Most disgraceful mismatch

WidowTaker40 · Dec 17, 2010

I would vote Gatti vs Munoz Reyes, http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=7937&cat=boxer,

Lou DiBella, HBO/TVKO's senior vice president for programming, agreed to the bout for HBO's ''Boxing After Dark'' series. ''Did the kid have a shot against Gatti?'' DiBella asked. ''No. But you couldn't tell that from looking at the record.''

Dibella should be banned from boxing just for this, outside of his pimping Allen Green to replace Jermain Taylor in the super six, this is his most shameful moment.

Thread Stealer · Dec 17, 2010

Erik Morales vs. Eddie Croft in 2003.

I remember watching Croft fight in the early 90s when I was a kid. He was a nice guy, but had no business fighting Morales. He hadn't fought in 3 years. He hadn't won a fight in over 4 years. His last 3 fights had resulted in stoppage defeats. I think he had some serious eye problems as well.

I remember Morales saying something like it was supposed to be an exhibition bout, but apparently it was sanctioned by the WBC as a title bout.

MP: Your record shows that you challenged the 42-1 Erik Morales for the WBC Featherweight title after three years of inactivity and three straight stoppage defeats. How did such an unlikely opportunity come about and what were your thoughts going into the bout given the context of your career at that point?

The same agent that set up the fight with Pedersen called me up and said “Hey Eddie, we need a guy, a former contender to go three or four rounds with a guy in Mexico City, they’re having the WBC 30-year convention, and they want to have a big show, a big fight; they’re offering twenty-grand cash.” I said to the guy it has to be someone fairly good if they are going to pay that kind of money. They said “well they want you to fight Erik Morales.” They weren’t looking for a world-beater, just a former contender, someone that could go three or four rounds and look good. This is kind of like the seedy underbelly of professional boxing that most people don’t hear about. Erik Morales; twenty-grand may not pay my hospital bills! I went on to tell him that I haven’t fought in years or stepped into a gym in awhile, which wasn’t necessarily true. I had been in the gym but had spent more time training people than actually working out myself. I asked for thirty-grand. He called back a couple of days later, offered me twenty-five and two planes tickets and I said, OK fine, I’ll do it. Just because I wanted to be able to say that I got to fight both Barrera and Morales.

What I remember of the fight, it’s kind of a crazy story, I remember the day of the weigh-in waking up at six in the morning to a phone call. They wanted me to go downstairs to check my weight. My weight was fine, the weight was 130lbs and I weighed probably 129 pounds. So I went downstairs and I got on the scale and I was 128 and a half and I was a little dehydrated having just gotten out of bed. They said it was too light. They gave me a big jug of water, a gallon of water and said, “This is your homework”. I drank the water, weighed in again; too light. They told me to go eat a big breakfast, don’t pee, don’t go to the bathroom, hold it.

Ok, fine. I ate as much as I could, my belly was really full, went back to the weigh-in with my pants on, they gave me a couple of bags of pesos to put in my pockets, got on the scale and weighed about 136 pounds and Morales weighed-in about 140, and the fight went on. I decided to just go out there and see what I could do.

The first round I got hit with the jab and my timing was off. It kind of shook my legs a little bit. It all kind of came rushing back to me right then; I remembered what it was all like. He threw a couple more jabs and I slipped them and then I threw a jab and popped him, and I thought to myself that this was really easy. I hit him a couple more times and I felt pretty good moving around and I felt like I won the round. When the bell rang I started walking back to the corner and began thinking to myself that I was really tired; the elevation’s high, the air is not so good, the fight was outside in a bull ring, lots of smog and lots of dust. I didn’t know how much more I had left. I told my corner I was going to go out there and hit him as hard as I could with the first punch I threw.

The bell rang, I walked across the ring and I surprised him with a hard lead right hand, snapped his head back and he gave me a look of pure anger. He started swinging for the fences and he caught me with a body shot and I went down, then he caught me a few more times and I was down again; I barely made it out that round…and then he stopped me in the next round. I really remember thinking to myself after the fight that he was not nearly as good as Barrera was.
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WidowTaker40 · Dec 17, 2010

Than the Joey Gamache disgrace afterwards

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Keueng · Dec 17, 2010

WidowTaker40 said: ↑

I would vote Gatti vs Munoz Reyes, http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=7937&cat=boxer,

Lou DiBella, HBO/TVKO's senior vice president for programming, agreed to the bout for HBO's ''Boxing After Dark'' series. ''Did the kid have a shot against Gatti?'' DiBella asked. ''No. But you couldn't tell that from looking at the record.''

Dibella should be banned from boxing just for this, outside of his pimping Allen Green to replace Jermain Taylor in the super six, this is his most shameful moment.
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I don't think you can blame Dibella for this, afterall Gatti lost 3 fight in a row!! A comeback/confidence fight against low opposition isn't that much of a weird thing among fighters today?

WidowTaker40 · Dec 17, 2010

Keueng said: ↑

I don't think you can blame Dibella for this, afterall Gatti lost 3 fight in a row!! A comeback/confidence fight against low opposition isn't that much of a weird thing among fighters today?
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Come on, at least have him fight someone with a pulse. Not a guy who's not even a club fighter.

BUMPY KNUCKLES · Dec 17, 2010

godayum that knockout really was brutal

cesare-borgia · Dec 17, 2010

Thread Stealer said: ↑

Erik Morales vs. Eddie Croft in 2003.

I remember watching Croft fight in the early 90s when I was a kid. He was a nice guy, but had no business fighting Morales. He hadn't fought in 3 years. He hadn't won a fight in over 4 years. His last 3 fights had resulted in stoppage defeats. I think he had some serious eye problems as well.

I remember Morales saying something like it was supposed to be an exhibition bout, but apparently it was sanctioned by the WBC as a title bout.
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this is some evil stuff

Keueng · Dec 17, 2010

WidowTaker40 said: ↑

Come on, at least have him fight someone with a pulse. Not a guy who's not even a club fighter.
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After losing to two nobodies... twice against one of them... really can't blame him fighting somebody woooorse than a nobody

Atlanta · Dec 17, 2010

Morrison-Bentt. Greatest Title Upset ever but the worst matchmaking ever as well. How the **** Bentt deserved a World Heavyweight Title shot is beyond my scope of comprehension.

Keueng · Dec 17, 2010

Haye VS Harrison

Colpolite · Dec 17, 2010

How can you people forget about ZAB JUDAH Vs COSME RIVERA

Keueng · Dec 17, 2010

Kirk Johnson VS Douglas Robertson

DISGRACE!! Even for a comeback after 4 years layoff, it's no excuse!! The man who harpooned also had a 4 years layoff, at least he fought the champ and became the champ !!

guru059 · Dec 17, 2010

Morrade Hakkar vs. Bernard Hopkins

Taylex · Dec 17, 2010

Kelly Pavlik vs Gary the Rocket Lockett.

Keueng · Dec 17, 2010

Floyd Patterson VS Rademacher!!

Title defence against a fighter making his debut!! Floyd Patheticson!! An easier defence is not possible!! He floored that ****er 6 times!!

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