Fights that exceeded your expectations?

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  1. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    What are some classic fights that exceeded your expectations?
     
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    Whitaker-McGirt 1
    Bowe-Holyfield 1
     
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    Mayweather-Hatton
    Mayweather-Maidana
    Thurman-Porter
    Bradley-Provindokov
     
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    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Another was Ramirez-Rosario 2. The first had been a real good fight, so expected the rematch to be at least interesting. It was sensational.
     
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    Ramirez-Rosario 1&2
    Howard-Leonard
    Frazier-Ali 3
     
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    Tyson - Holyfield 1
     
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    Winky Wright vs Jermain Taylor
     
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    Oscar Delahoya vs Ike Quartey
     
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    Orlando Salido vs Juan Manuel Lopez 1 and 2
     
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    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    Interesting. I wasn't around back then. But what did you think of the Bowe-Holyfield fight going in? Did you think Bowe was going to win it easily?
     
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    Mancini v Kim
    Fletcher v Jackson
    Hagler v Mugabi
    Sanches v Ford&Nelson
    Chavez v Taylor
    Duran v Barkley
    Artimiev v Olivera
    Franklin v Conteh 1
    Chacon v Boza
    With a little bit of memory lane thinking
     
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    Holyfield-Tyson 1
    Benn-McClellan
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    Barrera-Morales 1 (I expected it to be good of course, just not that good)
     
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