"Duran vs. Kirkland Laing" from '82...

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  1. MRBILL

    MRBILL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I got a decent copy of it...... My bud recorded it off HBO back in 1982...... Barry Tompkins, Larry Merchant & Ray Leonard called the fight for HBO....
    :rasta:hi:

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    MRBILL, May 22, 2009
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  2. MRBILL

    MRBILL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It is scary when I think back, but ESPN has been on the air since 1979 for Christ Sake......... "Duran-Laing" was shown by ESPN in Sept. of '82.... Al Bernstein called the action.........

    My folks and I first scored cable TV in late 1982........ I've been recording fights off HBO & Showtime eversince Michael Dokes stopped Mike Weaver on HBO in ONE round in Dec. of 1982...... The ******* ref was Joey Curtis...... Bedlam..........
    :twisted::patsch:shock:

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    MRBILL, May 22, 2009
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  3. Caponecartels

    Caponecartels Maritime Lawyer Full Member

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    Could you somehow upload it to youtube?
     
    Caponecartels, May 22, 2009
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  4. MRBILL

    MRBILL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I haven't the slightest how to do that..... My bud had a copy from VHS which he burned to disc for me a few yrs ago..... That's all I got.......

    Again, I saw the fight on HBO back in 1982 when I was in High School....

    Michael Dokes KO'd some dude named Lynn Ball in ONE round on the undercard........
    :bbb

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    MRBILL, May 22, 2009
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  5. teeto

    teeto Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Yea i got it as well, on a dvd in a career set
     
    teeto, May 22, 2009
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  6. Caponecartels

    Caponecartels Maritime Lawyer Full Member

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    Please tell me you can upload it to youtube
     
    Caponecartels, May 22, 2009
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  7. teeto

    teeto Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Really i haven't got a clue sorry. I don't think it would be too hard to get a hold of though, i actually borrowed it off a friend and i've just had it for ages.

    Sorry mate
     
    teeto, May 22, 2009
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  8. My dinner with Conteh

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

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    Are you a Duran fan? If so, you're best avoiding the Benitez fight...and Laing. They both make a show of him.
     
    My dinner with Conteh, May 22, 2009
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  9. Robbi

    Robbi Marvelous Full Member

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    That avatar :lol: TEETO!
     
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  10. teeto

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    Haha, let's not have this again!
     
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  11. Caponecartels

    Caponecartels Maritime Lawyer Full Member

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    I've just heard alot about that fight, so
    I just wanted to finally see it.
     
    Caponecartels, May 22, 2009
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  12. MRBILL

    MRBILL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    They don't make fighters / fights like they used to for me.......... During my heyday in the early to middle 1980s, I used to get all worked-up over some of the big fights that were made back then.... WHY? Because all my favorite fighters were still active and kickin' ass............. Dudes like: "Holmes, Leonard, Duran, Spinks, Hagler, Pryor, Arguello, Camacho, Chacon, Sanchez, Curry, Foreman, McCallum, Hearns, Mancini & Haugen" were my guys I liked seeing fight.....:yep

    Today, we do have some good guys out there, but they don't motivate me like my original home boys did......... Modern dudes like: "DLH, Toney, K Bros., Pacquiao, Hops, Marquez, Barrera, Morales, Kelley, Dawson, Pavlik, Froch & Tarver" are kool, but it ain't the same as 25 yrs ago........... NOPE! Not even close......
    :-(

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    MRBILL, May 22, 2009
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  13. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    MR BILL i bet you i will say the same in 20 years as well

    i liked guys like Mayweather, De la Hoya, Pacquaio, Marquez, Calderon, Hopkins, Barrera, Morales, Dawson, Kessler

    and dont like the new guys
     
    GPater11093, May 22, 2009
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  14. My dinner with Conteh

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

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    Yeah, Duran was still capable of greatness in the 1980s, but 82 was a year he'd want to forget.
     
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  15. My dinner with Conteh

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

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    I doubt it. An era where ever Tom, Dick and Pudwill gets a title shot will never be looked back on overly fondly. Packed stadiums with a crackling atmosphere watching British title fights when they meant something will always be more memorable than your average Interim WBO light-middleweight fight.
     
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