Fights inside the realm of Hagler vs Hearns/Lyle vs Foreman

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  1. divac

    divac Loyal Member Full Member

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    Mancini-Frias as well.
     
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    Zepeda vs Baranchyk! What. A. Fight!
     
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    BoB Box "Hey Adam! Wanna play Nintendo?" Full Member

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    Kelly Pavlik vs Edison Miranda KO in the 7th
     
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  4. Dynamicpuncher

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    You can add Jermain Taylor vs Kelly Pavlik 1 which was even better, and probably one of the best Middleweight title fights of the modern era.

    A few others I thought of for the thread.

    Tim Littles vs Frankie Liles 2
    Terry Norris vs Troy Waters
    Kennedy McKinney vs Junior Jones
    Thomas Hearns vs Juan Roldan
    Miguel Cotto vs Ricardo Torres
    Ricardo Torres vs Kendall Holt 2
    Travis Dickson vs Matty Clarkson = Insane fight
     
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    George Feeney v Ray Cattouse
    Jeff Harding v Dennis Andries 1
    Jack Bodell v Billy Walker
    Gus Lesnevic v Freddie Mills 1
     
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    Miguel Cotto vs Torres
     
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    BoB Box "Hey Adam! Wanna play Nintendo?" Full Member

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    Great add but there is no need for me to add it when you already did. Jermain Taylor vs Kelly Pavlik 1 definitely is inside the realm. Steve Smoger was purposely placed for that fight as I remember since he was known to let fights go.
    I always thought there was a conspiracy of which fights had which referees.
     
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    Holyfield vs Dokes was a war
     
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    BoB Box "Hey Adam! Wanna play Nintendo?" Full Member

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    Ill add Lucas Matthysse vs John Molina KO in the 11th
     
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    Derrick Roddy v Ricardo Kennedy
    Roddy down x2, Kennedy down x4...........inside 2 rounds
     
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    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    Shavers vs Jeff Sims was a very nice, you knock me down, I knock you down, dust up.

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    Another where Earnie got knocked down but came back to win by KO/TKO himself. Excuse quality but I couldn't find anything better with just a few moments to check: -

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    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Jeff Sims literally almost KO'ed Shavers in the 1st round, as i remember it didn't Shavers barely make the count at like 9 and half ? i remember him being down for quite a long time which may of seemed like a long count.
     
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  14. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    A few other underrated short Heavyweight wars.

    Darroll Wilson vs Courage Tshabalala
    David Izon vs Darroll Wilson
     
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  15. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    Quoting myself, how arrogant! If the option was available, I would "like" my own posts also. I've asked the powers that be for that feature to be included (self-love is the greatest love of all, after all) but for some reason my suggestion was flatly rejected, accompanied by a SMH emoji. (jk). Lol.

    Seriously though, one major distinction I can make re Shaver's power - I don't know that I've seen the force of a man's punch(es) induce/cause not just extreme discombobulation but also such shocking loss of bodily control - as if the force took a moment or two to reverberate all the way down to the opposition's toe tips. Literally. Some guys looked like they were about to throw up (well, of course, Ellis in fact did). We also saw it with Williams, Clark, Ali, Tillis, etc. RIP The Acorn.
     
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