Fights of the Decade 1980's

Heavy: Holy/Dokes

Cruiser: Holy/QawiI

Light Heavy: Czyz/WilliamsI

Super Middle: Hearns/Kinchen

Middle: Hagler/Hearns

Junior Middle: McCallum/Jackson

Welter: Leonard/HearnsI

Junior Welter: Pryor/ArguelloI

Light: Chavez/Rosario

Junior Light: Nelson/McDonnell

Feather: McGuigan/Pedroza

Junior Feather: Meza/Garza

Bantam: Canizales/SeabrooksI

Junior Bantam: Galaxy/Blanca

Fly: Bassa/McAuleyI

 

You must mean Rosario - Ramirez II, nobody would pick a beatdown as Lightweight fight of the decade.

:smoke

 

To be honest i am most satisfied with your picks. I'd exchange Hagler - Hearns due to the combined greatness and magnitude and i think with plenty of looking i would find a better brawl at 135 but yours is certainly a fine pick. Rosario - Ramirez II was compelling, Rockin' Robin Blake was in some stunning brawls on a lower class level. I'd actually take Arguello - Mancini above Kim, tho Mancini was outclassed it was a great effort against a fantastic fighter in Arguello and had a bit of fairytale behind it too.

But yes, you've picked brilliantly and i'd only change two, and they are certainly good picks.

 

1982 did indeed, and i think Boza Edwards gets forgotten by many for his part two. He all but rivals Chacon. What an action packed mob, Chacon, Edwards, Limon and co. Duran - Barkley is fine, just saying i prefer the other. Your ;icks are excellent.

 

Heavy: Holy/Dokes: 80s Heavyweight match-ups pale in comparison to the 70s and 90s, this and Holy/Stewart being the exceptions to prove the rule.

Cruiser: Holy/QawiI: The first time the new Cruisers were worth watching was when Holyfield hit the scene. Qawi has one last hurrah to teach Evander more in that bout than he had learnt in his previous 11 fights.

Light Heavy: Czyz/WilliamsI: Brilliant fun as The Prince exposes Czyz who was on the verge of becoming a star.

Super Middle: Hearns/Kinchen: Hearns did his best Crazy Legs Crane impression as Kinchen was trying to redeem himself, in a crazy fight.

Middle: Hagler/Hearns: Round one was the best in boxing history IMO, the other one and bit were not too bad either.

Junior Middle: McCallum/Jackson: A good boxer always beats a good puncher, McCallum showed the same goes when a briilliant boxer fights a brilliant puncher, although McCallum was shaken up a bit at first.

Welter: Leonard/HearnsI: A proper super fight, a fight that some how exceeded the hype that was thrown at it.

Junior Welter: Pryor/ArguelloI: In virtually any other decade this could of walked away with fight of the decade, it was just this was the 80s and Hagler and Hearns were creating War.

Light: Chavez/Rosario: The finest one sided fight I ever saw. The fight that turned Chavez into a Boxing superstar and the fight that started the mainstream Latino boxing buzz, that is still going strong today.

Junior Light: Nelson/McDonnell: I was there on bonfire night to watch the brilliant Nelson destroy McDonnell. What I got was a brave talented McDonnell give Nelson hell for eight or so rounds and a fighter with an amazing heart to keep going and nearly make it to the final bell, despite in the end being badly outgunned. Sadly it was a fight Jim never recovered from.

Feather: McGuigan/Pedroza: Again I was there to watch the Coronation of boxing next mainstream star, sadly it was as good as it got foir McGuigan. Pedroza was past his best, but went out showing a champions heart.

Junior Feather: Meza/Garza: Amazing one round shoot out as Meza ruined the streaking Garza.

Bantam: Canizales/SeabrooksI: Seabrooks showed he had come a long way from his 18-13 journeyman start to survive a near disaster in the first and bravely give the excellent Canizales a fight to remember.

Junior Bantam: Galaxy/Blanca: Fun fight at a fun time in boxing history. Reminds of the good old days of Sports World Extra.

Fly: Bassa/McAuleyI: McAuley survives a near disaster in the first to deck Bassa in the third, nearly have Fidel out in the ninth, only to fall in the 13th. If the fight had happened a few months later over 12, Dave(y) Boy would of been crowned Champ.

 

Really old thread but was looking for something along those lines so thought I'd resurrect it.

Here are my picks (one winner and a runner up as a worthy mention in some cases)

Heavyweight:
Winner: Holmes-Cooney
Runner up: Holyfield-Dokes

Cruiserweight:
Winner: Murphy-Mutti
Runner up: Holyfield-Qawi 1

Light-heavyweight:
Winner: Saad-Lopez 2
Runner up: Harding-Andries 1

Super middleweight: Hearns-Leonard 2

Middleweight:
Winner: Duran-Barkley
Runner up: Hagler-Hearns

Junior middleweight: Santos-Medal

Welterweight:
Winner: Duran-Leonard 1
Runner up: Leonard-Hearns 1

Junior welterweight: Pryor-Arguello 1

Lightweight:
Winner: Arguello-Mancini
Runner up: Ramirez-Rosario 2

Junior lightweight:
Winner: Chacon-Limon 4
Runner up: Chacon-Boza 2

Featherweight: Sanchez-Nelson

Junior featherweight: Gomez-Pintor

Bantamweight:
Winner: Seabrooks-Jacob
Runner up: Avelar-Vasquez

Junior bantamweight: ??

Flyweight: Bassa-McCauley 1

Junior flyweight: Chang-Tokashiki

 

Great list Jel. Imagine trying to pick of the whole shitload in the 80s, and narrowing it down to like twenty fights!

 

I recently rewatched the Mancini-Kim fight. I was shocked at how brutal it was. Both guys just savaging each other. Few fights have that level of intensity. The first 6-8 rounds were a war of the highest level.

 

It was and if it hadn't ended the way it did then I would have considered it the lightweight bout of the decade. In terms of significance and impact it probably ended up being that, anyway.

 

HW: Holy-Dokes
CW: Holy-Qawi I
LHW: Saad-Lopez II
SMW: Park-Sutherland
MW: Duran-Barkley/Fletcher-Singletary
JMW: Santos-Medel
WW: Duran-Leonard I
JWW: Pryor-Arguello I
LW: Mancini-Kim
SFW: Chacon-Limon IV
FW: Fenech-Villasana
SBW: Gomez-Pintor
BW: Avelar-Vasquez
SFly: Pedroza-Ballas
Fly: Shik Kim-Mathebula
LFly: Yuh-DeMarco I