Tune Up Fight That Spoiled the Party

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  1. Ziggie

    Ziggie Member Full Member

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    I was thinking about the Pacquiao vs. Clottey fight, Can anyone think of a similar situation where a big fight (Pacquiao vs. Mayweather) hit a snag and the so called tune up fight did not go according to plan and one got beat, making the big fight not so big.
     
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  2. pound

    pound Coqui Radar Full Member

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    Baldomir vs Judah
     
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  3. Arriba

    Arriba Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Tommy Morrison vs Michael Bennt.

    I believe Morrison was all but ready for a fight with Bowe.
     
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  5. PBFred

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    Good one! Morrison looked brutal here.
     
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    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    Tyson-Douglas,Mike was supposed to fight Holyfield but Douglas had other plans.
     
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  7. dbouziane

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    well this doesnt follow completely along w/ what you are getting at but a tune up fight to a potential big one that didnt go according to plan was pav/miranda. taylor/miranda had been talked about for a while w/ edison using that famous mouth of his even after the pavlik fight had been signed. pav/miranda didnt go according to plan. this could have made pay/taylor I not that big of a fight but the way kelly beat miranda did sort of create some momentum.
     
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  8. kirk

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    Hoya vs Sturm was close to being one....



    Wlad vs Sanders probably would have led Wlad to LL should he have won, but i suppose it wasnt a true tuneup on the eve of a big showdown like that.


    to be honest besides Judah vs Baldo i cant think of one recently that truly fits the bill....
     
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  9. Arriba

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    While it didn't completely ruin the party, I have no doubts that the Hatton/Urango and Castillo/N'Dojou fight didn't do much for their mega fight.
     
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  11. Arriba

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    I guess the closest would be Green vs RJJ but it looks like they're still going through with Hopkins-RJJ.

    Somebody more familiar with the lower weight classes could probably clarify this but wasn't Ulieses Solis-Brian Viloria supposed to lead to Solis-Calderon?
     
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  12. Thread Stealer

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    Terry Norris-Keith Mullings ****ed up a bout with DLH.
     
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  13. Rudyard

    Rudyard **** How You Feel!! HOE! banned

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    Margorito vs Cotto...Cotto was suppose to fight De La Hoya for a mega fight and we all know how that went down!
     
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  14. Arriba

    Arriba Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Conversely, we can also point to Margarito vs Paul Williams. Arum wanted Margarito vs Cotto in November in MSG. Williams stepped in and put the ole kibosh on that.
     
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  15. InHumanForm

    InHumanForm Boxing Addict Full Member

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    while it was probably not considered a tune up fight but Cotto/Margarito spoiled the DLH cotto fight from happening. I have no doubt that had cotto beat marg, he would have gone on to demolish DLH. Pac is the fighter who actually benefited the most due to Cotto's first loss.
     
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