Fantastic 80s fights you barely hear about

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  1. AntonioMartin1

    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    I'll start with Sanchez-Laporte.....
     
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    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Robin Blake- Adolfo Medel
    Harry Arroyo-Terrence Alli
    Bobby Chacon-Art Frias
    Robin Blake - Tony Baltazar
    Myung Woo Yuh - Antonio Demarco 1 (just insane pace. Seriously, if you haven’t seen this and you call yourself a boxing fan, then you’re putting on airs.
     
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    Orlin Norris-Renaldo Snipes was the first to come to mind. Norris built an early lead, then survived a rough 11th & 12th to get the W. Bert Cooper KO4 Tony Fulilangi was another good fight on that card. These were both on the undercard of Foreman-Qawi.

    A couple of journeyman, but Dan Morgan-Mike Pollitt was definitely a fun fight. Both hit the deck in the 7th round of that one.

    No footage that I'm aware of, but Terry Norris-Gilbert Baptiste was supposedly a great fight.

    Harold Brazier- Robin Blake.
     
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    zadfrak Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Real nice to see some Rockin Robin Blake mentions.

    Another good one of Robin was on another one of those older ESPN bouts against Chris Calvin.
     
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    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s banned Full Member

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    Wasn’t Laporte basically a career punching bag? - guy known for his chin more than winning… like a little Chuvalo.
     
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    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    He was much, much better than Chuvalo.
     
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    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s banned Full Member

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    Might’ve been, didn’t watch him properly, just see what’s written - could you give me a snap shot of him?
     
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    I'm going to go with Pedroza vs Lockrage, Tate vs Weaver and Leon Spinks vs Eddie the animal Lopez.

    Threads like this makes me miss the Mortlocks input.
     
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    Galindez Rossman
     
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    Roger Mayweather vs Harold Brazier was a good one.
     
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    Sims-Barkley
     
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    OK, so I'm cheating but I think the first Andries v Harding fight just squeezed into the 80s? What a fight, what a trilogy...
     
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    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yep 89 after McClellan lost a decision, Emanuel was taping Andries’ hands and not in G-Man corner.
     
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  14. AntonioMartin1

    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    Great take!!
     
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    Curtis Lowe Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Not Juan Laporte. Laporte was a very good featherweight lightweight who fough pretty much everyone. Has a one punch KO of an undefeated Rocky Lockridge.
     
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