Thread: Masterful performances.

I'd probably go with Calzaghe v Lacy.

Calzaghe beat the living shit out of a guy who was supposed to be incredibly dangerous. Even Lacy's detractors probably didn't see that beating coming.

Trinidad-Vargas
Gomez-Zarate
Rosario-Bramble
Benitez-Cervantes
Leonard-Hearns I
Douglas-Tyson
Randall-Chavez
Pryor-Arguello

Ali-Foreman

Sonny Liston in Lewiston, Maine

Maybe the 'most masterful' performance by an actor in a Comedy.

Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor ........ Charles 'Sonny' Liston.

Tommy Hearns beating that overrated Virgil Hill

1. Hop vs Tito
2. Floyd vs Chico
3. Floyd vs Hatton
4. Hop vs Tarver/Pavilik/Cloud/Pascal
5. Oscar vs Tito
6. Ricardo Lopez vs any opponent
7. Izzy Vasquez/Raf Marquez vs each other (first 3 fights)
8. Toney vs Barkley/Charles Williams/Jirov
9. Roy vs Toney/Ruiz
10. Sweet pea Whitaker vs. Chavez/McGirt/Julio Ceasar Vasquez/Azumah Nelson

Originally Posted by IronDanLaw

Mayweather - Gatti. He battered him for 6 rounds.

That's the fight I was thinking about soon as I seen this thread

Originally Posted by tysonesque

Calzaghe beat the living shit out of a guy who was supposed to be incredibly dangerous. Even Lacy's detractors probably didn't see that beating coming.

Yes, given the outcome and the years that followed, it's amazing to think that Lacy was the favourite going into that fight.

Originally Posted by mikeeod

1. Hop vs Tito
2. Floyd vs Chico
3. Floyd vs Hatton
4. Hop vs Tarver/Pavilik/Cloud/Pascal
5. Oscar vs Tito
6. Ricardo Lopez vs any opponent
7. Izzy Vasquez/Raf Marquez vs each other (first 3 fights)
8. Toney vs Barkley/Charles Williams/Jirov
9. Roy vs Toney/Ruiz
10. Sweet pea Whitaker vs. Chavez/McGirt/Julio Ceasar Vasquez/Azumah Nelson

Ahh, yes....

Unfortunately, the last 4 rounds turned into a track meet, and the Vegas judges awarded the decision to Trinidad.
Thus, putting into question the whole "masterful performance" premise.

Tyson v Berbick was masterful execution and obliteration of the old champ.

Originally Posted by TitoFan

Ahh, yes....

Unfortunately, the last 4 rounds turned into a track meet, and the Vegas judges awarded the decision to Trinidad.
Thus, putting into question the whole "masterful performance" premise.

I know you're a Tito guy but do you honestly believe he won that fight with Oscar?

Oscar shouldn't have ran those last 4 rounds, but the 8 that preceeded those were fucking masterful on Oscar's part.

Larry Holmes over 'old man' Muhammad Ali

Was there ever a more one-sided 10-Round fight ever.

A brilliant display of 'Pitch-and-Catch'.

Larry Holmes
"The look on Drew 'Bundini' Brown's face was worth the price of a ticket. As I was
beating Muhammad, I looked over at him and said >

"After tonight, you will have to get a real job you 'Fucking' leach."

Shane Mosley gave a masterful boxing performance over Luis Collazo. I was surprised to see Collazo winning & fighting still at elite level today. That to me shows how gr8 Shane was against him.

Shane Mosley gave a masterful beat down to Margarito.

Originally Posted by Truth

Mosley - Margarito
Pacquiao -De La Hoya
Hopkins - Trinidad
Mayweather - Canelo
Hopkins - Tarver
Rigondeaux - Donaire
Cotto - Martinez
Hopkins - Pavlik

Gr8 list.
oops, missed yours: Mo-Rito was terrific!

Oscar wins next 5 rematches vs Tito if the opportunity was there.