Most overrated boxing matches of all time

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  1. DaveK

    DaveK Vicious & Malicious Full Member

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    wtf???
     
    DaveK, Jul 17, 2012
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  2. Hookie

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  3. MMJoe

    MMJoe Boxing Addict Full Member

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    pac man in any of his retread matchups.
     
    MMJoe, Jul 17, 2012
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  4. devon

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    No it's a highlight of the actual fight.
     
    devon, Jul 17, 2012
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  5. TartanSoldier

    TartanSoldier Barnburner. Full Member

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    Which in its entirety was quite boring.

    Foreman throws wild punch Ali blocks with gloves or leans back returns straight punches that land, clinch. Playing a tense instrumental does not change that.
     
    TartanSoldier, Jul 18, 2012
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  6. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Retrospectively, this is correct. But sometimes a sensation is so - sensationl, that if people still haven't scooped their jaws off the deck by the end of the year...
     
    McGrain, Jul 18, 2012
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  7. Kendom

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    It wasnt the pace of a Holyfield- Bowe or Ali- Frazier I, take away the multiple knockdowns it doesn't have the excitement factor in it, the main asset of the fight is its swinging momentum, the punches thrown are lumbering
     
    Kendom, Jul 18, 2012
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  8. TartanSoldier

    TartanSoldier Barnburner. Full Member

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    So was finding the Higgs Boson, that doesn't make it interesting/entertaining to most people.

    Johnson vs Jeffries was a legendary event, I don't recall being enthralled by the action though.
     
    TartanSoldier, Jul 18, 2012
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  9. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    Gatti-Ward 1

    (Round 9 was one of the best rounds ever caught on film tho to be fair)
     
    Bill Butcher, Jul 19, 2012
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  10. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    **** off :lol:

    That is the best HW fight ever, the only one that comes close to arguing to be no1 is Ali-Frazier 1... those 2 are easily the best 2 HW fights ever filmed.
     
    Bill Butcher, Jul 19, 2012
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  11. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    Exactly :good
     
    Bill Butcher, Jul 19, 2012
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  12. The Snake

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    What the hell is a retread matchup?
     
    The Snake, Jul 19, 2012
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  13. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    If in due course the Higgs Boson is proven, how on earth is it going to be overrated?

    Personally I have yet to see a fight that is overrated.
     
    TBooze, Jul 19, 2012
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  14. TartanSoldier

    TartanSoldier Barnburner. Full Member

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    What I'm saying is, it's a huge event but that doesn't make it entertaining to a lot of people as was the implied case with Ali vs Foreman.

    Terrible analogy on my part, had just finished reading up on it.
     
    TartanSoldier, Jul 19, 2012
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  15. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    LOL, as you suggest analogies probably should make things simpler. Using Higgs Boson on a forum where I am currently discussing the merits of a fight involving Two Tony Galento and Butterbean, and whether a mythical 19th Century boxer has a claim to a 'world title' as recognized by South Dakota, is probably a bit too much! ;)
     
    TBooze, Jul 19, 2012
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