If you had to get rid of every fight...

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  1. Dorrian_Grey

    Dorrian_Grey It came to me in a dream Full Member

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    If you had to get rid of every piece of boxing footage in the sport's history apart from a single fight, which fight would you save as proof of boxing?
     
  2. Melankomas

    Melankomas Prime Jeffries would demolish a grizzly in 2 Full Member

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    Do we still know who boxers were in this context? If so I’d probably choose a culturally significant but entertaining fight like Ali-Frazier 1 or 3, Dempsey-Firpo, or Louis-Schmeling 1.
     
  3. Dorrian_Grey

    Dorrian_Grey It came to me in a dream Full Member

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    The literature surrounding fights remaining but the footage doesn't in this scenario, so we still know who the boxers are.
     
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  4. bboyrei

    bboyrei Member Full Member

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    FOTC since that was the biggest fight that transcended boxing and nothing came close since
     
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  5. FThabxinfan

    FThabxinfan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Yeah, FOTC or the Manila Thrilla.
     
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  6. SixesAndSevens

    SixesAndSevens Gator Wrestler Extraordinaire Full Member

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  8. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Leonard-Duran II.

    So people would debate why Duran quit for centuries to come.
     
  9. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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  10. JackSilver

    JackSilver Boxing Addict Full Member

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    20 year old Tyson destroying Berbick to becoming the youngest heavyweight champ. Boxing in it most savage form. Or maybe Hagler vs Hearns
     
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  11. FThabxinfan

    FThabxinfan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    This is basically the Thrilla In Manila with some of FOTC popularity.