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The Best Fights Ever Aired On ESPN?
We always talk about the best fights on HBO and Showtime but we rarely just talk about fights that were aired on ESPN....
So I thought we should list the BEST/GREATEST fights ever aired "originally" by ESPN.
(Not counting Classics that are re-aired and or anything else aired by them that was not an original ESPN fight)
Heres some that come to mind.
1. William Lee vs. John LoCicero
2. Micky Ward vs. Emmanuel Augustus
3. Sakio Bika vs. Jaidon Codrington
4. Julio C. Gonzalez vs. Julian Letterlough
5. Willie Gibbs vs. Daniel Edouard
6. Jason Litzau vs. John Nolasco
7. Pernell Whitaker vs. Diosbelys Hurtado
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Originally Posted by CutMeMick
We always talk about the best fights on HBO and Showtime but we rarely just talk about fights that were aired on ESPN....
So I thought we should list the BEST/GREATEST fights ever aired "originally" by ESPN.
(Not counting Classics that are re-aired and or anything else aired by them that was not an original ESPN fight)
Heres some that come to mind.
1. William Lee vs. John LoCicero
2. Micky Ward vs. Emmanuel Augustus
3. Sakio Bika vs. Jaidon Codrington
4. Julio C. Gonzalez vs. Julian Letterlough
5. Willie Gibbs vs. Daniel Edouard
6. Jason Litzau vs. John Nolasco
7. Pernell Whitaker vs. Diosbelys Hurtado
Wrad/ Burton is my favorite on your list Mick, was Elder/ Burton on ESPN can't remeber but that was a good fight too. Hall/ Letterlough was fun too!
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Originally Posted by Galaxy.
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Originally Posted by CutMeMick
We always talk about the best fights on HBO and Showtime but we rarely just talk about fights that were aired on ESPN....
So I thought we should list the BEST/GREATEST fights ever aired "originally" by ESPN.
(Not counting Classics that are re-aired and or anything else aired by them that was not an original ESPN fight)
Heres some that come to mind.
1. William Lee vs. John LoCicero
2. Micky Ward vs. Emmanuel Augustus
3. Sakio Bika vs. Jaidon Codrington
4. Julio C. Gonzalez vs. Julian Letterlough
5. Willie Gibbs vs. Daniel Edouard
6. Jason Litzau vs. John Nolasco
7. Pernell Whitaker vs. Diosbelys Hurtado
Wrad/ Burton is my favorite on your list Mick, was Elder/ Burton on ESPN can't remeber but that was a good fight too. Hall/ Letterlough was fun too!
CC#229 Galaxy thanks for the reply.
Yeah! Ward vs. Burton was damn! great. By any chance have you seen the Lee vs. LoCicero fight I listed. It was at the begining of the ESPN fights it was like a Kronk Gym fight night where Emmanuel showcased a couple of his fighters.
Good call on Ebo vs. Courteny yes it was aired on ESPN. Hall vs. Letterlough sure as hell was a good one.
Thanks for the input.
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Re: The Best Fights Ever Aired On ESPN?
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Originally Posted by CutMeMick
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Originally Posted by Galaxy.
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Originally Posted by CutMeMick
We always talk about the best fights on HBO and Showtime but we rarely just talk about fights that were aired on ESPN....
So I thought we should list the BEST/GREATEST fights ever aired "originally" by ESPN.
(Not counting Classics that are re-aired and or anything else aired by them that was not an original ESPN fight)
Heres some that come to mind.
1. William Lee vs. John LoCicero
2. Micky Ward vs. Emmanuel Augustus
3. Sakio Bika vs. Jaidon Codrington
4. Julio C. Gonzalez vs. Julian Letterlough
5. Willie Gibbs vs. Daniel Edouard
6. Jason Litzau vs. John Nolasco
7. Pernell Whitaker vs. Diosbelys Hurtado
Wrad/ Burton is my favorite on your list Mick, was Elder/ Burton on ESPN can't remeber but that was a good fight too. Hall/ Letterlough was fun too!
