Greatest Title Winning Performances

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  1. LittleRed

    LittleRed Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I always like watching a guy (ATG or not) win a title spectacularly. It's wonderful to see them so young, or not, but either way full of potential and promise yet to be realized. A perfect (recent) example is Mikey Garcia and while the end may have been a tad disappointing the rest of that fight was breathtaking and a perfect example of what i'm talking about. I really couldn't do a list but here's a few great ones.

    Fighting Harada vs Pone Kingpetch- Teenaged substitute Harada overwhelms the Thai champion like a humanoid typhoon. Brilliant jab and stifling pressure.
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    Ruben Olivares vs Lionel Rose- I thought long and hard about Rose over Harada as it is as classic an example of ring generalship as you'll see but when push comes to shove who doesn't love a brutal knockout. Yes Rose had a tendency to get dropped early but he was a legitimate, enormous bantam and Olivares, aided by possibly the greatest left hook in history, annihilated him with mesmerizing savagery.
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    Henry Armstrong vs Petey Sarron- Armstrong steamrolls a damned fighter and begins his brilliant run to his triple crown. I can't find any footage but here's Armstrong beating up other guys, so it probably didn't look too different.
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    Roberto Duran vs Ken Buchanan- Despite a messy, controversial ending Duran left no doubt as to who the best lightweight in the world was bullying the stylish Scot around the ring in a stunning display of controlled aggression.
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    Jose Napoles vs Curtis Cokes- All class, all day. Napoles, who had been a brilliant lightweight and 140 lber before moving up shows sublime skills, a hard punch, and the smoothness that earned him the nickname 'the buttery one'. Listen for the samba band Napoles used to keep track of his punches en route to shutting future HOF er Cokes eyes.
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    James Toney vs Michael Nunn- Ok so there might be better choices it there but this is exactly what i'm talking about: after this fight you just knew Toney was going to do done special things and he did. Toney wore out a slightly faded Nunn, then beat him up and beat him down culminating in that 11th round knockout.
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    Harry Greb vs Gene Tunney- Technically not for a world title, but as an American I don't know that. Still one of the most famous fights in boxing history and brutal to boot.
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    John L. Sullivan vs James j. Corbett- it's there only pick I can make that
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  2. Tin_Ribs

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    Nice picks bud, especially Armstrong-Sarron, which always gets overshadowed by Armstrong-Ross. Nobody else ever dealt with Sarron the way Hank did.

    Re: Harada and Olivares, the chronological chain of consecutive (alliteration not intended) title winning performances at bantam from the early 60's into the 70's were all very impressive: Jofre/Sanchez - Harada/Jofre - Rose/Harada - Olivares/Rose - Chucho/Olivares - Olivares/Chucho - Herrera/Olivares. All meat and no gristle there for well over a decade.

    Wish we had footage of Borkhorsor hulksmashing Betulio Gonzalez.

    Giardello-Tiger III has always impressed me. Probably Joey's finest hour at the age of 33 and the culmination of well over a hundred fights after 15 years as a pro. They don't come much more well-earned than that.

    Al Singer wrecking Mandell inside a round doesn't get mentioned overly often, and he himself lost just as brutally to Canzi in the same round in his first defence.

    Saldivar busting up a great but very weight-drained Ramos was fantastic, and I'm not sure Saldivar ever looked better than he did that night. I'm a big admirer of Ramos, and he was awesome himself the way he tragically ripped the title from Moore, so I don't like watching him get busted up. That said, Saldivar is a favourite too, so it lessens the blow, so to speak.
     
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  3. LittleRed

    LittleRed Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Hell of a post. I thought about Saldivar long and hard but I felt I was being biased towards that era. Interesting pick with Singer, just something I never would have thought of. I'm sure McGrain is like, you Nancy boy what about McClarnin-Corbett, and senya is laughing at Duran over Gans using Erne as an appetizer.

    Any thoughts at light heavy or middle. Monzon springs to mind but for 175 whose your man?
     
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  4. Tin_Ribs

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    Hah, I remembered McLarnin-Corbett after I'd posted but couldn't be arsed to edit it. Just in case McGrain is reading and has smashed his bottle of Macallan against the wall.

    At light heavy? Maybe Spinks-Qawi, or Qawi-Saad? Saad was past it though, and I sometimes think Qawi settled too easily for losing a decision that night regardless of how good Spinks was. Fitzsimmons-Gardner? I don't really know enough about it though, not really an era I'm too well versed in. Speaking of Senya, he might be one of the people to go to on that (along with janitor, Surfbat, apollack etc), at least in terms of the fight reports. He'd probably just try shooting my opinion down in his usual left-field, contrarian, humourless way though. Invaluable contributor to the site, like, but I suspect he might smell of arsehair.

    Conteh-Ahumada was an outstanding back and forth effort by both men with Ahumada square in his prime and Conteh pre-****ed-hands coming of age. Not sure where I'd 'rank' it though, these things confuse me and make me want to throw stuff at the futility of it all. I'll think on it a bit more, there's likely at least one other glaringly obvious one I've missed. Pastrano mugging Johnson? It was a debateable decision though and I haven't watched it for ages. Tiger edging out Torres or Foster turning Tiger off at the mains?

    I wouldn't argue over Monzon-Benvenuti, great performance from start to finish against an excellent fighter and a brutal finish. Garcia wrecking Apostoli was supposedly a great performance, but I haven't read too much about it myself. Hagler cutting up Minter, Leonard mugging Hagler (**** Leonard)? Kalambay taking nearly round off Barkley when none of the American commentators knew who he was is a good one, but Barkley wasn't a great fighter at all and tailormade to boot. Nunn-Kalambay makes me cry every time I think of it, so naturally and objectively, I refuse to consider it.
     
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  5. Bill Butcher

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    Salvador Sanchez vs Danny Lopez in 1980 was a masterclass, beautiful and complete. Punch perfect. Boxing at its finest.
     
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  6. AlFrancis

    AlFrancis Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Great pick!
     
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  7. drunkenspaniard

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    Mayweather vs Hernandez
     
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  8. sportofkings

    sportofkings Boxing Junkie banned

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    Alvarado vs Rios mannnnnnnneeeeeeeeeee!:ibutt
     
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  10. lufcrazy

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    HW: Foreman v Frazier
    LHW: Foster v Tiger
    MW: Nunn v Kalambay
    WW: Mosley v Margarito
    LW: Corrales v Castillo
    FW: Pac v Mab
    BW: Donaire v Montiel
    FLW: Viloria v Marquez

    none of those are necessarily the best in the division, just impressive title captures that came to mind.
     
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  11. Flea Man

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    Chan-Hee Park W15 Miguel Canto
     
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    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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  13. El Bujia

    El Bujia Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Esparragoza/Cruz
     
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  14. KidJackal

    KidJackal Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Hopkins-Tarver?
     
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  15. Flea Man

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    Nice call.

    Khaokor-Moon II too :yep
     
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