Best fights of the 50's

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  1. Ricky42791

    Ricky42791 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    GO!:bbb:bbb:bbb
     
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  2. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Marciano-Charles I just for starters.
     
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    Surf-Bat Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Eduardo Lausse vs. Ralph "Tiger" Jones

    Pick any Marciano fight you want. They're all amazing to watch.
     
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  4. BillB

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    Marciano-Walcott I
     
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  5. RockyJim

    RockyJim Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Any Marciano fight...Basilio-DeMarco I + II...1955...
     
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  6. doug.ie

    doug.ie 'Classic Boxing Society' Full Member

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    my favourite fight ever.

    but..far as i know...only half of it exists on video.....various rounds between 1 and 15......right??
     
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  7. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    My picks:
    Archie Moore vs Yvon Durelle I (light heavyweight) 1958
    Rocky Marciano vs Ezzard Charles II (cruiserweight) 1954
    Rocky Marciano vs Roland LaStarza II (cruiserweight) 1953
    Rocky Marciano vs Jersey Joe Walcott I (cruiserweight) 1952
    Willie Pep vs Sandy Saddler IV (featherweight) 1951
    Ezzard Charles vs Jersey Joe Walcott III (light heavyweight) 1951
    Robinson vs Lamotta 6 (middleweight) 1951

    Some of the ones I've seen suggested around here:
    1959 Florentino Fernandez vs. Gaspar Ortega II
    1956 Floyd Patterson vs Archie Moore, Ralph "Tiger" Jones-Tony Baldoni
    1955 Basilio-Demarco 1, Gene Fullmer-Eduardo Lausse
    1954 Rocky Marciano vs Ezzard Charles II
    1952 Kid Gavilan vs. Gil Turner
    1950 Artie Diamond-Jimmy Flood

    And one's from The Rings 100 Greatest Fights published in '96:
    Carmen Basilio vs Tony DeMarco, November 30, 1955
    Jake LaMotta vs Laurent Dauthuille, September 13, 1950
    Kid Gavilan vs Carmen Basilio, September 18, 1953
    Bobo Olson vs Kid Gavilan, April 2, 1954
    Carmen Basilio vs Tony DeMarco, june 10, 1955
    Sugar Ray Robinson vs Gene Fullmer, May 1, 1957
    Carmen Basilio vs Johnny Saxton, September 12, 1956
     
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  8. Manassa

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    Ring Magazine Fight of the Year:

    1955 - Carmen Basilio KO12 Tony DeMarco II
    1956 - Carmen Basilio KO9 Johnny Saxton II
    1957 - Carmen Basilio W15 Sugar Ray Robinson I
    1958 - Sugar Ray Robinson W15 Carmen Basilio II
    1959 - Gene Fullmer KO14 Carmen Basilio I

    And various other Basilio bouts.
     
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  9. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    Robinson/Basilio immediately came to mind :ibutt!
     
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  10. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    Jack was in some corkers in the 50s burt has told me, sadly I can only imagine most of his Williams fights :verysad
     
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  11. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tony DeMarco-Virgil Akins I & II
     
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  12. Ricky42791

    Ricky42791 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Yeah Marciano and Basilio are definitely two of my favorites!
     
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  13. sweet_scientist

    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Good list. :good

    I'd supplement it by adding the following:

    Bobby Boyd vs. Eduardo Lausse
    Carmen Basilio vs. Pierre Langlois I
    Carmen Basilio vs. Gil Turner
    Eduardo Lausse vs. Chico Varona
    Johnny Bratton vs. Charley Fusari
    Gene Fullmer vs. Wilfie Greaves
    Joey Giardello vs. Gil Turner
    Joey Giardello vs. Ralph Tiger Jones
    Kid Gavilan vs. Johnny Bratton II
    Kid Gavilan vs. Billy Graham III
    Ralph Tiger Jones vs. Ray Robinson
    Ray Robinson vs. Bobby Dykes
    Sandy Saddler vs. Charley Riley

    The 50's were a fantastic fighting decade. I bet there's heaps of fights not captured on film that would be gems.
     
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  14. Theron

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    Man wish we had a guy like Basilio now...
     
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  15. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    Too bad Rumsfeld gave up on his decade polls in the nineties. It would be cool to see what people came up with for the 40s, 50s, and 60s.
     
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