5 favourite/best fights?

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  1. Fat_asian

    Fat_asian Member Full Member

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    Cotto- Marg 2
    Hatton- Floyd
    Hatton- Pacquiao
    Cotto- Pacquiao
    Toney- holyfield.
     
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  2. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    Thanks, but George highlighting Charles vs Walcott 3 made me doubt myself. See, I hadn't seen it in almost twenty years and I remembered it being much more action packed. I just watched 3 and 4 and they are okay, but they are more displays of skill than blood and guts like the other 19. Now, I'm thinking I need to rewatch some more Charles fights for a refresher. Like, did I mix it up with Marciano vs Charles 2? Was that the slugfest barn burner I vaguely remember loving? Or was I just amplifying what I saw all of those years ago with hero worship since I'm a fan of both guys and their moves are slick? Charles Walcott 3 is still a fun fight with a big payoff at the end, but it probably shouldn't be top 20. My memories of the other fights I recommended are a lot fresher.
     
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  3. tinman

    tinman Loyal Member Full Member

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    1. Morales Barrera I
    2. Gatti Ward I
    3. Hagler Hearns
    4. Vazquez Marquez III
    5. Pryor Arguello

    Those are the ones that stick out to me.
     
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  4. tinman

    tinman Loyal Member Full Member

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    Bruh...… Froch Pascal was a cracking fight, but a top 5 fight of all time??? Ain't no way in hell.
     
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  5. theanatolian

    theanatolian Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    But you don't have a problem with Garcia/Khan or Maidana/Broner? The thread title says favourite/best, which means It can be responded to with personel favourites. You might have a strange case of selective reading.
     
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  6. tinman

    tinman Loyal Member Full Member

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    LMAO. You kind of KO'ed me here.
     
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  7. pistal47

    pistal47 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Still though you and George have the best lists by a large margin.

    Chacon vs Limon is #1 for me, and Bobby would probably make my list at least 1 more time.
     
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  8. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Really? I was really doubting my 5th placement. Do you pick a classic like Márquez/Vásquez? Do you get all hipster from the lower weights? Do you slide in a Heavyweight classic? A domestic tear up? How you do differentiate and pick between Márquez/Pacquiao and Barrera/Morales, do they belong above classics from 70s and 80s from Franklin or Boza?

    I have a niggling feeling that Argüello/Pryor 1 belongs there.

    It's just a hard list to make, I have one helluva task mixing up 100 fights.
     
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  9. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    Linares vs DeMarco.
    Brook vs Jones I
    Marciano vs LaStarza
    Brewster vs Meehan
    Froch vs Bute
    Cotto vs Margo
     
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  10. pistal47

    pistal47 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The thing is, if that's your top 5 list and they are what you consider your 5 favorites, then it can't be improved upon. But reading these lists kinda subtly and sometimes not so subtly separates the hard core mother effers from big fans, big fans from fans, and fans from casuals.
     
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  11. pistal47

    pistal47 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Great shout on Meehan vs Brewster. Great fight to watch.
     
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  12. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Well, I did two lists. ;)

    I'm happy with my favourites all-round.
     
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  13. pistal47

    pistal47 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I saw them, and if those were what you chose then they were the best possible. You and Ovids by far and away would be the top choices among the purists.
     
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  15. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Just watched Elvir Muriqi vs Sam Ahmad, not the best or my favourite, but God damn. If you want mindless action? Instant shifts in momentum? A comeback KO? Bags of heart and toughness?

    Watch this
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