What was your favourite ever "will over skill" fight?

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  1. Thread Stealer

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  2. BobDigi5060

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    Johnson won big but Roy had just been KTFO so it didn't really blow me away. I don't wanna take anything away from Douglas.

    Gatti Anyone?
     
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  3. WhataRock

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    Against who though?
     
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  4. NALLEGE

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    Good post. Those were true will over skill fights. Bark was a true middle and Hearns wasn't, but Hearns did have more skill than Bark probably ever watched.
     
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  5. WhataRock

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    Castro-Jackson without a doubt, absolute dictionary definition of will over skill.
     
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  6. Mundo

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    not sure if this would count..but maybe mayorga over forrest?
     
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  7. BobDigi5060

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    Ruelas and Rodriguez.

    Wlad/Brewster
    Lazcano/Stevie Johnston
    Tackie/Roberto Garcia
    Judah/Baldomir
     
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  8. WhataRock

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    Agreed
     
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  9. Salty Dog

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    I think Leonard wanted to win the fight will to will,but it ended up being skill to skill and he got schooled. :good
     
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  10. link2296

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    I can't believe no one has mentioned this one yet:

    Foreman vs. Moorer
     
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  11. Axe

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    That was skill over skill.

    Also, Margarito-Cotto was size over skill.
     
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  12. Morrissey

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    Hearns and Hagler are both skilled fighters.
     
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  13. Boom_Boom

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    Wow no one has mentioned one Corrales fight

    despite the obvious, Castillo I fight

    Chico/Freitas is one of my favorites
     
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  14. Axe

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    Here's one few will have seen.

    Michalczewski vs Barber.
     
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  15. Thread Stealer

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    Corrales-Castillo 1 is NOT a good example of will over skill.

    It was an example of one guy with a lot of will and in-fighting skill beating another guy with a lot of will and in-fighting skill.

    You won't find that many fights in recent years in which both guys displayed as much skill on the inside as Corrales and Castillo did in that fight.
     
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