Fights you suggest for getting a new fan started.

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by BlueApollo, Jul 3, 2009.


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  1. BlueApollo

    BlueApollo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'm thinking you need a fight with action, drama, a high level of skill, and not so much blood, disfigurement, or outright brutality that the faint of heart get on their pacifist horse. Let's be real, Castillo - Corrales I might be a little much to get a boxing newbie started.

    Go!
     
    BlueApollo, Jul 3, 2009
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  2. Kaki

    Kaki Guest

    easy one for me

    toney-mccallum I
     
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  3. Jorodz

    Jorodz watching Gatti Ward 1... Full Member

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    gatti-ward 1-3

    holyfield-bowe

    taylor-chavez

    pryor-arguello (rip)

    anything bobby chacon, danny lopez or ruben olivares
     
    Jorodz, Jul 3, 2009
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  4. BlueApollo

    BlueApollo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Good, good stuff guys.

    I hate throwing in that pansy ass caveat about gore, but I mean, imagine trying to get your kids or your wife hooked by tossing in Holyfield - Rahman...
     
    BlueApollo, Jul 3, 2009
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  5. DemolitionDan

    DemolitionDan ATG and HoF Full Member

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    Just show him what's been going on this year:
    Froch-Taylor
    Pascal-Diaconu
    Marquez-Diaz
     
    DemolitionDan, Jul 3, 2009
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  6. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    Morales-Barrera
    DLH-Mosley 1
    Toney-Mcallum
    Sanchez-Gomez
    Wright-Vargas
    Pac-JMM
    JMM-Diaz
    MAB-Mckiney
    Holyfield-Qawi
    Jonhston-Castillo II
    Toney-Jirov
     
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  7. lzolnier

    lzolnier Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Adamek - Cunningham
     
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  8. Small Print

    Small Print All Lies Full Member

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    Eubank-Benn I
     
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  9. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    The Marquez-Vasquez trilogy plus the Rumble In The Jungle.
     
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  10. catasyou

    catasyou Lucian Bute Full Member

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    Moore vs Durelle I
     
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  11. daydachamp

    daydachamp Active Member Full Member

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    leanard hearns i and ii,
     
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  12. BlueApollo

    BlueApollo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :good

    Meant to put that in the OP.
     
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  13. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    The last newb I did this for was ToxicAngel, she'd already been recommended all the essentials by the time I got sloppy thirtieths or whatever. :yep

    I'm going to say the major lower-weight trilogies of the '00s:

    Vazquez-Marquez
    MAB-Morales
    Casa-Chico

    And the entire round-robin series of Leonard, Duran, Hagler and Hearns.

    There are countless other great fights, but those are probably my "desert island" picks.
     
    IntentionalButt, Jul 3, 2009
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  14. Jennifer Love Hewitt

    Jennifer Love Hewitt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The Rumble in the Jungle is only a good fight if you know about the players. If it were not Ali and Foreman in there with their respective reputations, it's just a guy wailing away and getting tired.
     
    Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jul 3, 2009
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  15. VARG

    VARG Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    As depressing as it was for me...

    Cotto-Margo was a fight that has turned all my friends into boxing fans :good
     
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