Best performances in winning a championship

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  1. quintonjacksonfan

    quintonjacksonfan Active Member Full Member

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    I know Duran-Leonard 1 sits at one and Tyson-Berbick was quite impressive. What are some other great performances winning a championship?
     
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    Mandela2039 Philippians 2:10-11 Full Member

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    ikrasevic Who is ready to suffer for Christ (the truth)? Full Member

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    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Dempsey v Willard
    Liston v Patterson
    Hearns v Cuevas
    Hagler v Minter
     
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    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    Hopkins-Trinidad (unification)
    Crawford-Spence (unification)
    Mosley-De La Hoya 1
    Foreman-Frazier 1
    Ali-Foreman
    Tyson-Berbick
    Douglas-Tyson
    Chavez-Rosario
    Pacquiao-Barrera 1
     
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    janwalshs Active Member Full Member

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    Ingo-Patterson 1; Rocky-Walcott 1; Cuevas-Espada 1; Pryor-Cervantes; Sanchez-Lopez 1;
    Way too many others to mention.
     
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  7. Jakub79

    Jakub79 Active Member Full Member

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    Kliczko - Byrd, Barrera- Hamed, Toney- Zirov, Fury- Wilder 2
     
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    FThabxinfan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Shoji Oguma vs Chan Hee Park I,Park wasn't motivated but it was as expected of him,Oguma got the first ever comeback of the year award from this I think.
     
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    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  11. Mike Cannon

    Mike Cannon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hi Guys.
    Of course there are loads, some very good pics already, might I offer up Ken Buchanans upset victory over the very competent Laguna, the pale skinned Scotsman travelled halfway around the world to fight in the broiling heat of San Juan to dethrone the flashy, fluid boxing Laguna, this is a stand out for me, have spoken to Buchanan several times over the years, and he said the heat at fight time was like nothing he had experienced before, it felt like he was breathing in air from a furnace he told me, and all the time Laguna was looking composed, and utterly unconcerned with the 100 degree heat, some feat, don't you think.
    stay safe guys, chat soon.
    Mike.
     
  12. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Barrios is a bandit robber - Psalm 144:1 Full Member

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    Toney’s win over Jirov was disrespectful
     
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    Locche beating Fuji
    Yes Fuji wasn’t the best champion, no jab, tailor made for Locche. But he had big power and was a tough dude. I think Fuji landed about one clean punch. Locches said after he’s allowed to land one punch, he’s fighting in front of his people.
     
  14. slash

    slash Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You folks are knowledgeable. I would state the obvious: Ali-Foreman
     
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  15. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    Ali-Liston.

    It might not have ended as people would’ve liked but that was an amazing performance to lift the crown.

    If Ali wasn’t in his substantive prime, he still snuck in a “pre-prime” performance, fuelled by acute adrenalin, that sits perfectly among if not atop his later performances in 60s -
     
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