Best Ever Short Fights

foreman-frazier, still gives me chills.

 

Calzaghe - Mitchell was a great 2-rounder

 

Hello Duodenum,

I am pleasantly surprised to see another poster here who has actually seen the Hong/Carrasquilla fight, as I honestly did not believe anyone else on these forums has seen this fight save for maybe one or two other posters who I know have an interest in some of the great asian fighters of the past.

About the Hong/Cardona fight, I have unfortunately never seen that fight, although I would love to get a hold of a copy if you can point me in the right direction!

All I have on Hong is the Carrasquilla fight, as well as his fights against Arnold Taylor, Yuh Kasahara and the first Hong/Zamora bout. If there is one fight that I would LOVE to get a hold of it would be the rematch between Hong and Zamora.

I have a Korean trading buddy of mine who saw that fight live when he was young, and he told me that it was one of the best fights he has ever seen. Both fighters were stunned several times during the bout, and took turns landing bombs on one another for the whole fight.

Finally, after Zamora had hurt Hong at the end of the 11th, he came out looking to end matters in the 12th and had Hong pinned on the ropes and was firing away at will on a very tired Hong.

Now, the standing 8 count was in effect for the fight, but the referee chose to wave it off instead and the Korean crowd rioted and started throwing all knds of debris into the ring in protest.

Now this buddy of mine knows Hong personally and I even got an autographed picture from Hong through him, but unfortunately this fight is seemingly impossible to track down. Even Hong himself cannot find a copy, although the fight was filmed at the time.

If you know of anyone or anywhere where I can find this fight, I would gladly give you a copy of any of the fights I listed in the thread I started earlier today for a copy of it. I have been trying to find a copy of that fight for over ten years, to no avail unfortunately.

 

tyson V spinks...sticks in the mind and the small about Spinks that goes with it.

 

Years ago, I viewed Hong/Carrasquilla and Cardona/Hong on Steven Bass's syndicated "Cavalcade of Boxing" program. Bass was President of Cavalcade, and recorded his own blow-by-blow call of the videotaped matches he obtained in his apartment, with Harold Lederman providing color commentary.

Among the bouts Bass and Lederman provided to the American public were Franklin (Saad Muhammad)/Johnson I, Canto/Takada, Ranzany/Shields, Lujan/Zamora and Cuevas/Espada II (a tremendous war). Cavalcade of Boxing displayed such competitors as Shoji Oguma, Yoko Gushiken, Pete Ranzany, Rafael Rodriguez and numerous others that hadn't been seen before, or otherwise would never have been seen in the U.S. Ranzany would later be viewed as a sacrificial lamb for Cuevas and SRL, but here he could be seen in winning bouts, displaying superb conditioning, and a machine gun jab.

The best I can suggest is that you do an internet search for "Cavalcade of Boxing." Also, Malcolm "Flash" Gordon advertised his underground "Tonight's Boxing Program & Weekly Newsletter" on Cavalcade, a publication which the great Jack Obermayer wrote for (as "KO-JO"). Bert Sugar has called "Flash" Gordon, "The greatest anti-hero boxing has ever had." I have heard that Sugar later provided commentary on some of the footage obtained by Bass.

Unfortunately, I am not a dedicated collector. So all I can do is offer you the sources and names connected with my earlier viewing of Hong/Carrasquilla.

 

Laporte-Lockridge
M.Spinks-M. Johnson.

 

How can anyone forget about Caveman Lee vs Johnny Locicero !

It was Foreman-Lyle at middleweight. The last round is amazing !
Bill Lee prevailed and ultimately got destroyed by Hagler in his next fight.


I want to add Elvir Muriqi (Teddy Atlas protege) vs Sam Ahmad... about 6 knockdowns in a few rounds. Exciting war !

 

Tyson Holyfiled II.

 

Nice call. My first choice as well.

 

A few more that I don't think have been mentioned:

Thomas Davis-Kendall Holt: Holt spends the first two minutes beating Davis all over the ring, but runs into a huge right hand and goes down. Holt gets up, but Davis drops with a followup flurry, and that's the fight.

Manuel Gomez-Jefferey Hill: Gomez comes out aggressively, and lands a couple of nice shots before Hill hurts him badly with a right hand. Gomez goes down, gets up, and but looks just about out on his feet as Hill unloads on him for pretty much a minute straight. Hill charges forward, directly into a HUGE right hand, and goes down flat on his back. The ten count is a mere formality.

Danny Lopez-Juan Malvarez: Malvarez has a great opening round, dropping Little Red in the process. The Argentine comes out aggressively in the second, and, of course, gets starched by a Little Red right cross.

Bobby Czyz-Willie Edwards: Pretty intense trading to start the fight, and that continues throughout the entire opening round. Czyz seems to get the better of it, and rocks Edwards pretty badly, but, at the end of the round, Sandman lands a sweet right hand that deposits Czyz onto the bottom rope for a no-count (it's ruled an official knockdown by the ref). Undaunted, Czyz comes out quickly, and, after walking though some hard counters, deposits Edwards on the canvas for the kayo in round two.

And so on....

 

Caveman Lee was somebody who could really keep somebody on the edge of their seats. Unfortunately, it was because of Lee/LoCicero that everybody knew Hagler would take out Caveman as soon as Marv hit him. (Remember Cosell's editorial rant against this mismatch immediately before it took place?) The originally scheduled opponent for Hagler, Mickey Goodwin, was at least expected to mount some degree of resistance for Hagler to overcome, but he disastrously got himself injured in training, resulting in a title defense which should have merely been an exhibition.

 

Pacquiao-Morales III

What a brawl this was. The destroyer in his prime, against the aging warrior. Erik chooses to go out on his shield, rather than go down the "stay away and only lose a decision" path that Barrera did. That's what he is the most exciting fighter of this/previous generation.


I know it's 5 rounds, but - De la Hoya vs. Gatti.

Very one-sided, but a fantastic fight. Non-stop action, with Gatti even landing some monster shots.

 

I rememeber Mickey.Whatever happened to him?

 

derrick roddy v ricardo kennedy

 

Ray Mancini vs Arturo Frias was a great round of action.