1945-2008 Ring Magaizne fights of the year. How many have you seen?

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  1. Mendoza

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  2. Mendoza

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    Part II

    Dick Tiger UD 10 Frank DePaula Lt Heavyweight

    Joe Frazier TKO 7 Jerry Quarry Heavyweight

    Carlos Monzon TKO 12 Nino Benvenuti (2) Middleweight

    Joe Frazier (2) UD 15 Muhammad Ali (3) Heavyweight

    Bob Foster KO 14 Chris Finnegan Lt Heavyweight

    George Foreman KO 2 Joe Frazier (3) Heavyweight

    Muhammad Ali (4) KO 8 George Foreman (2) Heavyweight

    Muhammad Ali (5) TKO 14 Joe Frazier (4) Heavyweight

    George Foreman (3) KO 5 Ron Lyle Heavyweight

    Jimmy Young UD 12 George Foreman (4) Heavyweight

    Leon Spinks SD 15 Muhammad Ali (6) Heavyweight

    Danny Lopez KO 15 Mike Ayala Featherweight

    Matthew Saad Muhammad KO 14 Yaqui Lopez Lt Heavyweight

    Sugar Ray Leonard TKO 14 Thomas Hearns Welterweight

    Bobby Chacon UD 15 Rafael Limon Jr Lightweight

    Bobby Chacon (2) UD 12 Cornelius Boza Edwards Jr Lightweight

    Jose Luis Ramirez TKO 4 Edwin Rosario Lightweight

    Marvin Hagler TKO 3 Thomas Hearns (2) Middleweight

    Steve Cruz UD 15 Barry McGuigan Featherweight

    Sugar Ray Leonard (2) SD 12 Marvin Hagler (2) Middleweight

    Tony Lopez UD 12 Rocky Lockridge Jr Lightweight

    Roberto Duran SD 15 Iran Barkley Middleweight

    Julio Cesar Chavez TKO 12 Meldrick Taylor Jr Welterweight
     
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    Part III

    Robert Quiroga UD 12 Akeem Anifowoshe Jr Lightweight

    Riddick Bowe UD 12 Evander Holyfield Heavyweight

    Michael Carbajal KO 7 Humberto Gonzalez Jr Flyweight

    Jorge Fernando Castro TKO 9 John David Jackson Middleweight

    Saman Sorjaturong TKO 7 Humberto Gonzalez (2) Lightweight

    Evander Holyfield (2) TKO 11 Mike Tyson Heavyweight

    Arturo Gatti TKO 5 Gabriel Ruelas Jr Lightweight

    Ivan Robinson SD 10 Arturo Gatti (2) Lightweight

    Paulie Ayala UD 12 Johnny Tapia Bantamweight

    Erik Morales SD 15 Marco Antonio Barrera Jr Featherweight

    Micky Ward UD 10 Emanuel Burton Jr Welterweight

    Micky Ward (2) MD 10 Arturo Gatti (3) Jr Welterweight

    Arturo Gatti (4) UD 10 Micky Ward (3) Jr Welterweight

    Marco Antonio Barrera (2) MD 12 Erik Morales (2) Jr Lightweight

    Diego Corrales TKO 10 Jose Luis Castillo Lightweight

    Somsak Sithchatchawal TKO 10 Mahyar Monshipour Jr Lightweight

    Israel Vazquez TKO 6 Rafael Marquez Jr Lightweight
     
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  4. PhillyPhan69

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    12 of 23 on the first list
    21 of 23 on the 2nd (no to: Foster finnegan & Tiger Depaula)
    16 of 17 on list 3 (except for: Robert Quiroga UD 12 Akeem Anifowoshe)

    49 of 63
     
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  5. Mendoza

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    I want to see Torres vs Cotton. Has anyone seen that one?
     
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  6. DFW

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    I watched Torres-Cotton and thought Eddie Cotton was robbed of the decision as did most of the other people who saw the fight.
     
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  7. ChrisPontius

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    Incredible that Basilio was in the fight of the year a full five times subsequently.
     
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  8. Thread Stealer

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    These are the ones I haven't seen, either in its entirety, or at all:

    1945: Rocky Graziano KO10 Red Cochrane
    1946: Tony Zale KO6 Rocky Graziano
    1947: Rocky Graziano KO6 Tony Zale
    1948: Marcel Cerdan KO12 Tony Zale
    1949: Willie Pep W15 Sandy Saddler
    1950: Jake LaMotta KO15 Laurent Dauthuille (I've just seen the KO)
    1951: Jersey Joe Walcott KO7 Ezzard Charles (Just seen the KO)
    1954: Rocky Marciano KO8 Ezzard Charles (Just seen bits and pieces)
    1955: Carmen Basilio KO12 Tony DeMarco (Just seen some of it)
    1956: Carmen Basilio KO9 Johnny Saxton
    1957: Carmen Basilio W15 Sugar Ray Robinson (Just seen clips)
    1958: Sugar Ray Robinson W15 Carmen Basilio (Just seen clips)
    1959: Gene Fullmer KO14 Carmen Basilio
    1961: Joe Brown W15 Dave Charnley
    1962: Joey Giardello W10 Henry Hank
    1965: Floyd Patterson W12 George Chuvalo
    1966: Jose Torres W15 Eddie Cotton
    1967: Nino Benvenuti W15 Emile Griffith
    1968: Dick Tiger W10 Frank DePaula
    1972: Bob Foster KO14 Chris Finnegan
    1977: Jimmy Young W12 George Foreman (saw some of it, not the full fight. How on earth did The Ring not pick Franklin/Saad-Johnson I as fight of the year?)
    1986: Stevie Cruz W15 Barry McGuigan (Have it, just haven't got around to watching it)
    1988: Tony Lopez W12 Rocky Lockridge
    1999: Paulie Ayala W12 Johnny Tapia (fight #1)
     
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  9. BOGART

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    I noticed that same thing. I also didn't realize that Ali, a fighter we don't often equate with the most exciting style amongst heavyweights, has been in more fights of the year than any other fighter. I think I read that right.
     
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  10. Mendoza

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    Ali vs Leon Spinks as the fight of the year? Horrible call.
     
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  11. BOGART

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    You can add Ali-Liston 2 to that as well. Signifigant and controversial but entertaining and to say there was no fight better that year. No. Ali-Foreman/Frazier were good calls but a couple of the other Ali fights not so.
     
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  12. Mendoza

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    ALi vs Liston 2 did not make the cut! The #2 next to Ali just means he was in his 2nd ring magaizne fight of the year.
     
    Mendoza, Mar 19, 2008
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