FabSwingers.com forum: Boxing, memories of great fights

By *stwoforfun2 OP Couple
over a year ago

South Suffolk Area

Being a huge boxing fan over the years. Thought a thread on great fights might be good. So what are in your opinion, the greatest fights you have seen, live or on the TV and why are they great to you?.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Marvin Hagler v Thomas Hearns

8 minutes of mayhem.The first round was probably the greatest 3 minutes of boxing ever

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Iran barkley vs roberto duran

These two kicked the shit out of each other for 12 rounds. Duran won on points

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By *stwoforfun2 OP Couple
over a year ago

South Suffolk Area

"Marvin Hagler v Thomas Hearns

8 minutes of mayhem.The first round was probably the greatest 3 minutes of boxing ever"

Have to agree on the mayhem, was an absolutely awesome first round, two absolute warriors going for it like they did

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

showing my era now frank bruno and mike tyson when they went the distance. Chris Eubank and nigel benn. Going back Henry Cooper had some quality fights. Ooh and little Barry McGuigan.

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By *stwoforfun2 OP Couple
over a year ago

South Suffolk Area

"showing my era now frank bruno and mike tyson when they went the distance. Chris Eubank and nigel benn. Going back Henry Cooper had some quality fights. Ooh and little Barry McGuigan."

McGuigan v Pedroza was awesome, Pedroza had been champ for around 7 years I think. my mate was Barry's chief sparring partner for preperation for the fight and was telling us guys how awesome he was in training

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By *stwoforfun2 OP Couple
over a year ago

South Suffolk Area

Thomas Hearns v Dennis Andries. The reason this would be on my list is purely for the unbelievable spirit that Andries showed the world that night, I think when you look at the footage, Hearns was in awe of Andries at how he kept getting back up, 99.9% of guys would never have got up from one of those knock downs, let alone 7

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By *taffs_hotwifeCouple
over a year ago

Wolverhampton

Eubank and Benn had some great fights. Always like that Chavez fella from Mexico, never a boring fight with him involved.

Never like watching heayweight bouts, find them cumbersome and slow with little action, just loads of grabbing and holding on with the exception of Iron Mike that is.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sugar Ray v The hitman Hearns, caught it mid way, and could'nt take my eyes off it for a sec, scared to blink incase you missed a trick, brilliant!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Joe Calzaghe, Scott Harrison, Ricky Burns an amir khan is boxers i had the privilege to see fight live

just another 1 I love 2 go an see is

david hay fight but tickets are like wow.any 1 got a spare one 1 lol

although I love to gone n see Lewis an big frank fight

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By *rumalexMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

watson v benn

benn v mcclennan

good fights but my favourite has to be hagler v hearns

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By *ynonvalleyboyMan
over a year ago

merthyr

ken barlow v mike baldwin was a one round epic

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Marvin Hagler v Thomas "The Beast" Magabi

Magabi swept threw the middleweight ranks just like a Rocky film and told the world what he was going to do to Hagler. Hagler stopped him late on, in an awesome contest.

I used to have a dvd of Jack Dempsey v Luis Firpo, "The Bull Of The Pampas"

It's big Jack at his awesome best, the man who Tyson modeled himself on, and in my view, the best white fighter ever

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By *stwoforfun2 OP Couple
over a year ago

South Suffolk Area

"Marvin Hagler v Thomas "The Beast" Magabi

Magabi swept threw the middleweight ranks just like a Rocky film and told the world what he was going to do to Hagler. Hagler stopped him late on, in an awesome contest.

I used to have a dvd of Jack Dempsey v Luis Firpo, "The Bull Of The Pampas"

It's big Jack at his awesome best, the man who Tyson modeled himself on, and in my view, the best white fighter ever

Have to agree on the beast fight, oh man, he was one tough mother

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Who remembers Errol Christie v Mark Kaylor .... what a scrap?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

still have my worst memories of a fight

with mike tyson at hampden park

2000

lasted for like 10 secs

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Prescott walloping the Welsh guy with the egg, both surpised each other i think,lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cassius Clay v Cleveland Williams ... this is the fight that had everyone starry eyed at the great mans handspeed and power, and was one of the first times the famous "shuffle" appeared on camera.

Clay did the shuffle and then hit Williams half a dozen lefts and right handers in about a second and a half, flooring him and knocking him out

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Holyfield vs. Tyson II: The Bite Fight

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By *ixson-BallsMan
over a year ago

Blackpool

seen so many great fights, its difficult to choose a favourite, but those mentioned already bring back memories of fantastic fighters...

the 80's saw some mega fights in uk and around the world, but must mention sugar ray v marvellous marvin...

a fight that still divides camps as to who won (even tho sugar ray got the decision)

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By *rumalexMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

"Who remembers Errol Christie v Mark Kaylor .... what a scrap?

the street scrap was better than the fight in the ring

same with herbie hide v michael bent

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By *stwoforfun2 OP Couple
over a year ago

South Suffolk Area

"Who remembers Errol Christie v Mark Kaylor .... what a scrap?