CC#229 eagle thanks for the reply.
Yeah! Ward vs. Burton was damn! great. By any chance have you seen the Lee vs. LoCicero fight I listed. It was at the begining of the ESPN fights it was like a Kronk Gym fight night where Emmanuel showcased a couple of his fighters.
Good call on Ebo vs. Courteny yes it was aired on ESPN. Hall vs. Letterlough sure as hell was a good one.
Thanks for the input.
Who you calling Eagle?
Yeah I seen the Lee/ LoCicero fight, thats going back early 80's ain't it. A mean 5 rounds as I remember!!!
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If I remember correctly Israel Vazquez-Oscar Larios 2 was on ESPN. Another fight that is always slept on is Elvir Muriqi-Sam Ahmad. That shit was a war.
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Re: The Best Fights Ever Aired On ESPN?
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Originally Posted by Galaxy.
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Originally Posted by CutMeMick
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Originally Posted by Galaxy.
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Originally Posted by CutMeMick
We always talk about the best fights on HBO and Showtime but we rarely just talk about fights that were aired on ESPN....
So I thought we should list the BEST/GREATEST fights ever aired "originally" by ESPN.
(Not counting Classics that are re-aired and or anything else aired by them that was not an original ESPN fight)
Heres some that come to mind.
1. William Lee vs. John LoCicero
2. Micky Ward vs. Emmanuel Augustus
3. Sakio Bika vs. Jaidon Codrington
4. Julio C. Gonzalez vs. Julian Letterlough
5. Willie Gibbs vs. Daniel Edouard
6. Jason Litzau vs. John Nolasco
7. Pernell Whitaker vs. Diosbelys Hurtado
Wrad/ Burton is my favorite on your list Mick, was Elder/ Burton on ESPN can't remeber but that was a good fight too. Hall/ Letterlough was fun too!
CC#229 Galaxy thanks for the reply.
Yeah! Ward vs. Burton was damn! great. By any chance have you seen the Lee vs. LoCicero fight I listed. It was at the begining of the ESPN fights it was like a Kronk Gym fight night where Emmanuel showcased a couple of his fighters.
Good call on Ebo vs. Courteny yes it was aired on ESPN. Hall vs. Letterlough sure as hell was a good one.
Thanks for the input.
Who you calling Eagle?
Yeah I seen the Lee/ LoCicero fight, thats going back early 80's ain't it. A mean 5 rounds as I remember!!!
Whoops! sorry! I mistook you for eagle... ;D My fault.... :-[
That's it Galaxy... Surprised someone has seen it as a while back I did a thread on it and no one responded to it. :(
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Originally Posted by Violent Demise
If I remember correctly Israel Vazquez-Oscar Larios 2 was on ESPN. Another fight that is always slept on is Elvir Muriqi-Sam Ahmad. That S*** was a war.
Yeah that was a good one!
Pemberton/ Brewer
Up until the early stoppage!
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Re: The Best Fights Ever Aired On ESPN?
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Originally Posted by Violent Demise
If I remember correctly Israel Vazquez-Oscar Larios 2 was on ESPN. Another fight that is always slept on is Elvir Muriqi-Sam Ahmad. That shit was a war.
Good call on both of these fights. Cant believe I overlooked Vasquez vs. Larios II....
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Originally Posted by Galaxy.
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Originally Posted by Violent Demise
If I remember correctly Israel Vazquez-Oscar Larios 2 was on ESPN. Another fight that is always slept on is Elvir Muriqi-Sam Ahmad. That S*** was a war.
Yeah that was a good one!
Pemberton/ Brewter
Pemberton-Sheika
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Oh & both Pembertons fights with Sheika
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Delvin Rodriguez vs. Jesse Feliciano
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Augustus v Burton was entertaining.
