The greatest performance you have ever seen?

Ali-Frazier I (1971)
Frazier-Foreman I (1973)
Ali-Foreman (1974)
Foreman-Lyle (1976)
Leonard-Benitez (1979)
Lopez-Ayala
Leonard-Duran I (1980)
Sanchez-Lopez
Leonard-Hearns I (1981)
Antuofermo-Hagler
Sanchez-Gomez
Arguello-Mancini
Pryor-Arguello I (1982)
Gomez-Pintor
Benitez-Duran
Chacon-Boza Edwards II (1983)
Hagler-Hearns (1985)
Douglas-Tyson (1990)
Chavez-Taylor
Leonard-Hagler (1987)
Foreman-Moorer (1994)

 

Opps...but "Robbi" for all of us over 40 it WAS a Great Performance!! LOL!

 

I think I interpret the question differently than a lot of the people who responded. I don't see greatest performance as being interchangeable with most dominant performance.

I've seen a fair amount of fights (not as many as some of you it seems), but Frazier in his first fight with Ali would be mine. Fighting that ferocious pace for 15 rounds and scoring a one punch knockdown in the 15th was pretty incredible.

 

"Smokin' Joe" is one of my favourites in any fight! He had the style I like.

Mike Tyson would rate as high in my book if he would have done things a little differently (probably more me than him). Their style of fighting is always the best!

 

Marciano beating Walcott. He was blinded thru middle rounds, Walcott was on his game, and Marciano still won. I think any other challenger loses under those circumstancess on that night to Walcott.

Lampkin vs Duran--Ray Lampkin came in to fight Duran in Panama, with Panamanian judges and ref, with Dictator of country ringside. He got there 10 days before fight, and had no time to adjust to 100+ degree weather with high humidity. He almost got killed--literally--trying best to win. Great fight. It was a loss, but he was imppressive with everything stacked against him.

 

Wow. Scary. You're a scary guy, you are.

 

Carlos Zarate vs Afonso Gomez
Floyd Mayweather vs Chico Coralles
Jeff lacy Vs Joe Calzaghe
Duran Vs Davey moore

 

Buster Douglas vs. Mike Tyson
Roy Jones Jr vs. James Toney
Roberto Duran vs. Davey Moore
Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling II
Pernell Whitaker vs. Jose Luis Ramirez II
Floyd Mayweather vs. Diego Corrales

 

Given the level of the opposition, I would say Randy Turpin beating Sugar Ray Robinson in 1951. It was a decisive victory.

 

Nice call Old Fogey,

However it is noteworthy that SRR on was at the end of a light-hearted European tour, which involved a lot of boozing and partying.

Between May 21st up to July 10th (up to and including the night of the 1st Turpin fight) he fought 7 times in 7 different cities and 6 different European countries.

In someways you cuold argue that Turpins performance in the second fight 2 months later in New York (in which he suffered a stoppage loss in the 10th but pushed SRR every inch of the way) was an even better performance...

It certainly was a prime motivated SRR the second time around.

 

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has to be.

RJJ v Tony / Tarver I (Roy dug deep)

Hearns v Duran springs to mind

Tyson v Spinks (great as in swift brutality)

Benn v McClellan

Watson v Benn

Eubank v Benn I

Ali v Frazier Trilogy (both men obviously)

 

Roberto duran v iran barkley....I mean what gives a 5ft 7, old,chubby former lightweight champ the right to beat a 6ft ,huge,powerful,hungry and agressive middleweight champion? Anyone imagine whitaker,chavez,armstrong or any lightweight in history doing that?
To say nothing of duran leonard 1 and duran hagler...
Of recent times calzaghe v lacy was mightily impressive...

 

Williams was old...back then his age was Old...and washed up...As a Clay hater I'd my hopes, remembering the young Williams, but Williams had no reflex left vs a extreamly fast young man....
Weaver vs Tate...in that I thought the thread had to do with upsets...most of the fights listed were not upsets for the victor.
Eubank vs sorry the guy he crippled..I't ealy inthe morning.

Leonard vs Benitez...in that I had Bentiz up and I was then a Leonard fan...I changed my view on him over the years....too bad that Beitez doubled his training too @10 days....that is why he ran out of steam and got caught.

 

Tyson got dominated and got his arse handed to him every which way!!!

A dominant performance like that does'nt happen by accident.

The fight is history, its been done, and never avenged.

Douglas completely dominated Mike Tyson in every facet of the game.
There is'nt a single facet of the boxing game that Tyson won over Buster Douglas.
That is what is called complete and utter domination!

The excuse is that Tyson was'nt in physical or mental shape, but there have been other great fighters that we can say the same for that never came close to being dominated and disposed of in the manner Tyson was, particularly when it meant it was a great fighters first defeat.

James "Buster" Douglas' win was no accident. He was an exellent fighter with a variety of skills and he deserves mad credit for the motivation he mustered inside him in the face of his mothers death, and using that motivation to muster up getting in incredible physical and mental shape and boxing a masterpiece vs Mike Tyson.

Dont blame Mike Tyson for losing that fight, blame James Douglas for being in the best and most motivated form he ever was in the ring!

I tell you, alot of great Heavyweight champions in history would have had their hands full with Buster Douglas that night!
Dont blame Tyson, blame Douglas!:yep

Buster Douglas, an absolute great performance!:deal