The 'what fights did you watch today?' thread

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  1. slip&counter

    slip&counter Gimme some X's and O's Full Member

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    Cotto used to enter in a river plate top.
     
  2. Primadonna Kool

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    Carl Froch vs Jean Pascal

    Up until round 7, and then...i kept on opening other windows/Youtube...and watching Muhammad Ali's interview on parkinson..!

    Wonder why..?
     
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    Lewis v Briggs, class fight for the 5 rounds it lasted
     
  4. Mr Butt

    Mr Butt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    rosario vs garza

    rosario vs frankie randall
     
  5. ishy

    ishy Loyal Member Full Member

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    :yep Lewis went for him from the start (as he usually did against tall opponents). Nice scrap.
     
  6. Mr Butt

    Mr Butt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    frank fletcher vs james green

    juan roldan vs frank fletcher
     
  7. Mr Butt

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    robinson vs gatti I
    yuh vs blanco
     
  8. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    bombs away !!
     
  9. Mr Butt

    Mr Butt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    yeah green was winning against fletcher then fletcher got going green got cut and caught on the ropes and the ref stopped it


    roldan knocked fletcher clean across the ring ,can you imagine what a tear up fletcher vs kaylor would of been
     
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    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaRxaVxq-pQ[/ame]
     
  11. Mr Butt

    Mr Butt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    roldan was landing right after right hand all through this in the early rounds he knocked fletcher across the ring and down fletcher got up smiling:bbb
     
  12. GazOC

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    Fletcher had a style made for TV.
     
  13. Mr Butt

    Mr Butt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    yeah very exciting fighter lost to scypion in a tittle eliminator came back won a fight then lost to roldan had a nothing win but looked bad against mugabi then i think oly had one more fight .his style was always going to make his stay as a contender short
     
  14. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    I don't think he was really good enough either TBH. Great fighter to watch but very limited at that level. Hagler aside, the middles wasn't that strong a division back in those days IMHO.

    Plenty of decent fighters on the same sort of level but no real standouts, probably why Duran, Hearns and Mugabi got their shots against Hagler without having done much at 160.
     
  15. Mr Butt

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    chavez vs rosario