What Was The Fight Of The 80's?

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  1. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    What IYO was the fight of this.[80's,] decade?
     
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  2. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It is for me a toss up. If you 15 minutes to kill Hagler/Hearns; if you have an hour then Pryor/ArguelloI.
     
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  3. Foxy 01

    Foxy 01 Boxing Junkie banned

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    Hagler / Hearns. No feeling out process, just straight at each other all guns blazing.
     
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  4. fists of fury

    fists of fury Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Hard to say...

    Duran-Leonard 1
    Pryor-Arguello 1
    Leonard-Hearns 1
     
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  5. Garrus

    Garrus Big Boss 1935-2014 Full Member

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    Perfect choices.
     
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  6. Bukkake

    Bukkake Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Let's add Chacon-Limon 4 to that list.
     
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  7. dpw417

    dpw417 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The round robin fights of Leonard, Hagler, Hearns, and Duran. Amazing era of boxing.
     
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  8. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    The Brawl In Montreal.
     
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  9. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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  10. DrMo

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    Holy-Qawi 1 & Holy-Dokes both deserve a mention.
     
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  11. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Chacon-Limon IV was more than a fight; it was a celebration of the human spirit. It was that good.

    1982 was such a watershed year for boxing.......besides Chacon-Limon IV, you had Pryor-Arguello I, the biggest superfight ever up to then in Holmes-Cooney, the slugfest of Gomez-Pintor, the tragedy of Mancini-Kim........everything happening at once.

    Other great 80's bouts:

    Holyfield-Qawi I
    Saad-Lopez II
    Ramirez-Rosario II
    Chacon-Boza I and II
    Arguello-Mancini
    Holmes-Witherspoon
    Hagler-Mugabi
    Lee-Locicero
    Duran-Barkley
    Sanchez-Gomez
    Sanchez-Nelson
     
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  12. SILVER SKULL 66

    SILVER SKULL 66 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    1- HAGLER HEARNS.

    2- MANCINI- DUK KOO KIM.

    3-HOLY- QUAI-1986 1ST FIGHT..

    Im shocked more on here didn't choose Leonard - Hearns-1..

    The 70's and 80's were the best decades ever for boxing!!

    15 round fights.
    more fights on free tv..
    none of this steriod, and ped bull****.
    guys came into the ring wearing plain looking trunks, and the ring was ordinary, now guy's wear all this crap on their shorts, and the ring is pimped out by corporate america pigs, **** grosses me out...
    back in the good ol days the main event was at the middle of the day, now it's like at midnight on the east coast, WTF??? **** TAKES FOREVER!! cut all the bull**** just get into the ring and fight...

    Guy's now are pussies they pad their records fighting bums, and winos, because they are afraid to lose, back 30-40 years ago the best fought the best!!

    Boxing started to go down the shitter after about 1988...
     
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  13. heizenberg

    heizenberg Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Holyfield's first fight with Qawi and fight with Dokes were two of my favorites of all time. Of course Hagler vs Hearns and Leonard deserve mentioning as well along with Duran vs Leonard, Hearns vs Leonard and Arguello vs Pryor. Holmes vs Cooney's another fight to mention not just because it was good fight but because of the event itself that surrounded the fight.
     
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  14. jdempsey85

    jdempsey85 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Chacon vs Limon 4 A really incredible 15 rounds
     
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  15. Titan1

    Titan1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Pryor-Arguello I.
     
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