A Time When You Were Proud For your Favourite Fighter?

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  1. Pepsi Dioxide

    Pepsi Dioxide Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    One or my favorites, James Toney coming back from obscurity and obesity to win the IBF cruiser title and then KO Holyfield. It seemed like his career after Griffin 2 and especially the Thadzi loss was going to be one of a journeyman or retirement.
     
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  2. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    After all those years after the first fight, the draw was OK for him.
    He'd knocked down Ray twice and still stood at the end.
    He slept like a baby apparently that night.
     
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  3. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I'll give you one of my top 10 faves:

    When Winky completely shut down, and demoralized Tito winning damn near every second of every round of their fight. He finally got what he had deserved for years and years..........
     
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  4. META5

    META5 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Balboa beating the Swedish Russian and avenging The King of Sting and then giving the speech: and getting one more round versus that bum, Tommy Gunn.

    Ali beating Foreman.

    Roy Jones beating Toney.

    Eubank versus Carl Thompson and showing just how great his heart and chin was.

    Floyd Vs Corrales

    SRR in the Valentine's Day Massacre
     
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  5. Greg Price99

    Greg Price99 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Winky's jab in that fight was nothing short of imperious.
     
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  6. AntonioMartin1

    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    1982-84 my pride for Wilfredo Gomez was at an all time high...the Salvador Sanchez fight be darned, I thought Bazooka could send anyone to the stratosphere like Mighty Mouse or Superman....

    Keep in mind..I was between 10 and 12 years old...lol
     
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  7. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT banned Full Member

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    Kostya Tszyu coolly and calmly weathering the initial storm put to him by Zab Judah.

    Thereafter, even before round 1 was out, KT began to made ever so fine, incremental adjustments to the targeting of his right hand until - BOOM!, he landed Judah’s chin and caused Zab to do the funky chicken dance.

    Also, before the match, confident Zab wasn’t interested in talking any rematch.

    He sang a different tune after the fight. KT’s post fight answer to a rematch was a fair NO!

    KT also recalled Zabs pre fight sentiments re no rematch, and qualified that his own answer of NO was a “boomerang”.

    Short, simple and right on point - KT’s expressions would’ve made Joe Louis proud.

    Another - A beat up and bloodied Jeff Harding hanging super tough to ultimately stop Dennis Andries.
     
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  8. Clinton

    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Duran Leonard 1
    Hagler Hearns
    Ali Foreman
    Frazier Ali 3
    Sal Gomez
     
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