Craziest beginning of a boxing match ever

Naz vs Said Lawal

Eubank Snr vs Reginaldo dos Santos

 

Kendall Holt vs Ricardo Torres 2 3 knockdowns and a KO all in 60 seconds.

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The round begins at the 4:00 mark

 

It’s hard to say. He was like 15 minutes late coming out of his dressing room so who knows what issues there may have been backstage … if you’ve been around boxing enough you’ve seen guys have breakdowns in the locker room before going out to the ring or other odd behavior (“I’m not going out until somebody finds my lucky socks” type stuff). Or maybe he was playing mind games.

I think the speculation from one of the commentators (was it Clancy) might have been right — that Pryor was trying to warm himself up, maybe the delay had him coming to the ring ‘cold’ or something and he needed to get his heart racing and blood pumping.

Whatever the case, it made for a very bizarre opening round.

BTW, while I don’t remember him doing the ‘go for a quick run’ at the start of the fight like Pryor did here, go watch practically any Sugar Ray Leonard fight and you’ll find he almost never threw a punch in the first minute or 90 seconds of the first round. He said he liked to acclimate himself and see what his opponent had … gauge his speed/power/reach/size by playing defense at the start — and it also creates a certain amount of tension. You can imagine the opponent starting to think ‘when is he going to throw a punch, what is he setting me up for, is something wrong with this guy?’

In Ray’s case I don’t think it was mind games so much as just being the type who wants to sit in the new car and adjust his seat and the rear view mirror and side mirrors and maybe the steering wheel, find something on the radio station, figure out the air conditioner system … then put it in gear and take it for a ride. Getting used to the furniture so to speak.

 

Mancini vs Frias

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Can forget about the first round of James Kirkland vs Alfredo Ángulo

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Benn vs McClelland
Benn was hit with some powerful blows right ouf the gate and within the first minute finds himself down on outside of the ring. He did in fact collect himself and eventually went on to win the fight. One of my top 10 fights for sure.

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That one has always been a beauty. 3 KDs, 48 secs, wow!

 

This one started but then it didn’t.

Per comments on YT, this incident related to a pay dispute - the fighter in question was orig. told the fight wasn’t being televised.

When he learned that it was being televised, they refused to adjust the orig. contract and pay more money than the fighter agreed to when he was told there would be no telecast.

Ironically, given the other guys rep as a puncher, before the fight the commentator advised viewers “not to blink”.

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Nigel Benn v Iran Barkley is what you seek my friend. Shame about the three KD rule.

 

I could never forget the Anthony Hembrick v Booker T. Word bout. The pre-fight antics with the Hembrick's corner synchronized dance routines being as much of this fight as the fight itself. And this fight was explosive.

 

it was the Boone KIrkman fight