Your Personal Emotional High's and Low's Within Boxing ......

On the the back of Valero's death, this got me thinking a little. I enjoyed watching Valero, as did most boxing fans, and as sad as his situation was, I can't honestly say that it was a personal emotional low in my boxing life, more a shock. It was obviously very bad news for everyone involved, but because Valero hadnt really left a mark on me emotionally as a fighter, I guess it's one that hasnt left a real personal emotional scar.

For every true fight fan, there have been times throughout our lives that we have been ridiculously elated with certain results, situations etc, and also times when we have felt as sick as parrot with lock-jaw. I just wondered what are everyones top 3 personal highs and lows to date ?

- Personal High's -

1.- Hatton's win over Tszyu

I guess this would have to rank as the highest point in my own boxing life. To see someone I'd followed, then became friends with, realise his dream in front of his home fans on that magical night in Manchester will take some beating. I dont think I have ever felt so happy, proud, relieved or ecstatic as I did on that night. We partied for days and I was high as a kite on pure emotion for days afterwards. The fact I was there to watch it live certainly added to everything.

2. - Oscar's win over Vargas

With all the bad-blood that preceded this fight, and with Oscar being one of my all-time favourite fighters, this has to be number 2 for me. The way he dispatched of Vargas that night was clinical and extremely satisfying. Staying up until the early hours just to watch the fight on T.V, and all the emotions I felt during the fight made it all the more special at the end. I remember trying to sleep after the fight and just couldnt, I was buzzing like a bee with a vibrator up its ass.

3. - Meeting Hatton and Duran

I guess this will have to be my 3rd choice, it's not often you get to meet two of your own personals idols in one night. This was the first time Duran had ever set foot on these shores, and it was also the first time I was introduced to Ricky. It was a fantastic night that paved the way for our future friendship. The best Boxing Dinner I have ever attended, topped off by our taxi ride back to the hotel which involved picking up Ken Buchanan. Priceless.

- Personal Low's -

1. Hatton getting laid cold by Manny

Easily the biggest low of my boxing life to date. I felt sick to my stomach before the fight and even worse after it. One of the most brutal KO's you could ever see, and against your favourite fighter. I walked out of the MGM Grand and walked all the way back down the strip to the Wynn in a haze. I got into my hotel room, took a valium ordered a Pizza and went to sleep. Saturday night in Vegas and I was in bed. That alone says it all. Devastated. I didnt expect Rick to win the fight, and I was half expecting the worst, but I never expected that.

2. Oscar's loss to Manny

This was extremely hard to watch, and I think every punch Manny threw seemed to hurt me more than it did Oscar. To see your hero, past his sell by date, getting beaten up so badly, was horrific viewing. A massive low for me, and something I wish I'd never seen.

3. Benn's loss to Watson

Benn was a huge idol of mine when I was younger, and the defeat to Watson was the first time I shed a boxing tear. I never thought Watson could hand my hero his first loss in such decisive fashion. I was gutted for days afterwards, much in the same way I was when Tyson lost to Douglas, a myth shattered, and it hurt.

I can actually think of so many more low's than high's that I could have added. I know this cant be the case, maybe you just remember the bad times more than you do the good ??

Either way, what's everybody else's personal High's and Low's in boxing ?

Highs

Benn beating mcClellen

Hatton beating Tszyu

Pacquiao beating barrera

Lewis beating tyson

Lewis beating vitali


lows

Mayweather beating Hatton

Pac beating hatton

pac beating Morales (seeing erik past it)

Morales coming back



I'll think of more later.

Great thread.

Personal highs

1/ Mosley knocking out Margarito.
Im a massive Mosley fan but coming into the fight even I had doubts that he could win let alone knock Margo out in such a devastating fashion. The way Margarito walked through Cottos punches i thought he was gunna do the same to Mosley.

2/ Mosley knocking out big mouth Mayweather and giving him his first loss.
Ok so it aint happened yet but only just under 12 days till it does;D

Personal lows

1/ Mayweather knocking hatton out. Coming into the fight I was sure Hatton had the pressure fighting style to beat Floyd and to see him knocked out by the ring post left me gutted for weeks.

2/ Cotto taking such a beating from Margarito, it still kills me everytime I watch the fight after Cotto boxed so beautifully for the half of the fight but only to get such a beat down in the later rounds. His swollen and bloody face after the fight with his kids crying in the crowd was hard to take.

