What is your Most Favorite Boxing Fight as a Fan?

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  1. asero

    asero Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    mine is pacquiao-barrera 1...i never get tired watching that fight...:good
     
  2. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    I can understand why you never get tired of watching that. Such a destruction of an incredible fighter, only if their fans appreciated that Barrera was a great fighter in his own right, also. Disrespectful tools.

    MAB vs Morales III

    This was, as Lampley rightly pointed out, a technical masterpiece from MAB after 6 rounds, until Morales' overhand right began to work over time. Competitive, at times brutal, at times virtuoso, this was MAB proving all of the critics wrong, once again. Beautiful fight, beautiful performance.
     
  3. El Cepillo

    El Cepillo Baddest Man on the Planet Full Member

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    Good question.

    I think Hamed-Kelley is iconic.

    Although I think Castillo-Corrales I is my favourite fight ever.

    I'm also a big fan of De La Hoya-Quartey, and Tito-Vargas.
     
  4. asero

    asero Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    MAB-EM 1 was my second favorite fight....third would be cotto-margarito...
     
  5. catasyou

    catasyou Lucian Bute Full Member

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    I never get tired of watching Gatti vs Ward III,love Arturo's heart and determination with the broken hand,Micky knocking him down in the last seconds of the 6th,etc.
    Gatti vs Ruelas I think is a better fight though.
    Trinidad vs Mayorga also.
     
  6. billyk

    billyk Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Vasquez-Marquez II though I'm probably only saying that today because I watched it again yesterday.
     
  7. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    I've seen MAB/EM 1 about 50 times, and it's the greatest fight I have ever seen till this day. No fight makes me tingle like that one. Both at their peak. My god, incredible matchmaking.
     
  8. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Iconic is the perfect word to describe Kelley/Hamed.
     
  9. asero

    asero Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    before the pac-mab 1 fight, every primer shows the em-mab fights, and i just can't find a way for pacquiao to match the talent and heart of barrera, add to the fact that he is moving up in weight...
     
  10. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Barrera of the first morales fight was a different animal in the way he fought. Not to discredit Pacquiao, but it was true. Mab's passive aggressiveness played into the hands of the younger, fresh, faster challenger. Great victory for Pacquiao.
     
  11. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    Barrera-Morales I two warriors at theyre best fighting for the hearts of theyre countryman,the fight was so good that not even the bad decision was able to spoil it.
     
  12. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Great point.

    The decision was not terrible, but I think Barrera's shots were more effective throughout. As you say, I'm a die hard MAB fan and I love watching that fight even if he does lose.
     
  13. asero

    asero Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    morales won on the cards because he was the favored fighter there...so close rounds go to the favored fighter...barrera won imo
     
  14. sinner78

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    nice choices.

    mayorga gave a load of free shots to trinidad and paid the price.
    Gotta love that fight.
     
  15. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Considering MAB was an overwhelming underdog, his performance alone was a moral victory, as Merchant rightly points out.