I personally really enjoyed their 2nd fight. It was a fun one sided fight in that Tyson definitely won by a large margin but Ruddock was a tough ******* in that fight. The first fight was really fun as well. If my memory serves me correctly Ruddock landed some big shots flush on Tyson in the 5th or 6th round that actually had me thinking for a second an upset was in the air. I think Tyson probably won 17 of the 19 rounds they fought, but Ruddock made it a fun one-sided rivalry.
I don't know about classics but they were good fights, particularly the 2nd one. That a brutal fight. Ruddock took a grosteque beating but gave out some good shots as well. That one "smash" by him at the end of the 6th round sent Tyson's mouthpiece flying. Tyson said afterwards that he felt like he got jumped by 10 guys, despite not looking like he had a mark on him afterwards. Ruddock had a broken jaw, swollen eye, and I think he suffered a broken rib too.
I don't see anything even remotely classic about the first fight. Second one is also a bit overrated imo but they both landed some good punches though.
Really enjoyed both fights between these two. Nothing better then watching two power punchers go back and forth toe to toe.
Hell no! Ruddock is an overrated bum with a left hook. Simply the tyson fans rank him higher in order to give tyson more credit for beating this bum