Highs

Calzaghe beating Lacy everyone thought Lacy was the second coming of Mike Tyson and he just got whooped for 12 rounds.

Calzaghe beating B-Hop that cheating bastard had shouting at the tv i was totally unsure of the outcome but when Joe's hand was raised i was in hysterics!

Oscar De La Hoya beating Julio Cesar Chavez i saw it as many did like passing of the torch and how dominant Oscar was it just got jumping up and down!

Low's

Ricky Hatton losing to Pacquiao i really thought it was going to be a simple night for the Hitman and had made a bet on the fight i dont know what was worse!

Cotto losing to Margarito he started so well then it just seem'd to go down hill i just couldnt believe he lost.

Edwin Valero's death i was a fan and i just cant believe it it all happened so quick i was really looking forward to seeing him in with some of the best i just know it would have brought out the best in him, guess we will never know. :-\

• Personal highs
• Just knowing that roberto duran existed. And what he accomplished
• Hattons win over tyszu
• Calzaghe whips lacy
• Winning my first amateur bout 5 years ago

• Personal lows
• Hatton getting sparked by mayweather
• Hatton getting sparked by pacman
• my first loss as an amateur
• When pacman and mayweather fight broke down

Highs
Tommy Hearns beating Roldan.
Lloyd Honeyghan beating Curry.
Buddy McGirt beating Simon Brown in a masterclass.
J.C.Chavez beating Rosario.
Julian Jackson 1 punch KOING Herol Graham.

Lows.
Marvin Hagler beating Tommy Hearns.
Iran Barkley beating Hearns.
Eubank beating Benn.
Steve Collins beating Benn.

Personal Highs

Hopkins dominating Pavlik. Although i thought Hopkins would win, i had my doubts about his ability to fight at a elite level for 12 rounds against a pressure fighter with very good power like Pavlik. I couldn't of been happier with his performance that night.

Bradley beating Witter. This was before i was really a fan of Bradley but i was seriously rooting for him because i couldn't stand Witter and i didn't like the fact he was totally looking past Bradley. Bradley put on a good performance, outsmarting Witter, dropping him and taking a decision win. One judge scored it for Witter, i don't know what that judge was watching.

Personal Lows

Margarito beating Cotto. To put it simply, Margarito battered Cotto into quitting. Cotto's face was a mess, his family was in tears. It's hard to watch one of your favourite fighters get beat up like that.

Mayweather beating Marquez. I wish Marquez never took this fight because although it made him big bucks, it shattered his chances of getting a third Pacquiao fight. Marquez had every stacked against him and on the night it was all there to be seen. Mayweather was stronger, bigger, faster and simply put.......better. Marquez looked totally confused in there. I hope he bounces back in his next fight.

Highs
Hatton win against Tsyzu
Lewis win against Tyson
Calzaghe win against Lacy
Paul Ingle against Junior Jones

Lows
Manny Pac Ko'ing Hatton
Manny stopping De la Hoya
Paul Ingle suffering a brain tumour in a fight.

Haha my low is opposite to all the Brits on here.

Lows
Tszyu losing to Hatton.
RJJ getting KO'd by fghters he'd have owned in his prime.

Highs
Tszyu knocking Zab out.
Watching the Marquez/Vasquez trilogy.

In no particular Order:

Highs:
McGuigan Pedroza
Honeyghan Curry
Harrison Sprott II
Foreman Ali
Foreman Moorer
Benn Mclellan

Lows
Mclellan's Injury
Hagler Minter
Calzaghe Reid
Watson Eubank II

Lows:

RJJ Getting knocked out by Tarver and Johnson
RJJ Gettng knocked out by Green (coz I saw it live)
Tszyu getting beat by Hatton (this one hurt for a while)

Highs:

Mundine beating Green (satisfaction coz I had been saying it would happen for yrs)
Tszyu comin back from injury and destroying Sharmba Mitchell in the second fight
Mayweather knocking out Hatton
Watching the Castillo/Corrales fight coz its without a doubt in my mind the best fight I have seen and my generation will probably see for some time
Danny Green nearly knocking beyer out in the 12th round of their second fight (had me on my feet at very early time in the morning and just showed sheer determination)
Holyfield punching the shit out of Tyson

Heaps more just cant think of them right now.

