Whats the most one-sided title fight you ever saw ?

I was just thinking of this the other day, it's never nice to see a fighter receive a brutal beatdown, especially in a title fight, unless of course it's one of your boys handing out the drubbing, or, it involves a fighter you just love to hate getting his ass handed to him.

We have all seen some terrible mismatches, brilliant performances, and fights where it was so one-sided it made your hair curl.

But what would you say was the most one-sided distance title fight you ever saw ?

And which one-sided title fight that didnt go the distance ?

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The most one-sided distance Title Fight

For me this would have to be Larry Holmes against 'The far too brave for his own good' Randy 'Tex' Cobb for the WBC Heavyweight title back in 82'.

This was arguably the most brutal one-sided affair in the history of Heavyweight boxing. Holmes spent the early rounds picking Cobb off at will. The difference in talent between the two was like night and day. As the fight went on, Larry began landing some very heavy spiteful shots that became as hard to watch as they probably were to take. Cobb showed heart way beyond the call of duty. It's just a shame the officials or his own corner didnt show the heart to stop the hiding. I remember legendary commentator and Ali's well docemented buddy, Howard Cosell,retiring from the game in a protest over this mismatched affair. Cosell threatened on air to quit announcing boxing if the fight wasnt stopped. It wasnt, and Cosell never picked up the microphone again such was his disgust at how this fight had been officiated. The classic quote from Tex after 45 minutes of the worst beating you'll ever see was legendary.

He said to the referee " Come on, give me 3 more rounds and I can become the Heavyweight Champion, I dont think Larry's hands can take anymore ". ;D


The most one-sided title fight that didnt go the distance

I think the fight that sticks in my mind the most is probably Floyd Mayweather's brutal dismantling of the late Arturo Gatti for the WBC Welterweight title.

This always looked to be a fight tailor-made for Mayweather, and it proved to live up to the early preconceptions and some. I dont think there is a boxing fan out there who wasnt in some way or another a fan of Gatti. You simply couldnt not like the heart and warrior mentality of this man. This was probably one of the reasons it made this fight so hard to watch. A complete mismatch in terms of natural skill. Floyd absolutely dazzled against a battleworn Gatti. 6 rounds was more than enough for any true fan of the sport to endure.

I remember Ricky telling me that he went up to Gatti's hotel room before the fight, and Arturo asked Rick what he thought would be the best tactics to use in this fight. Rick was pretty gobsmacked as this was only a couple of hours before Gatti entered the ring and Rick assumed he had a game plan drilled. The bottom line is there wasnt an answer to Gatti's question. It didnt exist. And the resulting 18 minutes proved that. Mayweather was simply breathtaking, a clinic of epic proportions.

Good thread/post mate

First one that springs to mind is Lacy v Calzaghe

yeah i would have to agree with the holmes vs cobb pick

the tittle fight not going the distance will shock a lot here i am sure but i would go for sal sanchez vs wilfredo gomez a mtch-up between to greats but sanchez was so good he controlled the fight till the end

Title fight that didn't go the distance.

Clay Vs. Liston. Everyone thought Liston would be too much for the young challenger. It was a mismatch alright just not in favor of Sonny. Except for the 5th round when Clay was blind the fight was 1 sided in favor of the challenger. And when Sonny couldn't get up from his stool for the start of the 8th we had a new HW champion. This is the most impressive mismatch title fight I've ever saw, considering that Sonny was deemed invincible and this was for the sport's most coveted crown.

Title fight that went the distance.

Whitaker vs. Ramirez 2. Sweetpea gets his revenge in from the first match where it was an controversial decision for Ramirez. Sweetpea being himself just outbox the guy where from fans and observers believe it was a shutout.

Whittaker pissed the 1st one, it was in France and Ramirez was being promoted by the Acaris.

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Good thread/post mate

First one that springs to mind is Lacy v Calzaghe

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Yea gotta agree with ya on this one bud, Lacy v Calzaghe was a complete shut out and brutal for any Lacy fan to watch im sure.

One that didnt go the distance, but from what i remember it was a total shut-out was Naz v Robinson. For a challenger to do what he did against a well respected champ of his time, was in my eyes remarkable.

Calzaghe/Lacy total shutout.
Mayweather/Baldomir total shutout.

That didn't go the distance Pacquiao/Hatton.

For me the most one sided fight as far as the scorecards go , is as follows.

Winky Wright v Felix Trinidad

The reasons are simple , both were great fighters ,Tex Cob was average ,as was Jeff Lacy , so this is why i pick Winky v Felix.
Winky owned a great fighter that night.

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For me the most one sided fight as far as the scorecards go , is as follows.

Winky Wright v Felix Trinidad

The reasons are simple , both were great fighters ,Tex Cob was average ,as was Jeff Lacy , so this is why i pick Winky v Felix.
Winky owned a great fighter that night.

