What performances made you take notice of a certain fighter?

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  1. JET

    JET G.O.A.T. Full Member

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    Winky in the 1st fight vs Mosley. Stylistically, I predicted he'd win, but nowhere near that one-sided.
     
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  2. dubace

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    wright vs mosley
    floyd vs gatti
    berto vs some guy
    dirrell vs froch - even though dirrell lost, his potential was evident.
    martinez vs williams - martinez really won that fight
     
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  3. Medicine

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    Kotelnik......when he owned Devon Alexander
     
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  4. emallini

    emallini Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Hopkins Beating Tito
    Spinks Beating Mayorga
    Jones Jr beating Vinny Paz
     
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  5. Farmboxer

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    When Pac beat Cotto I became a fan. I did not think he could beat Cotto, but he did. Of course, he surprised me when he beat Hatton so quickly, but the Cotto fight was it.
     
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  6. klion22

    klion22 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Ward/Kessler
    Bradley/Holt
    Pacman/DLH
    Winky/Mosley
     
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  7. Gonzarelli

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    Did you miss Marquez getting up from 3 KDs vs Pac and then come back and outbox him?
     
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  8. exumspate

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    Roy Jones Jr. vs. John Ruiz (won my respect back & big time)...
    Toney vs. Jirov (just awesome performance)...
    Toney vs. Holyfield (Toney's chin becoming almost mythical status)....
    Ike Ibeabuchi vs. Chris Bird (followed coming out performance vs Tua by taking out the amazingly elusive boxer)...
    ODLH vs. Ike Quartey (I've got heart performance)...
    Gayweather vs. Corrales (Too bad he turned into Gayweather)...
    Pac vs. ODLH (Made it look way easier than PBF)...
    Pac vs. Barrera 2003 (Dominating)...
    Lennox Lewis vs. Razor Ruddock...
    Ray Mercer vs. Tommy Morrison (I was peeing from too many beers when I heard the 'ooooh, owww, ohhhh ****, it's over)...
    Tyson vs Berbick (put him down three times with one shot)....
     
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  9. PIPO23

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    Cotto is overrated. He ran from Clottey, he got stopped by RITO he has been down a few times in a fight...

    :think
     
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  10. anarci

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    WHen Salvador Sanchez beat Danny Lopez.
     
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  11. bailey

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    Oh yes, what a great come back
     
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  12. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Rafeal Marquez knocking out Tim Austin. He looked good against Mark Johnson but i wasnt sure if it was cause Mark was past it, Marquez proved he was the real deal against Austin.
     
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  13. Zopilote

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    Martinez against Williams made me a big fan of Maravilla.
     
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  14. Daruf

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    Loads of fights in the past but when it comes to recent performances.....

    I am actually generally never a bandwagon person and when i watched the Jacobs vs Pirog fight it was because of mild interest in Jacobs but i already kinda thought he was being way overrated.
    But to me Pirog showed me something special.... the angles he used... the Mayweather/Hopkins like defense but done aggressively, something about his style that i really enjoy watching.
    And this only grew especially when i youtubed some of his older fights.

    Time will tell if he has the goods but i will be paying close attention to how Pirog will turn out, i know i will be rooting for him if he does face Pavlik.
     
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  15. WarChief

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    Vitali Klitschko when he had lennox lewis practically out on his feet. I had seen him win impressivly before, but he was robbed agains't L.Lewis, Big George foreman as well as larry Murchant, J. Lampley had him winning every round rather easily.2. Wvladamir Klits when he decimated Jameel McCline knocking him through the ropes onto the apron outside the ring.3. Had to be Adamick when he looked very much like a legitamate heavyweight beating Arreola. I have to say Lennox Lewis is a class act. He retired on top, ( even though the world seen vitali whip lennox only to have the fight stopped just as Vitali's cutman got the bleeding under controll):?. B2UT lEWIS REALLY IS A GREAT sPORT, AND A True Gentleman.
     
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