Cruelest Fights?

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  1. dmar5143

    dmar5143 New Member Full Member

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    dempsey-willard hands down.it was a three way cruelity.first the savage dempsey second the brave corner of willards for allowing him to continue third a ref that thought it was a fight to the death.
     
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  2. Azzer85

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    Tyson and Berbick and its twin fight Dempsey/Willard

    Ali vs Terrell and Patterson are my favourite Ali fights. I dont see it as Ali being cruel, i see it as a man standing up for his rights and demanding respect
     
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  3. Nightcrawler

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    i don't see these as mutually exclusive to be honest
     
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  4. KuRuPT

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    Johnson vs. Burns
    Duran vs. Moore
    Ali vs. Patterson
    Chavez vs. haugen
     
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  5. Senor Pepe'

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    Matthew Hilton vs Wilfred Benitez,,,,,,,,,,

    His people knew he was 'shot', yet they let him take this bout with the 'hard-punching'
    Hilton.
     
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    Ike Williams KO over Beau Jack
    Roy Jones KO Richard Ali
    Chavez KO Rosario
    Any Ray Robinson beating of Olson :lol:
     
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  7. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Griffith/Paret
     
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  8. doug.ie

    doug.ie 'Classic Boxing Society' Full Member

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    i'm thinking of jim mcdonnell v azumah nelson ..and....michael watson v mike mccallum..

    would they fit here ?
     
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  9. Senor Pepe'

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    Muhammad Ali vs Bob Foster

    A 'semi-cruel' performance by Muhammad Ali.
     
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  10. Bollox

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    Yep, and I hope the *******s feel terrible for helping Benitez get to the state he's in today. But somehow I doubt it
     
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    Bollox,,

    Don't think anyone in the Benitez camp had any compassion,,,,,
    other than the desire for more cash.

    Reports from Montreal, Canada before that February 1986 bout,,,,
    was that the 27 1/2 year-old former 'Wunderkind' would wobble every time
    he got hit in the sparring sessions.

    Way too many fights, when he was just a young teenager.
     
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  12. fists of fury

    fists of fury Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Both fights cast Ali in a very bad light.
     
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  13. Stevie G

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    Ali and Frazier's wars with each other can't really be classified as cruel in the DIRTY sense. They were out to do damage,but hardly in a Greb-Tunney type of way.
     
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  14. DrMo

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    Qawi vs Leon Spinks & Quartey vs Park deserve a mention
     
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