Thread: fighters one last fight

is it really true all fighters have one big one left in them?

tyson didnt, ali didnt unless u count beating spinks with parkinsons, which is valid

holmes never really did
just wondering as peiope always say fighters have one last big one in them

Originally Posted by oakleyno1

is it really true all fighters have one big one left in them?

tyson didnt, ali didnt unless u count beating spinks with parkinsons, which is valid

holmes never really did
just wondering as peiope always say fighters have one last big one in them

Well..Sure it works and doesnt work..

But lots of people have came back for great fights..

Durans was iran barkley..

Leonards was hagler

Toney revived his career with jirov and holyfeild and was fighter of the year..

Trinidad had mayorga..

Hell Barrera Had morales twice and naseem!

And lets not forget how gatti came back from many mediocre (Yet extremely exciting) Years of fighting to gain his light welterweight championship and beat a couple of great fighters before loosing to Pbf!

And Foreman re-took the title in his 40's
"George I had you losing every single one of those rounds"
"Yeah thats just how I saw it,right up until I knocked him out"

Originally Posted by Tito_BHB

And lets not forget how gatti came back from many mediocre (Yet extremely exciting) Years of fighting to gain his light welterweight championship and beat a couple of great fighters before loosing to Pbf!

bRo I'm going to have to disagree with the word "GREAT" in your sentence there.

bhop had tarver

shane had vargas

oscar and tito had mayorga

casamayor had corrales

sanders did it to wlady

Originally Posted by Julius Rain

shane had vargas Collazo

IMO it goes better this way.....

Gonzalez did it twice to Carbajal
Carbajal did it to Arce
Olivares did it to Chacon
Gomez did it to Lockridge
Zaragoza did it to McGullough
McKinney did it to Jr Jones

Don't forget Jim Braddock vs. Max Baer. Hell, they even made a movie about it.

Originally Posted by Julius Rain

bhop had tarver

shane had vargas

oscar and tito had mayorga

casamayor had corrales

sanders did it to wlady

Bhop and shane are still going.. Tito counts but thats been said... Oscar is still going.. as is casamayor

and how can you disagree with great? Arturo gatti IS great! No arguement

Originally Posted by Tito_BHB

and how can you disagree with great? Arturo gatti IS great! No arguement

I think Julius is reffering to the opposition. Not Gatti.

Cause you said "and beat a couple of GREAT fighters" meaning his opposition.

Originally Posted by CutMeMicK

Originally Posted by Tito_BHB

and how can you disagree with great? Arturo gatti IS great! No arguement

I think Julius is reffering to the opposition. Not Gatti.

Cause you said "and beat a couple of GREAT fighters" meaning his opposition.

In all fairness..It wasnt all about his opposition.. It was about the way he came back..He was boxing nicely.. And the opposition werent world beaters.. But hell i would rank them above most of joe calzaghe's title defenses!

Dorin was undefeated and had taken spadafora to the limit!
And jesse james leija and such a bad ol fighter whether past it or not..I wouldnt say leija was atall past it...Just that he wasnt as affective having grown out of the lighter weights..Still a good fighter

Suppose it all depends on how shot they are...

I thought Ali's was the 3rd Frazier fight, he was spent after that.
Leonard v Hagler, it was a great effort by Leonard.
I'll go Duran's win over Davey Moore as his last great one even though he beat Barkley years later, the Moore fight was more emphatic.

gerry cooney vs. ken norton
chavez vs. de la hoya
camacho vs. de la hoya
mancini vs. camacho
salvador sanchez without the car crash would of had many others great fights

Originally Posted by oakleyno1

is it really true all fighters have one big one left in them?

tyson didnt, ali didnt unless u count beating spinks with parkinsons, which is valid

holmes never really did
just wondering as peiope always say fighters have one last big one in them

Holmes did in way he schooled Ray Mercer lost close ud to Holyfield lost controversial decision to McCall lost another controversial decision to Brian Nielsen and beat his old rivals James Smith and Mike Weaver and who could forget Butterbean Vs Holmes