Yes, yes I am:deal I also live in an NFL city. (Jacksonville Jaguars) and being from Pensacola, yes I have RJJ as a hometown hero, but I also have Emmitt Smith, the all time leading rusher in the NFL. Football is my sport....I played in High School, would have played in College had I not gotten married and gotten off track. I actually wanted to be a sports writer for a long time so I studied alot of the major sports. I actually like College Football more than any other sport, followed by the NFL, boxing, and then NBA and NCAA basketball. Not an NFL fan?
Corrales fight. I'd heard about it but never would have believed just how brutally he nailed Chico unless i'd seen it.
Just look at my location and that'll answer your question. We spit on NFL! lol just j/k. Didn't think you could be this much of a boxing fan but an even bigger NFL fan. Do you spend time in NFL forums too? Or does the popularity of it means you can talk about it with real people.
Easily Corrales. Also if we're taking about his best fights or most exciting fights, then some of these have to go. Baldomir fight was boring as hell. Nobody cared about Sharmba Mitchell. JLC I can't be considered his best fight because many felt he loss that fight. I would replace these three with his fights with Hernandez, N'Dou, and Corley.
In terms of how well he performed, though he dominated Corrales he did it entirely using his physical gifts of foot/hand speed and power. His best performances as a BOXER were against Zab Judah and Ricky Hatton. Keep in mind that he was very close to knocking out Zab Judah before Judah caused a long interruption in the action. In terms of action, I think his fight with Emanuel Burton was very exciting, so were his fights with N'Dou and Corley. In terms of his most dominant win, many say Corrales but I also think the Gatti fight was amazing. wikipedia could change their picture of a punching bag to a photo of Gatti's face after that fight and it wouldn't be inaccurate. Also his dismantling of Genaro Hernandez was very impressive considering Hernandez is actually an A level fighter unlike Gatti. He actually tried to give Mayweather a fight too, unlike Corrales who was so mystified by Floyd's hand speed and lateral movement that he pretty much gave up halfway through the fight.
Bingo.....I try to talk boxing with people in person, and they have no idea who I am talking about unless it's Tyson, DLH, or some old generation fighter. You can start a conversation with anyone about the NFL here, even women half the time. All this time and I never noticed you were from the UK.