Most entertaining heavyweight fight of the 80's?

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  1. Big Left Hook

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    I was thinking before I really need to brush up on my knowledge of some really good heavyweight scraps in the 80's. Any suggestions?
     
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  2. Stevie G

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    Pretty thin on the ground in that decade. I would pick Holyfield-Dokes.
     
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  3. MAG1965

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    well entertaining I put in a package of excitement and a fighters great performance. I like Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney. The event and the way Larry proved people wrong. Exciting fight? Some of the TV fights of the 1980s were sort of wild. Weaver vs. Williams and Bonecrusher vs Weaver. Weaver sometimes made for some interesting fights because of his power and then his unpredictable chin.
     
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  4. Big Left Hook

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    I read a article on Dokes and his career and it mentioned how well he did against Holyfield in a good fight, I'll have to check it out. Thats what I thought before this thread, not too many great heavyweight fights in that decade.
     
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  5. Big Left Hook

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    I've only ever seen the legendary nights, really need to see the full fight. Certainly a big event, from what I know of it.
     
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  6. Big Left Hook

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    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1JI9dobpjg[/ame]

    Great shout Stevie G. Dokes had some speed on him for a big man.
     
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  7. bazza12

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    Holyfield-Dokes is a good call. Mike Weaver always brought it.
     
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  8. Hattons Hook

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    Bruno v Tyson 1 was a decent if dirty scrap
     
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  9. TBooze

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    Holyfield/Dokes wins be a landslide. But Holyfield/StewartI was entertaining and Snipes/Washington was 'fun'.
     
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  10. PhillyPhan69

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    Don't let anyone mislead you the 80's were solid

    Holyfield vs Dokes
    Marvis Frazier vs Bonecrusher
    Weaver vs Coetzee
    Holmes vs Cooney
    Tyson vs Ferguson (My personal favortie Tyson fight)
    Witherspoon vs Page
    Holyfield vs Thomas
    Holyfield vs Stewart
    Holmes vs Witherspoon
    Holmes vs Bonecrusher
    Dokes vs Weaver II
    Tyson vs Biggs
    Berbick vs Pinklon Thomas
    Bone Crusher vs Bruno
    Weaver vs John Tate
    Coetzee vs Dokes
    Snipes vs Berbick
    Witherspoon vs Bruno
    Marvis Frazier vs Broad
    Ruddock vs Bonecrusher
    Damiani vs Biggs
    Douglas vs McCall
    Coetzee vs Pinklon Thomas
    Holmes vs Berbick
    Holmes vs Williams
    Witherspoon vs Bone Crusher Smith I & II
    Tubbs vs Page
    Norton vs Cobb
    Pinklon Thomas vs Witherspoon
    Page vs Tillis
    Berbick vs Tate
    Bonecrusher vs Tubbs
    Tucker vs Buster Douglas
    Page vs Coetzee
    Witherspoon vs Tubbs
    Douglas vs Berbick
    Williams vs Cooper
    Biggs bs Bey
     
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  11. Big Left Hook

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    Great list thanks a lot:good What would you make your top 5?
     
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  12. Big Left Hook

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    What was the most exciting fight Weaver was in?
     
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  13. TBooze

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    The list is just that; a list. For starters Douglas/McCall was hardly exciting. Ribalta/Sims on the same card, may not quite have had the same quality (although, it was not far behind), but it was a bit more of a giggle to watch...
     
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  14. PhillyPhan69

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    That is the order of favorites I came up w/ about 2 years ago when someone did a similar thread....Holyfield Dokes is probably cream of the crop...
     
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  15. PhillyPhan69

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    I don't know that I would call it exciting, but I found it entertaining...Have not seen Ribalta/Sims
     
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