The Most Magical moments you've seen in a boxing ring?

LP_1985 · Mar 18, 2010

D-MAC said: ↑

Just pretend your doing dumb bell reps when your lifting the fork full of yummy food towards your gob. :deal
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scouse red man · Mar 18, 2010

D-MAC said: ↑

:-(

Someone may as well post a video of it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shUqYIkMXu0
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Love it! :bbb

TheUzi · Mar 18, 2010

Was seriously inspired by Cotto in both his defeats. Showed unbelievable courage battling on.

TBooze · Mar 18, 2010

If we are talking British/Irish:

Cooper/Ali (Clay) knockdown

Don Curry quitting the Honeyghan bout

McAuley/BassaI

Benn/Chantler

Bruno staggers Tyson (get in there Frank!)

Eubank posing to the camera as the ref stops the Dos Santos fight

Lewis/Ruddock

Tommy Hearns fighting in Britain

Naseem/Kelley

Audley Harrison winning Olympic Gold

Primadonna Kool · Mar 18, 2010

fleaman said: ↑

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfWH4rKrpN0

Round 10; shows you the strength of the human will, especially from Holyfield.

An amazing fight, and possibly my favourite round ever.
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You can aleast post the fight in english, you posted the shittest version of that round..........

****ing pissed me off......for **** sake.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UePMhizpvUI[/ame]

9Ball · Mar 18, 2010

For me it was either when Mcguigan beat Pedroza at Loftus Road...or When Alan Minter was destroyed by Hagler and the crowd (prolly Chelsea fans ) started lobbing things into the ring.

Flea Man · Mar 19, 2010

Kool, every one of your posts pisses EVERYONE off.

I picked the vid with the sharpest image I could find.

I'm sorry.

Lad.

NO MAS · Mar 19, 2010

9Ball said: ↑

For me it was either when Mcguigan beat Pedroza at Loftus Road...or When Alan Minter was destroyed by Hagler and the crowd (prolly Chelsea fans ) started lobbing things into the ring.
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I agree that McGuigan v Pedroza was a special night, one of the best nights of boxing I remember...:yep

The first fight with MAB and Morales was amazing, but the fifth round when they kept backing each other up was great...:good

:happy :happy :happy...WAR BARRERA...:happy :happy :happy

anarci · Mar 19, 2010

fleaman said: ↑

It'll be quick :good

1. Ali-Best scalps (Liston, Frazier, Foreman) awesome style which seems hard for any 'great' Heavy to fathom. Not quite as consistent as Louis, but then Ali fought btter opp.

2. Joe Louis-The greatest composite puncher in history IMO. The king of the rematches. Good level of opposition spanning a few era's. Late career losses don't harm him too much, fought everyone. Very consistent champ with the record number of defences. My personal fave, and possibly my favourite fighter of all time. There has never been a fighter who has bettered his punching technique IMO.

3. Lennox Lewis-Fought the most punchers of any champ as far as I can see. Not everyones cup of tea, but evenged his two losses and was very good technically. Some good wins, even if some of his 'names' were post-prime.

4. George Foreman-A controversial pick I feel, but Foremans win over the undefeated Frazier is about as good as you're gonna get. Didn't have a great title run to start off with, but made amends by fighting a large range of contenders upon his comeback, and the win over Moorer gets him extra kudos for the fact he was so old.

5. Larry Holmes-I love Holmes. IMO the best heavyweight jab of all time. Resilient, tough, and intelligent. Some close decisions against the contenders of his day lose him a few marks, but he was dominant, and, bar Prime Kid Dynamite, was stopped just once. His late 80's/early 90's career saw him pick up some good wins as well.

6. Evander Holyfield-Whilst he lost the series with his nemesis Bowe and has more excuses than Arsene Wenger, had some quality wins, and his accuracy, speed and heart make him a very formidable fighter IMO. Made quick work of (an admittedly fat) Douglas, and was the first to beat the comebackign Tyson, is quality fashion as well. Still competiting now; arguably winning a fight against a 7' 'champion' at 47 must surely do wonders for a mans alltime standing?

