biggest bust (fight)

fearthymullet · Post by **fearthymullet** » 05 Jul 2002, 12:48

what fight was the biggest bust in boxing history? what do you guys think?

Justin · Post by **Justin** » 05 Jul 2002, 17:33

Lewis-Tyson

RICHBART · Post by **RICHBART** » 05 Jul 2002, 18:02

Joe Louis vs Billy Conn II RB

Justin · Post by **Justin** » 05 Jul 2002, 20:34

Yea Rich, but at least Louis and Conn had excuses for being fat old men in a bore-fest... Tyson and Lewis don't :-)

RICHBART · Post by **RICHBART** » 06 Jul 2002, 06:42

You have a point there Justin, but it was promoted as a big one. I guess we didn't think of them as old and fat then. You are right though, they were. RB

Methodius · Post by **Methodius** » 06 Jul 2002, 20:40

Has to be Roy Jones, Jr. vs. James Toney. Never did I pay $50 so willingly, and never was I deceived so badly!

wouter · Post by **wouter** » 08 Jul 2002, 07:12

Leonard v Duran 3, Tyson v Spinks, Marciano v Walcott 2, Ali v Liston 2, Gonzalez v Carbajal 2 and 3 to name a few.......

L.A. kidd · Post by **L.A. kidd** » 25 Oct 2014, 23:46

no contest, ali- liston 2

witherspoon · Post by **witherspoon** » 26 Oct 2014, 05:02

wouter wrote:Leonard v Duran 3, Tyson v Spinks, Marciano v Walcott 2, Ali v Liston 2, Gonzalez v Carbajal 2 and 3 to name a few.......

What's up with the Gonzalez-Carbajal fights? I haven't watched them yet, but I was under the impression that was a decent trilogy. I try to steer clear of discussion because I don't really want to know too much before I watch them.

What don't I know that is bad about those 2 fights????

Datsue · Post by **Datsue** » 26 Oct 2014, 05:16

witherspoon wrote:
wouter wrote:Leonard v Duran 3, Tyson v Spinks, Marciano v Walcott 2, Ali v Liston 2, Gonzalez v Carbajal 2 and 3 to name a few.......
What's up with the Gonzalez-Carbajal fights? I haven't watched them yet, but I was under the impression that was a decent trilogy. I try to steer clear of discussion because I don't really want to know too much before I watch them.

What don't I know that is bad about those 2 fights????

I fvcking love Gonzalez-Carbajal II & III, & if you don't mind some spoilers I am prepared to wax lyrical at great length to defend their honour from such aspersions & blandishments.

Both really dramatic, both really good boxing matches.

wouter · Post by **wouter** » 26 Oct 2014, 06:15

witherspoon wrote:
wouter wrote:Leonard v Duran 3, Tyson v Spinks, Marciano v Walcott 2, Ali v Liston 2, Gonzalez v Carbajal 2 and 3 to name a few.......
What's up with the Gonzalez-Carbajal fights? I haven't watched them yet, but I was under the impression that was a decent trilogy. I try to steer clear of discussion because I don't really want to know too much before I watch them.

What don't I know that is bad about those 2 fights????

Hmmmm.... since you're responding to something I wrote 12 years ago, I am not sure myself anymore.

tiny_acres · Post by **tiny_acres** » 26 Oct 2014, 08:10

wouter wrote:
witherspoon wrote:
wouter wrote:Leonard v Duran 3, Tyson v Spinks, Marciano v Walcott 2, Ali v Liston 2, Gonzalez v Carbajal 2 and 3 to name a few.......
What's up with the Gonzalez-Carbajal fights? I haven't watched them yet, but I was under the impression that was a decent trilogy. I try to steer clear of discussion because I don't really want to know too much before I watch them.

What don't I know that is bad about those 2 fights????
Hmmmm.... since you're responding to something I wrote 12 years ago, I am not sure myself anymore.

Man it sucks getting old.I can't remember stuff that I said 12 days ago let alone 12 years ago

klompton · Post by **klompton** » 26 Oct 2014, 09:43

Lewis Tua and DLH Trinidad

SaadOffTheDeck · Post by **SaadOffTheDeck** » 26 Oct 2014, 09:55

Tyson/Holyfield II

Carbajal/Gonzalez II and III were awesome fights.

witherspoon · Post by **witherspoon** » 26 Oct 2014, 10:23

wouter wrote:
witherspoon wrote:
wouter wrote:Leonard v Duran 3, Tyson v Spinks, Marciano v Walcott 2, Ali v Liston 2, Gonzalez v Carbajal 2 and 3 to name a few.......
What's up with the Gonzalez-Carbajal fights? I haven't watched them yet, but I was under the impression that was a decent trilogy. I try to steer clear of discussion because I don't really want to know too much before I watch them.

