Phenomenal constant action! I've simply got to watch the full fight tomorrow. I just found a full version on youtube. [yt]O39psaFgk_U&NR=1[/yt]
It is. It was hard to cut it down. There's just too much. I've never seen such sustained, furious action round after round.
I just watched it for the first time. Manilla and Duran-Leonard I used to be tied as my favorite fight. This beats them both. I'm baffled by the brilliance of this fight. It's constant action, fought at an extremely high level of skill by two great, and determined fighters with perfectly contrasting styles.
A bit of trivia for the boxing nerds: Gloria Estefan (the poochie version) sang the American national anthem in the prefight ceremony. Is that Phillip Glass "flo" that you chose for the highlight music?
Just re-watched this one the other day actually. Great, great action. Such great shots landed by both men, and consistently. It seemed like Arguello was landing the bigger, better punches, but much fewer and further between. Pryor just wasn't budging, and eventually Arguello wilted, but not until he'd taken as much punishment as most top fighters take in 3 fights.
Awesome highlights. Interesting side note, everytime I watch this fight I can't get over how much Aaron makes Alexis miss. It's really strange to see Arguello, one of the most precise power punchers ever missing so many punches. Grant he connected with plenty as well.