Most underrated fight of all time?

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  1. LHL

    LHL Captain Freedom Full Member

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    Ayala Vs Tapia was a great fight
     
  2. Drew101

    Drew101 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  3. sam_sunders

    sam_sunders science Full Member

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    For me, Calzaghe Kessler is THE textbook match. For anyone who's never seen it, and likes the science, i strongly encourage you to watch it. the level keeps on elevating into absurdly perfect boxing.
     
  4. sthomas

    sthomas Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Good to post those fights. That's why I like Calz. vs. Kessler so much. Great action, noone totally dominant, but the better man imposed his skills on the other
     
  5. FINITO

    FINITO Boxing Junkie banned

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    Carbajal/Gonzales

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  6. o_money

    o_money Boxing Junkie banned

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    On thi slist I'd have to go with the last two, most specifically the nasheem Hamed Augie Sanchez fight b/c everyone always talks about the kevin kelly fight fight as being the best fight of Naz's career but this one never gets talked about.
     
  7. o_money

    o_money Boxing Junkie banned

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    I loved this fight. It is one of the few times that I have seen a guy fight a fantastic highly skilled fight, give the best effort he could possibly have given and still lose the fight. B/c it wasn't like Joe was nullifying the things that Kessler was doing or throwing him off in anyways, he was just doing what he does which is better then what Kessler was doing. So you got to see two great fighters put on two great performances (technically speaking) and one of them's was just better than the other guy's.
     
  8. Boom_Boom

    Boom_Boom R.I.P Boxing 6/9/12 Full Member

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    Corrales vs. JLC I
     
  9. ninebar

    ninebar Boxing Addict Full Member

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    From the list Cotto vs Torres was my Favorite

    Other fight's that don't seem to get mentioned much:
    Hatton vs McGee
    Judah vs Cotto
    Bell vs Mormeck 1
    Lyakhovich vs Brewster
    Moore vs Macklin
     
  10. booradley

    booradley Mean People Kick Ass! Full Member

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    Here's a forgotten classic:

    Danny "Little Red" Lopez vs Mike Ayala.

    Ended in a 15th round TKO. 1979 Ring Magazine fight of the year, and strong candidate for fight of the decade.
     
  11. The Phenom

    The Phenom Pretty Handsome Full Member

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    That would be Trinidad-Vargas.
     
  12. TommyV

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    Johnny Nelson vs James Warring.

    Nelson v De Leon is a close 2nd.

    In honesty, I think Thompson-Eubank was a fantastic fight. Backwards and forwards all night, Thompson would get hurt and comeback to hurt Eubank, a stunned Eubank would then find a way to hurt Thompson again and so on.
     
  13. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    Naturally, the great older fights are going to get mentioned less here because less people have seen them.

    Saad's fights with M. Johnson, Lopez, Kates, etc...

    Others like Lee-Lociero, Arguello-Escalera 2, etc..

    I would mention Chacon's fights, but for an older fighter who's not one of the biggest names (Ali, SRL, Duran, etc...), his classics do get mentioned.

    Among the more recent fights (90s and 00s), I would say these fights aren't mentioned enough:

    Quiroga-Anifowoshe
    Liles-Littles 2
    Cotto-Torres
    Gomez-Arthur
    Cooper-Moorer
    Carbajal-Gonzalez 1
    A. Gonzalez-Kelley
    Liakhovich-Brewster
     
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    McKinney vs. Barrera
    Thomson vs. Eubanks
     
  15. brickfists

    brickfists The Nonpareil Full Member

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    i tell ya man one of the true forgotten classics is frank "the animal" fletcher vs slammin sammy nesmith you never here anyoe on esb mention that one