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Your Most Beautifull Boxing Match
Posted: 25 Dec 2007, 13:55
by dagosd2000
I'm not talking about the one sided massacre,nor the fight where both guys are winging away on each other forgetting defense.
The match where both boys know what they're doing,have all the skills. Well conditioned,using the jab,working combinations,looking for openings,counter punching,making adjustments. The fight goes back and forth,never a lull in the action. It goes the decision or late in the fight.
I'm going to go with a 4 fight series:Emile Griffith/Luis Rodriguez. All close decisions. 3 were championship fights. Emile won 3 of 4,but it could easily could have gone the other way. Definitely a lesson for a class in Boxing 101. How about some other classics?
Posted: 25 Dec 2007, 18:39
by MEISINGER
HOLMES VS NORTON
Re: Your Most Beautifull Boxing Match
Posted: 25 Dec 2007, 20:23
by KO Artist
dagosd2000 wrote:I'm not talking about the one sided massacre,nor the fight where both guys are winging away on each other forgetting defense.
The match where both boys know what they're doing,have all the skills. Well conditioned,using the jab,working combinations,looking for openings,counter punching,making adjustments. The fight goes back and forth,never a lull in the action. It goes the decision or late in the fight.
I'm going to go with a 4 fight series:Emile Griffith/Luis Rodriguez. All close decisions. 3 were championship fights. Emile won 3 of 4,but it could easily could have gone the other way. Definitely a lesson for a class in Boxing 101. How about some other classics?
Good call, never seen the fights but read about them.
One that comes to mind for me is Salvador Sanchez v Pat Cowdell.
Posted: 25 Dec 2007, 22:23
by Goodnight, Irene
Chavez-Taylor I.
Two exceptional fighters with beautifully contrasting styles who knew all the tricks in the book. A shame about the ending. Full credit to Chavez & I do not put any asterisk against the victory as some do, but my heart bleeds for Taylor, who was all courage under fire & never truly recovered.
Posted: 25 Dec 2007, 23:47
by Expug
So many out there.
Carmen Basilio -Tony Demarco had a couple great fights.
Back and forth Carmen was in a little trouble in one of em. Legs turned to rubber but he came back.
Dont recall if he was in trouble in the other one .
Demarco was game also.
Carmen had better defense than some give him credit for.
He rolled with some of them shots.
Posted: 26 Dec 2007, 05:00
by I Feel Fine
I'd probably say Leonard-Hearns. Both guys were remarkably versatile, they could do so many good things in so many different departments. Hearns was supposed to be the puncher, Leonard the boxer, but Hearns could probably box better than most boxers and Leonard could certainly bang if he had to, and they showed that ability to make adjustments and use all their tools throughout the fight.
Posted: 26 Dec 2007, 09:53
by Minotauro
Arguello vs Pryor two totally different styles and a constant back and fourth.
Posted: 27 Dec 2007, 02:34
by elmersalsa
A fight that every beginner have to see is Leonard vs Benitez...Lots of techniques between 2 boxing masters.
Also:
McCallum vs Toney I
Buchanan vs Laguna I & II
Chavez vs Taylor I
I also liked Duran vs Leonard I...Duran showed a lot of boxing skills that I thought at the time he was one dimensional
Posted: 28 Dec 2007, 04:45
by banjo
my pick would be the middlweight title fight between lamotta and robinson, i can watch that fight over and over.
ken buchanon v ismael laguna is another great fight
Posted: 29 Dec 2007, 19:44
by elmersalsa
Posted: 30 Dec 2007, 09:10
by scartissue
Rose-Harada
Leonard-Benitez
Harris-Minter
All three...magnificent
Scartissue
Posted: 30 Dec 2007, 09:14
by Syntax Error
Duran -v Buchanan.
It was the bull versus the matador; but the bull skills were superior to the matador, much to the matador's surprise.
Posted: 30 Dec 2007, 10:45
by WelshDevil
Lennox Lewis vs Tommy Morrison.
The Ring Generalship by Lennox was a pleasure to watch, the movement and picking the punches against an opponent who was only looking to land the honey punch.
Possibly Lennox at his best weight that day.
Posted: 30 Dec 2007, 10:50
by Syntax Error
WelshDevil wrote:Lennox Lewis vs Tommy Morrison.
The Ring Generalship by Lennox was a pleasure to watch, the movement and picking the punches against an opponent who was only looking to land the honey punch.
Possibly Lennox at his best weight that day.
Good shout.
I always liked Lewis' weight at about 240lb.
He looked too skinny at 225lb, in his early career & although he never looked fat, when he weighed above 250lb, I thought the weight slowed him down.
Posted: 30 Dec 2007, 18:44
by silkov
Some that come to mind are....
Hearns vs Benitez
Harada vs Jofre 1 and 2
Minter vs Finnegan 2
Sanchez vs Nelson
Olivares vs Arguello
Posted: 31 Dec 2007, 02:55
by Brute
The first Leonard Duran fight.