Best chess match fights

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  1. Dorrian_Grey

    Dorrian_Grey It came to me in a dream Full Member

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    I'm sure everyone is familiar with the many wars in boxing history, the action fights, the Hagler-Hearns, the Pryor-Agruellos, the Thrillas. But what about the best fights which showcase the class, pedigree, and skill of its two combatants? What are your favourite chess match fights?
     
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  2. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    These are more like high speed chess matches with some good technical skills on display.

    Larry Holmes vs Ken Norton/Tim Witherspoon

    Sugar Ray Leonard vs Wilfred Benitez

    Marco Antonio Barrera vs Juan Manuel Marquez

    Mike McCallum vs James Toney 1

    Donald Curry vs Marlon Starling 2

    Salvador Sanchez vs Ruben Castillo

    Jose Napoles vs Hedgemon Lewis 1

    Winky Wright vs Jermain Taylor
     
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  3. Romero

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    James Toney vs Mike McCallum
     
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  4. Flo_Raiden

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    Masao Ohba vs Betulio Gonzalez
    Pernell Whitaker vs Buddy McGirt 1
    Donald Curry vs Marlon Starling 2
    Mike McCallum vs James Toney 1 / Donald Curry / Sumbu Kalambay 2
    James Toney vs Michael Nunn
    Lupe Pintor vs Alberto Davila 2
    Juan Manuel Marquez vs Marco Antonio Barrera / Joel Casamayor / Manny Pacquiao 2
    Chucho Castillo vs Rafael Herrera 2
    Gilberto Roman vs Santos Laciar 1 & 2
    Harold Johnson vs Ezzard Charles / Archie Moore / Henry Hank
    Emile Griffith vs Joey Archer 2
    Johnny Tapia vs Danny Romero
    Devin Haney vs Vasyl Lomachenko
     
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  5. MaccaveliMacc

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    Oeksandr Usyk vs Mairis Briedis
     
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  6. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Hagler Duran was more of a chess match than was thought going into that fight.
     
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  7. northpaw

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    Toney/Mccallum 1
     
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  8. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I think Ruben Olivares vs Chucho Castillo 1 deserves a mention. High level boxing but also a fast paced fight.
     
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  9. McGrain

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    I always had a weird obsession with Hopkins-Calzaghe for this reason. Calzaghe trying to force Hopkins to take more steps than he wanted to; Hopkins trying to diminish Calzaghe's output. Both of them experts in these areas. I thought it was so close.
     
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  10. Bokaj

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    Yeah, and McCallum-Kalambay 2.
     
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  11. robert ungurean

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    Hearns v Benitez
     
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  12. BCS8

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    Man, I was gonna tell you about the fight I had at the school chess club. The dude kept touching his pieces and saying adjusting. After the tenth time I realised he was doing it to annoy me so of course it started to annoy me. Touch ... adjust. Touch ... adjust. Touch ... adjust. And he was putting the pieces back skew on purpose so that he'd have to adjust the m again! Touch ... adjust. Touch ... adjust. Touch ... adjust.

    Anyway long story short, I punched him in the nose.
     
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  13. catchwtboxing

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    In a strategic way, Chavez-Taylor. Both men stuck to their strategy...Taylor sticking and moving, scoring points and banking rounds, and Chavez physically breaking down his opponent with effective aggression. It went until two seconds of the last round, and, agree or not, Chavez's strategy finally paid off.

    Leonard-Duran I, where Duran did everything in the playbook to take the bigger, stronger, faster, younger man off his game.
     
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  14. Stevie G

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    Leonard-Benitez is my favourite one.
     
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  15. JohnThomas1

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    I was scrolling thru to see if someone mentioned this one!!!!!!!
     
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