The 50 Best Boxing Masterclasses Seen (Complete) On Film

That, of course, was the pre-Rosario Camacho. People forget how good that Camacho was, and what potential he had before he was castrated.

 

Exactly true.

 

Bobby Chacon`s one-sided dismantling of Little Red Lopez ranks up there as one of the best displays I`ve ever seen. Another example would be Walter McGowan`s two fights against Chartchai Chionoi who he was outboxing handily both times until getting stopped on cuts.

He even had Chionoi down twice in the first round of their first fight, but the ref stopped the fight in the 9th and McGowan then collapsed to the canvas in disapointment and anger at being stopped in a fight which he was clearly winning. Here are some more bouts that I would consider masterclasses:

Dwight Qawi vs Leon Spinks
Dwight Qawi vs Matthew Saad II
Eddie Muhammad vs Marvin Johnson
Fidel Bassa vs Dave McAuley II
Lionel Rose vs Fighting Harada
Gene Fullmer vs Carmen Basilio I
Greg Haugen vs Vinny Pazienza II
Joey Archer vs Denny Moyer
Jerry Quarry vs Ron Lyle
Joey Maxim vs Bob Murphy
Mando Ramos vs Frankie Crawford II
Niccolino Locche vs Takeshi Fuji
Chuck Davey vs Rocky Graziano
Rodolfo Gonzalez vs Chango Carmona
Santos Laciar vs Antoine Montero
Soo Hwan Hong vs Yuh Kasahara

 

And dont forget Fullmer Carman II also lol.

 

ESPN Classic showed the three Haugen-Pazienza fights the other night, and I watched the first two. Haugen was, in my opinion, robbed in that first fight for onvious reasons, mostly because of the emotional hometown factor, and also because the judges seemed to value flashy garbage and slop from Paz, rather than the more effective, subtle basic boxing of Haugen. Haugen did the most damage with his punches, and appeared to win at least 8 rounds of the 15. The rematch was my favorite, as Haugen did a number on Vinnie with that jab of his, and stayed more cool and composed throughout the fight and was more disciplined as well. I didn't like the third fight too much, as Vinnie ran too much, and again, confused judges scoring slop over clean punches.

 

Any mention of Locche/Cervantes yet?

 

assuming you mean the first fight, it's not complete on film.

 

Arguello- mancini
Barrera- Hamed
Watson-Benn
Eubank- Benn I
Buchanan-Laguna II
Calzaghe- Brewer/Lacy/Kessler
Chandler-Murata II
Hatton-Phillips
Hearns-Hill
Holyfield-qawi I
B-Hop- Joppy/G.Johnson
Laguna-Ramos
Sanchez-Lopez I & II/Nelson/Gomez
PBF-Corrales
Morales-Pacquaio I
Nelson-Gomez
Norris-Brown II
M.Taylor-A.Davis/McGirt
trinidad-reid/Vargas
Whitaker-Nelson & McGirt I & II
Wright-Trinidad
M.Spinks-Qawi

 

Mayweahter vs. Gatti/Baldomir were pretty incredible as well.

 

Eddie Mustafa Muhammed's Fight with Marvin Johnson always ticks in my mind as an excellant exhibition in breaking someone down with bodyshots.

 

Both of these fights, but especially Monzon-Valdez II. Monzon often gets underrated in favor of the flashier guys, but his second fight against Valdez was a master performance in not only the punishment he dished out to Valdez, but how he recovered from the Colombian's fast start and the 2nd round knockdown to outthink, outbox, outpunch and outgut his man, to go out a winning champion, something relatively few men have accomplished, even most of the guys in that long list that starts this thread.

 

Oh yes indeed, Mustafa's title winning bout against Johnson was a performance of an artist. This fight is seldom referred to, relatively speaking, and was a stellar performance of Mustafa Muhammad, one that stays in my memory. I was impressed no end by how he artfully applied that beating on Marvin. I was struck by the class moves of Eddie, and the almost casual, but precise punch placement. The body attack he used on Marvin was disciplined and strategic, even after he dropped Marvin in round 3 (or was it 4?) He fortunately for me, but not for Marvin, seemed to take his time in liesurely, almost mastering his man. One of the best, and most artfully beatings I've ever seen.

 

I mean't "ARTFULLY APPLIED BEATINGS". Hell, I feel like I'm typing with Primo Carnera's sausage-sized fingers today.

 

Ricardo Lopez vs 95% of his opponents.

 

Was Toney McCallum that much a shutout?