Most Underrated Fights Ever

OK, so we all know about the greatest fights ever Gatti-Ward, Castillo-Corrales ect.

But what are some fights that you really enjoy that nobody ever really talks about as good/great fights? They don't have to be all action thrillers, but just some fights you really find enjoyable that some might not know about or know they were great.

I'll start out.

Lamon Brewster - Sergei Lyakhovich

Juan Diaz - Jose Cotto

Librado Andrade - Yusaf Mack

Jamie Moore - Matthew Macklin

Jean Marc Mormeck - Oneil Bell


There's more but that's a pretty good spectrum to start out I think.

Great Topic

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Alejandro Gonzalez-Kevin Kelly. Great fight that rarely gets mentioned.

"Must spread rep" or some thing.On and off stamina aside....Morrison had a left hook that could hurt ANY heavyweight in recent memory.....Kelly vs. Gonzalez was awesome as well.Who called it,his corner or Kelly ? Frankie Randall Vs. Chavez 1..........just a perfectly executed game plan!Could be a long list ;D

George Foreman vs Ron Lyle.

No pretense at defense. Just two mighty oaks teeing off on one another. What an absolute delight if you're into heavies.



Floyd Mayweather vs Chico Corrales

To me this fight absolutely showcased Floyd's promise and potential. He had it all that night. That Floyd could have beat anybody within 15 pounds in any direction.

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"Must spread rep" or some thing.On and off stamina aside....Morrison had a left hook that could hurt ANY heavyweight in recent memory.....Kelly vs. Gonzalez was awesome as well.Who called it,his corner or Kelly ? Frankie Randall Vs. Chavez 1..........just a perfectly executed game plan!Could be a long list ;D

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Kelly told his corner he really couldn't see any more. And his corner called it. His eyes were swelling pretty bad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGepVBcHTOQ

i love watching hopkins trinidad, and i dont even hate trinidad!

brewster lykovich was amazin

duddy campus to.

bika codrington - unbelievable

trinidad vargas, not underated but still doesnt get the credit it deserves imo.
round 5 of that fight is the perfect boxing round imo ( for vargas) you wont see better than the way he fought in that round

Theres just too many to list for me.. I mean I'll can be here for a week and still come up with something... I'll go with off the top of my haed fights I think RARELY get mentioned.

To me often fights are mentioned that I wouldn't consider underrated like Moore-Dirrell, Yaqui-Saad etc. etc. etc.

Anyway here' some from me:
Dorsey-Kelly
Chi-Brodie
Paez-Groove I
Nelson-Gomez
Rojas-Numata
Ingle-Jones
Alexis-Escalera I & II
Pagez-Lopez
Foster-DePaula
Lee-LoCicero
Cley Bey-Ettiene
Duddy-Campas
Ornelas-McKart II
Fletcher-Braxton I, II & III
Trice-Pompey
Andreis-Harding
Kates-Galindez
Coggi-Eder
Briggs-Adamek I & II
Lewis-Marovic

When I think of this I think of like fights on ESPN2, Telefutura, etc.

Of course there's the king of all ESPN fights, Burton-Ward. But that might not be underrated. Actually it is underrated even by those that say it was a great fight. Letterlough-Gonzalez was fun.

There was a fight on I think Telefutura or some Spanish channel a few years ago between Antonio Escalante and the guy who KO'd Litzau. Jose Hernandez maybe :confused: Was a good fight.

Tyson v Ruddock II
Norton v Ali II
Lewis v Mercer
Ward v Neary
Collins v Eubank I


Just a few under-rated.

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When I think of this I think of like fights on ESPN2, Telefutura, etc.

Of course there's the king of all ESPN fights, Burton-Ward. But that might not be underrated. Actually it is underrated even by those that say it was a great fight. Letterlough-Gonzalez was fun.

There was a fight on I think Telefutura or some Spanish channel a few years ago between Antonio Escalante and the guy who KO'd Litzau. Jose Hernandez maybe :confused: Was a good fight.

