The fight that demonstrated to me how technical boxing can be, and actually moved me away from my 1st love Martial Art Isshin Ryu Karate . Leonard vs Benitez. For 15rds this fight demonstrates the best boxing has to offer for a true fan of just skills. A beautiful ballet of skill set , toughness, and physicality. A Chess match that makes today's " skilled " fighters look like their playing checkers...... A PhD degree compared to a High School Diploma.
Toney McCallum I is my favourite fight ever. Perfect clash of styles. I liked the technical aspect to the Nunn Toney fight but that was more Nunn dominating so it didn’t go both ways so much. I kind of feel that way about Leonard Benitez too. Although they were both unbelievable technicians Leonard was comfortably winning. I think Toney McCallum was as good as it gets all things considered.
Toney vs McCallum I and II Ward vs Kovalev I Larry Holmes vs Ken Norton Floyd vs Cotto was also really good. Seeing Floyd transition back to PBF that night made it a good technical brawl
Recent years it's Loma Linares for me.. I've rewatched it a few times.. its brilliant in so many ways..
That didn't happen. Started well but lost his way after 4 rounds... Calzaghe barely trained at that stage of his career too & still won.. & there's a difference between spoiling & play acting... it was also probably the worst 'elite' matchup I've ever seen.. mostly down to Hopkins.
Oh yeah,liked John vs Marquez. It was a fair decision, although the hometown advantages might have swayed the decision's rep itself.
Sahaprom vs Chuwatana Laciar vs Roman I & II Saldivar vs Laguna Hagler vs Duran Charles vs Johnson Napoles vs Lewis Zapata vs Tomori & Nakajima