Most Impressive Surgical Performances

Kalambay-McCallum 1 is brilliant. Given the caliber of the opponent in The Bodysnatcher, it is one of the greatest defensive performances I have ever seen.

That fight is also up there. Duran just made Dejesus miss like crazy, and usually made him pay as well. When people talk about "controlled aggression", this is the first fight that comes to mind.

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Calzaghe vs Lacy. A total paint job.

 

You've got a point there, I've been highly critical of him since he turned pro precisely because of his previously conservative approach. He has improved since and that Loma performance vs Rocky was literally unbelievable.

I don't personally think Kindelan (one of my very faves ever) is GOAT because his opposition was weaker. Case in point, take a look at the resumes in Loma's World Am Champ 2011 reign. Arguably the very GOAT string of amateur wins at any one tournament.
+ Circumstances i.e broken hand in first bout in 2009 World Ams - winning gold there, Val Barker, mastering 3 point scoring systems.

- I don't know if anyone mentioned Julio Cesar Chavez vs Edwin Rosario.

 

That's quite possibly my favorite display of bodypunching in a fight. Eddie just destroyed him to the body.

Marvin Johnson had the bad luck to have been in such an excellent LHW division. He was a very good fighter and surely would have been champion for longer in a lot of other eras.

The bodypunching, my god. I was also somewhat struck by how nonchalant and fluid Eddie was in throwing his punches. He left himself very open, you'd think more guys would capitalize on it.

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Loma's resume was awesome, but Kindelan never lost a major tournament, never looked in danger of losing one of those fights actually, beat two olympic champions, Lomachenko also beat two i believe, but Concenciao and Fazzlidin arguably both could and should have lost in their olympic fights, Kindelan also beat Amir Khan twice, Miguel Cotto and Felix Trinidad (with a broken arm), in his run at the 2001 world ams he stopped 4 of his 5 opponents and arguably deserved the val barker in 2000 and 2004.
And yes, the Rosario fight was the best performance of Chavez, against a GREAT fighter in Rosario, no one expected Rosario to being so outclassed by the not-great at the time, Chavez.

 

It sure was if there ever was a paint job...frankly, I don't understand the disrespect and lack of regard accorded JC.

 

Thank you.

 

Douglas over Tyson must've been said.
Roy Jones ripping apart Vinny Pazienza.
Mike McCallum crushing Michael Watson.
Reggie Johnson obliterating William Guthrie.

 

I'll add Holmes/Cooney into the mix; Larry was at his peak that night, all focused business. The jab, as usual, was masterful, landing at will wherever it was needed ... great movement, staying out of harm's way, controlling the distance. Gerry was as good as he was going to get, and a serious contender - at least until that evening. Larry gradually, patiently chopped him down - he gave a clinic on boxing that night. I don't think he ever looked quite that good again, but damn - what a legacy!

 

Frankie "The Surgeon" Randall operating on JC Chavez

 

Lacy was basically defenseless. He was over-hyped and overrated.

 

That sounds like 20/20 hindsight to me. He looked spectacular in his wins, especially the one where he crushed Scott Pendleton...and sooo many of the writers in the boxing mags were picking him to win.

 

We do however, agree on this one.

 

Not sure if it's been already mentioned but Hearns vs Shuler was as surgical a job as I've ever seen.

 

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Donald Curry vs Colin Jones
Ricardo Lopez vs Ala Villomar
Michael Nunn vs Frank Tate

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