Kaylor was an awesome knockout merchant, but all of a sudden lost something somewhere.

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By *oodey69Man
over a year ago

liverpool

ever remember the nark in the park ? shea neary v andy holligan ? great fight

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Who remembers Errol Christie v Mark Kaylor .... what a scrap?

Kaylor was an awesome knockout merchant, but all of a sudden lost something somewhere."

one fight too many, probably. Fought at Light Heavy too for a time. Great entertainer though, and at his best could have made it if he had the break at the right time.

Remember Tony Sibson too?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Who remembers Errol Christie v Mark Kaylor .... what a scrap?

the street scrap was better than the fight in the ring

same with herbie hide v michael bent"

Errol went in too confident and thought he would be too quick for Kaylor. He couldn't dodge Kalyor's bombs though, and couldn't make his own speed advantage count.

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By *oodey69Man
over a year ago

liverpool

what about Kirkland Laing ???

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"what about Kirkland Laing ???"

Great fighter, but often his own worst enemy. Could have been a true great. Holds a win over the great Roberto Duran

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

God some fights on here guys............

I'm 50 now and been around the fight scene as a fighter and then a coach since I was 15....

Let me think................

Hagler- Hearns

Hearns-Shuler

Mancini-Frias

Leonard-Hearns

McGuigan-Pedroza

Watt-Pitalua

Clay/Ali-Williams

Best fight I think I ever seen was The Thrilla in Manilla......These guys gave it all for 14 rounds.......

Frazier's corner threw in the towel to save him from being killed.....in the end Ali was in no better shape

Could talk Boxing all day.......

What are your predictions for Saturday

This could be a belter....if David Haye is in the right condition for this one I can see him win possiblt a late KO.

If he isn't then Wlad could quite easily take him out early

The Klitschko brothers are something else....

Haye fights Wlad this weekend but its the older brother Vitali that I think is the better of the two........

Vitali is getting old now and is prime for The Hayemaker, I think Wlad may give him a slight problem

Just hope David is in top of his game..........

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By *stwoforfun2 OP Couple
over a year ago

South Suffolk Area

To be honest with you I think we are gonna see at least 3 get to know each other rounds, then I think you gonna see the absolute best of Haye, Thinks he really wants to stamp his mark and I believe he can

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Like I said if David has done the work and is on top of his game...

He will walk away tonight with all of the belts on offer tonight....

Then its bring on Vitali

In fact

Let Wlad fight the first 3 rounds

Then Vitali can fight the rest....

The Hayemaker walks away undisputed Champion

Retires

And the Heavyweight Division is a fuckin mess

AGAIN

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Like I said if David has done the work and is on top of his game...

He will walk away tonight with all of the belts on offer tonight....

Then its bring on Vitali

In fact

Let Wlad fight the first 3 rounds

Then Vitali can fight the rest....

The Hayemaker walks away undisputed Champion

Retires

And the Heavyweight Division is a fuckin mess

AGAIN"
david hay says he will retire before 31 if he retains his tittle

if he dose not retain it he will fight on

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By (user no longer on site)
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over a year ago

Rob says he enjoyed the second fight between Chris Eubanks and Nigel Benn,he thinks it was'nt a fight it was a war!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not retain it

Haye is more than capable of defeating both Klitscho brothers....

When he does he WILL retire....

2nd Eubank-Benn fight was a bar room brawl..

Thr trilogy between them and Michael Watson was similar to the Hearns/Hagler/Leonard without the tragedy......

Benn-McClellan,,,now there was a war

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By (user no longer on site)
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over a year ago

"watson v benn

benn v mcclennan

good fights but my favourite has to be hagler v hearns"

The Watson Benn fight still makes my heart break

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A lot of fights were like that

Benn-McClellan...Look at McClellan now.

So many young guys have since died after ring wars.......

As for Hagler-Hearns..........

Try Barkely-Hearns....

Tommy lnocked 7 shades of shit out of Iran for 3 rounds and then suddenly Iran lands one biggy and its lights out Tommy

Hearns is also a shadow of himself, early 50's brain damaged, and still trying to get a licence to keep on fighting as he is broke......

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By *teve196301Man
over a year ago

northumberland

Everyone seems to have forgot Lloyd Hunnigan? Top fighter that didnt make the most of his awesome talent......

