Me too!
Gomez-Lockridge? Anyone score that for Gomez?
Great list. I wouldn't argue strongly against any of these choices, even if they wouldn't all be the ones I'd pick (some are, though). 1940s?...
Changed the title to clarify.
Are we including Sergio Martinez in the conversation?
Choose one per decade. And it has to be on film (at least partially, if not fully).
It'd be enough for me to place Hagler just above Monzon rather than just below him as I do now.
Pipino Cuevas v Harold Weston Harold Weston was seriously tough. He stood toe to toe with one of the greatest punchers in welterweight history...
I had that one on VHS years ago on account of it being voted 1981's FOTY by KO magazine. It's about as far from The Ring's choice (Sugar Ray...
You're absolutely right, Mario. I did watch it the standard (lower) quality. I realise now that I've probably been watching fights of yours in...
It's going on the watch list!
No, you're completely right - it is a sensational fight and deserves to be rated higher than it tends to be. Take fights like Saad-Lopez 2 and...
If footage ever turned up of Zale-Graziano 1 and 2, I think they would stand up to scrutiny as classics but probably wouldn't be any greater than...
I agree re knockdowns not being a definitive proof of a classic, particularly from the pre-neutral corner days when fighters were often still off...
I'd forgotten Emmanuel Steward did the commentary too - yep, definitely him over Ray, Roy or George.
