What are,in your opinion,the best boxing bouts you've seen?

I remember all those lads, Rowe only from the boxing magazines my trainer let me borrow and Alan Rudkin from being at amateur boxing shows I boxed on.
The experience you had when you met Kenny was similar to my meeting with him.
He must've been only a matter of lbs over 9-9 and I think he's taller than his given 5-7 1/2.
I had him put his left fist in my face just so I'd know what it was like.
He didn't seem bitter at all to me just glad that people remember and appreciate him.
He softened up even more when I told him I'd tried to box like him but fell a bit short, lacking his talent, bottle and pinching power.
PS I enjoyed reading your post.

 

So many great fights but I’ll choose one of them that I rarely see spoken about…

George Foreman v Dwight Muhammad Qawi.

Watching 5ft 6 Qawi flinging those overhand shots at 6ft 4 Big George, and connecting cleanly as well…and Big George ploughing through those shots regardless, like a pit bull walking through a vicious wildcat, was kinda fun to watch.

It was 7 rounds of action before Qawi gave it up and sat his butt down, exhausted and demoralised.

 

Thanks buddy, I enjoyed reliving it.
chat soon.

 

If you want to really impress or alienate your friends, watch Chang-Tokashiki. Just insane action from fighters the average western fight fan has probably never heard of. Best fight no one outside Classic has ever seen.

 

Look this post could go on forever, we all have many great fights that strike a cord, some go all the way back, some stay in the present, we have all the weight divisions being used, lots of my esteemed posters have picked fights, that have chimed with me, many I would have chosen myself, I have found this topic a tad daunting, sooo many great fights to choose from, literally dozens, so this is my choice :
Basilio- Robinson 1.
Not least because Carmen is a particular favourite of mine, the more I read about him, the more he shone, his looks, the craggy, iron boned, lean, battle scarred appearance, his no nonsense style appealed immensely, not for him the flassy Bolo punches, the dancing and prancing, his whole outlook was honed behind an almost fanatical adherence to training, he knew that KO power was not in a single punch, he also appreciated that pure boxing was not in his reporte, he wasn't going to outbox and out cute opponents, nor was they going to be laying prostrate at his feet after 1 punch ( as they most certainly did against Robinson ) his route to victory was the hard long route of attrition, marching forward onto punishment, onto pain and cuts, absorbing hard hurtful punches ( in the latter part of his career from MWs ) gradually closing the distance, and when he did, it was their turn to suffer, they had tried to keep this implacable fighter at a distance, they had failed, once inside and close, Basilio would unleash short accurate shots to body and head, his body punching was particularly debilitating, and rivals all the great body punchers, many a rival ( De Marco for one ) found that the lead they had in the fight amounted to nothing once Carmen found his groove, they had inflicted cuts, they had his face swollen and bruised out of regonnition, mattered not a jot to Basilio, he was here on the inside where his navana was, must have felt good to hear the grunts of the opponent as his left hook was driven wrist deep into their midsection , amble payback for what he had endured , and what of the opponent, had he not inflicted immeasurable pain and hurt on this advancing implacable adversary , certainty he had , but to no avail, Basilio posed but 1 problem to his adversary's you can beat me, but you will have to take my heart to do it, and then stamp on it !!
I am tired now, but if you guys are interested, I will do a similar expose on Robinson ( hope that doesn't sound pretensions ) off for a warm cup of tea, and a little nap.
stay safe guys.

 

I too have developed a keen appreciation for Basilio over the years. He does have the countenance of a sort of caveman, a hardened, no-sonsense approach indeed which really belies how very learned and heady a fighter he could be. He was far trickier and full of little nuances even in full-on attack mode that made him a handful for anyone.

 

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Joe Calzaghe v Charles Brewer was a classic 12 round slugfest both literally chucked the kitchen sink at each other.

 

Prior Arguello 1
Bowe Golota 2
Bowe Holyfield 1
Holmes Norton
Foreman Lyle
Leonard Hearns 1

 

Their relative brevity makes them convenient to revisit but I very much like these fights in their own right:-

Liston vs Williams 1 & 2
Duran vs Cuevas - nice little punch up that one - Duran’s defensive skills and granite chin as and when required? - whoa, hard to beat!

 

I have to go with Ali-Frazier I (The Fight of the Century). To this day I can't think of any single sporting event that captivated not just the USA but the entire WORLD like this fight. (Estimates are approximately 300 million people worldwide watched it--about 8% of the world's population at that time!!) The pre-fight buildup was incredible--people who knew absolutely NOTHING about boxing were talking about it! It became a referendum on where you stood politically and socially--the fighters (whether they liked it or not) became symbols of the time--which much like today was VERY polarized.

It seemed impossible for the event to live up to such intense hype--but not only did it live up to it-it surpassed it. Ali's performance was stunning!! To perform the way he did after an almost 4 year exile with only 2 tuneup fights against a top-10 all time heavyweight at his peak was astounding!! ANY other fighter gets beat by Ali that night--but Frazier's will to win was superhuman!! He was simply NOT going to lose--and Joe's effort that night is one of the most courageous you'll ever see in any sport. It's been more than 50 years and folks who were alive at that time and remember everything about this fight are STILL talking about it! It was a transcendent moment in time!!

 

Literally?