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