What is the best performance you've ever seen from a fighter? Any fighter.

Shout out to Leonard-Hearns 1, both fighters really but especially Sugar Ray

 

Hagler v Minter... Mullered him

 

Santos Laciar's 15-round decision over Frenchman Antoine Montero in 1985. Laciar gives a clinic in how to fight a southpaw.

 

Graham's previous fight before the Douglas bout was a close loss to Mike McCallum, not exactly the mark of a washed-up fighter.

 

Personal favorites of mine:

Hopkins vs. Pavlik
Calzaghe vs. Lacy
Duran vs. Davey Moore
Emmanuel Augustus vs. Alex Trujillo
Dwight Qawi vs. Leon Spinks, Rossman and Saad Muhammad I and II
Pacman vs. Cotto
Froch vs. Bute
Bowe vs. Holyfield I
Orlando Salido ending the Juanma hype train
Kiko Martinez destroying Bernard Dunne
Corley exposing Paul McCloskey
Mayweather dismantling Gatti

 

The first things that sprang to mind, were Mickey Walker's draw against Jack Sharkey, and Billy Conn's losing effort against Joe Louis.

I guess that winning is not everything.

 

I think I was never as impressed watching a fight live as I was in Mayweather vs Corrales.

But others:

Hopkins vs Pavlik
Cristian Mijares vs Jorge Arce
Then, Vic Darchinyan vs Cristian Mijares

From old footages before my time:

Julio Cesar Chavez vs Edwin Rosario
Joe Louis vs Max Baer

just from the top of my head right now...

 

Salvador Sanchez beating Wilfredo Gomez.

Sugar Ray Robinson stopping the strong, young, awkward Randy Turpin with blood streaming down his face.

 

They thought Sibson was through after his defeat and matched him with the younger, fresher Mark Kaylor. However, Sibbo defied the odds and punched out a decision.

 

Oh, good one. Great choice.

 

Wait, sorry, I haven't seen that.

I was thinking of Gilberto Roman's stoppage of Montero.

Poor Montero.

 

Montero had powerful backing in France (the Acaries brothers) and got three shots at a world title, against Laciar, Roman and Gabriel Bernal. He lost all three.

 

I gotta add Mosley destroying Margarito, maybe my favorite ever.

 

Jimmy Thunder Crawford Grimsley