I asked Harold Lederman what the greatest fight he ever saw was.

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  1. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    "WBC Super Bantamweight Champion Wilfredo Gomez stopping WBC Bantamweight Champion Lupe Pintor. I still say there will never be another fight like that war." He went on to add, "Gomez-Pintor was 14 rounds of Gatti-Ward one. The kind of brutal fight that tests mens souls. The kind of fight that you never quite get over, just a brutal battle from which winner and loser is never quite the same. Two reigning world champions killing each other in a phone booth. 14 rounds of Juanma - Mtagwa round eleven."

    What's the greatest fight you've ever seen?
     
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    itrymariti Cañas! Full Member

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    I'm surprised he got all that out without mentioning "ring generalship".
     
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    JohnThomas kindly sent me Gomez-Pintor a few years back. Lederman isn't lying, it was an aching battle.
     
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    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    I watched it immediately after I read his comments. Brutal to watch.
     
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    JIM!

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  6. Manassa

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    Has to be one of my favourites. But for some reason I just really prefer Sanchez-Nelson to any other fight, ever.
     
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  7. horst

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    I prefer Sanchez-Nelson too. They are both great fights, but Sanchez-Nelson had this strange contrast of styles, mentalities, and periods of ascendancy. It was a fight like no other.
     
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  8. horst

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    Addie, I gotta tellya sumthin...

    Why does Lederman always say "effective aggressiveness" and not "effective aggression"?
     
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  9. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    :yep Add him on Facebook and ask him. You'll most likely get an answer, Poppy. :good
     
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  10. Korean Hawk

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    The first time you see Pintor-Gomez is one fo the greatest moments in your life. It doesn't quite live up to how I remmbered it when I went back to re-watch it, probably because I knew all the twists and turns. But still an mazing fight.

    The best fight I have ever seen is Alexis Arguello vs Aaron Pryor I
     
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    Arguello-Pryor I is probably the fight that I would show to someone who had never seen boxing in order to express the epic nature of boxing.
     
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    It has it all in a fight IMO.
     
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    Maske-Williams.

    Artistry in motion. Brutality as poetry.
     
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    mochabuzz Active Member Full Member

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    indeed...a great fight.... Best fight i've ever seen is Tommy Morrison vs Joe Hipp.... a complete brawl.... two broken hands & one broken jaw!
     
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    :lol: that is funny i remember him saying that right after he says "4th and final round..."
     
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