Greatest shoot-out ever?

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  1. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The best fights when both fighters came out guns blazing without even the slightest thought of going the distance?

    Hagler-Hearns will of course win by a landslide (and probably fairly so), but feel free to contribute with some more unexpected calls.
     
  2. Brownies

    Brownies Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Castillo-Corralles
    Morales-Barrera (let's say the first one)
    Gatti-Ward (Let's also say the first one)

    You asked for an unexpected call, so I'll say Andrade-Lucas (last year). It was a good scrap involving my favorite boxer on the losing end.
     
  3. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Garza/Meza
    Liles/LittlesII
    Naseem/Kelley
    All three Zale/Graziano bouts
    Patterson/JohanssonIII
     
  4. Green Man

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    Mancini-Frias.
    Brewer-Echolls.
     
  5. DaveK

    DaveK Vicious & Malicious Full Member

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    Moorer-Cooper

    Foreman-Lyle
     
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    Son of Gaul Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Quarry-Frazier I
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  7. bxrfan

    bxrfan Sizzle Full Member

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    You want an unexpected call, how bout Forrest-Mayorga I? They were just trading bombs out there.
     
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    DonBoxer The Lion! Full Member

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  9. Drew101

    Drew101 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Rios-Antillion is a good recent addition to this lexicon.
    Chan Hee Park vs Guty Espadas
    Monshipour-Sithchatawal
     
  10. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Where to start ?-
    Zale / Graziano,all three wars
    Benn / McClellan
    Vasquez / Marquez ,shootouts.
    Dempsey / Firpo, TIMBER
     
  11. Vantage_West

    Vantage_West ヒップホップ·プロデューサー Full Member

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  12. DonBoxer

    DonBoxer The Lion! Full Member

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    :lol:
     
  13. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I'm not that sold on most of the HW shoot-outs. Too little skilled involved. Jones-and Folley is a big exception, but they would at best be CWs at today's standard.

    Actually, WW-LHW are probably the weight classes that are best represented here, since those fighters often combine power and skill very well.
     
  14. Vantage_West

    Vantage_West ヒップホップ·プロデューサー Full Member

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    one of the best fight i have ever seen an will probably ever see again was an obscure light-heavy/super-middle match between 2 South African journeyman. i googled it and the only thing that came up was my own words on this sight....shame.
     
  15. atberry

    atberry Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Jackson-McClellan I and Benn-McClellan!