The 10 most skillful lightweight fights you've seen on film

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  1. sweet_scientist

    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Go :good
     
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  2. sweet_scientist

    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'll only add complete or near complete fights:

    Ismael Laguna vs. Ken Buchanan I & II
    Benny Leonard vs. Lew Tendler I
    Barney Ross vs. Tony Canzoneri II
    Tony Canzoneri vs. Kid Chocolate
    Carlos Orttiz vs. Ismael Laguna I & III
    Roberto Duran vs. Esteban DeJesus III
    Ismael Laguna vs. Mando Ramos
    Carlos Ortiz vs. Johnny Busso I
     
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  3. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    Good shouts there SS, cant disagree with any.

    Maybe Duran vs Buchanan could be in it.
     
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  4. sweet_scientist

    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    If I'm being honest with myself I think it should be too, but I purposefully left off Duran-Buchanan and Duran-DeJesus II because they featured 'seeing red' Duran. Even so, there was a lot of method to his madness in those fights.
     
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  5. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    Its abit like my Frazier vs Ali I pick in the Heavyweight thread.

    Duran was a very good swarmer in those days, he may not have been fundamnetally 'skilled' but hisswarming style was very skilled IMO. And we all know Buchanan was a superb boxer.
     
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  6. teeto

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    Whitaker-Ramirez, ultimate skill from one guy anyway, haha
     
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  7. Wu-Gambino

    Wu-Gambino ESB Swordsman Full Member

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    ^On that note Chavez-Rosario.
     
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  8. Dempsey1238

    Dempsey1238 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    So even though Gans Nelson runs a hour and 14 mins long, you wont add it lol.
     
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  9. sweet_scientist

    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Man, if only it was a little clearer! It's hard to tell what's going on in that fight.
     
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  10. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Jimmy Carter-Percy Bassett should be included.
     
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  11. sweet_scientist

    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I was waiting for someone to nominate a Jimmy Carter fight. Would you say this is the pick of the bunch?

    I have to review my Carter fights. He has a few other good performances as well.
     
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  12. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Jimmy Carter is awesome to the inverse proportion that I am sober. But yeah, that's my fave.
     
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    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Percy Bassett is an awesome infighter.
     
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    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    Stevie Johnston-Angel Manfredy.
     
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  15. Dempsey1238

    Dempsey1238 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Some one needs glasses, looks pretty clear to me.
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