Did Tackie & Olivera fight on ESPN ???
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Augustus v Burton was entertaining.
Did Tackie & Olivera fight on ESPN ???
Good call on Tackie vs. Olivera.
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Originally Posted by CutMeMick
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Originally Posted by JimBoogie
Augustus v Burton was entertaining.
Did Tackie & Olivera fight on ESPN ???
Good call on Tackie vs. Olivera.
I remember that fight didn't it have the 3rd most punches thrown in boxing history ??
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Originally Posted by CutMeMick
We always talk about the best fights on HBO and Showtime but we rarely just talk about fights that were aired on ESPN....
So I thought we should list the BEST/GREATEST fights ever aired "originally" by ESPN.
(Not counting Classics that are re-aired and or anything else aired by them that was not an original ESPN fight)
Heres some that come to mind.
1. William Lee vs. John LoCicero
2. Micky Ward vs. Emmanuel Augustus
3. Sakio Bika vs. Jaidon Codrington
4. Julio C. Gonzalez vs. Julian Letterlough
5. Willie Gibbs vs. Daniel Edouard
6. Jason Litzau vs. John Nolasco
7. Pernell Whitaker vs. Diosbelys Hurtado
#2 and #6 immediately came to mind for me CMM. Seen the Ward fight many times, great fight. Darnell "Ding-a-Ling"Wilson vs. that guy{forgot his name}, where he almost knocked his head off last year. There was a fight a couple of years ago, maybe someone can help me with the guys names. Some little kat from New Zealand fighting this Black guy that kept knocking him down over and over and over, but the little kid from New Zealand kept getting up again and again. By the time the 1st few rounds were over the whole crowd seemed to be cheering for that punching bag from Zealand. Sorry I forgot the names, someone will remember them for me.
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Originally Posted by LEGION
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Originally Posted by CutMeMick
We always talk about the best fights on HBO and Showtime but we rarely just talk about fights that were aired on ESPN....
So I thought we should list the BEST/GREATEST fights ever aired "originally" by ESPN.
(Not counting Classics that are re-aired and or anything else aired by them that was not an original ESPN fight)
Heres some that come to mind.
1. William Lee vs. John LoCicero
2. Micky Ward vs. Emmanuel Augustus
3. Sakio Bika vs. Jaidon Codrington
4. Julio C. Gonzalez vs. Julian Letterlough
5. Willie Gibbs vs. Daniel Edouard
6. Jason Litzau vs. John Nolasco
7. Pernell Whitaker vs. Diosbelys Hurtado
#2 and #6 immediately came to mind for me CMM. Seen the Ward fight many times, great fight. Darnell "Ding-a-Ling"Wilson vs. that guy{forgot his name}, where he almost knocked his head off last year. There was a fight a couple of years ago, maybe someone can help me with the guys names. Some little kat from New Zealand fighting this Black guy that kept knocking him down over and over and over, but the little kid from New Zealand kept getting up again and again. By the time the 1st few rounds were over the whole crowd seemed to be cheering for that punching bag from Zealand. Sorry I forgot the names, someone will remember them for me.
I think that might have been Santos Pakua... funny thing he took the name Santos in respect of my brother one of NZ's best ever lightweights!!!
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Originally Posted by Galaxy.
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Originally Posted by LEGION
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Originally Posted by CutMeMick
We always talk about the best fights on HBO and Showtime but we rarely just talk about fights that were aired on ESPN....
So I thought we should list the BEST/GREATEST fights ever aired "originally" by ESPN.
(Not counting Classics that are re-aired and or anything else aired by them that was not an original ESPN fight)
Heres some that come to mind.
