Best Welterweight Fight of the 1980s

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  1. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    Duran-Leonard 1 or Brown-Trice 1?

    Or something else?
     
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  2. Robbi

    Robbi Marvelous Full Member

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    :blood
     
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  3. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    :?
     
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  4. My dinner with Conteh

    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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    Brown-Trice was my immediate thought actually.
     
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  5. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Damn straight, eh Tommy!
     
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  6. brando18b4h

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    Duran vs Leonard 1
     
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  7. Son of Gaul

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    Neither...Hearns v Leonard.
     
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  8. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Duran-Leonard 1. This was THE fight of the eighties,imo.
     
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  9. RockyJim

    RockyJim Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hearns-Leonard 1......best was the 2 fights with Carmen Basilio and Tony DeMarco in 1955
     
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  10. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    It has to edge Leonard - Duran 1 ..
     
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  11. Green Man

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    One of the most overrated fights of all time in my opinion.
     
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  12. JohnThomas1

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    You may not have fully followed the subtleties or ironic swings.
     
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  13. MRBILL

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    Agreed, but it was overly tactical in the first 5 rds..... Than SRL came alive in round 6....

    "McCrory-Jones 1 & 2" of 1983 were goodies for the time....:deal

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  14. KO KIDD

    KO KIDD Loyal Member Full Member

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    i some what agree, big fight leading up big result but hearns thru 12 was up like 9-3 leonard for the most part let Hearns out work and out jab him

    then he exploded late
     
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