Craziest beginning of a boxing match ever

Flo_Raiden · Jun 15, 2023

Great first round.

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KasimirKid · Jun 15, 2023

Pugguy said: ↑

Not sure what round, but there’s a clip that shows Foreman, upon the bell, charge across the ring and literally shove his opponent, who’s barely out of his own corner, to the canvas, no punch, not even a pretence of same from George beforehand. Somewhat comical actually.
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Against Boone Kirkman.

NoNeck · Jun 15, 2023

Thunder v. Grimsley

Jel · Jun 15, 2023

A couple of fights that spring to mind with wild opening rounds featuring multiple knockdowns and that set the tone for the action that followed:
Kelvin Seabrooks v Thierry Jacob
Sung Kil Moon v Nana Konadu 1

Jel · Jun 15, 2023

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This may not be exactly what you’re looking for if you mean two guys guns-a-blazing from the time the opening bell finishes echoing (although you get that shortly thereafter) but it’s about as crazy a first round as I’ve ever seen.

Start with Aaron literally running around the ring for the first minute or so without throwing a punch, the opposite of his usual Tasmanian Devil approach from the first seconds of most fights.

Then when he settles down to engage, he literally goes down from the first meaningful punch of the fight, and it’s not just a flash knockdown — he was hit hard and went down hard.

But as soon as he bounces up, while the ref is still giving the mandatory eight, Pryor ignores the count and bounds over to the neutral corner where Johnson is standing and starts smack-talking him, smiling all the while.

The ref just kind of shrugs and finishes the eight-count, grabs Pryor’s gloves for a quick wipe-down and gets out of the way.

From that point on, it’s WWIII.

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One of my all-time favourites.

Flo_Raiden · Jun 15, 2023

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greynotsoold · Jun 15, 2023

Freddie Pendleton v Sammy Fuentes

Pugguy · Jun 15, 2023

KasimirKid said: ↑

Against Boone Kirkman.
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Thanks Kid! When I saw it I thought it was funny as hell. A bit of the “street” coming out in Young George.

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