Best Renaldo Snipes fights?

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  1. KeedCubano

    KeedCubano Read my posts in a Jamaican accent Full Member

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    Liked his Holmes fight, looks like an exciting fighter.

    Best Fights?
     
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  2. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Lionel Washington fight was pretty good, I'm pretty sure @William Walker could help you out here.
     
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  3. Berlenbach

    Berlenbach Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Berbick was pretty good. Berbick was full of confidence after beating a then-unbeaten Greg Page and Snipes did a number on him. The Witherspoon fight was entertaining as well.
     
  4. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    thank you my good man
     
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  5. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Crowcroft and Berlenbach did mention some good ones. I would say that nearly any Snipes fight is worth watching. He had three fights filmed before he fought Larry: Floyd Cummings, Eddie Mustafa, and Gerrie Coetzee. All were fairly good scraps with the Coetzee fight being probably the best among them. On wikipedia, it says that after the Holmes fight that most of the fights Snipes was in "descended into wildly entertaining brawls". That's right on. I've never really liked Snipes, but he was in some great hw donnybrooks with some good fighters from the '82-'88 period in particular. Anything Snipes is bound to be a good brawl.

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duMqEdhfgOo
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3JiyFFus0k
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYNVWWdabWU
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFmLIICcDBU
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOAlbe53t-E
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiyTKw_ArMA
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR6Cx4NgSYw

    Watch 'em all and whatever else you can find. His fights with Berbick, Biggs, and Washington are the most entertaining imo.
     
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  6. Titan1

    Titan1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Berbick. Definitely Berbick.
     
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  7. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ya!!!!!!!!!!! That's one of my favorites!!!! Finally!!!!!
     
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  8. Saad54

    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Berbick.

    The knockdown of Holmes was a highlight.
     
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  9. Titan1

    Titan1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    People underrate Renaldo. I could see him beating Weaver under the right circumstances. He really clocked Berbick. And to be honest, he edged Witherspoon too. Though the draw with Scott Frank( of all people) still bothers me to this day.
     
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  10. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    I met renaldo a few times in NYC and he was always a very low key, good guy.
     
  11. FrankinDallas

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    Gerrie Coetzee.was absolutely robbed blind vs Snipes. Terrible decision.
     
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  12. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yes, he deserves 2 at least be mentioned as a great crowd-pleasing boxer of the 80s.
     
  13. Titan1

    Titan1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    To be honest, I would have loved to see him fight Gerry Cooney as well. In Madison Square Garden.
     
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  14. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    that would surely have been entertaining
     
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  15. Titan1

    Titan1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I was thinking so too, and it would be a better scrap than most people think.
     
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