7. Mike Tyson-Didn't burn for long, but even post-Douglas picked up some quality wins. Like Foreman, Tyson gains extra kudos for 'special achievement'; being such a young Unified Champ. In his prime, arguably the fiercest and most formidable Heavyweight champ in history. Not a stacked resume, but dealt with the contenders in a succinct and destructive fashion. Win over Spinks (lay off or not) was extremely impressive. I'm also starting to think that larry Holmes was more prepared for Tyson than he originally let on.

8. Rocky Marciano-Took me a while to come round to The Rock, but has some subtle touches to his skillset I appreciate. Beating the likes of Charles (x2) LeStarza (x2) Walcott (x2) Archie Moore and Louis (the latter albeit way past prime) are no mean feats; I don't favour Rocky over anyone in my top ten, though Frazier-Marciano would be an amazing right vs left battle, and Tunney vs Marciano would be one of the greatest fights of all time. Hard to find anyone under 190bs I'd favour to beat Marciano, nor many Cruisers.

9. Joe Frazier-First man to beat Ali (and what a fight!) and wins over the likes of Ellis and Quarry mark him out as a Heavy of some repute. Loses marks for being essentially one handed and not having a monster reign at the top, but as one of the top guys from the Golden Age of Heavyweights, he deserves a high ranking IMO.

10. Gene Tunney-An awesome boxer. His Heavyweight comp isn't fantastic, but his two wins over Dempsey are. Dempsey may have been rusty in the first fight, but Tunney showed all his cunning in taking the **** in the rematch (the infamous long count) and IMO showed his pure boxing ability by starting brilliantly after the knockdown. A great fighter-Never beaten at the weight.

Honourable Mentions (in no particular order): Sonny Liston, Jack Dempsey, Floyd Patterson, Jack Johnson, Sam Langford, Wladimir Klitschko, Ezzard Charles.

So maybe a few controversial choices there; if anyone has any worries I can go into them a bit more in-depth, but got ten minutes left on lunch and need a *** before the next round!:good
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Overall a good list although i think Lewis is too high but HTH he would be in the top 4 or 5. Better list than most ive seen.

Flea Man · Mar 19, 2010

anarci said: ↑

Overall a good list although i think Lewis is too high but HTH he would be in the top 4 or 5. Better list than most ive seen.
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:good And people say I'm biased to older fighters

neil hibbert · Mar 19, 2010

on a personal note it has to be when gary won the british title, the first knockdown of edmonds there was a few seconds when i didnt know who went down as the ref was in the way me and my other friend looked at each other for a few seconds until we realised what hapened before going crazy but at the same time trying to tell gary to remain calm and not to rush in, then when te fight was stopped i grabbed the nearest person to me and started running round the ring and low and behold it was little frank maloney haha lucky he likes me but that was a special night that i had from a personal note

icemax · Mar 19, 2010

neil hibbert said: ↑

on a personal note it has to be when gary won the british title, the first knockdown of edmonds there was a few seconds when i didnt know who went down as the ref was in the way me and my other friend looked at each other for a few seconds until we realised what hapened before going crazy but at the same time trying to tell gary to remain calm and not to rush in, then when te fight was stopped i grabbed the nearest person to me and started running round the ring and low and behold it was little frank maloney haha lucky he likes me but that was a special night that i had from a personal note
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You could have stuck Frank under your arm and run round, the little "knome".

I love your avi, Oscar looks like a dodgy no win no fee lawyer who has just got you off of a speeding offence....class :deal

neil hibbert · Mar 19, 2010

haha he was a really nice fella we spoke for like 5 mins looks like a movie star not a boxer though haha

Primadonna Kool · Mar 19, 2010

fleaman said: ↑

Kool, every one of your posts pisses EVERYONE off.

I picked the vid with the sharpest image I could find.

I'm sorry.

Lad.
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Listen...

My video has a sharper image, and better commentators.

You picked a **** video....face it.

Addie · Mar 19, 2010

Commontator sense apparently isn't that common.

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