Undercards that have bettered the main event

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  1. ellaineo

    ellaineo Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Groves vs Anderson was better than the main event but that wasn't difficult
     
  2. Tommy O C

    Tommy O C VIVA LA MEXICO!!!! Full Member

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    Jones vs Soto Karass on the Pac vs Margo undercard. Vasquez vs Gonzalez as mentioned above. Theres probably a shitload but I cant think now. Remember one great 4 rounder on the untelevised portion of a top rank card. Think it was one the Arroyos against a Jap. Cant remember what the main event was though
     
  3. gooners!!

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    Chris Edwards vs Paul Edwards has to be a candidate domestically.
     
  4. slip&counter

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

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    One of my favourite fights is Erik Morales vs. In Jin Chi. But i stupidly can't recall whether it was an undercard fight or not. Correct me of i'm wrong fellas, but wasn't it on a Roy Jones undercard? Or maybe i'm just having one of those moments, lol.
     
  5. SportsLeader

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    Mayorga vs Lewis & Jones vs Gonzalez were on the undercard, I'm not sure which was the main event, but I think it was the Mayorga fight.
     
  6. GazOC

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    Yeah, Lee-McEwan was a very good fight.
     
  7. Mandanda

    Mandanda SkillspayBills Full Member

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    Shea Neary vs Micky Ward on Undercard of Naz vs Bungu at Earls Court.

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  8. GazOC

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    Has there ever been a Ring FOTY that wasn't a main event?
     
  9. slip&counter

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

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    Mayorga can't have headlined a show with a peak Roy Jones and Erik Morales on it.

    If Jones was on that card he was the headliner.
     
  10. Strongback

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    McGuigan being dicussed on another thread fought Cruz on the undercard of Tommy Hearns v Mark Medal.
     
  11. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    Wasn't McGuigan-Cruz the nominal main event for that card? Duran-Sims, Hearns-Medal (stinker) then McGuigan-Cruz (replacement for Sosa)?
     
  12. Strongback

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    I'm not sure. I always thought Hearns headlined with McGuigan and Duran top of the undercard. I stand to be corrected on that though.
     
  13. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    Same here mate. I just have the memory of McGuigan topping the card in his "coming out" party in America while Hearns stayed busy with Medal.
     
  14. GazOC

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    Not exactly "proof" but if being the fight in the middle counts for anything.....;O)

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