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That's the first time I've seen someone mention that fight. Yes, Hernandez-Escalante was a great fight. Happened in January I remember that for some reason one time I was thinking of the best fights ever to happen in January and I thought of that one and Bell-Mormeck. Why I was thinking of that I don't know.

I also think of those but so few people get to watch them that I try not to include them but there are so many great fights on ESPN2.

Also, watching Toney-Jirov last night for the first few rounds it reminded me of a cruiserweight Burton-Ward. I realize that's probably flawed, but a raw aggression guy with a slick guy who liked to fight at closed quarters. I don't know, thought Burton was robbed but that's easily one of the best fights of all time. Has to win that ESPN contest for fight of the decade imo.

Darnell Wilson-Kelvin Davis was a good one too. Kelvin Davis was an awesome fighter, very fun to watch even when he wasn't winning it's to bad he fell off that bridge.

Edner Cherry - Jorge Santa Cruz was a very good scrap on the undercard of the terrible Rolando Reyes-Jose Luis Castillo fight.

For some reason Naseem Hamed-Augie Sanchez popped into my head. That was a good fight

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For some reason Naseem Hamed-Augie Sanchez popped into my head. That was a good fight

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Augie could dent chins'...but It came back on him hard.He had The princess going for a minute,good one.

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Alejandro Gonzalez-Kevin Kelly. Great fight that rarely gets mentioned.

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Nice call , this fight pretty much ruined Kevin , it was brutal

A fight that NEVER gets mentioned as a great fight was Manuel Gomez vs. Miguel Angel Gonzalez but it was an absolute cracker.

Another of my favorite fights is Erik Morales vs. Wayne McCollough. That one has gotten a bit more credit, but not enough

And maybe the most entertaining fight I have seen, in a "What will happen next??" kind of way, was Bowe-Golota 2

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OK, so we all know about the greatest fights ever Gatti-Ward, Castillo-Corrales ect.

But what are some fights that you really enjoy that nobody ever really talks about as good/great fights? They don't have to be all action thrillers, but just some fights you really find enjoyable that some might not know about or know they were great.

I'll start out.

Lamon Brewster - Sergei Lyakhovich

Juan Diaz - Jose Cotto

Librado Andrade - Yusaf Mack

Jamie Moore - Matthew Macklin

Jean Marc Mormeck - Oneil Bell


There's more but that's a pretty good spectrum to start out I think.

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Yeah, if I think what you mean then I would say Hagler V Duran and Duarn v DeJesus 2 and 3.

Also, De La Hoya V Vargas.

Goya Vargas v Hodkinson
Goya Vargas v Kevin Kelly
Yuri Campus v Roger Turner
Herol Graham v Rod Douglas and Mike McCallum
Tyson v Rudduck
Miguel Angel Gonzales v Leavander Johnson
Israel Vasquez v Jhonny Gonzales

I think some Toney fights get slept on a little.... Vs Reggie Johnson and Prince Charles Williams, Tim Littles, all great fights to watch.

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Alejandro Gonzalez-Kevin Kelly. Great fight that rarely gets mentioned.

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Haven't actually seen it, but I did watch an ancient ESPN replay not to long ago, of a young Kevin Kelly vs Troy Dorsey. That was also a great fight that I've never heard mentioned, toe to toe battle till the end. Kelly really liked to fight to much for his own good and gave up all his advantages, I actually thought he may have lost.

