Best Rounds between two great fighters?

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  1. quintonjacksonfan

    quintonjacksonfan Active Member Full Member

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    Obviously Hagler-Hearns round 1. I like Pryor-Arguello first fight round one a lot too
     
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    Hagler-Leonard round 9 never gets mentioned but was pretty thrilling.
     
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    Barrera-Morales I round 5
     
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    Benn v Barkley round 1
     
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    Round 4 Holyfield v Foreman
     
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    They called it the ''Double H Battle Royale,'' between Hopkins and Hakkar. Marvin Hagler was quoted as saying "I came up rough in my generation but I never saw anything quite this rough." I would see all the rounds for that.
     
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    Hopkins-Trinidad round 10
    Holyfield-Foreman round 7
     
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    What about round 7?
     
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    Great round but dunno if you would call them great fighters
     
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    Maybe that’s the round I was thinking of but I believe round 4 was when Holyfield got hurt and you thought big George had a chance
     
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    Bowe V Holyfield - round 10.
     
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    I consider Ken Norton to be a near-great, but that 15th round vs Larry Holmes was for the ages.

    Shout out to @quintonjacksonfan for mentioning Pryor-Arguello I first round — saw the thread title and figured Hagler-Hearns round one would be Exhibit A, but came to post Aaron vs Alexis opening stanza.
     
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    Round 14 of the Thrilla in Manila.
     
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    Moore / Durelle I - Round 1

    Moore's resilience and instincts are palpable.
     
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    Oscar vs Ike round 12
    Marquez vs pac
    Oscar vs Shane had many great rounds
    Ettiene vs cley-bay
     
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