Must watch fights for an aspiring boxing historian?

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  1. TomBrazy

    TomBrazy New Member Full Member

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    I got into boxing in September when a friend invited me to a Canelo/GGG watch party. Started collecting scorecards in January. I have 108 right now (I only save my scorecard if the fight goes the distance). I have a good understanding of modern boxing and now I want to get into the history and the classics. I've seen all of the fights that the Fab 4 had amongst themselves but that's about as far back as I go. I appreciate any fight recommendations y'all give me
     
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  2. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    All of them, really. It's a bummer but no one era outweighs another and despite the overwhelming obsession with heavyweights, as far as boxing history goes, no weight outweighs another.

    It would be very very cool to organise a Historical Imperative list though...identify the keystone fighter for every 5 years or so. Not the greatest or the best, just the one through whom you could best understand the crucial factors from the era.
     
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  3. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Glad to see you enjoying boxing.

    If you want to find interesting fights I'd say the best ways things to do are
    1. Read through the fight of the week threads I'd recommend Hagler vs Leonard to see how score rounds, here's the best place to get them allhttps://www.boxingforum24.com/threads/fight-of-the-week-listing.622448/
    2. Read through people's favourite fighters and watch there biggest fights, that should get loads in there. Thread for that.https://www.boxingforum24.com/threads/your-3-favorite-fights-from-your-favorite-fighter.631189/
    3. Watch some fights known for being great, FOTC, Duran vs Leonard 1, Gatti vs Ward, Marquez vs Pacquiao 1-3.
    That's it really. I'm sure there's plenty of guys that could give you a list of hard fights to score. I'll sit on it before I put one up but @Pat M took part in the old series, he may if he has the time.
     
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  4. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Watch the St Valentine's Day Massacre Feb 14th 1951.
    Sugar Ray Robinson vs Jake LaMotta.
     
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  5. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Another good place to start is Roberto Duran vs Estaban DeJesus 3. 1978 in Las Vegas
     
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  6. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    What kind of fights are you looking for? Important fights? Entertaining fights? Fights that show a master at the height of his powers? Are you partial to any styles of fighters or types of fights?
     
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  7. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Hagler vs Leonard
    Chavez vs Whitaker
    Del a Hoya vs Whitaker
    Del a Hoya vs Quartey
    Del a Hoya vs Trinidad
    Del a Hoya vs Mayweather Jr
    Del a Hoya vs Mosley 1
    Ali vs Shavers
    Ali vs Norton 1, 3
    Ali vs Young
    Norton vs Young
    Ibeabuci vs Tua
    Bowe vs Holyfield 2
    Pacquiao vs Marquez 1-3
    Duran vs Barkley
    Lewis vs Mercer
     
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  8. JackSilver

    JackSilver Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Start from the Heavyweights and work your way down the divisions.
     
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  9. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    March 8th 1971
    Muhammad Ali challenges Joe Frazier for the Heavyweight Championship. Epic fight.
     
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  10. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I won't bother you with any lists, and it's more fun for you to make up your own anyway. Getting into boxing is like following the branches of a tree, it'll lead you here and there and diverge in both expected and unexpected directions and who knows which of these directions appeals to you most.

    Just go climb the tree.
     
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  11. emallini

    emallini Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Make sure you watch the GOAT Roy Jones Jr. From 1989 to 2004.
     
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    redrooster Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    ^ yes and Terry Norris. He made the impossible look easy

    Buster Douglas making history with a KO over Tyson

    Hearns KO 2 Duran

    not to mention Foreman, a very underrated boxer over Frazier
     
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    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Norris DID make the impossible look easy, it's true. Never saw anyone pole-axed by a jab quite like him.
     
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  14. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Terry Norris was the best Fighter I ever saw.
     
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    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    Specific bouts to watch:
    Duran vs Leonard
    Any of the fab 4 against each other
    Tony Canzoneri vs Kid Chocolate
    Tony Canzoneri vs Jimmy McClarnin
    Canzoneri vs Barney Ross
    Ross vs Mclarnin
    Duran vs Buchanan
    Sugar Ray Robinson Vs jake LaMotta
    Joe Louis VS Max Schmeling 1 and 2
    Marciano vs Charles, Moore, Walcott
    Fighting Harada vs Eder Jofre 1 and 2
    Olivares vs Rose
    Fitzsimmons vs Corbett

    This is what popped in my head.
     
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