Greatest Round 3 of all time

Backus vs. Napoles I Round 3 is my favorite to be honest, but they are all great rounds, DeJesus-Duran and Gomez-Pintor were savagely fought though.

 

Ya, cuz I was gonna say that hw Manuel Ramos that fought Frazier, Terrell, and Machen probably didn't fight Sugar Ramos

 

Man, I just loved this. There wasn't a dud in the bunch. I figured I would be leaning towards Gomez v Pintor, but watching them all one after the other had me changing my mind. My runner-up was Marquez v Katsidis, but sustained action rose to the top for me on this one. There may not have been a knockdown but back and forth warfare and the gore to prove it had me casting my vote for Ramos v Ramos. I had a sweat on me after watching those 7 rounds.

 

Wow - great action here!

In reverse order:
7. Benn-Ghent: apart from a couple of flurries from Gent, this was one sided. Great fun and remarkable heart from Gent, though.

6. Juan Manuel Marquez - Manny Pacquiao 2: excellent action but agree with Pat's comment - just a little too reserved to truly explode.

5. Duran-DeJesus 2: some great infighting action but a bit too much holding that broke up the flow a bit.

4. Napoles v Backus 1: took a little while to get going but then exploded into life.

3. Mando Ramos v Sugar Ramos: by the end of this series, I might vote in one of the rounds from this fight (sorry, Scar) but regardless, top action and a nice narrative with Mando's comeback at the end to put Sugar in trouble.

2. Marquez-Katsidis: I watched this the other day when I watched the whole fight and it has improved on second viewing! Huge KD against Marquez but the action that followed was non-stop and very clean; just balls-to-the-wall action.

1. Gomez-Pintor: This won The Ring's Round of the Year for 1982. Now, when you consider that it was the same year that featured Pryor-Arguello rounds 1 and 13, Chacon-Limon rounds 14 and 15 (but pick any from that one) - all nominated as part of this series - as well as fights like Sanchez-Nelson and Mancini-Kim, this had to be a pretty damn special round. And it was.

What edged this to the top for me was that the action started from the bell, it was a true two way battle where both fighters looked in trouble but came back, and it was clean the whole way through. Being this early in the fight, both fighters still had plenty left in the tank and they just let it all out. What a round!

 

I was initially sleeping on Backus-Napoles because of the lack of sound but I'm glad I didn't. Holy hell. Easily gets my vote, with Duran-Estaban in a semi-distant but comfortable second.

 

Always wanted an excuse to post this.
"Nine years later, in the fall of 1969 when Williams was over the hill and trying to recapture some of his old magic, he seemed to stumble into a time warp and revisit the Liston fights against another hungry contender in former Marine, Mac Foster. In September of that year, Mac stopped Cleve in the fifth round in Fresno. In November the two men locked horns in another thriller and Foster knocked out Williams in the third at Houston.

That third round of the return match was rated the fifth best round of the year by The Ring magazine and described as “…. a thrill-packed session which began with Williams rushing out of his corner and attacking with a crisp left hook at close range. A sharp right hand buckled Foster’s knees. It seemed as if the Big Cat had regained his old power and was showing young Foster how it ought to be done.

“But Mac fought back with a vengeance. They slugged it out with lefts and rights, with Williams seemingly having an edge in the furious exchange. Foster shot a vicious left hook to the Big Cat’s jaw which floored him. After Cleve arose, another hook sent him back to the canvas. A few moments later, Foster landed a tremendous left hook to Williams’ jaw, then crashed a right and it was all over. Williams fell heavily to the floor.”

http://archive.boxing.media/careful_with_that_cleaver_cleve.html

 

My apologies!