Boxings Great Fights.

davetheflower
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Boxings Great Fights.

10 years 1 month ago

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Can't believe this was 12 years ago.

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10 years 1 month ago

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One of boxing's greatest rivalries.

Here's another. Possibly the greatest three minutes boxing has ever seen.

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davetheflower
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10 years 1 month ago

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That one Mickey and the Vasquez v Marquez fights,Ward v Gatti fights and Barrera v Morales are classics.Put those ahead of Hearns/Hagler and Sugar Ray fights that were memorable.

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10 years 1 month ago

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Flip... That gave me goose bumps. Corrales v Castillo amazing stuff.
Thanks for memories guys, forgot half of these.

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davetheflower
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10 years 1 month ago

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This was a classic bantamweight bout

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10 years 1 month ago

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Miss great fights have not seen a great heavyweight fight in years to match the Ali Frazier era

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10 years 1 month ago

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mickeyblue wrote: One of boxing's greatest rivalries.

Here's another. Possibly the greatest three minutes boxing has ever seen.

It can't even begin to compare wit these three minutes.

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10 years 1 month ago - 10 years 1 month ago

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Thanks guys...

for a great topic and some nice insights....

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davetheflower
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10 years 1 month ago

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Hagler/Hearns were two great fighters at their peaks.Im being a bit controversial here,but i thought that round was overrated because of who they were and the importance of the fight.
There was so many missed shots and wild punches compared to other in my opinion better fights.

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10 years 1 month ago

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davetheflower wrote: Hagler/Hearns were two great fighters at their peaks.Im being a bit controversial here,but i thought that round was overrated because of who they were and the importance of the fight.
There was so many missed shots and wild punches compared to other in my opinion better fights.

Imo the round demonstrated the incredible hand speed of Hearns at its brilliant best and not many other fighters would have survived the onslaught.

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10 years 1 month ago

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Tipster wrote:

davetheflower wrote: Hagler/Hearns were two great fighters at their peaks.Im being a bit controversial here,but i thought that round was overrated because of who they were and the importance of the fight.
There was so many missed shots and wild punches compared to other in my opinion better fights.

Imo the round demonstrated the incredible hand speed of Hearns at its brilliant best and not many other fighters would have survived the onslaught.

I think the beauty of it was the expectation of a great fight was suddenly backed up by the ferocity of it all. I remember my old man trying to get us moving to Catch the bus to school, but after the first round , well that wasn't going to happen..

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10 years 1 month ago

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Remember that it was shown around 5 / 6 in the morning SA time and my Dad's transport was waiting for him...didn't have to wait long as Hearns staggered around...

Erik Morales and Marco Antonio Barrera first fight was one of the greatest of all time...in my humble opinion...

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