Most disastrous tune up fights?

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  1. Irish Steel

    Irish Steel Active Member Full Member

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  2. Pantera

    Pantera Member Full Member

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    Yeah, but I'm not sure that can be considered a tune up fight since Tyson was the champ.
     
  3. Irish Steel

    Irish Steel Active Member Full Member

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    Mcguigan/Cruz. WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN!
     
  4. SteveO

    SteveO MSW Full Member

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    Assuming you're serious...

    Jerry Quarry was a heavyweight known for fighting and losing to Ali and Frazier and Ken Norton, but had some great victories over Floyd Patterson, Earnie Shavers, and Ron Lyle, to name a few. He was a wonderful fighter, some say he would rule the division today and may have in his time had it not been for such a powerful crop of heavies.

    He came in and out of retirement. In 1992, some say he was spurred on by George Foreman's comeback. At age 47, he fought some nobody fighter named Ron Cranmer who was 3-4-1. Quarry was soundly beaten in what looks like a high school gym. He left the fight very damaged.

    There's some highlights of it here.

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsXk1dO95V8

    You can buy copies of it on the internet.
     
  5. Pantera

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    Man. I didn't know that about Quarry... I knew he had ended his life in pretty bad shape, most people say due to all the beatings he got during his professional boxing life, but I didn't know anything about that particular fight. Very sad way to go for a warrior like him. :-(
     
  6. Pantera

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    Sorry, I forgot... Who was Tyson fighting next? :huh
     
  7. the mean machine

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  8. anut

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    mike dixon vs alex garcia
     
  9. standing 8

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    That would be my pick also.
     
  10. compukiller

    compukiller Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Is that Scarlett Johannsen in ur avatar??
     
  11. Longhhorn71

    Longhhorn71 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ali-Norton I. Ali was fighting some ex-marine out in California with a crab-like defense who wasn't afraid of him.

    Uh-oh..broken jaw time.
     
  12. emanuel_augustus

    emanuel_augustus Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Who the hell was tuning up?? Quarry was like 48 years old.
     
  13. standing 8

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    How about Micheal Grant vs. Andrew Galota?
     
  14. PJD3

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    NAZ -vs- BARRERA
    Tito X well not a tune up but he was suppose walk over X to get RJJ
    Borjado- Lejia
    Borjado - Jaun Carlos Rubio
    Judah Baldomir
     
  15. Thread Stealer

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