Saddest boxing moment was...

come close?he was FASTER than floyd.(forgot to quote someone hereatsch)
Anyway,when i watched that fight live,it seemed to me that meldrick was near outclassing and totally outscoring chavez(the bias sky commentary didnt help,as i recall)
but watching it again,chavez really beat meldrick up.not as prolific in output,but loads of damaging hooks,bodyshots and(particularly)uppercuts.
Chavez really hammered him.(not saying the reverse isnt true,it was a bitter struggle for both)it wasnt one sided at all.

what a fight that was!

 

Finally someone said it!

 

Obviously, the saddest moments in boxing history are Marciano knocking an old, helpless Joe Louis through the ropes, Marciano's and Corrales' tragic deaths and Ali's/McLelland's present conditions... I personally can't control myself when I see images of an old Henry Amstrong on oxigen in a hospital bed with a single Lady by his side. Boxing gat to be the Greatest Sport in the World, it trancends Sport itself - Boxing = Life.

 

the rematch was 4+ years later...and only then after taylor had lost 2 X's..This is not to bash JC whom I also like...meldrick needed to move up in weight while JC did not find this necesary at the time..but don't make it sound like an immediate rematch?

 

Tyson vs Williams.

When I read the outcome I was in shock, and just a moment but the whole day..
Love you Mike

 

But, You still are rightly or wrongly judging Hitler though, thus your statement was an Oxymoron.

 

for me the 2 saddest moments have to be corrales death , because the guy gave it his all every fight and the one that leaves a lump in my throat for me is gatti's last fight , he never had the most talent , but what he lacked he made up w/ heart , and as many times as i've seen gatti get up off the canvas and find a way to win you could see that vs gomez there was no way to pull it off and you knew then that arturo's time as a fighter was over , i just wish he could of went out winning , he deserved it, as much as he gave the fans every fight