Great obscure fights? Quality boxing, unknown wars, etc.

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  1. MercuryChild

    MercuryChild Member Full Member

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    Passionate boxing fans know all the run-of-the-mill great fights. They get mentioned over and over. I'm interested in more obscure stuff, fights you don't hear about too often, or fights that have true quality beyond just being blood and guts.

    Let's hear some stuff such as:

    Kid Gavilan vs Billy Graham III (tell me some other great Gavilan fights, I'm going to watch his s**** with Gil Turner soon)

    Cornelius Boza Edwards vs Roberto Elizondo (what a war, but you only ever hear about the Chacon fights, as incredible as they are)

    Toney vs McCallum I & II (quality boxing goes to war, tremendous fights)

    Canzoneri vs Chocolate I (Much like Toney and McCallum, just an absolute battle with the highest of quality)


    Let's hear your best examples, we don't need to hear that you like Corrales vs Castillo or Foreman vs Lyle... Yeah, we all do, everybody has heard of those, bring some originality. The obscure stuff has just as much to offer.
     
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    janitor VIP Member

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    Woldgast Rivers for goodness sake!
     
  3. 88Chris05

    88Chris05 Active Member Full Member

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    David Walker versus Spencer Fearon.
     
  4. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon.

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    Pawel Wolak vs Delvin Rodriguez
    Bernard Dunne vs Ricardo Cordoba
    Merqui Sosa vs Prince Charles Williams
    Aaron Davis vs Mark Breland
    Myung-Woo Yuh vs Oh Kon Son
    Tommy Cordova vs Freddie Roach
    Chang Jung Koo vs Katsuo Tokashiki
    William "Caveman" Lee vs John LoCicero
    Jose Stable vs. Charley Scott
     
  5. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Here's one I recently came across and I've watched it several times since just for pure wickedness. Everytime I see it I still scream out "Ohhhh!" a couple of times every round. So don't read a lot into this and don't be looking for finesse. Just sit back and enjoy 5 rounds of pure mayhem. This is Curtis Parker against Philip Morefield. Enjoy.

    http://youtu.be/Xtwc-AUaf70
     
  6. Bummy Davis

    Bummy Davis Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I remember a few battles in MSG between featherweight and they were wars inside the ring and battles and spilled beer outside it- Jose Fernandez and Walter Seely

    Radames Cabrera and Lenny Harden 1 in MSG
     
  7. Mr Butt

    Mr Butt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Andy till vs Wally swift jr these two fought 3 times
    Del Bryan vs gary Somerville these to boxers fought each other 5 times
     
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    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Livingstone Bramble v. Oba Carr
    Tyrone Crawley v. Charlie "Choo Choo" Brown
     
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    Skins Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Boza-Edwards vs Bazooka Limon, Marvin Johnson vs Emebe
     
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    D9Garrard Active Member Full Member

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    YouTube "Kelvin Seabrooks" and watch any of his title fights and you will be impressed and entertained.
     
  11. MercuryChild

    MercuryChild Member Full Member

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    Mando Ramos vs Sugar Ramos. Another example of quality boxing, but also a total battle that got pretty gruesome.
     
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    Son of Gaul Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Lee-McEwan
    Glazkov-Rossy
    Perez-Takam
     
  13. markclitheroe

    markclitheroe TyrellBiggsnumberonefan. Full Member

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    Dont know about obscure...but..
    Compared to some of the heavyweight dross we see nowadays..
    Ty Biggs v Jeff Sims.....Tyrell brakes collar bone early and wins fight one handed against world ranked number 6.
    Ty Biggs v David Bey.....real s****...Ty comes back from brink of defeat.
    Ty Biggs v Bowe..... great fight...more action than you'll see in 10 contests put together these days.
    All are on you tube.
     
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    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    what a battle boza edwards-elizondo was.I was sure that elizondo wouldn't come back after the head shots he took in that war:good
     
  15. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Boza Edwards - Guy Villegas
    Jesse James Hughes - Anthony Stephens (sensational; check this one out if you haven't)........
     
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