The 50 Best Boxing Masterclasses Seen (Complete) On Film

In that case,

How about Henry Pearce vs. Jem Belcher

Background
The year this bout happen in is 1805, and

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(Also known as the Chicken Game) comes into this fight with a perfect 6-0 record vs

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. Jem Belcher had lost one of his eyes in a game of racquetball, and thus will be disable coming into the ring with one of the best fighters of the era.

• Time: 35 minutes
• Location: Blythe, near Doncaster, England

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] Bout Summary

In the 1st round, after several feints, Belcher put in a severe blow over Pearce’s guard on his eye that drew copious amounts of blood.
In the 3rd, the Chicken won the round with several hard blows. Blood continued to flow from the Chicken’s eye.
In the 7th, Belcher connected with a severe right hand blow to Pearce’s face. The Chicken got Belcher’s head under his left arm and landed several blows with his right.
In the 8th, Belcher landed several blows with his right, parried the Chicken’s blows with his left, and threw him over the rope and out of the ring.

In the 9th, Belcher hit the Chicken with a sharp blow to the face which cut him severely.
In the 12th, the Chicken rallied furiously and it was apparent that Belcher had lost some of his strength. The Chicken threw Belcher on the rope, had him in a defenseless position, but refused to strike Belcher a knockout blow in this position. The spectators applauded this honorable step.
In the 15th, the Chicken hit Belcher on the lower rib which doubled him up and he fell. The umpire declares this the first knockdown blow.
In the 16th, Belcher landed a feeble blow and the Chicken smiled. He then rallied and had Belcher in the same defenseless position as earlier and again he sportingly refused to hit Belcher. Belcher was thrown and hit one of the stakes, further injuring the lower rib he had previously been hit on. Belcher could not move his left arm from his side and resigned in the 18th round.
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] Conclusion

Belcher severely punished in fight, but fought gallantly. Pearce, throughout the combat, without a doubt, armed most of his blows towards Belcher’s good eye in trying to close it and he generally succeeded. Belcher, unable to judge length, his blows became just casual attempts as he could not plant them judiciously. He also couldn’t adjust to Pearce’s blows until it was too late to guard against them. Pearce also gave Belcher some tremendous falls. Henry Pearce “The Game Chicken,” never fights again.

I like to add this fight to my list of 50 greatness fights of boxing master class. :good

 

Ritch Rivers was complete I belive, I know it has all the rounds, if they shave a min or so off a few rounds, that was pretty common.

Tunney Heenly is other masterclass by Tunney, but the footage did shave a min or so off a round or so. Amazing Dempsey Tunney II is "Complete" in this regard if you catch more than 1 version of the fight of couse. Mostly in regards to round 1.

 

Are you sure its not the speed thing.

The reason Henry Pearce was called the game chicken, was because he was a like like say Rocky Marciano or Gatti, He would take a beating and come on late to win. A amazing display of his withstanded punishment, So he was "Game" as they called it, and I suppose the chicken thing(Back in 1805) was in regards to fighting like a rooster or something. Base off the reads, he hardly ever ran away in a fight, but always plow forward, mowing his man down.

 

Watch Ali v Williams right now. That is a masterclass. That speed and footwork was original for the Heavyweight Division. He could hit from all angles. Conn and Tunney were light heavy and no way as quick as peak Ali.

 

I've seen Tyson on the heavybag, I'd say he's more impressive against the punching bag in his gym than Ali was against the punching bag he faced in the ring that night.

 

It´s me again.
What about Saad Muhammad v Marvin Johnson (both)

Woller

 

One I like is Terry Norris - Simon Brown II.

Rematching a guy who'd recently starched him, Norris stuck to boxing without resorting to passive, timid running away, and scored a decisive points win.

 

Conteh vs Yaqui Lopez is a good one not yet mentioned for the seventies light heavy scene.

 

Robinson Lamotta ,the last one.
Calzaghe Lacy
Barrera Hamed
Gavilan Davey

 

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Jeff Chandler vs. Oscar Muniz II
Donald Curry vs. Colin Jones
Donald Curry vs. Marlon Starling
Ray Leonard vs. Pete Ranzany
Ricardo Lopez vs. Zolani Potelo