what is your favourite fight?

Erik Morales v Marco Antonio Barrera (2000)

 

Ali-Frazier III is the best ever HWT fight, it makes my top 5 all time fights.

 

Ali-Frazier 1-1971......Hagler-Hearns-1985.....Dempsey-Willard-1919...Dempsey-Firpo-1923...Louis-Conn 1-1941...Marciano-Walcott 1-1952...Zale-Graziano-1946-47-48...
Just to name a few...

 

just watched Harada vs Kingpetch 2 and taht is an amazing fight although i thought Harada won it quite handily

 

gatti-ward 1 was just epic and round 9 of dat unreal

 

Too many to mention really but the one that really stands out is Nigel Benn v Gerald Mclellan. It had everything, not all of it good. It made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up at the time. If what happened to Mclellan didn't happen this would be rated as an all time great fight.

 

Robert Quiroga-Kid Akeem Anifowoshe was the first great fight I watched as a kid and it has been my favorite ever since.

 

A fight that has remained in my in my mind for over 30 years is the first fight between Marvin Johnson and Matthew Franklin (later Matthew Saad Muhammad.) I haven't seen it since it was broadcast on the Wide World of Sports, but I recall it being an absolute slugfest, with Franklin pulling out a TKO win almost as dramatic as Corrales' rally against Castillo. At least that's how I remember it. Holmes/Norton is an often overlooked classic, broadcast live on network T.V. when the Heavyweight Title was still one of the biggest deals in sports. Leonard/Hearns I was very dramatic mega-fight that lived up to it's billing. Hagler/Hearns, too, of course. I love the first Pac/Marquez battle, just a classic. Benn/McClellan was a brutal battle, although very tragic. Ali/Frazier I and The Thrilla, of course. There have been so many great fights. Hell, the Williams/Martinez bout a couple of weeks ago was a corker.

 

Well my favorite fight happens to be one that i was lucky enough to have witnessed live and that was Barrera vs Morales I , I didnt get my voice back for almost a week after.
Limon vs Chacon III- was my favorite until the Morales Barrera fight.
Duran vs Leonard I
Taylor vs Chavez
McCellan vs Benn great fight unfortunate ending.
Chiquita vs Carbajal I
Gomez vs Sanchez loved seeing Sanchez beat up trash talking Gomez
Arguello vs Pryor Great fight,but I think Pryor cheated in that fight with the black bottle
Hearns vs Hagler
Leonard vs Hearns Both fights were great
Duran vs Barkley
Ruelas vs Leija Great performance by Ruelas
Leija vs Nelson Great performance by Leija
Benitez vs Leonard One of the 2 most skilled fighters ive seen in the ring at one time
Fraizer vs Ali I and III
Zarate vs Zamora great fight by 2 bombers
Ayala vs Tapia I
Chavez vs Rosario
Delahoya vs Vargas
Yori Boy vs Ayala
Durrelle vs Moore
Benvenuti vs Griffith I forgot which one it was
Qawi vs Holyfield
Sandoval vs Chandler I was a big fan of Sandovals and he dominated Chandler
Barrera vs Hamed
Barrera vs Mckinney
T. Tate vs Jackson saw this live too

Many Many more but id be here all night.

 

Other than the Quiroga-Anifowoshe fight:

Evander Holyfield-Micheal Dokes (One of the best heavyweight fights ever)

Mando Ramos-Sugar Ramos (This fight should of been FOTY 1970)

Frankie Duarte-Albert Davila II (Two past prime fighters giving everthing they got for a title shot)

Carlos Palomino-Mando Muniz I-II (Both of these fights were absolute wars of attrition)

Orlando Canizales-Sergio Reyes I (Thought the decision should of gone the other way but it was still a great fight)

Alejandro Gonzalez-Kevin Kelley (Very good slugfest)

Edwin Rosario-Howard Davis Jr. (Excellent mesh of styles, Rosario's power against Howard's slick boxing)

Simon Brown-Tyrone Trice (Great war)

Jesse Benavides-Jesus Salud (Benavides' mixes his boxing skill with his newfound punching power to pound out a win over the tough Salud)

Frankie Duarte-Jesus Salud (Two kamikazees meeting in the middle)

Dwight Muhammad Qawi-James Scott (excellent fight between two great LHW's, strangley enough Scott had more sucess fighting Qawi then boxing him)

Bobby Chacon-Danny Lopez (Two West Coast legends slug it out)

 

Sal Sanchez vs Gomez
Arguello vs Pryor 1
Duran vs Leonard 1
DLH vs Mosley 1
Barerra vs Morales 1

In that order

 

Morales-Barrera I
Ali-Foreman
Morales-Pacquiao I
Chacon-Boza Edwards II
Chacon-Limon IV
Ali-Williams
Ali-Frazier III
Whitaker-Ramirez II
Whitaker-Chavez
Leonard-Duran I
Leonard-Hagler
Whitaker-McGirt II
Duran-Palomino
Ali-Terrell
Chavez-Rosario
Chavez-Taylor I
Barrera-Hamed
Mayweather-Corrales
Robinson-Lamotta 6
Robinson-Maxim
Hamed-Robinson
Ali-Folley
Ali-Liston I

There are many more but Ive watched all of those fights numerous times.

 

1.Duran-Leonard I (that never changes)

2.Pacquiao-Morales I (my second choice often changes, but I watched this fight again this week for the first time in a few months, and even though my top man loses, it's just such a brilliant brilliant fight between two modern Gods!)

 

Ali-Frazier I--there has never been anything like it before or since. I can't remember ANY event--not just sports--but ANY event that captured the attention of literally EVERYONE like this fight did. And it was a WORLDWIDE phenomenon. 300 MILLION people worldwide watched this fight--roughly 10% of the world's population at that time. In England--roughly 28 million watched--almost 50% of the nation--(broadcast live in the wee hours of the morning local time). EVERYONE talked about it--the hype was so intense it seemed impossible the event could match it. It did--it may even have surpassed it!! I can't think of any fight that combines the skill, ferocity, and courage of both fighters like this bout did. (Duran-Leonard I comes pretty close but I think FOTC tops it). When you combine the intense buildup and the fight itself mirroring that intensity (and IMHO exceeding it)--you have something that can't be surpassed!! 50 years later there's been nothing quite like it!!

 

Three-way tie between Qawi-Holyfield I, Leonard-Hearns I and Benn-McClellan.