Top fights you wish we had on film?

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by MercuryChild, Sep 22, 2014.


  1. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    All good picks ,I'll add one that has intruiged me for years.
    Johnson v Hart
     
  2. dpw417

    dpw417 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Jose Napoles v Eddie Perkins would be cool...
     
  3. Wvboxer

    Wvboxer Active Member Full Member

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    Buster Mathis vs Jerry Quarry
     
  4. klompton2

    klompton2 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    You are right. Lipton is wrong.

    The Tiger-Depaula fight had been in the BigFights collection, or the collection of MSG that Bigfights eventually bought, but was destroyed in a storage facility fire long before ESPN even dreamed of buying that collection. That comes straight from the horses mouth, not the jackass'.
     
  5. klompton2

    klompton2 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Ive got the complete TV broadcast of Mundine-Griffith. Interesting fight. I also have several of the Richards-Hennebary fights, very interesting period in Australian boxing. Sort of like the mid 1910s.
     
  6. energie

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    lyle/bonevena
    lyle/ellis
    shavers/ellis on video not film
    liston/folley
    liston/valdes
    quarry/mathis
     
  7. energie

    energie Boxing Addict Full Member

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    i have page/berbick complete ...mint
    spoon/tillis only fair/good quality
     
  8. Claus Holmen

    Claus Holmen Active Member Full Member

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    I´ve been told that Bunny Sterling´s British MW defence against Maurice Hope is one of the greatest MW fights ever fought in UK. I don´t think this fight was filmed.
     
  9. downgoeslyle

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    Tim Witherspoon vs James Tillis is an interesting fight. Lucky to have first generation mint copy. Would love to see Liston vs Folley.
     
  10. downgoeslyle

    downgoeslyle Member Full Member

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    Lyle vs Bonavena exists.
     
  11. crixus85

    crixus85 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Quote in UK Boxing News, Sept 2006 from Steve Lott while speaking about the many fights unfilmed during the war because of the cost of the film stock : "However, the second Graziano - Zale WAS filmed by a fan in the seats. This is owned by ESPN following their purchase of The Big Fights library.
    In the same article it mentions a rumour that film of Robinson v Gavilan is in a bank vault in Cuba. George Zeleny wrote the article.
     
  12. Bummy Davis

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  13. klompton2

    klompton2 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    This is true, its fairly common.