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Ok, then I'll throw Roy Jones Jnr's schooling of James Toney for the IBF Super-Middleweight title into that mix. Toney was regarded at the time as the baddest man on the planet and top PFP candidate. Jones toyed with him, and basically beat him like a cheeky ginger stepson.

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For me the most one sided fight as far as the scorecards go , is as follows.

Winky Wright v Felix Trinidad

The reasons are simple , both were great fighters ,Tex Cob was average ,as was Jeff Lacy , so this is why i pick Winky v Felix.
Winky owned a great fighter that night.

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Ok, then I'll throw Roy Jones Jnr's schooling of James Toney for the IBF Supermiddlewight title into that mix. Toney was regarded at the time as the baddest man on the planet and top PFP candidate. Jones toyed with him, and basically beat him like a cheeky ginger stepson.

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good pick, as for most one-sided ko i guess i'd have to go with Foreman's ko of Fraizer

I know it was a mismatch beforehand but Barrera savagely punching Paul Lloyd all over the shop for three minutes springs to mind.

Although only one round, if i remember right, Lloyd had cuts over both eyes, a smashed to bits blood splattered nose, a broken eye socket and damaged ribs.

A brutal one-sided beating.

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For me the most one sided fight as far as the scorecards go , is as follows.

Winky Wright v Felix Trinidad

The reasons are simple , both were great fighters ,Tex Cob was average ,as was Jeff Lacy , so this is why i pick Winky v Felix.
Winky owned a great fighter that night.

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Ok, then I'll throw Roy Jones Jnr's schooling of James Toney for the IBF Supermiddlewight title into that mix. Toney was regarded at the time as the baddest man on the planet and top PFP candidate. Jones toyed with him, and basically beat him like a cheeky ginger stepson.

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good pick, as for most one-sided ko i guess i'd have to go with Foreman's ko of Fraizer

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YES GREAT PICK .

It wasn't a title fight, just watched it on Shobox a few years ago. Alan Green (I believe he was 21-0 at the time) vs. Jadon Codrington (before he showed up on "Contender Series") Codrington was 9-0 with 9 knockouts at the time but took way to big a step up in competition that night. Green jumped on him from the opening bell and landed about 12 power shots in a row. The fight was over in about 28 seconds. But I sat there staring at the screen in awe for another 5 minutes because I couldn't believe what had just happened.

Muhammad Ali vs Ernie Terrell
James Toney vs Iran Barkley
Julio Cesar Chavez vs Hector Camacho
Julio Cesar Chavez vs Greg Haugen
Bernard Hopkins vs Felix Trinidad
Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Diego Corrales

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For me the most one sided fight as far as the scorecards go , is as follows.

Winky Wright v Felix Trinidad

The reasons are simple , both were great fighters ,Tex Cob was average ,as was Jeff Lacy , so this is why i pick Winky v Felix.
Winky owned a great fighter that night.

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Mosley Vs Trinidad is a great one especially because it was not a KO it was a full out schooling for the distance.....

Lennox Lewis Vs Michael Grant

Tyson Vs Berbick

Pacquiao Vs DLH (Please leave comments out and not ruin thread)

PBF Vs Gatti

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I know it was a mismatch beforehand but Barrera savagely punching Paul Lloyd all over the shop for three minutes springs to mind.

Although only one round, if i remember right, Lloyd had cuts over both eyes, a smashed to bits blood splattered nose, a broken eye socket and damaged ribs.

A brutal one-sided beating.

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Man, I so remember that one. Ouch !!

Barrerra was under the Sports Network banner at the time, and he had just battered Richie Wenton about 6 months previous. I remember Paul Lloyd looked like he had been hit by a fucking truck :o. Without question that is the most damage I have ever seen inflicted in 3 minutes in my life. It was ridiculous.

I would have to say Oscar beating Chavez up for 8 rounds, he was a mess after that fight.

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I know it was a mismatch beforehand but Barrera savagely punching Paul Lloyd all over the shop for three minutes springs to mind.

Although only one round, if i remember right, Lloyd had cuts over both eyes, a smashed to bits blood splattered nose, a broken eye socket and damaged ribs.

A brutal one-sided beating.

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Here's the video of the fight!:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzsMngN0wu0

How about Mosley's stomping of Margarito? He made Tony look like the 1 dimensional fighter he is with a brutal gut punch that almost doubled him over in the 1st (2nd) round that punctuated that this fight wasn't going to look like all of Margarito's others.

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I know it was a mismatch beforehand but Barrera savagely punching Paul Lloyd all over the shop for three minutes springs to mind.

Although only one round, if i remember right, Lloyd had cuts over both eyes, a smashed to bits blood splattered nose, a broken eye socket and damaged ribs.

