Which are your favorite fights from any era? Have made a fight list for a friend who just got into boxing but would like to see other opinions too. Please add some must see fights. Thanks
corrales-castillo gatti-ward(all 3) gotta show him some old tyson are obvious ones what have you shown him so far?
Gan Nelson Corbett Fitz Marciano Walcott 1 Marciano Charles 1 and 2 Marciano Moore Ritchie vs Rivers Nelson Britt 2
1890's - James Corbett v.s Bob Fitzsimmons Jeffries v.s Tom Sharkey Sullivan v.s James Corbett 1900's - Joe Gans v.s Kid Herman Joe Gans v.s Terry Mcgovern Joe Gans v.s Battling Nelson 1910's - Jack Johnson v.s James Jeffries Johnson v.s Jess Willard Willard v.s Dempsey 1920's - Harry Greb v.s Gene Tunney Tiger Flowers v.s Harry Greb 1930's - Max Baer v.s Max Schmeling Joe Louis v.s Primo Carnera Joe Louis v.s Max Baer 1940's - Joe Louis v.s Max Schmeling Ray Robinson v.s Lamotta II Robinson v.s Kid Gavilan 1950's - Robinson v.s Turpin II - Fullmer v.s Robinson II - Robinson v.s Basilio II 1960's - Patterson v.s Johannson III - Ali v.s Liston II i could name more, maybe later.
Ali-Frazier 1,Ali-Frazier 3,Norton-Holmes,Ali-Spinks 1,Louis-Scmeling 1,2, Louis-Conn 1,Dempsey-Willard,Dempsey-Tunney 1,2 so Gene Tunney can give your friend a complete Boxing lesson.Thats about all I care to think of right now.Thanks.
If it's pure excitement you're looking for, how about....... Chacon-Limon IV Saad-Lopez II Morales-Barrera I Moore-Durelle I Holyfield-Qawi I Danny Lopez-Mike Ayala Basilio-Demarco II For science and brutality mixed, how about Whitaker-McGirt I and Sanchez-Nelson....
that fight of whitaker v.s hurtados (where sweetpea was landing about 8 right hands in the ropes) was a kill.
Here's the best for my money! Ali/Frazier 1 BArrera/Morales 1 Chacon/Limon 4 Hagler/Hearns Sanchez/Gomez Holy/Bowe 1 Holy/Dokes Holmes/Weaver 1 Sanchez/Nelson Arguello/Pryor 1 GAtti/Ward 1 R.MArquez/Vazquez Pacquaio/J Marquez Holy/Qawi 1 Foreman/Lyle Duran/Leonard 1 Duran/BArkley Leoanrd/Hearns 1
There are exellent Youtube compilations of Duran, Hagler and Hearns. Explain who these fighters were and what they were capable of. Then show him.
I've never seen you mention this one sal, so will be sure to seek it out. This thread seems to pop up every few months or so. Shame we lost all the archived posts as there were some great suggestions. I was doing a search on Kennedy McKinney v Welcome Ncita I the other day and a cached thread on Google was still there with you raving about it so I've put it on my to get list. :good
Best Fights of the Last Two Decades 1990s: 10) Riddick Bowe W DQ 9 Andrew Golota 9) Riddick Bowe W 12 Evander Holyfield 8) Michael Moorer TKO 5 Bert Cooper 7) Arturo Gatti KO 6 Wilson Rodriguez 6) Robert Quiroga W 12 Kid Akeem Anifowoshe 5) Marco Antonio Barrera TKO 12 Kennedy McKinney 4) Nigel Benn KO 10 Gerald McCellan (I hate this fight and never watch it) 3) Julio Cesar Chavez TKO 12 Meldrick Taylor 2) Ivan Robinson W 10 Arturo Gatti (first fight) 1) Michael Carbajal KO7 Humberto Gonzalez Others outside the top 10: Kevin Kelley KO 8 Derrick Gainer, Naseem Hamed KO 4 Kevin Kelley, Arturo Gatti TKO 5 Gabe Ruelas, Frankie Randall W 12 Julio Cesar Chavez, Jorge Castro TKO 9 John David Jackson, Derrick Jefferson KO 6 Mo Harris, Frank Liles KO 3 Tim Littles, Ike Ibeabuchi W 12 David Tua, Alejandro Gonzalez TKO 9 Kevin Kelley 2000- present: I've only seen clips of Sithchatchawal-Monshipour so it's not on the list. 10) Oscar De La Hoya TKO 11 Fernando Vargas 9) Micky Ward W 10 Emanuel Burton/Augustus 8) Marco Antonio Barrera W 12 Erik Morales (3rd fight) 7) James Toney W 12 Vasilly Jirov 6) Sergei Liakhovich W 12 Lamon Brewster 5) Micky Ward W 10 Arturo Gatti 4) Felix Trinidad TKO 12 Fernando Vargas 3) Miguel Cotto TKO 7 Ricardo Torres 2) Erik Morales W 12 Marco Antonio Barrera 1) Diego Corrales TKO 10 Jose Luis Castillo Others outside the top 10: Fernando Vargas W 12 Ike Quartey, Manny Pacquiao TKO 10 Erik Morales, Manny Pacquiao D 12 Juan Manuel Marquez, Lennox Lewis TKO 6 Vitali Klitschko
I haven't made a list for pre-90s, but here are some of the fights from before 1990 that I recommend. Evander Holyfield-Michael Dokes Matthew Saad Muhammad-Yaqui Lopez 2 Matthew Saad Muhammad-Richie Kates Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier 1 and 3 Bobby Chacon-Bazooka Limon 4 Bobby Chacon-Cornelius Boza-Edwards 2 Aaron Pryor-Alexis Arguello 1 Larry Holmes-Ken Norton
Hmmm, any fight with Bobby Chacon was good. Recently I've become a big fan of his, I just paid for an 8x10 photo of him and Ruben Olivares signed by both of them. Big fan and his attitude was inspiring, his fight with Limon where he knocks him down with like 15 seconds to go, to secure himself the win was the best.
These ones immediately spring to mind: Hagler - Hearns Ali - Frazier I Marciano - Walcott I Holmes - Norton Frazier - Ellis Dempsey - Firpo Louis - Schmeling II Holyfield - Tyson I Whitaker - Chavez (outrageous verdict, though) Liston - Williams Lewis - Rahamn II Leonard - Benitez Eubank - Benn I and many, many more.
