Underrated/Forgotten Classics

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  1. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    Fortunuately for Saad, he was dropped late in the round. You're right, he fell to the canvas HARD.
     
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  2. emanuel_augustus

    emanuel_augustus Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Merqui Sosa/Charles Williams
     
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  3. pugilistspecialist

    pugilistspecialist Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yeah it was a bit of a chess match, but it had lots of action and great exchanges. Both were dropped in the fight as well.
     
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    pugilistspecialist Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I hear ya....I just hate how Tapia came along when flyweight-bantamweight didnt have alot of great or marketable fighters. He was starting his decline once he got to Ayala. Imagine a prime Johnny Tapia fighting Fernando Montiel, Vic Darchinyan, Rafael Marquez, Jhonny Gonzalez, or Alexander Munoz. Those would have been great fights. Damned weak era's..... hurt some of the greats.
     
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  5. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    it was similar to Holmes-Shavers how Holmes and Saad recovered from such hard knockdowns ill never know.
     
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  6. warrior85

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    that fight was even up until the stoppage,that fact that gatti got badly cut,knocked down&stopped(due to the cut) seem to cloud peoples memories,it wasnt a one sided beat down,it was give&take.:good
     
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  7. warrior85

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    tsyzu v hurtado
     
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  8. warrior85

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    hearns v dalton
     
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  9. warrior85

    warrior85 R.I.P THUNDER Full Member

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    de la hoya-chavez 2
     
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  10. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    no doubt and i think Tapia would probably beat all those guys.
    btw its a shame him and Mark Johnson never fought each other.
     
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  11. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    another one Julio Cesar Chavez-Frankie Randall.
     
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  12. warrior85

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  13. warrior85

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  14. red cobra

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    Back in '73, Arnold Taylor-Romeo Anaya I for the bantamweight title.
     
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  15. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    ive been trying to see that fight for a long time.the Ring considered it the best bantam fight of the last 80 years.
     
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