Gimme me some classics

Ibeabuchi vs Tua

Pryor vs Arguello

Hearns vs Leonard I

Hagler vs Hearns

Sanchez vs Gomez

Rosario vs Camacho

Whitaker vs Chavez

Meh. I'm missing a ton. I'm too tired.

 

maybe sugar ray la motta, lacy calzaghe to watch a masterclass, maybe chuck in tua v Ike Ibeabuchi.

top ten

1 - ali frazier 3
2 - hagler hearns
3 - morrales barrera
4 - foreman lyle
5 - robsinon basillio 2
6 - ward gatti
7 - chavez taylor
8 - castillo corrales
9 - calzaghe lacy
10 - tua ibeabuchi
11 - holyfield qawi

special mention goes out though for all ali frazier fights as with gatti ward fights, i have also heard carbajal v gonzales was a very good fight aswel

 

In addition to the ones mentioned:

Golota vs Bowe I & II: brutal but entertaining fights full of action
Louis vs Galento: Action packed, exciting fight with a great finish
Liakhovic vs Brewster: A lot of changing of momentum and punch exchanges
Lewis vs Klitschko: exciting fight
Tyson vs Biggs: Great display of breaking a fighter down
Holyfield vs Bowe I: A lot of toe-to-toe action and determination
Holyfield vs Tyson I: Especially knowing that Tyson was 22-1 fav and seen as invincible while Holyfield was considered washed up, a great watch. Definitely one of my favorites.

 

1 Benny Lenoard vs Lew Tendler 1
2 Joe Gans vs Battling Nelson 1
3 Batting Nelson vs Jimmy Britt
4 Jim Corbett vs Ruby Fitz
5 Tommy Burns vs Jack O Brien
6 Jimmy Wilde vs Villa
7 Rocky Marciano vs Joe Walcott
8 Jack Dempsey vs Tunney 1
9 Dempsey vs Tunney 2
and ten, but not last, Jack Johnson vs Jess Willard, 45 min long version.

 

All aforementioned are good. You won't go wrong with any of those.

Holyfield vs Cooper

Moorer vs Cooper

Whitaker vs McGirt I

Barrera vs JMM

Morales vs Pacquiao I

Toney vs Jirov

 

Gomez vs Pintor
Duran vs leanord 1
Ali v Frazier 1
Hearns vs Leanord 1
Hearns vs Hagler
Bobby Chacon vs Boza Edwards
Mike Ayala v Red Lopez
Castillo v Corrales
Demarco vs Basilio
Chavez vs Taylor
Tyson v Holyfield 1

 

I started collecting 2 years ago and have over 300! keep spotting your favs, and keep your eyes and ears open for new ones as well. There was a thread on here about what fights you watched today that helped me alot in spotting new ones as well! here are a few recomendations:

Argullo Pryor are sure to be listed but equally as good is (Arguello Escalera I & II "The Bloddy battle of Bayamon" Phenomenal!) also worth checking out are Arguello vs mancini, Chacon, Limon, Olivares, Edwards

d lopez Vs Mike ayala (great slugfest)

benn McClellan (an outstanding battle unfortunately marred by tragedy)

Carbajal Gonzalez I (the others were decent but this is good!)

Chacon II-IV(I don't have I so can't recommend that) also good are Chacon vs Edwards I & II, D Lopez

Chavez vs Tony The Tiger lopez & Rocky Lockridge

Duran vs deJesus Trilogy (maybe the best trilogy out there!)

Jeff Fenech Azumah Nelson I (2nd fight is OK, but this is up close and constant)

Gomez vs Pintor (also good are Gomez vs Nelson, Sanchez)

hagler Mugabi (although to be fair I like any Hagler fight)

Ismael laguna (under rated I have fights w/ Buchanan, ortiz and ramos)

Rocky Lockridge vs Tony The Tiger Lopez I & II great slugfest

Matthew saad muhammaad vs Yaqi Lopez I & II (LHW slug fest back and forth!)

Meldrick taylor vs McGirt or Aaron davis (his 2 best performances in my eyes)

Pintor vs Murata (also good is Murata vs Chandler)

Holyfield vs Qawi I (battle at cruiser weight, awesome)
Holyfield vs Dokes (maybe the best HW fight of the last 20-25 years???

Salvador Sanchez vs Azumah nelson (always makes my top 10 list) also good are Sanchez vs Lopez I & II and Gomez

Zarate vs zamora (4 rds but well worth it!

Quarry vs frazier 2 HW's just trying to out macho each other
Quarry vs Lyle and Foreman Lyle are also worth checking out!

Good luck

 

No offense Dempsey but ranking Burns-Obrien as a classic is odd. Thats twenty rounds of Obriend literally running from Burns. Imagine the last 2 - 4 rounds of DLH-Trinidad but multiplied to 20 rounds. For those that havent seen it Im not exagerating. There was an agreement before the fight that Burns wouldnt try to hurt Obrien when they met at ring center for final instructions Burns said "the deal is off" and Obrien ran for his life for twenty rounds. Its a horrible "fight".

 

Most of the bouts listed in this thread are excellent choices and a must for any fight film library. On that note here are some other fights some of which while not mainstream or well known for that matter are terrific scraps, hidden classics if you will. Here goes:

Bruce Curry vs Monroe Brooks
Myung Woo Yuh vs Oh-Kon Son
Joey Archer vs Holly Mims
Kelvin Seabrooks vs Thierry Jacob
Alberto Davila vs Frankie Duarte II
Art Hafey vs David Sotelo
Bobby Chacon vs Art Frias
Tony DeMarco vs Virgil Akins I
Chatchai Chionoi vs Masao Ohba
Vicente Saldivar vs Howard Winstone III
Rolando Navarette vs Bazooka Limon, Chung Il Choi
Frank Fletcher vs Ernie Singletarry
Floro Fernandez vs Gaspar Ortega II
Eduardo Lausse vs Gene Fullmer, Marcel Pigou
Mando Ramos vs Sugar Ramos
Antonio Avelar vs Wilfredo Vasquez (rd5 is in my top 3 of best rounds ever)


I can recommend several more, but then again just about anyone can so I`ll leave it at that.

 

theres one i'm thinking of, can't remember it for the life of me though. It was a cruiser?!?! contest in which both fighters we knocked down. I think it happened in the late 80's/ early 90's.

 

Oh yes, one that no-one really mentions, due to antipathy towards Flyweight fights, but try to find a video of Kittikasen-Jimenez. That fight is a true great.

 

Your thinking of the Chrisanda Mutti/Lee Roy Murphy fight, the one with the double KD in the final round.