Your personal ten favourite fights?

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  1. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    I thought as we were having fun re-treading old ground (Pachilles "ten favourite fighters" thread), I would dig up thise hoary old chestnut.

    Just what is says on the tin, BUT, no honourable mentions, no naming eleven fights. Think of it as quality control. Here are mine:


    01 - Robinson TKO13 LaMotta
    02 - Vasquez UD12 Marquez
    03 - Burley UD10 Smith
    04 - Johnson SD10 Charles
    05 - Charles KO6 Marshall
    06 - McCallum KO5 Curry
    07 - Yuh TKO7 Son
    08 - Tiger UD10 Hank
    09 - Joe Frazier UD15 Muhammad Ali
    10 - Chionoi TKO13 Torres


    Let's see yours?
     
  2. horst

    horst Guest

    Off the top of my head... (not in a definite order)

    1.Duran-Leonard 1
    2.Toney-Nunn
    3.Toney-Jirov
    4.Whitaker-McGirt 1
    5.Toney-McCallum 1
    6.McGirt-Brown
    7.Vasquez-Marquez 3
    8.Nelson-Fenech 1
    9.Pacquiao-Morales 2
    10.Duran-Moore
     
  3. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    1-Erik Morales- Marco Antonio Barrera I
    2-Bobby Chacon-Bozza Edwards II
    3-Roberto Duran-Sugar Ray Leonard I
    4-Diego Corrales-Jose Luis Castillo I
    5-Bobby Chacon-Bazooka Limon IV
    6-Arturo Gatti-Ivan Robinson I
    7-Mathew Saad Muhamad-Marvin Johnson II
    8-Mayhar Monshipour-Sitchachawal
    9-Arturo Gatti-Wilson Rodriguez
    10-Roberto Duran-Iran Barkley
     
  4. natonic

    natonic Boxing Addict Full Member

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    1. Leonard - Hearns
    2. Leonard - Hagler
    3. Hagler - Hearns
    4. Sanchez - Gomez
    5. Curry - McCrory
    6. Sanchez - Lopez I
    7. Sanchez - Lopez II
    8. Duran - Leonard I
    9. Arguello - Mancini
    10. Rosario - Bramble
     
  5. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    1. Canzoneri KO3 Berg
    2. Duran UD15 Leonard
    3. Frazier UD15 Ali
    4. Tiger UD10 Hank
    5. Hopkins TKO11 G. Johnson
    6. Patterson KO6 Johannson
    7. Schmeling TKO8 Walker
    8. McCallum KO5 Curry
    9. Schmeling KO12 Louis
    0. Whitaker D12 Chavez

    and as an odd pick:
    Sturm UD12 Sylvester

    The Top6 are set in stone the rest changes a lot.
     
  6. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    1. Marco Antonio Barrera vs Erik Morales I
    2. Diego Corrales vs Jose Luis Castillo I
    3. Alexis Arguello vs Aaron Pryor I
    4. Saad Muhammad vs Yaqui Lopez II
    5. Roberto Duran vs Iran Barkley
    6. Michael Carbajal vs Humberto Gonzalez I
    7. Marco Antonio Barrera vs Kennedy Mckinney
    8. Evander Holyfield vs Riddick Bowe I
    9. Orlando Canzales vs Kelvin Seabrooks I
    0. Myung-Woo Yuh vs Mario DeMarco I
     
  7. Son of Gaul

    Son of Gaul Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    1) Corrales-Castillo I
    2) Barrera-Morales I
    3) Bowe-Holyfield I
    4) Frazier-Quarry I
    5) Holyfield-Qawi I
    6) Ali-Frazier III
    7) Leonard-Hearns I
    8) Pastor-Louis I
    9) Gatti-Ward I
    10) Leonard-Duran I
     
  8. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    1. The Bloody Battle of Bayamon- Arguello vs Escalera I
    2. Sanchez vs Nelson
    3. Frazier vs Ali I
    4. Tony Lopez vs Rocky Lockridge I
    5. Pryor vs Arguello I
    6. Fenech vs Nelson I
    7. Matthew Saad Muhammad vs Yaqi Lopez I
    8. Alan Minter vs Vito Antuofermo I
    9. Wilfredo Gomez vs Lupe Pintor
    10. Danny Lopez vs Mike Ayala

    1-5 are pretty much written in stone for me...the other 5 might be different if I answered it last week or next!
     
  9. I am Legion

    I am Legion Active Member Full Member

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    Weaver v Coetzee
    Hearns v Duran
    Jones v McCrory I
    Tate v Knoetze
    Lyle v Foreman
    Hagler v Hearns
    Benitez v Hearns
    Holmes v Norton
    Tyson v Douglas
    Pintor v Gomez
     
  10. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    In No Order

    Alexis Arguello vs Aaron Pryor I
    Alexis Arguello vs Alfredo Escalara I
    Ezzard Charles vs Lloyd Marshall II
    Jose Napoles vs Curtis Cokes I
    Jung Koo Chang vs Hilario Zapata I
    Ray Leonard vs Wilfredo Benitez
    Ruben Olivares vs Lionel Rose
    Alan Rudkin vs Walter McGowan II
    Guty Espadas vs Willie Jensen

    Could change all the time, I excluded afew in favour of more obscure ones however
     
  11. dpw417

    dpw417 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Robinson/LaMotta VI
    Duran/Leonard I
    Charles/Marshall II
    Burley/Smith
    Lausse/Fullmer
    Robinson/Graziano
    Hagler/Hearns
    Pryor/Arguello I
    Tiger/Hank
    Ali/Frazier III
     
  12. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    First time I have seen someone else with Arguello-Escalera I on their list of favorite fights. Great match and great picks I was wresteling with Napoles/Cokes and olivares/Rose as well.
     
  13. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    Yep, infact you were the one who sent me Arguello vs Escalara I. Just a really good fight between two classy operaters. Also Arguello is my favrouite fighter, in fact the second fight is just as good.

    Napoles vs Cokes, is just an amazing performance literally one of the best performances ever.

    And Olivares vs Rose showcases the most destructive Bantamweight of all time, at his peak.
     
  14. Beeston Brawler

    Beeston Brawler Comical Ali-egedly Full Member

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    Holyfield vs Tyson I

    The word ''FINALLY'' springs to mind.
     
  15. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    When you are not as busy as you always seem to be let me know when you are up for another trade...I believe you landed Buchanan-Laguna I (I always felt that Laguna nipped the decision...oh well!) a fight that I have been looking for, for a while. And Arguello-Escalera II could easily have made my list as well...on the right week it probably would!

    I believe you were the one who sent me Napoles vs Cokes I & II