My ten favourite YouTube fighter highlights

01 - Smokin' Joe Frazier.

The music - Two tunes, both straight out of the top drawer, both belong

The best bit - 4:40 Ali plays to the crowd. Joe does not. Nods and beckons Ali forwards to ring centre, double nods, tries to walk past the referee.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_Qw_-b767o


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02 - Sonny Liston, A Man

The Music - Perfect

The Best Bit - 3.30-3.50 The devastation Liston felt at the non-reaction of the public to his lifting the title depicted in photographs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jZ6e4H8f7g


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03 - Ken Buchanan

The Music - Please and thank you.

The Best Bit - 1.10. Buchanan gets dragged into close quarters by Watt and dominates anyway, landing two varied combinations in quick succession, dipping into hiding before and after each one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfVKFjbZLGE



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04 - Roberto Duran Highlight

The Music - One part Duran, two parts Leoanrd...

The Best Bit - 8.50-9.00 It's not a question of "when is he going to stop?" it's "who's going to stop him?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohS570Pz6nc

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05 - Ricardo Lopez Highlight Tribute

The Music - So right and so wrong.

The Best Bit - 4:08 The execution of Preecha, and also the most perfectly correct combination ever captured on film. The also perfect left hook that misses because Preecha has been seperated form his sense is the best punch never landed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQfc58XeQXQ


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06 - The Suble Skills of Joe Louis

The Music - In them days you were lucky to have music

The Best Bit - 2.55 "Joe cheks, feints, and hooks to the body". One of the most horrible punches i've ever seen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R78hdxpRfws


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07 - Willie Pep HL

The Music - Gay. Wrong

The Best Bit - 0.00-8.11 Willie Pep highlights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a_wt60Wn9M

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08 - Juan Manuel Marquez Tribute

The Music - ...you'll have your own opinion, but I think it's proper!

The Best Bit - 0.00-0.59 "Jesus. Typical. After all that waiting. I'll hang on to see if he can make it out of the second...third...fourth...holy ****."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo8EfP5STnk


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09 - Bernard Hopkins Highlight/Tribute Video

The Music - Perfect!

The Best Bit - 1.00-1.22 Hopkins is putting away a hurt opponent, but watch the control of range and the evasive manueveres as Hopkins - yet to peak - remains aware even with the fight all but won.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akkc7KSGBto

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10 - Rocky Marciano Underated Defence Highlight

The Music - Whilst the video is excellent, the musical selection suggests to me this author probably doesn't have much grasp of heavyweight box-punchers and probably grossly underestimates Sonny Liston. At a guess.

TheBest Bit - 3.30 Countering The Moongoose, no less, in slow motion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b0yHvw-vW0




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So let's see one or two (or ten) of yours.

No duplicates please!

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As always, your eye for the right footage is unparalleled but that music doesn't work for me personally. Pep was a load of fun to watch. Know what i mean?

 

Now he's at #4!