Cruelest Fights?

dempsey-willard hands down.it was a three way cruelity.first the savage dempsey second the brave corner of willards for allowing him to continue third a ref that thought it was a fight to the death.

 

Tyson and Berbick and its twin fight Dempsey/Willard

Ali vs Terrell and Patterson are my favourite Ali fights. I dont see it as Ali being cruel, i see it as a man standing up for his rights and demanding respect

 

i don't see these as mutually exclusive to be honest

 

Johnson vs. Burns
Duran vs. Moore
Ali vs. Patterson
Chavez vs. haugen

 

Matthew Hilton vs Wilfred Benitez,,,,,,,,,,

His people knew he was 'shot', yet they let him take this bout with the 'hard-punching'
Hilton.

 

Ike Williams KO over Beau Jack
Roy Jones KO Richard Ali
Chavez KO Rosario
Any Ray Robinson beating of Olson

 

Griffith/Paret

 

i'm thinking of jim mcdonnell v azumah nelson ..and....michael watson v mike mccallum..

would they fit here ?

 

Muhammad Ali vs Bob Foster

A 'semi-cruel' performance by Muhammad Ali.

 

Yep, and I hope the *******s feel terrible for helping Benitez get to the state he's in today. But somehow I doubt it

 

Bollox,,

Don't think anyone in the Benitez camp had any compassion,,,,,
other than the desire for more cash.

Reports from Montreal, Canada before that February 1986 bout,,,,
was that the 27 1/2 year-old former 'Wunderkind' would wobble every time
he got hit in the sparring sessions.

Way too many fights, when he was just a young teenager.

 

Both fights cast Ali in a very bad light.

 

Ali and Frazier's wars with each other can't really be classified as cruel in the DIRTY sense. They were out to do damage,but hardly in a Greb-Tunney type of way.

 

Qawi vs Leon Spinks & Quartey vs Park deserve a mention