What is the greatest ass whuppin of all time?

I saw it too when it was broadcast live with an energized Sal Marciano calling the action for ABC. It was a barn-burner.

Boza-Edwards started out trying to use movement, but discovered like Ali in Kinshasa that his legs tired quickly (as he told Marciano in the post fight interview). So Corny went to the ropes and countered Elizondo's attacks furiously. It sometimes seemed to me as though Boza-Edwards was a pocket Saad-Muhammad with the wars he was so often in. (Unlike Matt though, Corny would occasionally steamroll somebody like Verderosa or Melvin Paul. I'd actually say Verderosa was the definitive ass whuppin win for Boza-Edwards. The Heat ticked Corny off somehow, and the Ugandan import unloaded every punch with venom on Johnny, who even in victory retiring O'Grady nearly a year later looked like he'd had the starch taken out of him.)

 

My impression at the time was about how awful Mike looked in that one. He was supposed to have the best jab in the division.

Soon after, I came to appreciate that it was Dwight's counter jab which was really the key, although Ranquello's repeated overhand rights after getting off the floor twice also had something to do with diminishing Rossman afterwards. Even in the one round Mike managed to win over Dwight, he didn't look particularly good doing it

Randy Gordon thought it was one of the saddest things he'd ever seen in a boxing ring when Rossman went down. The two of them went back a ways, and Gordon actually conducted the first interview with Mike at the outset of Rossman's career.

 

Off-hand, I think that's the best I ever saw Greg look, and the lowest weight where he appeared to remain at full strength.

Monroe wanted to back him up, and kept trying. Finally, Page let him, ripping loose with blistering shots all the way back to the ropes.

 

Very true, I was still in my teen years and thought Tyson had a good chance after his recent knockout loss to Rahman. Thought if Tyson landed one of his bombs Lewis would crumble.

In retrospect it was an extremely silly idea, older Tyson didn't have near as much power as he did. His loss of that explosive speed played a huge factor, not that he was slow even when old but there was a difference. Lewis took it to Tyson and earned his respect with a giant uppercut then it was game over.



Hearns - Duran came to mind, wasn't competitive in the slightest, just a bad matchup for Duran

R Marquez vs Vasquez 4 is another, Vasquez had no business fighting again after his repeated cuts

Tyson vs Marvis Frazier was pure destruction

Thought about including Holmes vs Frazier as well but wasn't really and ass whooping just a quick fight


Foreman - Joe Frazier 1

 

:goodDwight's one of my favorite fighters ever, but I actually felt sorry for Rossman in that one.

 

Qawi could make the list a couple of times! His dismantling of Saad Muhammad was devastating. He could of been the model for Clubber Lang.

 

:goodWell said! After reading your post, I thought of Leon Spinks.

 

"The Heat" was hyped by KO Mag. I think the fact that KO was based in Long Island at the time, and Verderosa was from Staten Island influenced the Editors of KO

While KO was an excellent Mag, Farhood sometimes was less than objective when it came to NY City fighters

He really liked Mustafa Muhammad and they gave Verderosa plenty of ink.

They even had an article, after Johnny ko'd the obscure Robert Mullins in less than a round, where the hyperbole was rolling freely from the pen. The writer said something along the lines of "Duran's stare is that of someone who intends on hurting you, but Verderosa's stare is that of a crazy man, it is the worst kind of stare." LOL

Boza's destruction of Verderosa was a classic beatdown. It came down to Boza was an ex champ who had faced plenty of world class opposition, and Verderosa was an overhyped, unproven and probably overrated Long Island club fighter, whose best win prior to the Boza fight was a split decision over journeyman Diablito Valdez.

Boza was my second favorite fighter, my favorite being Saad.

Saad was the bigger one punch guy. Boza rarely took you out with one punch - The Melvin Paul fight being one of the rare occasions where he did it.

Corny was better defensively than Saad.

Both were warriors of the highest order.

Regarding the Boza-Elizondo fight, it was close, but I thought Boza egded it with cleaner punching. I thought it was a good win as Boza was still campaigning at 130 lbs. at the time, and Elizondo was a little physically bigger than him.

It is my feeling, looking back, that Mickey Duff was using the Elizondo fight as a lithmus test to see how Boza handled a guy at 135 lbs. who was strong, and fought in a style similar to Mancini. He probably nixed the idea of going after Mancini when he saw the trouble Boza had with Elizondo's physical strength. Instead, he had Boza go after the 130 lb. title - and Boza-Chacon II happened.
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Watched Boza-Elizondo today and let me tell you...fantastic! Loved it back then but really appreciated it now. Maybe we just don't see these kind of warriors anymore. Could have been fought in a phonebooth with some of the most amazing, clean punches. Both cut and waged war to the final bell. Scored it 97-95 for Boza. Guys, it's a must-see.

 

I watched Verderosa-Mullins (all 38 seconds), and read that article. It was indeed about the weirdest, most disturbing stare I've seen during pre-fight instructions. "Who are you, and why are we here?" It wasn't just those humongous clear vacant eyes of his, but the slack jawed "Huh?" gape which accompanied it.

I had fun watching Diablito's challenge of Filthy Sammy Serrano. It would have been an extremely dull bout, except for the fact they did more fighting between the rounds. ABC kept having to recount what happened during the commercial breaks when they returned to live action. Serrano had the best elbow strikes in boxing at the time.

 

Another whuppin was Holmes vs Cobb. The fight that made Cosell quit announcing boxing matches it was so one-sided.

 

Kovalev vs simakov
calzaghe vs lacy
Kovalev vs cleverly
Golovkin vs Murray
Beterbeiv vs everyone his fought

 

Brutal. Cobb's face literally got used as a speedball.

Lacy/Calz was beyond the definition of "one sided" - Joe stole his soul. Jeff was never the same afterwards.

 

Tyson-Berbick - Tyson was clinical in this one - the look of shock on Berbick's face was something to behold

 

Hearns-Duran for me. Tommy destroyed him. Threw that right hand like a whip and damn near knocked his head off.