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We hear all the talk of Gatti-Ward, Barrerra-Morales and Corrales-Castillo but what fights from the modern era do people think deserve more credit?

I'll start

Miguel Cotto-Ricardo Torres
James Toney-Vassiley Jirov
Kelly Pavlik-Jermain Taylor
Carl Froch-Jean Pascal
Lennox Lewis-Vitali Klitschko

I immediately thought of Toney-Jirov and Vitali-Lewis (both are great fights)

Most of Glen 'the Roadwarrior' Johnsons fights

Chris W 1982 wrote:We hear all the talk of Gatti-Ward, Barrerra-Morales and Corrales-Castillo but what fights from the modern era do people think deserve more credit?

I'll start

Miguel Cotto-Ricardo Torres
James Toney-Vassiley Jirov
Kelly Pavlik-Jermain Taylor
Carl Froch-Jean Pascal
Lennox Lewis-Vitali Klitschko

class fights, other three good too, but the two highlighted stand out for me.

I will add;
Abraham v miranda
moore v macklin
mclellan v benn
moseley v mayorga

I've said it before and I'll say it again :

Ayres v Dunne....a pulsating thriller.

Domestically I'd like to add a few

David Walker-Spencer Fearon (Absolute classic)
David Walker-Jimmy Vincent
Mike Gomez-Alex Arthur
Carl Thompson-Sebastian Rothmann
Billy Corcoran-Jimmy Beech

Henry Wharton/Rob Reid
Brodie/Swain
Ampofo/Armour I (II less so but still good)
Pat Mullings/Spencer Oliver
CAT/Dunstan (everyone talks about Rothmann & Sellers)
Charles Shepherd/PJ Gallagher
Chris Saunders/Kevin Lueshing II

lopez ayala

what about del bryon against chris saunders for the british anyone remember that? hell of a fight

THEBUTCH wrote:I've said it before and I'll say it again :

Ayres v Dunne....a pulsating thriller.

Ayres v rigby that was a classic

I forgot that one. They had a rematch, right? Was it the rematch where Rigby just walks up to him and says ok fair dos, no more, you've won.

Shea Neary was rarely in a bad fight - The Malinga, Scheepers (saw that live), Holigan and Ward fights were pretty good.

xXHAMMERXx wrote:

THEBUTCH wrote:I've said it before and I'll say it again :

Ayres v Dunne....a pulsating thriller.

Ayres v rigby that was a classic

you beat me to it. first fight was stunning, 2nd wasn't half bad.

dunne vs schwer was outstanding, as well.

bantamweight standout veeraphol sahaprom vs toshiaki nishioka parts 2, 3 and 4. especially in lieu of nishioka's excellent recent form for the WBC title at 122. bruising fights.

pongsaklek wonjongkam v daisuke naito 3 and 4. wonjongkam won the first two fights easily, but naito went on to become a big attraction in japan, got home advantage and took advantage of a listless wonjongkam in fight 3. an entertaining battle. wonjongkam goes mad after finding out he's behind after 8, goes all out for the KO, lots of exciting late exchanges. fight 4 was really tough as well, though wonjongkam seemed unlucky to get only a draw.

going back to the late 90s, joichiro tatsuyoshi v singwangcha is a stunning all out slugging match for the WBC bantamweight title, and wayne mccullough v jose luis bueno was an exhausting 12 round battle (on big fight live), with mccullough putting on massive pressure and bueno picking some absolutely savage counters.

bugner frazier
sellers stewart.

Neary vs Ward (as mentioned).

Junior Jones vs Kennedy McKinney

Junior Jones vs Richard Evatt

Medina vs Ingle

Medina vs Tapia

Herol Graham vs Chris Johnson (not so much a great fight, but a masterclass)

Neville Brown vs Hasine Cherifi

Morales vs Wayne McCullough.

Naz V Kelley

The fight and the winner dont get enough credit.

Naz, turmoil in the camp, nervous as hell, entrance goes wrong, fighting a guy 47-1 in his own back yard, knocked on his arse 3 times.

Still KO's the man in 4 rounds

Naz showed massive balls that night and I dont think he gets the credit he deserves for that fight, instead people try and discredit Kelley as an opponent when he was a top 3 featherweight at the time

Wrists wrote:Naz V Kelley

The fight and the winner dont get enough credit.

Naz, turmoil in the camp, nervous as hell, entrance goes wrong, fighting a guy 47-1 in his own back yard, knocked on his arse 3 times.

Still KO's the man in 4 rounds

Naz showed massive balls that night and I dont think he gets the credit he deserves for that fight, instead people try and discredit Kelley as an opponent when he was a top 3 featherweight at the time

nice shout, still watch that on the regular to this day!

Ward-Augustus

The HBO commentary was class - Larry Merchant 'Whooaaa' when that final left hook lands.

George Foreman - 'the prince is for real'

The look on Kelley's face when trying to get up realising what he had been hit with.

It was a memorable night

dariusz michalczewski v roberto dominguez-perez. dm got careless, as he did vs some of his lesser challengers. got dropped and wobbled early. turned it round with a stunning left hook dropping the challenger flat on his back.

DM vs barber was high quality, lots of skill, power punches - DM's jab a power punch in itself, vs kronk fighter barber's long right - and fiercely contested throughout the tough 12 rounder.

Mark Prince v Michael Gale - classic

two drunks in a bar

1 man GATTI Vs Ruealas,Robinson,Ward the list is endless...

Ross Hale v Mickey Driscoll was one a brilliant fight

I've never seen it, does it exist "on tape" anywhere?

I have some of his other fights on tape but not that.

Chris Eubank vs Ray Close.

Rocky Kelly v Tony Brown
Dave 'Boy' Mcauley v Rodolpho Blanco