Larry Holmes vs. Rocky Pepeli from 1993 Larry out of prime but still whoops ass good fight and drama after the fight
Not so obscure, but Zarate-Zamora is good. If you want a really obscure one, then watch Carl Thompson vs Akeem Tafer. (I hope I have remembered the names correctly).
Brian Minto vs. Vinny Maddalone I&II were great heavyweight brawls. Two guys way better on offense than defense, stronger than they are fast. I enjoyed both fights. The rematch has one of the better heavyweight knockouts ever. Scott Pemberton vs. Omar Sheika 1&2 were terrific action fights. Oscar Larios' one victory over Israel Vasquez in their second fight is actually a great fight and a terrific performance by Larios. Lots of punches thrown, and damage done.
An old Clyde Gray against a Canadian prospect who's name i've completely forgotten. Two fights, both awesome action.
Not sure how obscure these are but anyway, some caveman slugfests are thus: Mtagwa v Villa Lee v LoCicero Ike Padilla v Leland Hardy - insane. These fellas who swinging for the fences. Cult classic. Sosa v Williams I, I've not seen the rematch
recent one liam walsh vs paul appleby (might be obscure in the world scene, not in britain though) ps. threadstealer mila kunis is amaazing
Dempsey Vs Firpo "obscure"? Wow. Best fight I've seen that fits this request was Davey Hilton vs Stephan Ouelette. Incredible comeback by Hilton in a fight seemingly no one else saw. There were some great Freddie Roach fights from the old ESPN days that fit this category too.
the first ouelette-hilton fight was a great comeback. elvir muriqi vs sammy ahmad [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHDTYHdd4Ts[/ame] don diego poeder vs terry porter chris eubank vs carl thompson 1 & 2 and then my leading candidate for fight of 2011 - hernan marquez vs luis concepcion. what a fight!! not sure what the announcers are saying but they are very excited. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN_SxwQppuo[/ame] [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpY4hroERH8[/ame] [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU-UDp-T52Y&feature=related[/ame]
Definitely a FotY contender. I think I liked certain others just as much too though. I had a lot of fun with wolak-rodriguez, yordan-john, vazquez-arce and rios-acosta as well. I'd have berto-ortiz and a few others bringing up the rear on that.
i said Dempsey vs Firpo because every time theres a forum about hw slugfests its not mentiond as much which is a shame