and books of him than anyone else and his accomplishments cant be denied but if im honest the most boring thing about him is his style(post excile
Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Posted: 07 Oct 2015, 12:03
by milpool
I watched Barry Jones v Acelino Freitas last week, not a classic but worth a watch.
Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Posted: 08 Oct 2015, 08:46
by handsofstone
Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Posted: 08 Oct 2015, 09:58
by stevedoc
Have you seen Duran vs Davey Moore .....great fight .......when I watched Duran vs Barkley the next day without knowing the result I broke my girlfriends sofa jumping up when Duran decked Barkley great fight
Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Posted: 08 Oct 2015, 10:38
by handsofstone
stevedoc wrote:
Have you seen Duran vs Davey Moore .....great fight .......when I watched Duran vs Barkley the next day without knowing the result I broke my girlfriends sofa jumping up when Duran decked Barkley great fight
I havent seen the Moore fight Steve,i will watch it though at some point,i do know he KO'd Davey though
Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Posted: 08 Oct 2015, 10:43
by stevedoc
handsofstone wrote:stevedoc wrote:
Have you seen Duran vs Davey Moore .....great fight .......when I watched Duran vs Barkley the next day without knowing the result I broke my girlfriends sofa jumping up when Duran decked Barkley great fight
I havent seen the Moore fight Steve,i will watch it though at some point,i do know he KO'd Davey though
Great fight Duran was considered washed up and Moore the young superstar in the making Davey was a big favourite
Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Posted: 08 Oct 2015, 10:57
by littlepug
Some other fights worth a rewatch- Carbajal v Gonzales, moon v konadu, fenech v nelson 1 and 2 and just for the finish fenech v groves

Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Posted: 08 Oct 2015, 11:48
by stevedoc
Sticking with the little guys Dave boy McCauley vs Fidel bassa both fights were great
Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Posted: 08 Oct 2015, 11:52
by handsofstone
Next up for me is Danny Lopez vs Mika Ayala
Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Posted: 08 Oct 2015, 11:54
by littlepug
stevedoc wrote:Sticking with the little guys Dave boy McCauley vs Fidel bassa both fights were great
Good shout, McCauley was quite inexperienced, he had only just won British title before taking on bassa , he did well to come back from those defeats a lesser fighter might of been ruined.
Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Posted: 08 Oct 2015, 11:56
by stevedoc
littlepug wrote:stevedoc wrote:Sticking with the little guys Dave boy McCauley vs Fidel bassa both fights were great
Good shout, McCauley was quite inexperienced, he had only just won British title before taking on bassa , he did well to come back from those defeats a lesser fighter might of been ruined.
To go on and beat duke McKenzie was a bit of a shock if I remember rightly
Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Posted: 08 Oct 2015, 12:00
by littlepug
stevedoc wrote:littlepug wrote:stevedoc wrote:Sticking with the little guys Dave boy McCauley vs Fidel bassa both fights were great
Good shout, McCauley was quite inexperienced, he had only just won British title before taking on bassa , he did well to come back from those defeats a lesser fighter might of been ruined.
To go on and beat duke McKenzie was a bit of a shock if I remember rightly
Yeah I think your right, also the matlala fight looks even better today and maybe his marquee win.
Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Posted: 08 Oct 2015, 12:04
by handsofstone
For the last several months ive been working through a top 100 list watching all the classics,im up to about 51 but ive watched a lot more because ive been watching every match up,for instance Ali-Frazier 3 was number 1 but before watching the Thrilla,i watched the first 2 fights before,and ive done this all the way up the list so ive probably watched nearly 150 classics lately,which is why you might have noticed throughout this thread ive watched all the match ups between the fighters,
A lot of them ive seen before but even more i hadnt
http://www.esnewsreporting.com/best-fights-all-time/
Re: Classic fights I've watched recently
Posted: 08 Oct 2015, 12:12
by stevedoc
handsofstone wrote:For the last several months ive been working through a top 100 list watching all the classics,im up to about 51 but ive watched a lot more because ive been watching every match up,for instance Ali-Frazier 3 was number 1 but before watching the Thrilla,i watched the first 2 fights before,and ive done this all the way up the list so ive probably watched nearly 150 classics lately,which is why you might have noticed throughout this thread ive watched all the match ups between the fighters,
A lot of them ive seen before but even more i hadnt
http://www.esnewsreporting.com/best-fights-all-time/
A few strange choices for me in that list I don't think Ali v Norton 3 was a great or entertain fight myself or hagler vs Leonard
The boxing news did a 100 best fighter special edition mag try and look it up ,I've got it some where .