What don't I know that is bad about those 2 fights????
Hmmmm.... since you're responding to something I wrote 12 years ago, I am not sure myself anymore.

I didn't notice the date of the original post, wow!

tiny_acres · Post by **tiny_acres** » 26 Oct 2014, 10:24

klompton wrote:Lewis Tua and DLH Trinidad

Lewis-Tua is a great call.I expected fireworks.Got a dud.

BoxBuzz · Post by **BoxBuzz** » 26 Oct 2014, 10:44

I have the vision of female mud wrestling for some reason.

witherspoon · Post by **witherspoon** » 26 Oct 2014, 10:50

Datsue wrote:
witherspoon wrote:
wouter wrote:Leonard v Duran 3, Tyson v Spinks, Marciano v Walcott 2, Ali v Liston 2, Gonzalez v Carbajal 2 and 3 to name a few.......
What's up with the Gonzalez-Carbajal fights? I haven't watched them yet, but I was under the impression that was a decent trilogy. I try to steer clear of discussion because I don't really want to know too much before I watch them.

What don't I know that is bad about those 2 fights????

I fvcking love Gonzalez-Carbajal II & III, & if you don't mind some spoilers I am prepared to wax lyrical at great length to defend their honour from such aspersions & blandishments.

Both really dramatic, both really good boxing matches.

Thanks but I don't want any spoilers. I'm sure I will post when I get round to watching them, and we can wax lyrical together.

Crease · Post by **Crease** » 26 Oct 2014, 10:55

Justin wrote:Lewis-Tyson

Everyone knew that Tyson wasn't the man he used to be and that Lennox would play it safe defensively and outbox him to a stoppage.

Flump · Post by **Flump** » 26 Oct 2014, 11:52

Tyson - Bonecrusher
Jones Jr - Hopkins
Foreman - Morrison

SaadOffTheDeck · Post by **SaadOffTheDeck** » 26 Oct 2014, 14:05

Jones/Hopkins was an undercard fight to a Heavyweight mismatch. Hard to classify a non-headliner as a 'bust'.

HomicideHenry · Post by **HomicideHenry** » 26 Oct 2014, 17:19

I dont understand what the original post implies...

Are we talking fights that just didn't live up to the hype? Mismatches? Blowouts? Too little too late?

Fights that didn't live up to the hype.... Ehhhh probably say Leonard/Duran III

Mismatches.... Ehhhh there's too many to list, cus its more common than ever

Blowouts.... (I'm talking Terry Conklin/ Reaper Roper type sh!t here) Norton/Bobick, Quarry/Boddell, Burns/Squires, etc

Too little too late..... Fenech/Nelson III

SenorPipino · Post by **SenorPipino** » 26 Oct 2014, 17:59

Datsue wrote:
witherspoon wrote:
wouter wrote:Leonard v Duran 3, Tyson v Spinks, Marciano v Walcott 2, Ali v Liston 2, Gonzalez v Carbajal 2 and 3 to name a few.......
What's up with the Gonzalez-Carbajal fights? I haven't watched them yet, but I was under the impression that was a decent trilogy. I try to steer clear of discussion because I don't really want to know too much before I watch them.

What don't I know that is bad about those 2 fights????

I fvcking love Gonzalez-Carbajal II & III, & if you don't mind some spoilers I am prepared to wax lyrical at great length to defend their honour from such aspersions & blandishments.

Both really dramatic, both really good boxing matches.

The Chiquita-Carbajal sequels were very good bouts.
I think they tend to get downgraded because they weren't the dramatic, toe-to-toe, back-and-forth slugfest that the original was.

The first fight left you feeling limp. Bouts 2 and 3 merely earned your applause.

Bobbyptsd · Post by **Bobbyptsd** » 26 Oct 2014, 19:50

Mayorga-Vargas?

As an aside on the thread title, Vargas went on to develop quite a.......nah, that's too awful, even for me.

yancey · Post by **yancey** » 26 Oct 2014, 22:07

L.A. kidd wrote:no contest, ali- liston 2

x2

The mother of all boxing fiascos.

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