What is the best performance by a light heavyweight on film?

Maske - Barkley

 

Technically a few lbs above 175, but ...

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Archie Moore looks the most amazing to watch …. Spinks looked fantastic vs Qwai.

 

For me personally
I like how Scott beat Gregory
Gregory dissecting Johnson

 

I love how John Conteh dominated a fantastic contender like Yaqui Lopez and did it one-handed with the left, being a bit gun-shy after breaking his right hand a couple of times

I love the pure heart Archie Moore showed in peeling himself off the canvas 4 times to slowly come back and dominate and KO Yvon Durelle in their first fight.

I love the way Victor Galindez whipped himself into immaculate condition in the twilight of his career, to turn the tables on Mike Rossman and grind him down in their return fight.

 

There's a few stand out performances off the top of my head.

Michael Spinks vs Dwight Muhammad Qawi

RJJ vs Richard Hall/Montel Griffin 2/Reggie Johnson

Bernard Hopkins vs Kelly Pavlik

Eddie Mustafa Muhammad vs Marvin Johnson

Dwight Muhammad Qawi vs Jerry Martin/Matthew Saad Muhammad 1

Marvin Johnson vs Victor Galindez

 

Bhop winning every round against Tarver. He completely dominated the man that beat RJJ for the first time just a couple of years after that fight. It wasn't the most exciting fight, but too see Taver completely dominated was about as impressive as it gets.

 

Foster/Tiger should be in contention. I don't think many light heavyweights ever would do that to Tiger. Dude was nails. Foster just switched him off.

 

The most recent fight I've watched was Grab v Tunney and that was a great performance by Greb, did everything but knock him out.

It's not too dissimilar to Calzaghe v Lacy, but just at a higher level.

 

Beterbiev's brutal and scientific destruction of Callum Smith

 

Sorry to hear that you've been in a coma for the past century.

 

As we say, I'm sorry and you're sorry.

 

I hated watching it at the time but Dwight Qawi's demolition of Saad was brutal. Dwight was an intimidating 175lber. Like a little tank that grinned at you as he beat you up.