what is your most favorite boxing match you"ve ever seen?

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  1. kolcade4

    kolcade4 Keep Punchin' Full Member

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    what is your most favorite boxing match you"ve ever seen? whether a 15 rd chess match or a 1 rd beating ? name the one that sticks out in your mind and makes you salivate? name JUST one and why?
     
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  2. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    Hagler vs Hearns and Chacon vs Boza Edwards 2 are my 2 faverouites
     
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  3. kolcade4

    kolcade4 Keep Punchin' Full Member

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    i am going with holmes-norton
     
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  4. Robbi

    Robbi Marvelous Full Member

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    Hagler-Hearns
     
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  5. Duodenum

    Duodenum Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    That's a continually changing answer with me. Lately, I've been picking apart Locche-Fuji.
     
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  6. natonic

    natonic Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Leonard - Hearns I. Great skill and courage from both. About 3 or 4 dramatic momentum swings.
     
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  7. HomicideHenry

    HomicideHenry Many Talents, No Successes Full Member

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    Holmes-Cooney, Marciano-Walcott, Dempsey-Willard, Foreman-Frazier, God I have lots...
     
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  8. kolcade4

    kolcade4 Keep Punchin' Full Member

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    yeah, but which one?
     
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  9. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    Morales W12 Barrera (2000)

    A war between 2 top p4pers in their prime & also the top 2 men in their weight class.... with great technique & heart on display.

    Wonderfull.
     
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  10. DINAMITA

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    Duran-Leonard I is the greatest boxing match in history IMO.


    But my personal favourite is probably Toney vs Jirov, just because I love watching it so much. It's a triumph for quality over quantity (something I truly believe in with boxing, hence my often-stated belief that Hopkins beat Calzaghe). I love watching Toney so much when he is on form, his first fight with McCallum is amazing as well. For all his flaws and disadvantages, the guy is just a pugilistic artist, a real old-school fighter with huge reserves of skill and steel.

    Is there a greater skill or sight to behold than someone who is outgunned physically standing right in the eye of the storm and winning on sheer applied boxing skills and strength of will?

    Special mention to Duran-Barkley, as that fight also fits this description.
     
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  11. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Watching live: McGuigan/Pedroza

    Watching on TV: It maybe cliche throw away line but I still go for Hagler/Hearns
     
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  12. Longhhorn71

    Longhhorn71 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Sanchez-Gomez
     
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  13. amunz81

    amunz81 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    i have lots but off the top of my head, most recent: trinidad vs. mayorga and cotto vs. margo
     
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    asero Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    pacquiao-barrera 1
     
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  15. liver shot

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    i watched chacon vs boza 2 last night for a chacon video im making &.im inclined to agree with you,all out action capped off with a dramatic finish.
    how awesome would gatti vs chacon be?
     
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