A brutal one-sided beating.

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Barrera's body-punching was savage in that fight. It could have been stopped about 1 minute in.

Caballero - Molitor was extremely one-sided. Molitor ran for three rounds, was obviously bothered by every punch Caballero threw, and then got stopped in the fourth round. I don't think he managed to land a single clean punch either.

I think you have to consider the recent Ward Vs Kessler fight, regardless if you agree with a few of the tactics.. Ward hammered him good and in suprising fashion

First few that come to mind..

Mayweather/Gatti

Barrera/Hamed

Mosley/Margarito

But I think Mayweather/Gatti wins for me.. was a complete mismatch and breath taking to watch.

Mayweather has had a lot of these. But the best one I'd have to say was Corrales. An undefeated fighter and I'm not sure if Mayweather was the favorite, but if so, it couldn't have been by much. It was a trouncing.

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First few that come to mind..

Mayweather/Gatti

Barrera/Hamed

Mosley/Margarito

But I think Mayweather/Gatti wins for me.. was a complete mismatch and breath taking to watch.

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Me too. PBF OVER GATTI WAS SAVAGE

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First few that come to mind..

Mayweather/Gatti

Barrera/Hamed

Mosley/Margarito

But I think Mayweather/Gatti wins for me.. was a complete mismatch and breath taking to watch.

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Me too. PBF OVER GATTI WAS SAVAGE

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That just goes to show what happens to you when you get under his skin.

Some good posts here and clearly lots of boxing fans .... but not too many boxing historians!

How about:

Jack Johnson v James J Jeffries
Jess Willard v Jack Dempsey
Muhammad Ali v Cleveland Williams

Sticking to the heavyweights, and more recently, Tyson v Spinks?

mayweather jr. vs. arturo gatti!

also, pacquiao/de la hoya was NOT a title fight.

pacman vs. david diaz

terry norris vs. john mugabi

Damn you X, I thought I'd be the first to mention Johnson vs Jeffries.

If not that one, then Jack Johnson vs Tommy Burns is worthy of entry, although I haven't see much of it.

In terms of ones that went the full distance, ones that come to mind are

Ali vs Terrell
Mayweather vs Baldomir
Calzaghe vs Lacy
Whitaker vs Haugen
Whitaker vs Ramirez II
Whitaker vs Diaz
Winky vs Trinidad
B-Hop vs Echols
Jones Jr vs Johnson

Those that ended early

Mayweather vs Corrales
Mayweather vs Gatti
Mayweather vs Genaro Hernandez
Caballero vs Molitor
Juanma vs Penalosa
Pacquiao vs Diaz
Pacquiao vs Ledwaba
Pacquiao vs Morales III
Mosley vs Molina
Mosley vs Leija

There's probably others, I'm just stuck thinking of a few fighters at the moment.

Being a tad biased but Kostya Tszyus wins over Ruelas, Angel Gonzales and Tackie are brutal and completely one sided.

Sticking with Foreign born Aussie based fighters, Darchinyans win over Mijares was one sided and a big surprise.

Toney over Nunn was one sided considering the roll Nunn was on.

Kessler over Andrade was a complete shut out.

Hopkins over Trinidad.

How about Roy Jones over everybody from 1989 to 2003!

If your talking one sided, there are loads that are probably so one sided they slip off your radar. Recent one I can think of are as good as any, not as brutal, but one sided.

Khan v Salaita was a world title match. That was like fighting me!

one of the most one sided and bizzar fights i ever saw was riddick bowe vs andrew gallota, gallota smacked him around all night with riddick winning not many rounds but won on disqualification. he got fucked up but gallota got careless and threw the fight away 4 tha second time. There was something xtreamly pathetic about seeing bowe lying on the canvas fucked up with the ring announcer announcing him tha winner. gallotas fault though, his a wanker of the highest order.

Also iron mike vs larry holmes was a massacre.

Throw in Calzaghe v roy jones jr too.

Big joe humiliated roy the poser.

Alot of RJJ fights before the first Tarver fight were pretty onesided including the fights against Hopkins and Toney...

I’m realy realy stunned, nobody mentioned Klitschko brothers. :o
WTF is Lyle ? :confused:
Now seriosely, in the last years all their fights were more than one-side:
Wlad vs. Brewster, Calvin Brock, Thompson … etc.
Vitali vs. Samuel Peter, Arreola, Kevin Johnson … etc.

Azumah Nelson vs Jeff Fenech 2.........after the 1st heavily disputed "draw",did anyone see this brutal mugging coming ?

Hopkins beating Pavlik was a big one. Real beatdown for 12 rounds and a big upset considering the age gap.

Tyson vs Lewis is also a good one i think ..