The best fight ever!!!!!!!

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  1. slip&counter

    slip&counter Gimme some X's and O's Full Member

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    you know the most touching/nostalgic thing about this fight? seeing the letters ABC on the screen
     
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  2. DLSC

    DLSC Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The best fight overall, IMO, is the "Thrilla in Manila."
     
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  3. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    I love it too, but rounds two and three are a tiny bit overated.

    I like RObinson LaMotta VI best.
     
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  4. Marciano

    Marciano AmicoDiNessuno Full Member

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    Thrilla In Manilla Great Ever !!!

    And Arturo Gatti vs Micky Ward 1-2-3 All Great Fights !!!
     
    Marciano, Jul 10, 2009
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  5. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    I love the Thrilla, but let's no forget that both of those guys were past their best and Frazier had pretty bad eye-trouble going in.
     
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  6. Medicine

    Medicine Boxing Addict banned

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    Foreman vs Lyle was a better war then Hagler-Hearns IMO

    [YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96KfeAFakak[/YT]
     
    Medicine, Jul 10, 2009
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  7. DLSC

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  8. Thread Stealer

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    I think that's part of the reason the fight was so exciting, they weren't as hard to hit. Ali was less mobile (after exile, but especially by 75') so he was more hittable. Frazier was good in certain spots (round 3) at slipping shots but eventually Ali started tagging him at well.

    They were better in 71' but I prefer the Manila fight.
     
    Thread Stealer, Jul 10, 2009
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  9. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    There`s never been a better rd than Hagler-Hearns rd 1 IMO (rd 2 was great too) but the fight wasnt long enough, it makes my top 10 but for me, Morales-Barrera I & Chacon-Edwards II were the greatest fights of all time, the Chacon fight having a little more sustained action & the Morales fight having the higher technical skills.

    :good
     
    Bill Butcher, Jul 10, 2009
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  10. Thread Stealer

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    1. Diego Corrales-Jose Luis Castillo 1
    2. Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier 3
    3. Matthew (Franklin) Saad Muhammad-Marvin Johnson 1
    4. Archie Moore-Yvon Durelle 1

    3 and 4 are interchangable.
     
    Thread Stealer, Jul 10, 2009
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  11. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    My 5 favourite Ali fights would be -

    Frazier I
    Foreman
    Frazier III
    Shavers
    Terrell
     
    McGrain, Jul 10, 2009
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  12. bxrfan

    bxrfan Sizzle Full Member

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    Fights 2 and 3 were too one sided outside of a couple of rounds, making the trilogy overrated to me, but they were still very good fights, with the first being great.
     
    bxrfan, Jul 10, 2009
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  13. Thread Stealer

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    Yeah, the first Gatti-Ward fight was great. The 2nd was alright, the third was pretty good. A rather one-sided trilogy. In the last 20 years, Bowe-Holyfield, Barrera-Morales, and Vazquez-Marquez were all better trilogies.

    Gatti-Robinson 1 is slightly better than Gatti-Ward 1 IMO. None of the rounds in that were quite as great as round 9 of Gatti-Ward, but the back and forth action was more sustained throughout.
     
    Thread Stealer, Jul 10, 2009
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  14. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    Foreman-Lyle does about as much for me as Hamed-Kelley.... not near as much as it does for other people, sloppyness of the highest order IMO.

    Havent seen the Basillio one but the MAB-Mckinney fight was top notch :good
     
    Bill Butcher, Jul 10, 2009
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  15. Mr Butt

    Mr Butt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    one of my favourite fights but not my favourate as not long enough

    frazier-ali 3
    chacon-edwards 2
    mab-moraels 1
    benn-mccellan
    foreman-lyle
    sanchez-nelson
    pryor-arguello 1
     
    Mr Butt, Jul 10, 2009
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