1. William Lee vs. John LoCicero
2. Micky Ward vs. Emmanuel Augustus
3. Sakio Bika vs. Jaidon Codrington
4. Julio C. Gonzalez vs. Julian Letterlough
5. Willie Gibbs vs. Daniel Edouard
6. Jason Litzau vs. John Nolasco
7. Pernell Whitaker vs. Diosbelys Hurtado
#2 and #6 immediately came to mind for me CMM. Seen the Ward fight many times, great fight. Darnell "Ding-a-Ling"Wilson vs. that guy{forgot his name}, where he almost knocked his head off last year. There was a fight a couple of years ago, maybe someone can help me with the guys names. Some little kat from New Zealand fighting this Black guy that kept knocking him down over and over and over, but the little kid from New Zealand kept getting up again and again. By the time the 1st few rounds were over the whole crowd seemed to be cheering for that punching bag from Zealand. Sorry I forgot the names, someone will remember them for me.
I think that might have been Santos Pakua... funny thing he took the name Santos in respect of my brother one of NZ's best ever lightweights!!!
That may be it Galaxy. I remember he had a tattoo of a cross or something on his arm. TOUGH kid for sure. I'll try to find it on youtube or somewhere. Thanks
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Re: The Best Fights Ever Aired On ESPN?
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Originally Posted by LEGION
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Originally Posted by Galaxy.
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Originally Posted by LEGION
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Originally Posted by CutMeMick
We always talk about the best fights on HBO and Showtime but we rarely just talk about fights that were aired on ESPN....
So I thought we should list the BEST/GREATEST fights ever aired "originally" by ESPN.
(Not counting Classics that are re-aired and or anything else aired by them that was not an original ESPN fight)
Heres some that come to mind.
1. William Lee vs. John LoCicero
2. Micky Ward vs. Emmanuel Augustus
3. Sakio Bika vs. Jaidon Codrington
4. Julio C. Gonzalez vs. Julian Letterlough
5. Willie Gibbs vs. Daniel Edouard
6. Jason Litzau vs. John Nolasco
7. Pernell Whitaker vs. Diosbelys Hurtado
#2 and #6 immediately came to mind for me CMM. Seen the Ward fight many times, great fight. Darnell "Ding-a-Ling"Wilson vs. that guy{forgot his name}, where he almost knocked his head off last year. There was a fight a couple of years ago, maybe someone can help me with the guys names. Some little kat from New Zealand fighting this Black guy that kept knocking him down over and over and over, but the little kid from New Zealand kept getting up again and again. By the time the 1st few rounds were over the whole crowd seemed to be cheering for that punching bag from Zealand. Sorry I forgot the names, someone will remember them for me.
I think that might have been Santos Pakua... funny thing he took the name Santos in respect of my brother one of NZ's best ever lightweights!!!
That may be it Galaxy. I remember he had a tattoo of a cross or something on his arm. TOUGH kid for sure. I'll try to find it on youtube or somewhere. Thanks
Spot on Galaxy, that was Pakau vs. Mesquita very entertaining fight as far as the action goes.
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Originally Posted by CutMeMick
We always talk about the best fights on HBO and Showtime but we rarely just talk about fights that were aired on ESPN....
So I thought we should list the BEST/GREATEST fights ever aired "originally" by ESPN.
(Not counting Classics that are re-aired and or anything else aired by them that was not an original ESPN fight)
Heres some that come to mind.
1. William Lee vs. John LoCicero
2. Micky Ward vs. Emmanuel Augustus
3. Sakio Bika vs. Jaidon Codrington
4. Julio C. Gonzalez vs. Julian Letterlough
5. Willie Gibbs vs. Daniel Edouard
6. Jason Litzau vs. John Nolasco
7. Pernell Whitaker vs. Diosbelys Hurtado
Nice topic Mick.Good call on Letterlough (rip) vs.Gonzalez-Ward vs.Augustus was great.My memory is very blurry at times but I'll give a shot on a few.
