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Good one, Dec. I'm right there with ya!

There are a few good clips of Earnie Shavers on YouTube. I now he wasn't the greatest fighter ever, but he had that equalizer that could easily win a lost fight. Been on there looking up some of his fights and wound up searching Holmes, Foreman, Norton, Frazier, Liston ...

And about three hours later ...

Heres me: Some one on the board mentions a fight, I look for it on youtube, then I think of other fighters and go on several hour searches.

Heres usually my list:
1. Julian Jackson (caught one that was televised by Showtime when he got a lil older, was a pretty entertaining KO)
2. Thomas "The Hitman" Hearns
3. George Foreman/Ron Lyle fight
4. Mike Tyson
5. Lennox Lewis (my flave of the week)

Another thing that intrigues me is the commentating from different networks/stations/countries. Like in the Tyson/Douglas fight, I like several rounds by Merchant/Lampley others I like the solo announcer (I can't beleive I forgot his name!)

I like watching Ward's thorough ass kicking on Andy Kolle. He made him look slow and i've seen Kolle fight in person and he is not a slow fighter. I loved it.

Hearns and Jackson for the drama.

Also, Lewis, Hagler and Holmes.

Surprised that there is so little Monzon, Mike Spinks and Eusebio pedroza.

I just check out the great KOs.

JCS83MD wrote:I just check out the great KOs.

Here's one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSDGFBOt99w

Sometimes you can't find less mainstream and old school boxers on it so I usually go for the modern popular ones.

PS Ezzard you just made me check out Holmes.

Decagon wrote:I often go for the rare stuff, myself. BrocktonBlockbuster has upped some pretty nice shit.

What name is his account under?

Decagon wrote:I can't remember right now.

Here are a few searches I've done recently:

• vitali+kickboxing
• langford
• bockwinkel
• dynamite-kid
• greatest-jab
• uppercut
• joe-frazier
• barely-legal
• bolo-punch
• henry-armstrong
• early-boxing
• disqualification

Cheers Dec.

I've always been fascinated by Leon Spinks' career and caught a few of his fights there (all KO losses, including the one to John Carlo). It was also nice to see Michael Spinks KO Gerry Cooney, since the only other Spinks fight I saw was his loss to Tyson.

There are a number of fights from Japan on there. I looked up Yuri Arbachakov and then searched for all the clips posted by the person who put Arbachakov's fights up there. It's some interesting stuff. I heard about a lot of these Japanese fighters but had never seen them before. Not necessarily classic boxing, but certainly new to me.

I just recently posted a youtube link on the current scene forum. Not sure if it's against the rules. Anyway, I use youtube to watch the fights i've missed, or to review quickly without having to pull out any tapes. My favorite fighter to watch on youtube would probably have to be none other than Salvador Sanchez, but that's simply because he's my favorite fighter to watch in general. Here's a link of a very entertaining bout, it is more modern, but these fighters are the type of fighters that keep boxing alive. Both show tremendous stamina, skill, effort, and heart. Neither boxer has exceptional defense though, as both fighters were connecting very often. Both fighters have decent defense, it's just that Arce (much like a Duran) chooses to get in there and fight, using impressive headmovement (although a few times he failed to use headmovement, he showed great chin) to reduce the effect of most blows. Hussein generally shows good form, but Arce just pulled him into a slugfest here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMV_UY0-qzk

Decagon wrote:I often go for the rare stuff, myself. BrocktonBlockbuster has upped some pretty nice shit.

now that i got by computer working again, some more rare shit will be coming soon. mostly from the 1950s but fights like thomas-witherspoon and weaver-coetzee should find there way there