Highly skilled, technical, 'chess' matches?

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  1. BoxingABC1

    BoxingABC1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Every time i type in "list greatest fights of all time" its always slug matches, and as entertaining as they are, I much prefer a highly skilled technical fight a la Toney/McCallum. Are there any suggestions of fights of this variety that I need to see?
     
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    Ward-Kovalev I
    Roy Jones vs Jhon Ruiz
    Klitschko vs Haye
    Lewis vs Klitschko ( it also was a slugfest)
    Brook vs Spence
    Maywheather vs Canelo
    Joe Louis vs Max Schmeling I
     
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    qwertyblahblah Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I was reminded of Salvador Sanchez in another thread, and several of his bouts were great chess matches. Laporte, Patrick Ford, Pat Cowdell. They were opponents who were trickier for Sanchez, but he adjusted tactically and outsmarted and outboxed smart boxers. Those are bouts that aren't often brought up when we bring up chess matches.

    Obvious mentions that I love as much as great wars are Barrera-Marquez, Whitaker-McGirt, and Leonard-Benitez. There have to be a lot more that aren't brought up with the more renowned great chess matches.
     
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    cslb Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Leonard/Hearns 1.
     
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  5. covetousjuice

    covetousjuice Putin did nothing wrong

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    Fury/Wlad.
     
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    Ahurath Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Haye Klitscko was terrific imo, close contest during first 4-6 rounds but Wladimir controlling the pace and had all the pressure suprisingly broke Haye down systematicly.
     
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  7. Gannicus

    Gannicus 2014 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    Sugar Ray Leonard vs Wilfried Benitez is always the first one that pops to my head. The highest level of boxing chess.
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    Hearns vs Benitez.
     
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  9. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    You want to watch chess matches, go watch chess.
     
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  10. BoxingABC1

    BoxingABC1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    fairly sure i wrote 'chess' matches, moron
     
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    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    If that's too fast and physical for you, I could find some vids of boxers staring and posing.
     
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    qwertyblahblah Boxing Addict Full Member

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    All but Ward-Kovalev 1 can't really be called chess matches. They miss at least what's understood to be a 'great' chess match: being a bout in which a highly skilled, smart boxer uses tactics to best another highly skilled, smart boxer who otherwise may have beaten him. The point is they're so evenly matched physically and in skill that the upper hand is only gained with one guy outplotting and outthinking his still smart foe. It has to be competitive most of the way, with the winner usually only finding a decisive advantage late.

    Spence-Brook, I don't think that should qualify. Brook was impressive early and was winning with speed and timing, but Spence was the only guy in the ring boxing tactically. Brook didn't have the ring smarts to hang with Spence deep into the bout.
     
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  13. BoxingABC1

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    im sure you could. you clearly dont have much of a life to be doing this
     
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    Toney-McCallum 1-2
     
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    Dustin nichols vs D Wilder
    Donald Curry vs Marlon Starling
     
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