What's the single most mindblowing performance you've ever witnessed.

Sal sanchez vs Danny Lopez

I didn't think he had a chance going into this fight (didn't really know much about him at the time to be honest). I figured Little red to be have to much power. A great performance IMHO! I am sure that there are thousands as worhty or maybe even more so!

 

RJJ vs. James Toney

and an Honorable Mention to Barrera-Hamed

 

I've got to agree with you on this one.

 

C class? I dont know about that. At 130 he was looking like a monster and was touted as a live dog against Mayweather. Mayweather made him look C class, but he certainly wasnt a C class fighter.
To the thread topic, I was impressed with Frankie Randall taking apart Chavez, that was a great one. Certainly Tyson Douglas has to be tops too.

 

I was going to describe why my choice was also Tyson vs. Spinks, but prime described the fight in a purely masterful way infinity times superior to how I could have.:good

 

A vote for Foreman--Frazier 1.

Anyone alive at the time and closely following the sport didn't see that sort of destruction coming. Some folks were picking George in the upset, but he was a big underdog in the fight. what nobody on the planet thought was that any human being could bounce Smokin Joe all over the place. And just physically dominate the guy like that. Or do things like lifting off his feet with a single punch.

Plus even in defeat, there was that unbelievable willpower and competitive nature and champion's heart of Frazier continuing to get up and carry on. Absolutely no quit. But watching that at the time & Cosell yelling and everything caused a stunned silence. You just don't see the great fighters destroyed like that.

Today with hindsight, everyone looks at the bout one way. Back then at the time, nobody had the foresight to predict that bad of an early beating to Frazier. There were rumors the next day that Frazier had died and you didn't have all the media sources like today to squash that rumor and that made for some anxious moments also.

 

So true:deal Our commentator over in the UK at that time was Harry Carpenter who was the voice of the BBC & an expertly trained radio journo & not a man obviously to be stuck for words, well he was in this one, just total SHOCK:smoke

The impression it left on me is still with me today, this was "Smokin" Joe Frazier for **** sake:scaredas::scaredas::scaredas: the main man who beat the man:deal

I'll never forget watching Foreman get into the ring & just bouncing around on the balls of his feet, he just oozed pure menace/danger & power, i was a teenager & never heard of foreman & did'nt really care as it was just great to watch "Smokin" Joe, Yeh Foreman deff earned the name of "Mankiller" after he went on to obliterate Norton as well:bbb

 

Yeah Sanchez came out of nowhere. I kept waiting for Lopez to turn it on and pull it out but Sanchez never gave him an opening.

I'll go with Sanchez vs. Gomez. Gomez was the favorite and I think I recall made threats to send Sanchez back to Mexico in a coffin. Sanchez essentially took Gomez out of the fight in the 1st round. Gomez showed great heart in being competitive until the 8th round but I don't think the outcome was ever in doubt after the first. Sanchez cemented his greatness with this effort. He was tremendously sharp offensively and seemed oblivious to Gomez's punches and showed incredible focus throughout the fight.

 

It's the Kalule apologists i'm getting worried about....so many.Some of them actually think he deserved that fight with Kalambay!.

 

Muhammad Ali beating George Foreman. He won the way he was n't supposed to. His only chance was to keep George at bay with his jab,but as soon as his legs got tired,he was going to go the same way as Frazier and Norton before him. I still marvel at that fight.

 

I bet Xmas was a barrel of laughs in your house. Mr Negative.atsch

 

Louis Schmelling II > Tyson Spinks (prime you did a brilliant job commenting on that mate)

70 000+ fans screaming for one of the great fighter matchups in history, their nation, ideology and race(from germans POV) collide on the eve the most devestating but important wars in history.

Louis beaten by Mac before was seen as a genetically inferior human and a political win for the germans because he was a democratic african american, he went on to break Nazi Schmellings back and ko him in the first round.

In front of 70 000 spectators cheering on the great fighter and the conquering of freedom over fascism.

 

And then got prodded by an MP with a billy club, then arrested, along with Ray Robinson, for using a whites only phone box ,and this while wearing a sergeant's uniform of the US Army.Very democratic