The greatest performance you have ever seen?

For me it's either Tyson vs Spinks or Hearns vs Duran. I don't think Duran or Spinks had any chance those nights.

 

Dempsey vs Willard. Followed by Schmeling vs Louis I

 

Joe Louis vs. Max Baer - for me it has to be one of the best performances that Louis has ever done. If I were to sell Joe Louis that is the performance I'd use as a demo.

Bernard Hopkins vs. Felix 'tito' Trinidad - BHop was in a zone.

Mike Tyson vs. Donovan "Razor" Ruddock - Tyson was up against a fighter with a good chin and a very big punch. Round 6 Razor catches Mike with "The Smash" and follows up with a couple of big shots. Tyson after taking those heavy blows smiles and taps his chin asking for more. He subsequently stops him the very next round.

Joe Frazier vs. Bob Foster - nobody is unbeatable, but if 20 years from now you were trying to make a case that Joe Frazier was unbeatable to a novice boxing fan, this is the video that I'd show him. Quarry II would also be a good choice he was without blemish in this fight.

 

Holyfield vs Bowe 1, that really showed Holyfields heart in all its glory. Sadly enough that was the last time we seen Bowe in his prime, wieght issues and problems with his wife took alot of prime away from Bowe. Its rare now adays to see 2 undefeated fighters who are both great fighters in there prime go at it, I guess that only happens once in a blue moon.

 

leonard over hagler
norton over ali
foreman over frazier
foreman over lyle
duran over leonard
corrales over castillo

 

Ali-Williams. Next.:bbb

 

Can't you just surprise people for once?

 

A 40-1 longshot winning just about every second of every round and doing it in dominating fashion against what alot of people were already thinking was the best fighter ever on the planet.

I'm of the opinion that Douglas had the perfect height, reach, weight and style to dominate Tyson everytime.

People like to say that Tyson was'nt in shape or motivated, but I've been a fan long enough to know that a fighter does'nt dominate another like that unless he's got his number.

A truly great performance from James "Buster" Douglas.
The knockdown Douglas suffered in the 8th is the only thing that keeps it from probably being the most perfect performance in boxing history!

 

Louis vs Schmeling II
Tyson vs Berbick
Ali vs Foreman
Frazier vs Ali I
Whitaker vs Chavez (robbery!)
Liston vs Williams
Lewis vs Golota
Holyfield vs Tyson I
Leonard vs Benitez

 

Honeyghan- Curry , Douglas- Tyson , Chavez- Rosario........

 

Do not get me wrong unlike one judge I had Douglas ahead going into the tenth and he was winning comfortable, but he did not dominate the fight like you suggest, but that also adds to the greatness of the win IMO.

My answer would be Chavez/Rosario, the best one sided fight you could ever see. Second would be Duran/Palomino, boxings greatest living fighter putting together his finest performance.

 

In first place:

Duran Leonard I (quality of opponent i.e P4P great in prime, plus jump in weight class)

Not in any order, and in agreement with some of the earlier posters:

Hearns Cuevas (silky smooth and utterly devastating)
Hearns Duran (see above)
Ali Williams (work of art, quantity of unanswered punches landed)
Douglas Tyson (quality of opponent, seeing a gameplan through beautifully)
Frazier Ali I (dogged determination, perhaps the only man capable of taking away Ali's unbeaten record)
Duran DeJesus II (recovery from early knockdown, quality of opponent, speed, skill and endurance)
SRL Hearns I (quality of opponent, display of genuine substance as well as style)

 

Tyson vs Spinks
Whitaker vs Ramirez II
Ali vs Williams