What's the most beautiful boxing performance you've ever seen?

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  1. BCS8

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    The finesse and ringcraft in this one always brings a little tear to my eye

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  2. Bukkake

    Bukkake Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Rigondeaux outboxing Donaire back in 2013. Beautifull to watch... I remember being really impressed!
     
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  3. META5

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    I truly think he was a better boxer than Loma but his performance in their fight, I felt very disappointed by Rigo that night.
     
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  4. dinovelvet

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  5. Furey

    Furey EST & REG 2009 Full Member

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    Calzaghe v Lacey

    Mayweather v Canelo. Just so ridiculously sharp.

    Fury v Wilder 2
     
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  6. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Wlad v Povetkin
     
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  7. Ted Spoon

    Ted Spoon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Roman Gonzalez vs. Brian Viloria was somewhat reminiscent of Jose Napoles dismantaling Curtis Cokes. Chocolatito was smooth as anything that night. Always loved his casual, innate skill of catching body shots with forearms. The way he'd twist shoulders to deflect. Rarely put too much on punches or was off-balance. Yes, there was a bit of mantequilla about him.
     
    Ted Spoon, Apr 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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  8. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Usyk-Gassiev
     
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  9. Scammell

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    For me, it’s Salvador Sánchez vs Wilfredo Gómez.

    Sánchez wasn’t just technical that night, he fought with this calm, almost eerie sense of control against a guy everyone thought was unstoppable. Gómez came in undefeated, knockout machine, a legend already in the making, and Sánchez just dismantled him piece by piece without ever looking rushed, panicked, or emotional.

    There was something beautiful about how patient he was, the way he slid just outside of shots by inches, countered perfectly, never wasted a movement, and broke Gómez down without any wildness or ego. It felt inevitable but never brutal, more like watching a tide slowly drown a man no matter how hard he fought it.

    It wasn't just skill, it had a soul to it. It felt like the perfect balance between violence and grace.
     
    Scammell, Apr 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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  10. Flash24

    Flash24 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Leonard vs Benitez.
    The best exhibition of pure boxing talent between BOTH fighters for 15rds I've seen live.
    If any younger person want to see the best of boxing at its most technical , it's this fight.
    Did I mention it was for 15rds?
    Boxing excellence!
     
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  11. AntonioMartin1

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    Anything involving Floyd Mayweather jr or Salvador Sanchez. Pernell Whitaker vs Julio Cesar Chavez.

    Antonio Amaya's fights with Hiroshi Kobayashi-I genuinely think he was ribbed twice.

    Duran's fight with the very same Kobayashi of above.
     
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  12. AntonioMartin1

    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    He wasn't even scared. I heard he told his brother at the airport not to worry, that he was returning still the champion!

    What a character!
     
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  13. Smoochie

    Smoochie greb stan Full Member

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    Alì-Liston 1, how he pulled that is beyond me.
     
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  14. Journeyman92

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    If Rigo fought in my yard I wouldn’t even take a look.
     
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  15. Journeyman92

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    Seeing a whole bunch of stupid amateur forum poetry but then there’s this gem,
     
    Journeyman92, Apr 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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