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Mega-hyped fights, mega disappointments
Posted: 29 Apr 2006, 01:56
by generic screen name
I remember the De La Hoya/Trinidad fight was going to be the next Hearns/Leonard or Hearns/Hagler of the era, but it was a tad dissappointing and had repurcussions in both fighter's legacies.
Spinks/Tyson also was supposed to be THE fighters in the division, but ended with Spinks on his face w/his butt sticking out in round 1.
Posted: 29 Apr 2006, 02:05
by ringsider
Agree on both!!
I thought another bad one was Donald Curry vs Milton McCrory.
Posted: 29 Apr 2006, 02:13
by ringsider
Na......what did you expect in Lewis/Tyson? Tyson was 12 years past his prime! Now had the fight been back in the 90's it might have been something to at least see, Like Tyson/Holyfield 1 & 2.
Posted: 29 Apr 2006, 02:15
by generic screen name
ringsider wrote:Na......what did you expect in Lewis/Tyson? Tyson was 12 years past his prime! Now had the fight been back in the 90's it might have been something to at least see, Like Tyson/Holyfield 1 & 2.
Yeah and it was kinda sad when Tyson had no way out: He couldn't bite his way out, he couldn't KO the hell out of Lennox, he just had to take the ass whupping
Posted: 29 Apr 2006, 03:21
by bigzab
Maybe not a mega fight, but I was young at the time and I really expected FIREWORKS when Tyson and Bonecrusher squared off. I was trembling waiting for the bell to sound.
First lesson of boxing : Just coz anything CAN happen don't mean anything WILL happen.
Posted: 29 Apr 2006, 05:00
by bollox
bigzab wrote:Maybe not a mega fight, but I was young at the time and I really expected FIREWORKS when Tyson and Bonecrusher squared off. I was trembling waiting for the bell to sound.
First lesson of boxing : Just coz anything CAN happen don't mean anything WILL happen.
Same here. I could have sworn this fight would result in some major excitement. Instead is was boring as all hell
Posted: 01 May 2006, 04:50
by wouter
Leonard v. Duran III
Posted: 01 May 2006, 04:59
by bigzab
wouter wrote:Leonard v. Duran III
Yeah, after what happened to barkley, I thought leanord was in the shit here, was expecting montreal all over again.
Posted: 01 May 2006, 06:36
by adspath
mayweather vs judah i think was hyped a bit much and didnt end up very exciting. Mayweather didnt fight well and Judah was a dissapointment as usual.
also gatti vs mayweather was a dissapointment and many of DLH's big fights
Posted: 01 May 2006, 06:47
by Migz
adspath wrote:mayweather vs judah i think was hyped a bit much and didnt end up very exciting. Mayweather didnt fight well and Judah was a dissapointment as usual.
also gatti vs mayweather was a dissapointment and many of DLH's big fights
adam im sorri but i disagree. sure mayweather vs judah was hyped but it was a reasonable fight not a snoozefest..we even got to see a small 10th round brawl and low blow
And comeon mayweather fought he reasonable he dominated Judah through most of the rounds after round 4..
as with gatti vs mayweather it to me was an outcome i was expecting i didnt see gatti with a chance.. and ODLH did bring a lot of dissapointment in some of his fights especially when he drained the trinidad fight
Posted: 01 May 2006, 07:35
by KOJOE90
bollox wrote:bigzab wrote:Maybe not a mega fight, but I was young at the time and I really expected FIREWORKS when Tyson and Bonecrusher squared off. I was trembling waiting for the bell to sound.
First lesson of boxing : Just coz anything CAN happen don't mean anything WILL happen.
Same here. I could have sworn this fight would result in some major excitement. Instead is was boring as all hell
With the benefit of hindsight it has crossed my mind that maybe big Bonecrusher had put some money on himself going the distance.
Posted: 01 May 2006, 12:19
by Richie Aprille rules
Trinidad-De la Hoya is the first that comes to mind, but I also would add Chavez-Whitaker, in the sense that was such an exhibition by Whitaker, not competitive at all, and a very disappointing performance by Chavez. Maybe I'm biased cause I was a huge Chavez fan and in my own mind I was hyping the bout for almost six months (since the end of Whitaker-McGirt I).
Posted: 01 May 2006, 12:31
by The Great John L
[quote="KOJOE90With the benefit of hindsight it has crossed my mind that maybe big Bonecrusher had put some money on himself going the distance.[/quote]
He sure did fight like it.
Posted: 01 May 2006, 22:24
by adspath
Migz wrote:adspath wrote:mayweather vs judah i think was hyped a bit much and didnt end up very exciting. Mayweather didnt fight well and Judah was a dissapointment as usual.
also gatti vs mayweather was a dissapointment and many of DLH's big fights
adam im sorri but i disagree. sure mayweather vs judah was hyped but it was a reasonable fight not a snoozefest..we even got to see a small 10th round brawl and low blow
And comeon mayweather fought he reasonable he dominated Judah through most of the rounds after round 4..
as with gatti vs mayweather it to me was an outcome i was expecting i didnt see gatti with a chance.. and ODLH did bring a lot of dissapointment in some of his fights especially when he drained the trinidad fight
I agree with the 10th round, it was a beautifull low blow and created a bit of excitement when the trainers jumped in. Migz as much i like DLH, its true, i have finally admitted that many of his fights have been dissapointments. Especially vs Trinidad.
Posted: 03 May 2006, 14:35
by THE DANCING MASTER
Duran-Hagler.
Posted: 03 May 2006, 23:42
by DoubleM
THE DANCING MASTER wrote:Duran-Hagler.
That was nowhere even close to a boring fight. It was an average fight, a decent clash, and because of the superstars fighting, it could be called a good fight.
Posted: 04 May 2006, 01:09
by dalek
duran-hagler ended up being more competitive than most people thought so i don't see how it was a disappointment.
Posted: 04 May 2006, 01:10
by generic screen name
Its dissappointing compared to Hagler-Hearns and Hagler-Mugabi
Posted: 04 May 2006, 20:49
by Expug
Ali - Frazier 2 wasnt that great of a fight.