Let’s create the perfect fight ... round by round

Oh bollocks, I did the same thing. Oh well. They don't come much better than Frias/Mancini and Castillo/Corrales.

 

Yeah read it. Thought it was obvious.

 

Tough crowd.
I'll add Morales vs Barrera 3 round 12.

 

1. Moore vs. Durelle I
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4. Foreman vs. Lyle
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6. Hagler vs. Mugabi
7. Holyfield vs. Foreman
8. Muhammad vs. Lopez II
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15. Holmes vs. Norton

I can't decide on the rest.

 

I had always heard the 14th round of Greb-Walker was something, but I'd much rather see it to believe it.

 

There's a similar thread here (without the incomplete round restriction): https://www.boxingforum24.com/threads/15-greatest-rounds.605533

Got stuck on the 14th in that one as well.

 

In the absence of any clear choice, I nominate the 14th round of Sanchez-Nelson. It wasn't notably better than the rounds that proceeded it but it was still a good action round.

 

Man, this 14th round thing is a conundrum. I've been checking out a few that I knew were notable and all were decent rounds but as standout rounds, probably lacking that 'wow' factor. Like the Greb-Walker 14th, I heard the Lou Nova-Tommy Farr 14th was something else, but again, we have no film to back it up. So, going on what I have been checking out, Ali - Frazier I & III had decent 14ths. As did Holmes v Norton and Ellis v Patterson. But I'll say the best of the ones I checked out was the first bout between Saad Muhammad and John Conteh.

 

I heard that Fullmer/Fernandez had an excellent 14th round, no footage again.

It's quite literally the only round missing from my list.

 

SaintPat, just to add to your woes, let me throw out a couple more for your nominees

Round 1: Benny Paret v Gaspar Ortega I, Fighting Harada v Bernardo Carraballo
Round 3: Jose Napoles v Billy Backus I
Round 10: Charley Scott v Gaspar Ortega I