Most disappointing fights?

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  1. JoeLaTurkey

    JoeLaTurkey Active Member Full Member

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    What were the most anticlimactic bouts of all time?
     
  2. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    De la Hoya vs Trinidad......in my opinion
     
  3. Goyourownway

    Goyourownway Insanity enthusiast Full Member

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    As a trilogy,the last two fights of the Gonzalez-Carbajal series.
     
  4. Duodenum

    Duodenum Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ali-Spinks II. Granted, Muhammad was shot in their first bout, but Leon was also a ball of fire. In their rematch though, Leon's head wasn't in it, and an obviously misfiring Ali was able to ponderously dance his way to a lopsided decision win.

    Leon, at his rarely seen freaky-deaky, herky-jerky best, was an exciting fighter, but he needed to be focused and free of the parasites which leeched onto him following his ascension to the throne. I'm not convinced Muhammad wins New Orleans over the Neon Leon of Spinks-Ali I, not the way he was misfiring in that final victory. But the Spinks of Ali I versus the well conditioned Ali of Spinks II could have been Muhammad's most exciting bout since Manila. (I've long suspected that neurological damage Shavers inflicted on Ali was responsible in part for permanently compromising Muhammad's reflexes, hand-eye coordination, and long term physical impairments.)
     
  5. prime

    prime BOX! Writing Champion Full Member

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    Douglas dogging it to Holyfield after his sublime miracle.
     
  6. lora

    lora Fighting Zapata Full Member

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    Laciar vs Zapata
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    Mayweather in almost all of his hyped fights since Castillo 1
     
  7. alexvoce

    alexvoce Guest

    mike tyson mike spinks
     
  8. p.Townend

    p.Townend Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Holyfield v Lewis 1.Part 2 was not much better but the first one awful.
     
  9. di tullio

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    :good

    Although it was great to hear him whine like a girl during Castillio II.
     
  10. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The Ali of Spinks 2 would still have beaten the Spinks of fight number one. Would have been closer than the New Orleans bout though.
     
  11. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Leonard - Duran 3 comes to mind.
     
  12. AREA 53

    AREA 53 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Tyson -Bonecrusher Promised Bombs Away - but James turned pacifist !
     
  13. Duodenum

    Duodenum Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Even after Duran-Barkley, SRL-Duran III was about what I expected, and I didn't bother watching it live. Duran had to be able to engage Ray in order to win, and while he did a masterful job of it in Montreal, there was no way SRL was going to engage a much slower, heavier and older El Cholo in their long delayed rubber match. I didn't think this one was ever going to be more than it was. Roberto couldn't catch Ray, and SRL couldn't hurt him.
     
  14. RafaelGonzal

    RafaelGonzal Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    PBF vs DLH
    Trinidad vs DLH
    Duran vs Leanord 2 and 3
    Chavez vs Whitaker
    DLH vs Whitaker
     
  15. Duodenum

    Duodenum Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I can buy that. But Ali-Spinks II was very heavily hyped, in fact the most hyped bout ever on live free television (at least up to that time), and there was no way it was going to measure up if Leon didn't bring it a second time like he did the first. Muhammad could be an exciting personality, but rarely an exciting fighter. He needed opposition like Frazier or Foreman to create riveting action, and he even dampened down Smoke in their middle bout. Leon may have raised hell in their rematch though if he'd torn after Muhammad with another balls to the wall go for broke effort.