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Putting in an order soon for a custom DVD set as a B-Day gift for my brother to inspire him to get into boxing a little more.

What are your 10 must see fights (any era) that any new boxing fan should see?

Just tell him to go you tube and watch the 4th round of the Micheal Katsidis v Graham Earl..... BRILLIANT!

Ali-Liston 1

Ali-Liston 2

Ali-Bonavena

Ali-Williams

Ali-Folley

Ali-Patterson

Ali-Frazier 1

Ali-Ellis

Ali-Frazier 2

Ali-Foreman

Ali-Frazier 3

Ali-Shavers

Ali-Spinks 2

Foreman-Frazier

Foreman-Lyle

Foreman-Cooney

Foreman-Moorer

Holmes-Marvis Frazier

Tyson-Marvis Frazier

Tyson-Michael Spinks

Tyson-Lewis

Hearns-Duran 2

Hearns Leonard 1

Hearns- Hagler

More Than ten.

Sorry

Chacon-Limon 4
Corrales-Castillo 1
Ward-Gatti 1
Barrera-Morales 1
Chacon-Boza-Edwards
Tyson-Spinks
Holyfield-Bowe 1
Hearns-Hagler
Ali-Frazier 1
Holmes-Norton

They are the first 10 fights that came to mind. Maybe others could slot in there, but I just put down what came to me first.

Evander Holyfield-Micheal Dokes
Micheal Moorer-Bert Cooper
Micky Ward-Reggie Green
Chris Eubank-Nigel Benn I
Bobby Chacon-Cornelius Boza Edwards II
Jeff Fenech-Azumah Nelson I
Salvador Sanchez-Azumah Nelson
Tony Lopez-Jorge Paez
Roberto Duran-Iran Barkley
Jose Napoles-Armando Muniz I

I think that's a pretty good list for someone who is just getting into boxing.

You guys should completely ignore historical context when compiling this list.

Keep in mind, it is being prepped as a showcase to a non-Boxing fan. Most likely, they don't care how significant Fight X was to the Boxing scene. I would be thinking knock 'em down, drag 'em out brawls, & I'd also put a very heavy emphasis on recent fights, with high-gloss coverage --- sub-consciously, people of today are going to be more excited by the hoopla of the colours & hi-tech punchstats than they realise.

Thanks for the input fellas.

G,I - I think I'll probably end up with a few of the more recent ones (Barrera/Morales, Corrales/Castillo, Gatti/Ward maybe?) but knowing him he'll be able to appreciate the older fights just as well.

tzyuforever wrote:Thanks for the input fellas.

G,I - I think I'll probably end up with a few of the more recent ones (Barrera/Morales, Corrales/Castillo, Gatti/Ward maybe?) but knowing him he'll be able to appreciate the older fights just as well.

Modern fights that are worth watching [I'll take that as the best of the last ten years]? Sheesh! Okay, here's my list:


Gatti/Ward trilogy

Pacquia/Marquez 1 & 2

De La Hoya/Vargas

V. Klitschko/Sanders (arguably the most entertaining HW title fight since Lewis retired)

Thats seven fights.....

Throw in the metamorphasis of Pacquia from Lightweight to Welterweight, with Hatton/De La Hoya/Cotto and thats 10 right there, all good fights....so many other good matches in the last ten years, its hard to narrow a perfect top ten list---imho, a series of all time knockouts would be more satisfying for your bro to watch [Marciano/Walcott 1, Patterson/Johansson trilogy, Louis/Schmeling 2, etc].

hearns barkley I
reason: that makes boxing exciting. it ain't over til its over.

foreman lyle
weird heavy weight slugfest. big heart of two big men.

ali foreman (is a must)
the shere drama of it. i'd show him "when we were kings" as
a whole.

louis schmeling I and II
there is a great docu about the fight and the buildup.

jack johnson documentary. great thing to understand america
and boxing in the early twentieth.

ray leonard against hagler
tactical masterpiece.

tyson holyfield I
after some seconds you would have thought evander goes the
same route as all the others.

lewis klitschko
for the most recent big drama in hw history.

some youtube clips on locce and whitaker to show what difference
defense can make.


it is probably less work to give him a youtube playlist than burn a
dvd, with all the downloading and stuff ...

Bobby Chacon vs Bazooka Limon 4
Foreman vs Ron Lyle
Gatti vs Ward 1
Barrera vs Morales 1
Castillo vs Corrales 1
Gatti vs Wilson Rodriguez
Marquez vs Vazquez 3
Cotto vs Ricardo Torres
Toney vs Jirov
Golota vs Bowe 2 ( Often forgotten since Golota got DQ'ed for a 2nd time, but this was a great fight)

The second Bowe-Golota bout was epic stuff.

Ray Leonard vs. Benitez

1. Gatti-Ward I
2. Corrales-Castillo I
3. Trinidad-Vargas
4. Holyfield-Bowe I
5. Hagler-Hearns
6. Pacquiao-Marquez II
7. Holyfield-Tyson I
8. Jones-Griffin I
9. Jones Griffin II
10. Whitaker- De La Hoya

Many great fights there just include some more sorry if some have already been said

nigel benn vs gerald mccellan
Michael brodie vs in jin chi (1st fight)
ivan robinson vs aturo gatti
shea neary vs mickey ward
Jamie moore vs matthew macklin
james toney vs iran barkley (Toney shows masterclass old school ways)
michael carbajal vs humbero gonzalez
alexis arguello vs aaron pryor 1st fight
Evander holyfield vs dwight muhammed qawi 1st fight
Jonny tapia vs danny romereo

Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier 3
Arturo Gatti vs Micky Ward 1
Jean Pascal vs Adrian Diaconu 1
Andre Berto vs Luis Collazo
Shane Mosley vs Antonio Margarito
Miguel Cotto vs Joshua Clottey
Mike Tyson vs One hit wonder Douglas
Manny Pacquiao vs Ricky Hatton
Arturo Gatti vs Ivan Robinson
Evander Holyfield vs Riddick Bowe 1

Pacman v Eric Morales I,II,III
Pacman v Marqez II
Any Holyfield fight, except for the second Tyson fight,
Ali v Foreman - Rumble in the Jungle

Hagler - Hearns
Bowe - Holy I
Douglas - Tyson
Foreman - Frazier I
Norton - Ali I
Frazier - Ali I
choose some fights of fabulous four to make it 10. I wouldn't choose anything much older than Ali, since the quality of the footage leaves too much to one's imagination.

Goodnight, Irene wrote:The second Bowe-Golota bout was epic stuff.

Although I rooted for Andrew, the way he finished the fight was almost painful to watch (for a man).