Your favorite action picture of a boxing fight?

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I don't know if this is going to come out, but its a pic of Ray Robinson and Carmen Basilio taken at about a 45 degree angle downwards where both Ray and Carmen are winding up hooks at one another. I always felt the pic was sublime. Hope it comes out.

 

Well what do you know, it did come out. Hope everyone can see it.

 

I favor The George Bellows Painting of Dempsey vs. Firpo, in 1923 (painted in 1924):
https://whitneymedia.org/assets/artwork/214/31_95_cropped.jpeg

 

This one from Ali vs Cleveland Williams, looking down on the ring. Just always thought it was a cool picture.

 

Robinson/Basilio 1
Shot from above, both fighters winding up left hooks, both showing the strain of a long arduous battle, Basilio mouth agape, almost all of his upper body was taught, you could see sinews bulging, not an ounce of surplus flesh, looked like his skin had been ironed on him, Robinson sweaty, his normally manicured and straightened hair had fallen out, it was now lank, and starting to curl, back to his natural Afro/American heritage, these two men were engaged in some primeval struggle, that dated back to the begging of time, Basilio posed but one problem to his hated adversary, you might be able to beat me but, you would have to take out my heart to do so, and then stamp on it, Carmen held no truck with Sugar Ray, not least because as was his wont, he took the lion's share of the purse, he had been doing as such for a many a year, most of the opponents were dealt the same hand, most of his opponents were too timid, too acceptable of what crumps came their way, not so Carmen, he didn't like Robinson not just because of the heavily weighted percentage of the purse going to Ray, it was more than that, Ray was flash, arrogant, too quick to show off his wares, Basilio was brought up differently, his inheritance was hard toil, hot long days farming the fields in Syracuse, you didn't have much, what you did have was, humility, forbearance, and grateful for whatever came your way, Robinson taunted Carmen about his background, his appearance, his rather monosyllabic replies to Rays barbed comments, Basilio made a vow, when men of his elk make vows they keep em, Robinson was going to pay, and pay dearly........
stay safe Antonio.

 

Any Qawi fight where he has that evil grin.

 

Good call. I love that picture.

 

The one where they're inches apart. Ray is winding up a left hook and Carmen is winding up a right hook and the pic is autographed by Carmen. Hope that's the one you're looking at. It's awesome!

 

Hi @djanders, good seeing ya I feel the same way! this is my favorite piece of sports art of an epic moment.

 

Tyson vs. Green
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt13648294/mediaviewer/rm229626369

Tyson vs. Ferguson
https://boxrec.com/wiki/images/a/a5/TysonFerguson2.jpeg

 

Sure can, and, exactly as you said, a sublime photo. You'd almost think that they posed statically for the photo.