Excitement in Boxing, a 4 Part Question.

He made a lot of money for a reason lol many thought he was boring. from a technical standpoint I loved watching him fight.

 

Same. I wouldn't call him exciting though.

 

**** it, it's my thread, I'm allowed to add more catagories.

5 Favourite KOs
5 Favourite Fantasy Fights
And I'll up it to 15 fighters

 

KO’s - Marquez-Pacquaio IV, Zarate-Martinez, Trinidad-Zulu, Tarver-Jones II, Toney-Williams

Fantasy - Frazier-Holyfield, Toney-Qawi, Olivares-Gomez, Marquez-Arguello, Rodriguez-Napoles

Ones that just came to mind right now. Could have half of these being different answers tomorrow.

 

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1. Julio Cesar Gonzalez vs Julian Letterlough
2. Marvin Johnson vs Saad Muhammad 1
3. Dillian Whyte vs Derek Chisora 1

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Manny Pacquiao

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Taylor vs Prograis

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In no particular order, but catagorised by weight:

Joe Frazier, Evander Holyfield
Saad Muhammad, Marvin Johnson
Frank Fletcher
Carmen Basilio, Gaspar Ortega, Arturo Gatti
Bobby Chacon, Boza Edwards, Rocky Lockridge
Danny Lopez, Erik Morales
Joe Tatsuyoshi
Jorge Arce

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Johnson vs Galindez
Charles vs Satterfield
Hearns vs Duran
Jackson vs Norris
Foster vs Quarry

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Danny Lopez vs Boza Edwards
Marvin Johnson vs Yvon Durrele
Arturo Gatti vs Bobby Chacon
Erik Morales vs Jeff Fenech
Akira Yaegashi vs Jorge Arce

 

Anyone wanna take another go at this? Given the pandemic right now and the UK being on "lockdown"

 

A) Best 3 fights of all time:
More or less happy with my original 3 choices:
1. Still Pryor-Arguello 1, for sure.
2. Could replace Ali-Frazier 3 with Chacon-Limon 4
3. Would still keep Chacon-Boza 2.

B) Best fight I've seen live:
For atmosphere and a historic moment, I'm changing to Holyfield-Tyson 1

C) Yep, stand by these

D) Ditto

E) 5 Favourite KOs:
-McClellan-Jackson 1
-Toney-Nunn
-Curry-McCrory
-McCallum-Curry
-Gatti-Rodriguez

E) 5 Fantasy fights:
1. Duran v Arguello (Lightweight)
2. Pryor-Chavez (Junior Welterweight)
3. Chavez-Nelson (Junior Lightweight)
4. Frazier-Marciano
5. Bowe-Lewis

 

You got the results to this? I'd say

Durán TKO11/12
Chávez TKO11/12
Chavez UD12
Frazier TKO13
Lewis UD12, or late TKO.

 

-Duran TKO13 Arguello
-Chavez SD15 Pryor
-Chavez SD12 Nelson
-Frazier TKO10 Marciano
-Bowe KO11 Lewis

 

How about mine?

Marvin Johnson/Yvon Durrele
Boza-Edwards/Danny Lopez
Érik Morales/Jeff Fenech
Evander Holyfield/Joe Frazier
Alexis Argüello/Manny Pacquiao

Ones I'm sure that will rocket to the top are Yuh/Chocolatito and Moon/Khaosai.

 

I like Moon v Galaxy just for the names, but would also be a tough fight.

Predictions?
-Marvin Johnson KO10 Yvon Durrele. Johnson was better than Durelle - easy pick in my view.

-Boza-Edwards TKO12 Danny Lopez. Lopez just to damn hittable and Boza is naturally bigger and the better boxer.

-Érik Morales/Jeff Fenech - at Junior Featherweight? Damn, that's a hard one to call. Morales on points but not with any confidence.

-Evander Holyfield/Joe Frazier - I could have picked this instead of Frazier-Marciano! Erm, Holyfield on points in a gruelling 15 rounder but I can see Frazier winning too. Great matchup.

-Alexis Argüello v Manny Pacquiao - at Feather or Super Feather? Either way, Pacquiao gives Arguello problems early before Alexis figures him out and stops him. Still be a lot of fun to watch though!

 

I think I agree. Although I'm fairly positive Frazier would beat Holyfield. I'm hesitant on whether Boza could take Lopez's power. If he couldn't, and he'd get hit with it, then it's curtains. I agree on the rest!

I'll probably get around to my picks for the other categories later tonight, but I liked your picks. Particularly the Curry/McCrory KO. That left hook counter to the jab for the first KD was spectacular, not to mention how nice the right hand that finished him off was.

 

Most exciting let's see off the top of my head......nelson, Langford, wilde, lewis, b leonard, greb, walker, dempsey, armstrong, louis, zale, marciano, duran, frazier, foster....to start with...

 

a. Top 3 fights of all time:

1. Muhammad Ali VS George Foreman
2. Marvin Hagler VS Tommy Hearns
3. ... either Thrilla in Manilla or Aaron Pryor VS Alexis Arguello 1

b. Best fight I saw live, IMO, is Joshua VS Ruiz Jr 2. I was rooting for AJ, and I liked that he stopped lifting and focused purely on outpointing that fight. Tactical boxing

c. Canelo: Head movement!

d. In terms of fun/exciting to watch,

1. Joe Frazier
2. Roberto Duran
3. Muhammad Ali
   
4. Aaron Pryor
5. George Foreman (90s specifically)
6. Mike Tyson
   
7. Deontay Wilder (only for his KO's)
   
8. Salvador Sanchez
9. Emanuel Augustus
   
10. Roy Jones Jr (prime ofc)
11. Joe Calzaghe
    
12. Marvin Hagler; WAR

 

Erm... I may have took my time.

A - Chacón vs Limón 4, Moore vs Durrele 1, Ortega vs Paret 1

B - Prograis vs Taylor

C - Orlando Salido or Manny Pacquiao.

D - Franklin, Chacón, Ortega, Basilio, Boza, Gatti, Fletcher, Salido, Yaegashi, Little Red, Pacquiao & Holyfield.

E - Charles/Satterfield, Johnson/Galíndez, Hearns/Durán, Curry/McCrory, Foster/Quarry.

F - Johnson/Durrele, Edwards/Lopez, Yuh/Chang, Yaegashi/Arce, Holy/Frazier.