High

1: Hatton beating Tszyu

2: Hatton beating Castillo

3: The Castillo - Corrales fight


Low

1: Hatton getting ko'd by Mayweather (although i'm ok with that now)

2: Hatton getting ko'd by Pacman

3: Both Corrales and Gatti's deaths

Lows:
1. Wlad's losses to Sanders and especially Brewster...vs Brewster I saw Wlad throw everything at the guy and then just get to the point where he couldn't even keep his hands up. I said "It's over, he's done". I never thought he'd be able to recover.

2. Miguel Cotto's losses to Pacquiao and Margarito...the guy is just ALL heart and for him to get beat down like those are just hard to watch when you're pulling for the guy getting beat up.

3. RJJ's losses to Tarver and Glen Johnson. I was actually able to feel good about Glen Johnson because he's a class act. Tarver is just a giant piece of shit!

Highs:
1. Wlad vs Sam Peter, the guy everyone thought was finished fought through adversity (3 knockdowns), never complained about the punches to the back of the head, and he showed composure in that fight. He's been great ever since.

2. Seeing my friends from the gym have pro matches and do very well. Yeah it's cheesy but North Carolina ain't exactly boxing central and it was good to see those guys do well.

3. My first ever sparring session, I've never really been in real fights before #1 I am a very friendly guy #2 I guess people never wanted to fight me and #3 I never went looking for trouble. I was very nervous but I did well and landed some decent punches....later in my sparring I made one of my opponents miss me with 7 or so consecutive punches and being as big as I am people should note I'm not exactly Pernell Whittaker either.

Emotional high:

First sanctioned amateur boxing match. Had no idea if I was any good, but suspected I wasn't. Was fighting in a casino in the USA in front of 1000+ people against a local, who was 2 yrs older and heavier with more experience...and got boo'd real hard walkin to the ring. Almost ran out of the place i ws so scared. I boxed his damn face off and shut the crowd up. It was my 13th birthday. That was my greatest high.

Have gone undefeated since, 2 provincial titles, in novice and open class, then recently National Open Class Champion. But that still pales in comparison to my first match on the emotional high level.

Emotional low:

It's been a long series of lows in increments since joining the online boxing community. Due mostly to learning how shady, ugly and dishonest the highest levels of this sport have been, and currently are.

Highs:
- Sitting ringside for OLH-Bredahl & Toney-Littles, JLC-Corrales 1, Izzy-Rafa I & III, Martinez-Bunema, CQ-Paul I... Among others.
- Having met so many legends Lopez, ODLH, PBF, SSM, Danny Lopez, Emile, Norris, Yaqui Lopez, Chacon, Carlos Ortiz not to metion Barrera, JMM, Erik Morales and Pacquiao. Along with loads more.
- Getting my glove signed by Pacquiao, JMM and MAB. I have yet to get Erik to sign it but now that he's back in the circuit I might be able to get it done without having to travel to TJ where he promotes fight cards.
- As for fights go; Morales beats MAB, Morales beats Pac, MAB beats Naz, ODLH beats Vargas, JMM vs Pac I & II, JCC beats Camacho, Baldomir beats Zab, Nonito beats Vic, Lopez beats Alvarez I.


Lows:
- The recent deaths in boxing but I have to say Alexis death hit me hard.
- Margarito plaster
- Panchito Bojado turns out to be a bust.
- Finding out about Resto-Collins.
- As far as fights go; Cottos loses mainly Pacs as I don't account for the loss to Margarito, ODLH losing to SSM, JCC losing to ODLH, Andrade getting robbed vs. Bute, Erik losing to Pac, Kessler losing to Joe, Vitali losing to Lennox, Kats losing to Casa, Cazares losing to Ivan.

Here's some that quickly came to mind...

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Originally Posted by Hornfinger

Highs

Benn beating mcClellen

Hatton beating Tszyu

Pacquiao beating barrera

Lewis beating tyson

Lewis beating vitali


lows

Mayweather beating Hatton

Pac beating hatton

pac beating Morales (seeing erik past it)

Morales coming back



I'll think of more later.

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Pretty much the reverse to those :D.

Highs

Benn beating Mclellan

Calzaghe beating Lacy

Bruno beating mccall

gatti ward and vazquez marquez trilogies!

Lows

Hatton,s KO defeats

Tyson's demise

Mccall beating Lewis

Robin Ried's robbery against Sven Ottke

Gatti, Arguello, Sutherland, Forrest and now Valero R.I.P. Waste.

