One of the first fights I ever saw as a young kid, and no I wasn't there! Couldn't believe the brutality of Dempsey nor the courage of Willard to keep getting up time after time. Don't think Willard had previously been off his feet, if so, not very often. By the end of this fight his total KDs had grown by about 10. Dempsey couldn't have done much more damage with a hammer in each hand!
Holyfield vs Bowe I Cobb vs Shavers and Holmes Chacon vs Boza Edwards then to comeback and win was very impressive Villasana vs Fenech Yori Boy took an Early beating against Ayala and came back to win Lamotta vs Robinson in the st valentines Massacre Hagler takin Hearns best bombs and then knocking him Out Ward was taking a beating by Poncho Sanchez and ended it with a body shot Tyson vs Buster Douglas Foreman vs Holyfield Saad vs everybody
Cotto-Judah Mayweather-Ndou Griffith-Paret Tyson-Lewis Tyson-Spinks Barrera-Morales Trinidad-Vargas Pac-DLH
Dont know about those two. Especially the Mayweather one. Ndou was just not had good as people were hyping at the time. In fact not even close.
Tyson's beating against Lewis. Tyson is designed to take such punishment with a low centre of gravity and a short, thick neck. Short fighters have to take leather, otherwise they are weeded out by natural selection. Having one of the hardest hitters of all time Tee off on him at will showed amazing punch resistance. And it was fatigue and attrition that got to him in the end. He probably could have gotten up to continue had he fancied taken more of a beaten.
What gets me about that fight is Kessler was the one that looked hurt at one point, meanwhile Andrade ate every picture perfect flush one-two Kessler could dish out and went the distance. I watched that fight with my mouth open after the first half of the fight.
Jose Torres beating up Willie Pastrano was said to have "compensated for Pastrano being able to escape so much punishment in his career up to that point"...he punished Willie brutally, not to mention being the first and only man to deck Pastrano with that sickening left hook to the liver in round 6. The fight miraculously went to round 9 before it was stopped, and it ended Pastrano's career and probably shortened his life.
Yeah but to say that 99% wouldnt have made it through that is a stretch. It was only Judah, a fighter certainly not known for his fighting heart and durability. Guys like Malinaggi, Urkal soaked up similar punishment yet still saw the final bell or in Urkal's case was still standing able to fight.
Eh... let me think :huh Perhaps the only one that ended in a knockout ? perhaps the only one that was ever caught on film ?.... oh wait, its the same one. Obviously he means Robinson-Lamotta 6.