Best fights between 2 unbeaten fighters

Yeah already mentioned in my list underrated trilogy.

 

Nicely written . I'm sure you're of age to remember
when a heavyweight championship fight
literrally stopped the world.

 

Frazier-Ali I
De La Hoya-Quartey

 

Just watched Bruce Curry vs Wilfred Benitez 1 that's one to add to the list of 2 undefeated fighters having a great fight.

 

Nunn vs Toney was such a great match. Toney was a live dog all through the fight which gets forgotten. Nunn was outboxing him, but only just.

 

that was one hell of a fight.

 

Believe it or not i actually had the fight even at the time of the stoppage, i've always thought Nunn's dominance was a myth it was a very competitive fight.

James Toney vs Michael Nunn

1 Toney
2 Nunn
3 Nunn
4 Nunn
5 Nunn
6 Toney
7 Nunn
8 Toney
9 Toney
10 Toney
11 Toney wins by TKO

95-95 even

So @Showstopper97 wanted me to do a scorecard for Nunn vs Toney and here it is. I've always thought this was a very overrated fight regarding how dominant Nunn was. Despite Toney losing quite alot of the rounds in the 1st half of the fight, for me he was always competitive in the fight. Nunn would overwhelm Toney at times with his speed and activity, and Nunn's defence also gave Toney a few problems. But at no point in the fight was Toney in trouble.

The fight turned around in the 8th round, as Toney was starting to land the right hand more effectively rocking Nunn a few times with it. The KO/TKO in the 11th round for me was not surprising, you could see Nunn was starting to fade and Toney was starting to hurt him. A late stoppage for me always looked like it could happen, ok maybe you might not of expected an amazing one punch from Toney to basically KO Nunn, but as i said earlier for me a late stoppage always looked like a possibility.

Overall this was a very enjoyable fight with alot of great skills on display from both men, i felt like Nunn did stay on the inside a bit too long with Toney at times, allowing him too many free shots. But it was a very good display from Nunn regarding his speed and combinations for the first 7 rounds or so, but Toney's extra toughness and harder punches down the stretch were the difference.

 

I had it 6-4 for Nunn after the 10th but can easily 5-5. I rescored this fight multiple times trying to see the 8-2s and 7-3s people believe this fight to be. I just can't see it. I even tried viewing it frame by frame. Glad that you agree.

 

I was there.

 

Corrales v. Robert Garcia
Spadafora v. Dorin

 

Tito-Vargas
Ali-Frazier I
Zárate-Zamora
López-Alvarez II

 

This is the best recent one probably

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