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If you had to pick some fights from history for a new fan to the sport to watch, what fights would you suggest to him/her/Max?

I'll start with a few of the obvious ones

Rumble in the Jungle Ali-Foreman
Ward-Gatti 1 and 3 (and 2 )
Barrera-Morales I
Corrales-Castillo I
Hagler-Hearns
....

Ali v Cleveland Williams

Benn-Eubank
Carl Thompson-Rothmann
Naz-Kelly
Naz-Robinson
Jhonny Gonzalez - Israel Vazquez

David, you're psychic!

I also recommend:

Pacman v Barrera I
Lyle v Foreman (best HW fight ever!)
Robinson v La Motta quintology (is that the right term)
Griffith v Paret I and II (not three for obvious reasons)
Eubank v Watson I
Graziano v Zale I - III
Ward v Burton
McCallum v Toney I and II
Jirov v Toney

Ali v Patterson
Sanchez v Gomez
Ali v Frasier trilogy
Bowe v Holyfield trilogy
Leonard v Hearns
Magler v Mugabe
Foreman v Lyle

Emerson Poncey Name Ghent wrote: Jirov v Toney

Good Call, I love that fight

Arguello v Pryor I - forgot that.

Leonard vs Hagler

Leonard vs Hearns 1

Benn v McClellan

Pure excitement... Darrel Woods vs Samuel Miller

Emmanuel Augustus vs Mickey Ward.

stujones wrote:Pure excitement... Darrel Woods vs Samuel Miller

Emmanuel Augustus vs Mickey Ward.

Both are on their way to me as I type.

August is one of my fave fighters ever. He was robbed in that one.

Emerson Poncey Name Ghent wrote:

stujones wrote:Pure excitement... Darrel Woods vs Samuel Miller

Emmanuel Augustus vs Mickey Ward.

Both are on their way to me as I type.

August is one of my fave fighters ever. He was robbed in that one.

mmm... really close, if I remember rightly I scored it a draw.

Chambers I am a he and two only slick counter puncher like boxers.

Tis why guys like Napa and Witter are my favorites, they are slick and counter punchers. I don't want to watch fighters who get brain damage for the fans like Gatti.

I do have Benn Vs McClellan and Hagler Vs Hearns and Hearns Vs Duran.

If you're a fan of slick boxers I can see why you haven't bothered with Ali

Leonard vs Benitez then.

Jirov vs Toney

Jones Jnr vs Toney

Just havent thought about getting any past fights really, just been concentrating on recent stuff.

I want to see what Mijares Is like, one of my ESB friends say he Is a supernatural like Joe but different styles obviously.

Horace Notice v Hughroy Currie

Seen Jirov Vs Toney but disks were too small to copy It, the torrent file was 700mb odd.

Buying anothe hardrive for fights, my hard drive now Is only for photos.

Max Molyneux wrote:Just havent thought about getting any past fights really, just been concentrating on recent stuff.

I want to see what Mijares Is like, one of my ESB friends say he Is a supernatural like Joe but different styles obviously.

Mijares is awwwwesome. Watch his fight with Arce.

Emerson Poncey Name Ghent wrote:

Max Molyneux wrote:Just havent thought about getting any past fights really, just been concentrating on recent stuff.

I want to see what Mijares Is like, one of my ESB friends say he Is a supernatural like Joe but different styles obviously.

Mijares is awwwwesome. Watch his fight with Arce.

ESB people compared Mijares Vs Arce to Calzaghe Vs Lacy.

I was ashamed to miss one of Mijares's fights when Setanta showed It on the Taylor Pavlik 2 show I think. I didn't know It was on or I would of stayed up.

Max Molyneux wrote:

Emerson Poncey Name Ghent wrote:

Max Molyneux wrote:Just havent thought about getting any past fights really, just been concentrating on recent stuff.

I want to see what Mijares Is like, one of my ESB friends say he Is a supernatural like Joe but different styles obviously.

Mijares is awwwwesome. Watch his fight with Arce.

ESB people compared Mijares Vs Arce to Calzaghe Vs Lacy.

I was ashamed to miss one of Mijares's fights when Setanta showed It on the Taylor Pavlik 2 show I think. I didn't know It was on or I would of stayed up.

No way man. Arce is the real deal.

Max. you like slickness, yes? Counterpunching?

Try:-

Salvador Sanchez vs Wilfredo Gomez

Ricardo Lopez vs Rosendo Alvarez II (the rematch, not the first one)

Roberto Durán vs Esteban DeJesus III (don't let RD's rep as a killer fool ya; he could box when he wanted to...)

Pernell Whitaker vs Buddy McGirt I ('93)

Enjoy, dude.

Max Molyneux wrote:Chambers I am a he and two only slick counter puncher like boxers.

Tis why guys like Napa and Witter are my favorites, they are slick and counter punchers. I don't want to watch fighters who get brain damage for the fans like Gatti.

I do have Benn Vs McClellan and Hagler Vs Hearns and Hearns Vs Duran.

Steve Molitor is poetry in motion, Steve Luevano,

Juan Manuel Marquez - Pacman I (and II if you missed it the other week)
The recent version of Joan Guzman is the ultimate slickster IMO and reminds me abit of Joe Calzaghe.
Sergio Gabriel Martinez VS Richard Williams I and II

Joe Casamayor, PBF, Corey Spinks, Bute

Chambers2 wrote:

Max Molyneux wrote:Chambers I am a he and two only slick counter puncher like boxers.

Tis why guys like Napa and Witter are my favorites, they are slick and counter punchers. I don't want to watch fighters who get brain damage for the fans like Gatti.

I do have Benn Vs McClellan and Hagler Vs Hearns and Hearns Vs Duran.

Steve Molitor is poetry in motion, Steve Luevano,

Juan Manuel Marquez - Pacman I (and II if you missed it the other week)
The recent version of Joan Guzman is the ultimate slickster IMO and reminds me abit of Joe Calzaghe.
Sergio Gabriel Martinez VS Richard Williams I and II

Joe Casamayor, PBF, Corey Spinks, Bute

I'd class Guzman as the seconds coming. Get his fight against Soto, his performance so far.

JMM is technically sound, fluid and gutsy. He's slugged more as he's aged but he's been a crafty, rounded technician for near ona decade.

Winky Wright another.

I alway slike watching the more unorthodox, MacMillan, Laing, Graham, Hamed etc.