What's the most impressive fight performance ever?

So easily recognisable

For me, Khaokor Galaxy vs Sung Kil Moon II.

 

Pacquiao vs Barrera I

 

I had no idea that was coming...none at all.

 

Leonard/Duran 1

Frazier/Foreman 1

Foreman/Ali

Tyson/Douglas

Pavlik/Hopkins

Rosario/Chavez

 

No doubt in my mind that Benn won more rounds in that fight and it is perhaps the greatest display of heart and determination that I have ever seen. If only it hadn't ended like it did people would be comparing it against the all time great fight.

Unfortunately the ending make such comparisons tasteless.

 

Vaden/Norris.

 

couldn't resist it could you? Leonard wasn't a huge favourite and considered superior, like the topic starter asked for. And it was in no way, shape or form a dominant performance. Let alone a completely dominant performance, like the topic starter asked for. It was a close fight, Robertard.

 

all good choices but this one really, it ended up being a good show but if foreman hadnt faded it wouldlnt have been that impressive

 

With my forever heavyweight head on, the first one that springs straight to mind is Max Schmeling's brilliant defeat of prime time Joe Louis.

After that Ali-Foreman (everytime I watch that fight I find myself pretending to be the comentator and saying things out loud like "this is just incredible!!! - what an amazing amazing performance!!!" and even "what a hero!!" and "what a cocky kid!!!" and "how is he doing this??!!! How can he take that kind of punishment to the body???!!

And maybe even Buster over Iron Mike (but then again maybe not because Mike was on another planet altogether that night)

 

Yeah but McClellan was rated a top ten Pd 4 Pd fighter at the time,
Gatti and Ward were never close to be considered in the top ten Pd 4 Pd at any point in there careers, thats the difference,

 

You're correct, i was taking a bit of licence there by including the intangibles such fight odd's & the public perception of the day that Foreman was a man killer, yeh it's a fine line between impressive & shock victories & i suppose SHOCK would be the handle of the day.