What's the single most mindblowing performance you've ever witnessed.

Please guys, don't list honorable mentions or multiple answers - I want only one definitive answer out of all of you. That one performance that will always stay with you for the rest of your life? Was it the green Cassius Clay, outboxing, out-punching the thought to be invincible Sonny Liston? Was it Duran moving up from 135lbs to bully arguably the second best Welterweight to ever put on a pair of gloves? Is it more obscure, against lesser opposition? Tell the Classic the most efficient performance you've ever seen, and try and explain it in good detail.

 

Chacon against bazooka limon really blew me away

 

**** sake i'm split between 2 as well!!!

I'll go for Robinson against LaMotta then. I love the way that robinson paces himself in this fight, keeps it tight for the 1st 8 or 9 rounds. The footwork he shows is probably the best i've ever seen, keeps the distance exactly where he wants it, always able to throw punches, with leverage whether on the back front or on the offensive.

Then the way when LaMotta starts to get tired it like sugar flicks a switch, instead of playing the matador he becomes the destroyer. And he shows why i believe he has the best offense ever, power shots, thrown in all sorts of combinations, head and body and at every angle. A joy to watch the way he sits down on the punches and jake a horrendous beating. An all round complete performance in my opinion

Duran v Leonard was my 2nd choice

 

There's many but I'll go with

Sugar Ray Robinson's 13 Rd Stoppage of Jake LaMotta that's one of the fights that blow me away when ever I watch it.

 

Someone who can't read simple instructions. Just kidding mate, fair enough.

 

The Jim Driscoll clip on yt.

Just kidding, really though i was impressed to be honest.

 

Duran v Leonard

 

I think... Duran-Palomino. Palomino was a good welterweight and is actually in the Hall of Fame. Some great fighters have retired after a long championship reign, but Duran came out of his, stepped up in weight, and won every round (maybe 9 to 1) against a very good opponent. With Duran's style, there were a lot of subtle things that the casual observer may not notice. Any others here who've watched the fight as often as I have can vouch for me, that Duran's performance here was near enough flawless. He looked as light on his feet as a bantamweight, his hands were as quick, and he swarmed, grappled, punched the body, retreated and threw combination punches as good as anyone in history.

Honourable ****ing mention #1: Louis-Schmeling II.

Honourable ****ing mention #2: Whitaker-Ramirez II.

 

benn vs mclelland...brutal, enthraling, tragic..it was like watching a car crash..you knew you shouldnt but you couldnt take your eyes off the sheer spectacle and violence of the occasion...almost feral savagery

 

Thanks for the answers so far. Personally, I was most effected by watching the 38 year old Roberto Duran, looking soft up at 160lbs, out-boxing and out-punching the much larger, fresher, WBC Middleweight champion of the world, Iran Barkley. It was the same year I was born, so I was too young at the time, but if I ever want to be reminded as to why Duran gets rated so highly on the forum, I watch that fight. Perfect blend of defense and offensive, slipping punches, sometimes effortlessly, and naturally just throws combination's back on the counter, landing more often than not. Duran had no business doing that to Barkley, all things considered.

 

It's one of my faves. what right hands from distance, savage but awe inspiring.

I'm trying to think.

 

Ayub Kalule vs Ho Joo

 

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You're ****ing honorable ****ing mentions can **** right off. :good

 

Miguel Lora vs Daniel Zaragoza is the one I'm stuck on at the moment. Lora put on a masterclass in this fight, with defensive intuitiveness I've only seen rivaled by Locche.

 

I've mentioned it before i think, but if you want a good laugh and ain't a rabid morales fan it's always worth watching that fight and then his fight with Morales, where he's an old faded fighter that can barely even throw a straight punch anymore.

Can't knock Erik too much given all the entertainment he's given us over the years, but his defence has to be the worst of any near elite boxer-puncher.