Most Exciting Fights To Watch At Featherweight And Below ?

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  1. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Looking for some fights not talked about much if possible, been looking to get more knowledgeable on the smaller weightclasses.
     
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  2. OP_TheJawBreaker

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    Featherweight:
    Alexis Arguello vs Ruben Olivares
    Juan LaPorte vs Ruben Castillo
    Azumah Nelson vs Salvador Sanchez
    Bobby Chacon vs Danny Lopez

    Super Bantamweight:
    Guillermo Rigendeaux vs Julio Ceja
    Erik Morales vs Marco Antonio Barrera
    Junior Jones vs Kenney McKinney

    Bantamweight:
    Alfonso Zamora vs Alberto Sandoval
    Eder Jofre vs Jose Medel
    Ruben Olivares vs Kazuyoshi Kanazawa

    Super Flyweight:
    Roman Gonzalez vs Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
    Srisaket Sor Rungvisai vs Juan Fracisco Estrada
    Juan Francisco Estrada vs Carlos Cuadras
    Carlos Cuadras vs Roman Gonzalez 1 & 2
    Roman Gonzalez vs Juan Fracisco Estrada

    Flyweight:
    Alfonso Lopez vs Shoji Oguma

    Light Flyweight:
    Michael Carbajal vs Humberto Gonzalez

    Minimumweight:
    Kusuo Eguchi vs Katsuaki Eguchi
     
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  3. Jel

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    Here’s a start with just featherweight fights.

    I’m sure you’ll have seen many of these as none of them are rare but they’re all great.

    Sugar Ramos-Davey Moore (1963)
    Sugar Ramos-Floyd Robertson (1964) (extended highlights)
    Vicente Saldivar-Howard Winstone 2 (1967)
    Ernesto Marcel-Alexis Arguello (1974)
    Bobby Chacon-Danny Lopez (1975)
    Danny Lopez-Mike Ayala (1979)
    Salvador Sanchez-Azumah Nelson (1982)
    Azumah Nelson-Jim McDonnell (1989)
    Kevin Kelley-Troy Dorsey (1992)
    Alejandro Gonzalez-Kevin Kelley (1995)
    Naseem Hamed-Manuel Medina (1996)
    Naseem Hamed-Kevin Kelley (1997)
    Kevin Kelley-Derek Gainer (1998)
    Erik Morales-Injin Chi (2001)
    Injin Chi-Michael Broadie (2003)
    Juan Manuel Marquez-Manny Pacquiao 1 (2004)
     
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    And here’s some super bantam/junior feather classics:

    Hector Carrasquila-Soo Hwan Hong (1977)
    Leo Randolph-Ricardo Cardona (1980)
    Wilfredo Gomez-Lupe Pintor (1982)
    Daniel Zaragoza-Paul Banke 1 (1989)
    Paul Banke-Daniel Zaragoza 2 (1990)
    Kennedy McKinney-Welcome Ncita 1 (1992)
    Marco Antonio Barrera-Kennedy McKinney (1996)
    Kennedy McKinney-Junior Jones (1997)
    Erik Morales-Daniel Zaragoza (1997)
    Nestor Garza v Kozo Ishii (1999)
    Erik Morales-Marco Antonio Barrera 1 (2000)
    Oscar Larios v Israel Vasquez 2 (2002)
    Israel Vasquez v Jhonny Gonzalez (2006)
    Somak Sithchatchawal-Mahyar Monshipour (2006)
    Rafael Marquez-Israel Vasquez 1 (2007)
    Israel Vasquez-Rafael Marquez 2 (2007)
    Israel Vasquez-Rafael Marquez 3 (2008)
    Bernard Dunne-Ricardo Cordoba (2009)
     
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    I have confession to make i've never watched a Vicente Saldivar fight, also not seen Sugar Ramos either.
     
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    I'm gonna watch Nestor Gazar vs Kozo Ishii today, i haven't seen Randolph/Cardona or Carrasquila/Hong either cheers.
     
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    I still haven't seen Medel vs Jofre, gotta get round to watching that. There's also a few others i haven't seen there thanks.
     
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    You’re in for a treat with Saldivar. He tends to start off a little slow and then build momentum. He was an awesome fighter.
     
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    Medel-Jofre is amazing....
     
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  10. OP_TheJawBreaker

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    You have to watch it IMMEDIATELY
     
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    Ikr?
     
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    Featherweight: Watch Bobby Chacon
    Super Bantamweight: Watch Erik Morales
    Super Flyweight: Watch Roman Gonzalez
     
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  13. Bronze Tiger

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    Do you know if there are any fights of his with English commentary?
     
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    The Winstone fights at least. I remember Harry Carpenter commentating on the second fight specifically.
     
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    A fight I remember, was Vargas-Hodkinson.
    And Gonzales-Kelley.
     
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