If you had 5 fights to recommend...

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  1. LongJab

    LongJab Active Member Full Member

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    ... to a guy to make him a fan of boxing, what would they be???

    Post 1980 fights.
     
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  2. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Bobby Chacon vs Boza Edwards II
    Bobby Chacon vs Rafael Limon IV
    Diego Corrales vs José Luis Castillo I
    Marvin Hagler vs Thomas Hearns
    Michael Carbajal vs Humberto Gonzalez I
     
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  3. LongJab

    LongJab Active Member Full Member

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    Nice. Take off the Carbajal fight and add:

    LOPEZ v LOCKRIDGE!
     
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  4. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Lopez vs Rocky ! Yeah, I love that fight.....

    An obscure and honorable mention :
    Jorge Arce vs Hussein Hussein I
     
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  5. LongJab

    LongJab Active Member Full Member

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    Saad Muhammad v. Yaqui Lopez?


    I'm probably going to have to show him 10....
     
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    Leanord vs Hearns
    Duran vs Leanord
    Arguello vs Pryor
    Hagler vs Hearns
    Sanchez vs Gomez
     
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  7. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Berto vs Ortiz...why not ?
    Awesome fight.....
     
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    Hagler - Hearns
    Duran - Leonard I
    Corrales - Castillo
    Morales - MAB

    **** it, i'll go Berto - Ortiz as well.

    Not to mention Vasquez - Marquez, Ward - Gatti, and the first 6 rounds of cotto - Pac
     
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    Love that fight! :good
     
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    A real boxing fan is a rare thing. most people when they start out boxing fans they get into the personalities in addition to the boxing and all that and then the rivalries. That is why HBO does biographies and stories to personlize a fighter. I am not sure a fighter watches Hagler vs. Hearns or Ali Frazier and becomes a boxing fan. There are many people who saw those fights and saw many great fights and are not hardcore boxing fans. It is something you become because you love it and something about it.
     
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    hagler vs hearns
    kaylor vs christie
    corrales vs castillo
    pryor vs arguello
    moorer vs cooper
     
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    Gatti vs Ward 1
    Tyson vs Douglas
    Hearns vs Hagler
    Corrales vs Castillo
    Pryor vs Arguello
     
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    W. Klitschko v Ibragimov
    Haye v Valuev
    W. Klitschko v Haye
    Mosley v Pacquiao
    Duran v Leonard III
     
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    What! No room for Johnny Nelson v Carlos De Leon? :bbb
     
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    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Maybe the guy would become a fan after being lured in by these all action, exciting examples, but would evolve into being a real afficianado of the sport's more scientific, strategic side after that...otherwise he remains as what is known as a "casual fan" that knows of only a few big names and can't appreciate some of boxing's more subtle values.
     
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