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By *aucy3Couple
over a year ago

glasgow

ali v frazier

ali v foreman

leonard v duran

leonard v hagler

i can remember,hagler had leonard in a corner.

leonard started throwing punches.10 seconds later,he had hagler in the opposite corner.

remembering hagler was a fantastic boxer,and leonard was fighting above his weight.

this was a tremendous victory for leonard.

maybe it's rose tinted glasses,but the boxing seemed so much better,in times gone bye.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lloyd Honeyghan was a waste of talent.....The night he tore Don Curry a new arsehole he was magnificent....Did nothing else

Hagler-Leonard was an awesome fight that divides many a fight fan.....

Hagler was so digusted with the judging that he quit the fight game altogether....

I must confess I've watched this fight so many times...and tried to be neutral each time and keep a score card......

EVERYTIME I watch the fight I have Leonard win...

Marvin just didn't do enough......

He did the exact same against Duran....Roberto was ahead on all cards with 2 rounds to go when the Petronelli brothers slapped Marvin in the corner and told him he was losing his crown...Marvin boxed out of his skin in rounds 14+15 to keep his title by the skin of his teeth.

He goes out against Leonard and again he fights a lazy fight...Leonard builds up a lead that Hagler cannot pull back.

From the mid to closing round Leonard fights in stops and starts but shows moments of sheer brilliance...Hagler has no answer except t ocut the ring down and keep coming forward into Leonards short sharp blows...

Ray taunts him like he did in the No Mas fight with Duran...and Hagler has no response.....

It was a Descision result that Hagler threw away with his inability to match Ray..Hagler of 4 or 5 years previous would not have allowed that to happen..........

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"ali v frazier

ali v foreman

leonard v duran

leonard v hagler

i can remember,hagler had leonard in a corner.

leonard started throwing punches.10 seconds later,he had hagler in the opposite corner.

remembering hagler was a fantastic boxer,and leonard was fighting above his weight.

this was a tremendous victory for leonard.

maybe it's rose tinted glasses,but the boxing seemed so much better,in times gone bye."

Leonard-Duran met each other 3 times but in truth opnly one was an evenly contested bout......

Fight 1.....Leonard had defeated Benitez and become the Welterweight Champion..Duran had been Lightweight Champ from 1972-79 making 12 defences winning all but 1 inside the distance..

Duran stepped up not one but 2 weight divisions to fight Leonard......

Angelo Dundee and Ray Leonard did not do their homework either that or they believed in their own hype......

Duran manhandled and beat Leonard convincingly........

Fight 2 and 3 were non-fights......

Believe what you like about the No Mas fight I know what I know having met and spoken to the great man himself......

Fight 3 Both men were too old to be inside a boxing ring...

Surprisingly enough Duran would fight 25 more times winning 17, 9 of which were inside the distance........

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By *randmrssmithMan
over a year ago

london

benn v watson finsbury park i was there...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

huge boxing fan! bit young so I know I missed out on a lot of great fighters, but one fight that does stick out in my mind is Joe calzaghe vs Jeff lacy well good fight!

also I know a lot of people dont want to here it, but I think Haye is going to get knocked out in rounds 3-5 look at Klitschkos record, Haye has not ever been in a ring with someone anywere near as good as Klitschko.....fact

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By *aucy3Couple
over a year ago

glasgow

Fight 3 Both men were too old to be inside a boxing ring...

Surprisingly enough Duran would fight 25 more times winning 17, 9 of which were inside the distance........

just a bit puzzled as why two boxers,

under 30 years of age.would be considered to old to be inside a boxing ring ????

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Was a huge boxing fan, mainly heavyweight. Way before the big fights where on the television at all times of day and night. We lived in a smallish town and they used to put a bus on for the men to go to Leicester and watch the big fights on the big screen that where the middle of the night over here. My dad would get in about 6am and wake me up to tell me all about the fight.

Im not going to pick one fight in particular although i can go back as far as rumble in the jungle. Not my personal favourite boxer but the boxer with true killer instinct has to be mike tyson

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Oh and i remember my dad coming telling me that cassius clay had changed his name

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By *uckscouple2007Couple
over a year ago

Bucks

Clinton Mckenzie beating Terry Marsh for the British Light Welterweight title in Shoreditch back in 1989 ... 12 rounds of pure aggression

Amazing stamina those guys have

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By *aughtyHubbyMan
over a year ago

Sunderland

Eubank vs Benn I, Eubank vs Watson II and Benn vs McClellan are the fights that will always be ingrained in my memory. All three were real wars, two of which sadly tragic.

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