Your most "anticpated" fight!!!

Spud · Post by **Spud** » 19 Apr 2008, 18:03

Come on guys - lets go with this one.

I am sat here getting excited - its been sometime I have got like this before a fight!!!

so here's the next question - name the fights that before they happened you thought f*ck me can't wait for that fight - so much so in the lead up to the fight you put in all the precautions to make sure you did not miss it.

I have got 4 alarms to make sure I don't miss this one - as I say been a long time since that has happened.

hitman_hatton1 · Post by **hitman_hatton1** » 19 Apr 2008, 18:06

obviously back in december.

the tszyu fight as well.

hamed-barrera - been looking forward to that one for ages. i knew hamed was getting licked as well.

tyson-holyfield 1 and 2.

lewis-holyfield 1 and 2.

Deserter · Post by **Deserter** » 19 Apr 2008, 18:26

I remember getting up at 5am to drive to a pub in Dubai to watch Hamed Vs Barrera... only to be sitting there round after round watching it all slip away.
Had huge butterflies before the Kessler fight as the Dane looked so mean and I thought there was a very real chance he'd take Joe down.
Getting serious butterflies now though

STP · Post by **STP** » 19 Apr 2008, 18:55

Lewis-Tyson

Wales · Post by **Wales** » 19 Apr 2008, 19:00

Calzaghe Lacy .... the whole package. People split, the build up with americans claiming Lacy was the second coming of Tyson, then the performance and atmosphere.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 19 Apr 2008, 19:12

DLH vs Mayweather.

Twinkle Toes · Post by **Twinkle Toes** » 19 Apr 2008, 21:42

Bruno-Lewis

The_Don1 · Post by **The_Don1** » 19 Apr 2008, 21:49

Haye-Macca couldn't wait for that one!

Didn't have to wait long for the finish

MecnunK · Post by **MecnunK** » 19 Apr 2008, 23:35

In no particular order..

Tyson vs Holyfield

Naseem vs Barerra

Barerra vs Pacman II

Eubank vs Benn ..

hatton vs mayweather

lefthook82 · Post by **lefthook82** » 19 Apr 2008, 23:55

Mayweather v Hatton

David Haye v Enzo Macrinelli

Al Savani · Post by **Al Savani** » 20 Apr 2008, 00:07

By far,Benn-Eubank 1

lvlarc · Post by **lvlarc** » 20 Apr 2008, 00:14

Lewis v Rahman 2 (build-up was awesome)
Calzaghe V Kessler
Corrales v Castillo 2 (big letdown)

Nothing beats that feeling before a massive fight :)

Matt W · Post by **Matt W** » 20 Apr 2008, 06:56

Tyson-Holyfield

Benn-McClellan

Lewis-Holyfield

Hamed-Barrera

funso banjo baby · Post by **funso banjo baby** » 20 Apr 2008, 21:44

Tyson V bonecrusher

Bruno v bugner

Benn v watson

benn v eubank

watson v eubank

holmes v cooney

tyson v holmes

tyson v bruno

haye v macca

hagler v hearns

hagler v hamsho 2

hagler v mugabi

hagler v sibson

this could go on...mostly 80's

to be honest all the dela hoya/mayweather/hopkins/jones/toney superfights have been the most unanticipated of all
:(

DavidPayne · Post by **DavidPayne** » 21 Apr 2008, 04:13

Lewis v Tyson,

of course come May 24th that will all change.

Syntax Error · Post by **Syntax Error** » 21 Apr 2008, 04:37

1) The proposed 1990 fight between Tyson & Holyfied was number 1 for me.

I was so gutted then Tyson got his bullying buttocks spanked, which then blew that one out of the water.

I got excited again, approaching November 1991, when the fight was mooted again, but again, Tyson let me down, this time out of the ring! :x

2) Eubank -v- Benn 1.

3) Leonard -v- Hagler.

4) Jones -v- Toney.

5) Hagler -v- Hearns.

Chambers2 · Post by **Chambers2** » 21 Apr 2008, 06:02

Haye-Mormeck for me, closely followed by Haye-Enzo. I suppose if I'm being honest Audley-Williams I

twenty six · Post by **twenty six** » 21 Apr 2008, 10:50

This thread can mean different things to different people.
I will never forget the build up to Hamed v Robinson in September 2005 because I was there all the way through and milking it.
My first experience ever of the pschological aspects of boxing.
First time I KNEW the result three days before the event.
Naz did him in mentally as well as physically.
It's difficult to put it into words, maybe others in the boxing community know what I mean.
Spud - you've been around. Am I making sense ?

big lennox · Post by **big lennox** » 21 Apr 2008, 13:23

A few:

Holyfield -Tyson 1 & 2

Roy Jones -John Ruiz

Nigel Benn- Gerald Mcclenan.

Johhn Nelson vs Adam Watt (big strong aussie -very dangerous fight)

Johnny Nelson vs Enzo Maccrinelli (it never came off, but I think Johnny would have knocked him out and got the full respect that he deserves).

Joe Calzaghe -Jeff lacy

Joe Calzaghe -Mikkel Kessler (being half welsh/half danish, I was enjoying the build up + calzaghe is a big hero of mine -great atmoshpere on the night -I took my ex-girlfriend down and she really enjoyed it also).

De La Hoya -Mayweather.

Autobarn · Post by **Autobarn** » 21 Apr 2008, 13:38

Haye-Mormeck, Haye-Mac, Calzaghe-Kessler, Calzaghe-Lacy (really didn't want Joe to lose that one), Pavlik-Taylor, Toney-McCline (compounded by the fact that Toney got injured and the bout called off), but it was Holyfield-Tyson (I was a schoolby at the time, got my mum to wake me up with the results off radio 5 live) probably above all though.

Damian · Post by **Damian** » 21 Apr 2008, 13:50

twenty six wrote:This thread can mean different things to different people.
I will never forget the build up to Hamed v Robinson in September 2005 because I was there all the way through and milking it.
My first experience ever of the pschological aspects of boxing.
First time I KNEW the result three days before the event.
Naz did him in mentally as well as physically.
It's difficult to put it into words, maybe others in the boxing community know what I mean.
Spud - you've been around. Am I making sense ?

I know exactly what you mean by this point. I was down there for that event and thought that Naseem mentally obliterated Robinson (offering a winner takes all prize). I have read Geoff Beattie's account of it too (from the psychological standpoint) and it was a fascinating period.