27 years ago today...THE WAR

good call

good fight

 

Tommy was a bad mother****er.

That dude just may be the greatest pure Boxer of all time.

 

I didn't know it was 27 years ago today, but once I seen 'THE WAR' in the thread title, I knew.

 

Couldn't you have waited atleast three years? 27 years is hardly significant,especially for such a grossly overrated fight.

 

I hate to say it,but GYOW is right.This is a very overrated fight even though I hold the protagonists in the highest regard.
I showed my boy this fight a few years ago and told him many people think it's the best fight ever.He was terribly underwhelmed.Barrera-Morales 1 was a different story when he watched that.
It's hardly an unpleasant memory though.

 

27 years goes way too fast. The 80's was truly special. Thanks for the post :good

 

Its not just about the fight itself, the build up and where the fighters were in their respective careers at the time of the fight is what made it such a classic.(that coupled with the explosive few rounds)

 

I was at that fight dam Tommy Hearns was never never in a boring fight I went to most of his fights, dam I miss the 80s some of the greatest fights and fighters ever.

Great Post Tomato can.

 

:goodI envy you.


Time goes too quickly.

 

This is the best 3 round fight in the history of the sport. Kelly Hamed is next.

 

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPKBakEA_mw&list=FLxgX_0ngtWh6BTYrURatwYA&index=21&feature=plpp_video"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPKBakEA_mw&list=FLxgX_0ngtWh6BTYrURatwYA&index=21&feature=plpp_video[/ame]

Here's the whole thing guys, build up, interviews, the full works. I NEVER get bored of watching this fight.

 

:good

Hearns and Hagler… two of the greatest fighters of all time!

 

Marvellous Marvin Hagler Says He Can Still Feel The Punches Tommy Hearns Hit Him With - Over 25 Years Later!

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=26966&more=1

"Today’s fighters are not as hungry as they used to be. They don’t seem to sacrifice as much as we did. When we fought, it was straightforward, you fought the best, no ducking, no playing games. The only question afterwards was ‘who’s next?’"... Hagler

 

Agreed . . . I never met tommy but I would have loved to