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

Lewis-Tyson

Joe Louis vs Billy Conn II RB

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

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

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

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.......

no contest, ali- liston 2

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????

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.

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.

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

Lewis Tua and DLH Trinidad

Tyson/Holyfield II

Carbajal/Gonzalez II and III were awesome fights.

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!

klompton wrote:Lewis Tua and DLH Trinidad

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

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

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.

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.

Tyson - Bonecrusher
Jones Jr - Hopkins
Foreman - Morrison

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

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

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.

Mayorga-Vargas?

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

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

x2

The mother of all boxing fiascos.