Mergui Sosa Vs. Charles Williams 1 & 2
Zack padilla Vs. Ray olivera Punch a thon still holds a record I believe also Padilla vs. Carlos gonzalez (cant remember if it was ESPN)
Kevin Pompey Vs.Harorld Brazier 1
Johnny Tapia Vs.Henry Martinez..Not so much a war but Tapia fought like he was channeling demons.possessed.
Louie espinoza vs. Pedro decima
Anthony Bonsante vs.Tony ayala......ayala had this coming for other reasons
I think I mixing my Favs. with the "greatest" they aired.Very hard at this point to remember which networks aired what.
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Originally Posted by Spicoli Surfs In 'Nawlins
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Originally Posted by CutMeMick
We always talk about the best fights on HBO and Showtime but we rarely just talk about fights that were aired on ESPN....
So I thought we should list the BEST/GREATEST fights ever aired "originally" by ESPN.
(Not counting Classics that are re-aired and or anything else aired by them that was not an original ESPN fight)
Heres some that come to mind.
1. William Lee vs. John LoCicero
2. Micky Ward vs. Emmanuel Augustus
3. Sakio Bika vs. Jaidon Codrington
4. Julio C. Gonzalez vs. Julian Letterlough
5. Willie Gibbs vs. Daniel Edouard
6. Jason Litzau vs. John Nolasco
7. Pernell Whitaker vs. Diosbelys Hurtado
Nice topic Mick.Good call on Letterlough (rip) vs.Gonzalez-Ward vs.Augustus was great.My memory is very blurry at times but I'll give a shot on a few.
Mergui Sosa Vs. Charles Williams 1 & 2
Zack padilla Vs. Ray olivera Punch a thon still holds a record I believe also Padilla vs. Carlos gonzalez (cant remember if it was ESPN)
Kevin Pompey Vs.Harorld Brazier 1
Johnny Tapia Vs.Henry Martinez..Not so much a war but Tapia fought like he was channeling demons.possessed.
Louie espinoza vs. Pedro decima
Anthony Bonsante vs.Tony ayala......ayala had this coming for other reasons
I think I mixing my Favs. with the "greatest" they aired.Very hard at this point to remember which networks aired what.
CC#90 Spicoli and thanks a lot for your input.
And yes the Padilla-Ray was aired on ESPN.
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Cosme Rivera vs Andre Berto
Alfonso Gomez vs Jesse Feliciano 3
Edison Miranda vs Howard Eastman
Roderick Grajeda vs Joaquin Marquez
Julio Cesar Gonzalez vs Julian Letterlough.
Don't think these have been mentioned yet.
Wasn't Hearns vs Barkley 2 on ESPN ??
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I have not read past Mick's original post...
Cintron Vs. Estrada
...is my contribution
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Seems to me that Augustus has been in a couple, I was going thru some of my fights and also found.
Augustus vs. Diaz
Augustus vs. Finger
Corrales vs. St. Clair
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Seems to me that Augustus has been in a couple, I was going thru some of my fights and also found.
Augustus vs. Diaz
Augustus vs. Finger
Corrales vs. St. Clair
Nice Call Mick with Diaz vs. Augustus.Alot may disagree but I think up to a few years ago Augustus was at his best In the "Drunken Master" Groove With a few exceptions and I can never speak Ill of a Hometown guy In Burton Lol But Diaz Really kept pressure up and sat in with him and Took IT.
I am Not Into Clowning and frown on excessive showmanship but It worked for him and thinking hard........I have not seen any fighter be so effective with what Micky Ward called the "Puppet-Stuff"! LMAO ;D Then again Ive never seen Puppet stuff.
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Originally Posted by Spicoli Surfs In 'Nawlins
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Originally Posted by CutMeMick
Seems to me that Augustus has been in a couple, I was going thru some of my fights and also found.
Augustus vs. Diaz
Augustus vs. Finger
Corrales vs. St. Clair
Nice Call Mick with Diaz vs. Augustus.Alot may disagree but I think up to a few years ago Augustus was at his best In the "Drunken Master" Groove With a few exceptions and I can never speak Ill of a Hometown guy In Burton Lol But Diaz Really kept pressure up and sat in with him and Took IT.