Highs..

Foreman v Holyfield. The very first ppv I chipped in on and first time gathered up drinking some beers at a friends house. Went into the fight 'an absolute farce' but came out with renewed respect for both.

Seeing Yuri Arbachakov, Koichi Wajima, Guts Ishimatsu, Harada, Joe Tatsuyoshi, Jung Koo Chang, Yuh, and Orzubek Nazarov for the very first time. Some were current and some were retired but "discovering" new Asian fighters by trading for tapes opened up the sport long before point & click came along.

Holyfield v Cooper and Tyson v Douglas. Probably the only two fights I've ever watched parts of with my Father.

Michael Carbajal v Humberto Gonzalez. A monumental masterpiece. Two legends, two ring announcers, two major competing promotions coming together to guarantee the first million dollar paydays at weight and just a gem of a war.

Genaro Hernandez v Raul Perez II. Still one of the classiest guys to ever take the ring hands over the title belt he just defended to the 'idol' he just beat.

Juan Manuel Marquez v Manny Pacquiao IIII. Of everything Marquez earned in the ring, he very much earned that victory.

Nigel Benn v Iran Barkley
Livingston Bramble v Oba Carr
James Toney v Vassiliy Jirov
Marco Antonio Barrera v Kennedy McKinney
Ray Mercer v Tommy Morrison
Frankie Randall v Julio C Chavez I
Jean Pascal v Badou Jack
Aaron Davis v Mark Breland
Terry Norris v Troy Waters
Bernard Hopkins v Felix Trinidad on and on and on..I'll do some lows later maybe.

Highs:

Ali-Foreman.... the upset of the century and other than Tyson-Douglas still one of the biggest of all time

Duran-Leonard I..... I was rooting for Leonard, but appreciated the fight I had just seen

Leonard-Hearns I..... another one of those classics I was happy to have seen

Gomez-Zarate..... big, bad, undefeated Zarate... conqueror of countryman Zamora and the favorite in some minds. Utter destruction.

Rosario-Bramble..... never saw it coming. Thought Bramble was going to be too strong and durable.

Tszyu-Judah..... never liked Judah at that time, and thoroughly enjoyed the chicken dance.

Trinidad-Vargas..... still my all-time favorite fight. Lost my voice for 3 days from yelling in celebration.

Mosley-Margarito..... bounced around a hotel room where I was watching the fight. Double happy to see when Cheato was exposed.

Manny-Margarito..... karma

Cotto-Margarito II...... wanted a KO, but settled for the stoppage and "drop dead" stare at the end.

Trinidad-Joppy...... wasn't quite convinced Trinidad could beat a middleweight champion in his first fight at MW. Was pleasantly surprised.



Lows:

Duran-De Jesus III...... Esteban had already beaten Duran once and had that vaunted left hook he had floored Duran with. Later on Duran would say Esteban was his toughest and paid his respects. Beat Esteban by TKO that day, though.

Hopkins-Trinidad...... my coming down to earth moment.

Cotto-Margarito I...... always wondered how Cotto's face was so broken up in a fight he was winning until the 6th round. Got my answer in the Margarito-Mosley fight.

Pryor-Arguello I and II...... Arguello was one of my favorites, although he had beaten local champ Alfredo Escalera in a brutal fight.

Holmes-Ali...... never liked Holmes, and couldn't believe they had let Ali get in the ring again.

Floyd-Manny...... I expected SO much more from that fight....



Sure I'm forgetting many highs and lows..... will add as I remember them.

High

Tyson becoming youngest heavyweight champion of the world.
Benn beating G Man – where I actually was jumping for joy at the turnaround from the disastrous 1st round. Real life Rocky fight.

Eric Morales v Barrera 1, was about 5am stayed up all night but that fight woke me up and buzzing. I wanted Morales to win but MAB was amazing, that night.

AJ v Wlad got me excited again just like watching Holyfield v Bowe again.

Watching Tyson, Roy Jones, Holyfield (Cruiserweight), Chavez, Sweat Pea, Manny Pac, Loma in their primes.

Low

Herol Graham getting stopped by Frank Grant and knew it was the end of the brilliant and elusive boxer. That he would never be able to show that he would have beaten Benn and Eubank.

Tyson being stopped by Lennox Lewis, my idol beaten.

Floyd conning people that into thinking that he was ATG

Why have we dug this thread up?
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Why have we dug this thread up?
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