Hard to score but enjoyable fights to watch.

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  1. Del Boy

    Del Boy R.I.P Darren Sutherland Full Member

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    In an attempt to be more productive with my free time and to keep my mind on boxing (which guilts me out of chronic laziness) I want to try to score a fight every day.

    To make it as attention focusing as I can I’d like to find fights that are close and hard to score, not controversial robberies but fights with 2-3 rounds in the difference.

    I don’t mind if it’s a slug fest or chess match or what year it’s from, or how low level once there’s quality full fight footage.

    And I will definitely post my card in the fights scores thread.
    Thanks for any suggestions.
     
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  2. zulander

    zulander Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Sam Peter Vs James Toney 1 brings some interesting score cards. Toney lands the cleaner, flashier work but Peter keeps on chugging along.

    Recently Bridges V Roman - Bridges didn't stop throwing but the bigger punches came from Roman. Was it enough?
    You could hurt yourself with Calzaghe V Hopkins that really was volume vs skills.
    ODH V Mossly also tough fights to score and then there's ODH V Tito but most people do think ODH was robbed in that one.

    GGG V Alvarez are always fun to watch. Very high skill but none many agree with Alvarez winning both fights. I had GGG in both but i need to rewatch the 2nd fight. Best I could come up with for Alvarez in fight 1 is a draw.
     
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  3. sasto

    sasto Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Hagler vs Leonard is an obvious one.

    Ali-Frazier 1 generates a lot of weird scorecards. It's not one that has a lot of controversy attached to it (though I know some do see an Ali win, especially with even rounds), but people have different routes to get to their outcome.

    Similar to the recent Estrada vs Gonzalez 2 (very different from those but very fun). Most saw a close Gonzalez win, but in the RBR thread 11 out of 12 rounds the scorers were split (not always very evenly, but still a decent minority each time).
     
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  4. Noel857

    Noel857 I Am Duran Full Member

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    Eubank v Watson 1
     
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  5. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Try scoring Michael Spinks-Eddie Davis. Guh.......
     
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  6. 88Chris05

    88Chris05 Active Member Full Member

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    Chavez against Laporte is a tough one, as is his fight against MA Gonzalez - although for me the latter was so close that I tend to think it's one of the very few fights where a draw was the perfect result.

    I remember the second McDonnell-Kameda fight threw up some hugely varied scores. More or less everyone in the UK had McDonnell winning comfortably, while American commentary and fans were going crazy saying that Kameda had won it big and was robbed.
     
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  7. Del Boy

    Del Boy R.I.P Darren Sutherland Full Member

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    Great suggestion with Peter and Toney. I love watching Toney but his heavyweight days can be tough to watch sometimes but I’ll definitely give that one a go.

    Volume vs clean punches seem to be the argument that causes the most problems with scoring fights. Speaking of ODH I remember on the first watch thinking that he would get the nod over Mayweather but on rewatches Ive found it to be good example of ineffective aggression.

    As for GGG and Canelo 1, I can’t seem to score for Canelo no matter how many times I watch it. I also need a rewatch of the second before they fight again.
     
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  8. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Andries-Harding III

    Good tough distance rubber match. Pretty close but I thought that Dennis did just enough to retain his title.
     
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  9. Holmes77

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    Weaver-Dokes 2
     
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  10. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Outstanding choice, Sal. I would also pick Cervantes v Benitez. I had to stay so focused for 15 rounds weighing every shift in momentum and weighing more rapid softer punches against fewer but harder punches. That has always been my go-to fight when describing a tough match to score.
     
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  11. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Kevin Kelley vs Troy Dorsey
    Edwin Rosario vs Hector Camacho
    Evander Holyfield vs Riddick Bowe 2
    Andy Ganigan vs Rodolfo Gonzalez
    Mike McCallum vs James Toney 1
     
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    ikrasevic Our pope is the Holy Spirit Full Member

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  13. Richard M Murrieta

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    Matthew Saad Muhammad vs Marvin ( Pops) Johnson, second fight on April 22 1979. That fight went back and forth until Saad stopped him.
     
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  14. Del Boy

    Del Boy R.I.P Darren Sutherland Full Member

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    JCC is actually a big gap in my boxing viewing, apart from the big ones, Haugen, Taylor, ODH etc so I’ll be glad to watch a few more of his.

    And those UK vs US fights are always causing a big split in fans and interesting to watch. Thanks for both.
     
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  15. Bronze Tiger

    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Muhammad Ali vs Ken Norton is a actually a great trilogy
     
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