What were your most anticipated fights ever?

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  1. valleyfightfan

    valleyfightfan Member Full Member

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    One of the best things about a big fight is the anticipation and excitement in the weeks,days leading up to it. Which fights were you the most excited about. For me, they were...



    Lewis vs Tyson - Definitely the biggest fight in terms of anticipation. The excitement especially in the minutes before the fight itself was incredible.

    De La Hoya vs Trinidad - Was in high school at the time and everyone there was talking about it. My first big pay per view fight my family and I got to watch live.

    De La Hoya vs Vargas - Had been excited since it was announced, though, disappointed at the first postponement. Still, was excited and fight definitely lived up to the hype.
     
    valleyfightfan, Oct 31, 2008
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  2. Clearly Cool

    Clearly Cool Active Member Full Member

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    Im a sucker for the hype.

    For me Calzaghe - Kessler, Tszyu - Hatton and a local one Green - Mundine were the most exciting.
     
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  3. Boom_Boom

    Boom_Boom R.I.P Boxing 6/9/12 Full Member

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    Had alot of anticipation for Mayweather/DLH

    it felt like the whole world was watching boxing for that one night only from all the hype
     
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  4. iceman71

    iceman71 WBC SILVER Champion Full Member

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    tyson vs spinks
     
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  5. JoeAverage

    JoeAverage Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    When did I have a high pulse continously for days before the fight?... These:

    Kessler-Calzaghe

    Tyson-Rudduck

    Tyson-Stewart

    and actually one that is really close: Vitaly-Peter. So many unknowns in that fight.. and all got answered. The fight itself wasn;t great, but the anticipation was and the performance was a brilliant as the performance by Peter was abysmal.
     
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  6. snoopdogg9890

    snoopdogg9890 New Member Full Member

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    i'm new to the boxing world, my most anticipated has been mayweather-de la hoya.
     
    snoopdogg9890, Oct 31, 2008
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  7. soxfan57

    soxfan57 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Most anticipated fight i've seen was Mayweather-De La Hoya...All mainstream sports fans anticipated this fight; that never happens in boxing.

    Personally, Cotto-Mararito. I anticipated that one with great excitement because it was impossible for the fight to be a let down.
     
    soxfan57, Oct 31, 2008
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  8. retriever

    retriever Boxing Addict Full Member

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    judah vs mayweather

    pac vs morales
     
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  9. Ictus

    Ictus New Member Full Member

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    PBF - Hatton
    Cotto - Mosley
     
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  10. Fat Joe

    Fat Joe Let's have it right Full Member

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    Hamed V Kelley
    Calzaghe V Kessler
    Hopkins V Pavlik
     
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  11. Rise Above

    Rise Above IBHOF elector Full Member

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    Tszyu - Judah
    Vazquez - Marquez 3
    Pac - JMM 2

    I'm sure I'll think of others too but these ones come to mind now.
     
    Rise Above, Nov 1, 2008
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  12. jc

    jc Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Calzaghe Lacy
     
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  13. Brighton bomber

    Brighton bomber Loyal Member Full Member

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    Lewis vs Holyfield 1
    Hamed vs Barrera
    Hopkins vs Trinidad
    Calzaghe vs Lacy
     
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  14. Monticello

    Monticello Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Cotto-Margarito
    Cotto-Mosley
    De La Hoya-Mayweather
    Calzaghe-Lacy
     
    Monticello, Nov 1, 2008
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  15. HyperBone

    HyperBone Silverback Gorilla Full Member

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    dela hoya - trinidad - 2 of the best welterweights during their era facing off for a unification fight... i bought this hype!

    pacquiao - barrera - always thought pac would upset mab and i was right

    pacquiao - marquez 2 - of course!!

    tyson - holyfield 2 - i though tyson would avange his loss but he decided to bite his ears off..:patsch

    de la hoya jcc 2 - first time i've watched dlh fight... after that i became a fan

    hamed - barrera - one of the fights that i truly anticipated... i thought it was competitive but we all knew what happened

    barrera - morales 1 - i waited for this fight and i was not disappointed
     
    HyperBone, Nov 1, 2008
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