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occurred to me last night whilst watching Benn v Mcclellan that I must of seen that fight countless times over the years certainly more than any other fight, I just never tire of watching it in fact I might watch it again today seeing as I had to have it muted so the Mrs could watch x factor last night, so which fight floats your boat ?

littlepug wrote:occurred to me last night whilst watching Benn v Mcclellan that I must of seen that fight countless times over the years certainly more than any other fight, I just never tire of watching it in fact I might watch it again today seeing as I had to have it muted so the Mrs could watch x factor last night, so which fight floats your boat ?

Ali vs Foreman

foreman vs. lyle

Am assuming you guys watched those fights live on TV and have revisited them over the years, I was too young for Ali or foreman I spose remembering the atmosphere of the time has a lot to do with the fights we rematch, I was 23 when Benn fought Mcclellan and watched it in a pub with my mates what a night !

It might be Hopkins vs Trinidad, or Myweather vs Corrales. Masterclasses. I sometimes re watch wars but not too often. I've prob watched Pryor v Arguello 1 a lot. Duran v Dejesus and Hearns vs Duran.

I watched Foreman vs Lyle in real time. Since then I have gone back numerous times. Like a scene from an old John Wayne movie it was! Ok....A John Wayne move with a diverse cast might be a better way to put it.

BoxBuzz wrote:I watched Foreman vs Lyle in real time. Since then I have gone back numerous times. Like a scene from an old John Wayne movie it was! Ok....A John Wayne move with a diverse cast might be a better way to put it.

Have only seen it once must have been great to watch it in real time

Tyson v Holyfield first fight. Also Benn v. McClellan.
For shorter fights I often watch Hearns v. Duran and Hearns v. Barkley first fight.

Have watched Tyson v Douglas a fair bit, thought Douglas looked a million dollars that night plus the shock value of seeing Tyson humbled makes for great viewing although the British commentary with Colin hart is a bit annoying.

I've probably watched Calzaghe vs Lacy about 30 times, sometimes I just get in the mood to see a one sided beatdown.

Boxerbeetle wrote:I've probably watched Calzaghe vs Lacy about 30 times, sometimes I just get in the mood to see a one sided beatdown.

Don't bring this fight up. Lost more money on that fight than all the other fights I've bet on combined. lol.

HOWEVER...there is a silver lining.........I became a believer, and never bet against him again. And won more money on his fight with Hopkins than all the other bets I've layed out combined.

Quite a bit on Jones as well. I recognized his talent.

But damn......he almost gave me 5 heart attacks. 1. when he beat Lacy so bad, and I lost a heavy bet. 2,3, and 4....his first round knockdowns and slow crawls back into contention with both Jones and Hopkins. I'm glad he retired....or I'd be dead.

Duran v Barkley, I was 13 years old when I saw this, early in 1990. I watched this fight every day for at least a month.

Chavez v Taylor 1. Again, similar age to above. Again, watched countless times.

Benn v Eubank 1. Easily the fight I have watched more than any other.

These were my first encounters with the drama that only a big fight can deliver. I think I was trying to relive that magical tension of my first viewing each time I rewatched these fights. And being 12-13 years old, I thought it was possible.

Benn v Eubank is the only one of these fights I watched live, which is why I was a little more manic in my repeat viewings. It was the first domestic superfight of my time and I was thrilled that I could talk to my school mates about the fight, as opposed to berating their total ignorance of Chavez, Duran, Hagler, Herol Graham countless greats that I had read about.

When Douglas beat Tyson I was one frenzied schoolboy.

Benn v Watson is another I've watched a fair few times in fact it was the first fight I ever watched and I joined the local amateur club a few days after

Fan boy stuff.....

Calzaghe v Lacy....the masterclass
Calzaghe v Eubank
Calzaghe v Mitchelll.....proper warfare.
Calzaghe v Sheika...what's not like about seeing Sheika getting repeatedly punched hard and right in the face?


Other stuff.......

Andries v Harding....all three fights.
Holyfield v Tyson.
Lewis v Vitali.

littlepug wrote:Have watched Tyson v Douglas a fair bit, thought Douglas looked a million dollars that night plus the shock value of seeing Tyson humbled makes for great viewing although the British commentary with Colin hart is a bit annoying.

Douglas did look great in that fight. His combinations were superb. Great timing.

Ali-Frazier I.

this is easy

1st Mickey Ward vs Arturo Gatti 1. brilliant fight and my favourite of all time
2nd Calzaghe vs Kessler. just great seeing both of them at their best.
3rd Henry Cooper vs Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) 1 . (highlights only) love this fight just seeing the best British heavyweight of all time nearly do what everyone said was impossible.
3rd Amir Khan vs Breidis Prescott (full fight) I lost count of how many times this fight has come up whenever khan's punch resistance is mentioned

Probably Hearns v Duran.

Frazier-Quarry 1 and Ellis-Frazier 1.

frazier - foreman 1 - saw it back in 1973 and now I think I'm obsessed with it

Duran-Buchanan.
Duran-DeJesus I and II
Arguello v Olivares and Pryor I
W. Gomez v Zarate and Pintor
Monzon v Valdez I and II
Hagler v Hearns

Riccardo Arredondo - Augie Pantellas
Joey Giardello - Gil Turner

There are many I've seen dozens of times, but one of these four; Morales/Pac 1, Saad/Lopez 2 Leonard/Hearns 1 or Duran/Leonard 1 has to be the most

Easy to tell I'm an old guy:
1. Chuvalo vs. Patterson (Ring Magazine's Fight of the Year, 1965)
2. Ali vs. Foreman
3. Duran vs. Barkley
4. Foreman vs. Lyle
5. Ali vs. Williams

This one, cause I've never seen a fight like it.

If you know of any that compare, please let me know!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4Ku1vKlmSs