Fights that went way beyond expectation

I can't think of a better example than Duran/Barkley.

I've only ever seen 4 fighters better.

 

First one that comes to mind for me is Taylor v Pavlik I.

Taylor's fights leading up to that one had pretty much bored me rigid, so I wasn't expecting much. Turned out to be one of the fights of the year, in my opinion.

 

Hopkins-Pavlik, Pavlik was supposed to blow over the old man but ended up getting his ass kicked.

 

Arguello/Mancinni: On paper this should have been a 2 or 3 round blow out, but it turned out to be a classic.

 

Katsidis-amonsot?

 

For me a recent example is dirrel-abraham, I expected to watch andre dirrel run a marathon but he boxed beautifully

 

List them.

 

Erdei-Fragomeni recently, I doubt anybody expected that kind of a war with such drama. Then the erdei's wife crying after finall bell with her make up smeared all over the face. It was a thing of beauty which is underrated now imo. For me the 2nd best fight of last year just after Diaz-Marquez.

 

I meant to say fights.

1. Marco Antonio Barrera vs Erik Morales I
2. Alexis Arguello vs Aaron Pryor I
3. Jose Luis Castillo vs Diego Corrales I
4. Yaqui Lopez vs Saad Muhammad II
5. Roberto Duran vs Iran Barkley

 

Excellent choice.

 

Gamboa's last fight.

 

Casamayor-Katsidis, I thought Casa was going to get retired in a dull, one-sided fight. What we got was a barn-stormer, with a classic Casa KO moment!

 

Also from last year Williams-Martinez was supposed to be an easy night for the punisher , as ppl didnt really Rate Martinez at that time.

 

That was definitely an underrated classic