Greatest Round 13 of all time (please vote)

for once I can't vote

 

I've actually seen all of these fights, in full, in the last few months and going from memory, I'd have told you that Betulio-Espadas and Duran-Leonard were the best. After a rewatch, I'd tell you that those two are certainly two thirds of the top 3, but Olivares-Kanazawa II is #1.

 

thought I'd tell you that the 55: 30 for Norton-Holmes is the beginning of round 14

 

I just thought this selection was not as good as usual. None of them were bad rounds, just not great by themselves.

 

William is right. 51:30 is the beginning of the 13th.

 

Look at that. I should have waited.

 

Five rose to the top for me. Duran-Leonard, Arguello-Pryor, Holmes-Norton, Olivares-Kanazawa and Drayton-Hilton. Man, they let it all out. Kanazawa deserves 'Heart of the year' for that round alone. But in the end up I went Holmes-Norton. It had the perfect blend of power shots from both combatants for 3 minutes to make this my pick. But I'll tell you, the other 4 were so close.

 

Gutted i missed the previous round.This one for me is clear cut its the Duran v Leonard classic.I swear when Duran hit Leonard with that left hook in the first minute my head jerked back 6 inches.Do not understand the love for the Holmes v Norton round for me it was very one sided.

 

Will try to go through these again tonight with the usual reverse order list.

Tried doing this last night at 2am after my daughter woke me up but I kept falling asleep during the rounds. It was definitely tiredness (I hope).

 

Round 13

Tough selection again. As @scartissue has already pointed out, the rounds now lack some of the sharpness of the early ones as these fighters are relying more and more on heart the deeper into the championship rounds we go. And my winner is a round that is all about heart.

8. Gonzalez-Espadas
Decent but didn't really get going until the end
7. Holmes-Norton
Started watching this last night and thought it was thrilling until it was pointed out that it was round 14 I had just watched. Round 13 was not as good - just a big round for Holmes.
6. Duran-Leonard 1
Stripped of its context of the ebb and flow of this fight, this round in isolation loses something, I feel. The exchanges towards the end are dynamite but there is a lot of holding - again, speaking about this de-contextualised from the full fight.
5. Pryor-Arguello 1
Apart from one laser guided right hand that snapped Pryor's head back, this was all Hawk.
4. Chandler-Canizales
Good, enertaining round this. For a 13th round, they both seem pretty fresh and there are some good exchanges.
3. Hilton-Drayton
Terrific start to the roun, just ran out of steam a bit at the end.
2. Chacon-Limon 4
Suitably bonkers round in a bonkers fight.
1. Olivares-Kanazawa 2
Amazing round. This one had me smiling - Kanazawa gave his absolute last drop of effort. He had nearly nothing left but rallied after the onslaught from Olivares and managed to turn it round for a while before Olivares resumed control at the end.