I am Not Into Clowning and frown on excessive showmanship but It worked for him and thinking hard........I have not seen any fighter be so effective with what Micky Ward called the "Puppet-Stuff"! LMAO ;D Then again Ive never seen Puppet stuff.
Right, their was something about the way in which he did it.
When he applied it properly that just worked for him.
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Cintron Estrada is my all-time favorite.
The last Contender fight was awesome. 8)
It had the environment of a Tyson HBO card of the nineties.
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ray oliviera vs. vince phillips
calvin brock vs. jameel mccline
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Originally Posted by Headson
ray oliviera vs. vince phillips
calvin brock vs. jameel mccline
Brock/McCline was a good fight. How about after the Augustus/Burton fight when Teddy Atlas gave that ref a verbal ass kicking :D
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Cintron Estrada is my all-time favorite.
The last Contender fight was awesome. 8)
It had the environment of a Tyson HBO card of the nineties.
You mean showtime?
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Ward Vs Judah
Samuel Miller Vs Darnell Woods
Kelvin Davis Vs. Terry Smith
Verno Phillips Vs Teddy Reid
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Originally Posted by Headson
calvin brock vs. jameel mccline
Good call on this one we could also add Margarito vs. Cintron :)
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Micky Ward-Reggie Green was a good one.
More recently Terry Smith-Kelvin Davis was a great fight.
ESPN does have the best fights hands down imo. I miss the tuesday night fights.
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nice topic, CC
I was trying to think of one that hadn't been mentioned, was thinking Ward-Green but BoomBoom beat me to it.
Ward-Burton is one of my favorite fights ever, on any network. Its funny how similar the ninth and tenth rounds of that fight were to the same rounds in Ward-Gatti, maybe not quite as exciting but still great stuff. Ward beat the hell out of Gatti in the ninth but Gatti came back to outwork him in the tenth. Ward dropped Burton in the ninth with a left hook to the body but Burton outworked him in the tenth. Great infighting in that fight.
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Originally Posted by BoomBoom
Micky Ward-Reggie Green was a good one.
More recently Terry Smith-Kelvin Davis was a great fight.
ESPN does have the best fights hands down imo. I miss the tuesday night fights.
CC#273 good call on Smith-Davis.
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nice topic, CC
I was trying to think of one that hadn't been mentioned, was thinking Ward-Green but BoomBoom beat me to it.
Ward-Burton is one of my favorite fights ever, on any network. Its funny how similar the ninth and tenth rounds of that fight were to the same rounds in Ward-Gatti, maybe not quite as exciting but still great stuff. Ward beat the hell out of Gatti in the ninth but Gatti came back to outwork him in the tenth. Ward dropped Burton in the ninth with a left hook to the body but Burton outworked him in the tenth. Great infighting in that fight.
CC#748 OumaFan thanks for the post.
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A. Galota vs R. Bowe -both of them.
T. Morrison vs R. Ruddock
Any of Jesse James Hughes' fights.
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Originally Posted by CutMeMick
We always talk about the best fights on HBO and Showtime but we rarely just talk about fights that were aired on ESPN....
So I thought we should list the BEST/GREATEST fights ever aired "originally" by ESPN.
(Not counting Classics that are re-aired and or anything else aired by them that was not an original ESPN fight)
Heres some that come to mind.
1. William Lee vs. John LoCicero
2. Micky Ward vs. Emmanuel Augustus
3. Sakio Bika vs. Jaidon Codrington
4. Julio C. Gonzalez vs. Julian Letterlough
5. Willie Gibbs vs. Daniel Edouard
6. Jason Litzau vs. John Nolasco
7. Pernell Whitaker vs. Diosbelys Hurtado
I thought Hurtado vs Whitaker aired on HBO ??