Alex Arthur v Gomez and Stevie Foster were great fights
Gatti v Manfredy
Tua v Ibeabuchi(does get alot of credit from fans though)
Morales v Chi

Erik Morales vs Daniel Zaragoza, Alex Stewart vs Michael Moorer, Michael Moorer vs Bert Cooper, Ray Mercer vs Bert Cooper, Jorge Paez vs Tracy Spann, Charles Brewer vs Antwun Echols, Kostya Tszyu vs Disobelys Hurtado,

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Alex Arthur v Gomez

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Great call Phil.
Def. an underrated fight...

another one that comes to mind is aaron williams vs mark breland

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another one that comes to mind is aaron williams vs mark breland

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Niiice.This is one that helped seal me up as a fan.....fantastic back and forth and all time KO from nowhere,I loved when Dierdorf (?) was laboring..."And still,no right hand,he has not thrown it" etc.I think the first one Davis threw in the 9th is the one that pole axed Breland.Awesome!

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another one that comes to mind is aaron williams vs mark breland

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Niiice.This is one that helped seal me up as a fan.....fantastic back and forth and all time KO from nowhere,I loved when Dierdorf (?) was laboring..."And still,no right hand,he has not thrown it" etc.I think the first one Davis threw in the 9th is the one that pole axed Breland.Awesome!

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Yes that would have been another one I posted. Two of my favorite contenders from that era, Davis was a spark plug. Almost out in the round or two rounds prior and boom, Breland ended up laying on his own feet.

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another one that comes to mind is aaron williams vs mark breland

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Niiice.This is one that helped seal me up as a fan.....fantastic back and forth and all time KO from nowhere,I loved when Dierdorf (?) was laboring..."And still,no right hand,he has not thrown it" etc.I think the first one Davis threw in the 9th is the one that pole axed Breland.Awesome!

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Yes that would have been another one I posted. Two of my favorite contenders from that era, Davis was a spark plug. Almost out in the round or two rounds prior and boom, Breland ended up laying on his own feet.

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In a way,Ive always thought Davis was a little underrated...just abit.He was just one of those solid types,nothing overly outstanding but all around solid.M.Taylor made him look a hundred years old though.Aaron has some big time battles,Rupa,Brown & Marshall fights.Thought he was jobbed for the title vs. Vasquez from what I saw.

and you have to love The Pazienza drubbing....( I did ;D)....He made Paz look like a misshapen bloody gargoyle and just tore him a new one :-X

i remember carl williams vs tommy morrison being an up and downer as well i remember there was like 5 knockdowns in that fight and ezra sellers vs carl thompson deserves a mention as well 6 knockdowns in 4 rounds you dont see stuff like that anymore

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezv3IDrGDz4

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A fight that NEVER gets mentioned as a great fight was Manuel Gomez vs. Miguel Angel Gonzalez but it was an absolute cracker.

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One of them named Umberto :confused: .
Barnstormer went both ways had you thinking it was all over a couple of times and then the other one would knock the other one down non stop action etc... Am I thinking same fight :confused:.

Ricardo Lopez vs Rosendo Alvarez 2

F.....ng war that one. I'm really slacking on my listings Lol,in a funk.

jeff lacy vs. syd vanderpool
joel casamayor vs. popo freitas and joe morales
kermit cintron vs. david estrada
arturo gatti vs. joe hutchinson

Although not under-rated because it was fight of the year awhile back: does anyone have the youtube link to those 2 french fighters that just beat the hell out of each other? I cant think of the names.

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Although not under-rated because it was fight of the year awhile back: does anyone have the youtube link to those 2 french fighters that just beat the hell out of each other? I cant think of the names.

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The trilogy (?) ...Guelette /Hilton,what a comeback .

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Although not under-rated because it was fight of the year awhile back: does anyone have the youtube link to those 2 french fighters that just beat the hell out of each other? I cant think of the names.

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You mean Mahyar and Somsak FOTY 2006?
If so ONLY Mahyra is French and Somsak is Thai.

Here's the link to that fight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLGYnc2XJiE

I personally don't think fights that are FOTY are underrated but I think due to the fact that both fighters were pretty obscure at the time this fight is an exception for me and I def. agree with you booze.

I always liked
Rocky Lockridge v Tony Lopez 1

Tyrone Trice v Simon Brown 1