Two huge punchers face off...it goes the distance.

no nobody had more heart than Balboa, he would later go on to beat and take Ivan Drago's best shots while past his best :nono

 

Drago was pretty green then tho, what was it 1985? its now 2010, and he's still the WBC champ. I think Drago would take him now, and so would his younger brother.

But keeping to topic, Abraham vs Miranda I.

 

B-...I-.... ... ...Apollo Creed was 57 years old when he fought Balboa! He comes to my barber shop and he told me one day he wasn't a day under 64 years old when he fought that Italian! I said to him "Apollo, how old were you when you fought that Rocky Balboa?" and he said "Ears, I was 114 years old when I fought Rocky Balboa." and that's the truth!

 

Rocky Balboa-Antonio Tarver

 

man, you ain't met no Apollo Creed

 

Good example.

Eubank-Benn II

Tyson-Ruddock II

Ryan-Bonner I and II

Hamed-Barrera (Barrera punched hard for his weight class)

 

Gomez-LaPorte. (Juan's knockout percentage was not through the roof, but nobody who saw what he did to Lockridge questioned his power.)

Pintor-Zarate and Pintor-Mesa.

Alfonzo Zamora-Luis Rosario. They had 43 knockouts in 44 wins between them, but the ten round split decision win by Zamora was the only victory recorded by either over the distance.

Olivares did this more than once. Art Hafey was described by Arguello as the hardest puncher Alexis ever fought, and he extended Ruben to a 12 round SD in their rematch, where Olivares had to get off the deck to avenge his earlier knockout loss. It took Chacon three tries, but he finally beat Ruben, and had to go the distance to do it.

South African bombers and bitter rivals Coetzee and Knoetze went the ten round distance in a match were Gerrie's skill prevailed.

Bruno became a champion by atypically winning over the 12 round route, at McCall's expense, not the way one might expect.

 

Allan Green vs. Edison Miranda.
I thought someone was going home with concussion for sure. Then Green goes on to fight like little b&&&&.




Andrey

 

The Jeffries Sharkey fights would have been seen this way at the time.

Nobody has mentioned the obvious Tua Ibeabuchi.

 

****, wrong thread.

 

That didn't go the distance though.

 

bump.

 

wrong thread. Bill, go to the other thread. there are some bozos trying to downplay holmes resume.

 

Thomas Hearns UD Murray Sutherland

Sutherland - 40 KOs in 49 wins

 

surprised no one has mentioned Ramirez-Rosario I other ones
Ramirez-Arguello
Lopez-Page
Trinidad-ODLH
Spinks-Mustafa
Vasquez-Marquez III
Zarate-Pintor
Chiquita-Carbajal II and III