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In this thread, feel free to post some classic fights.. Ill try to post some hidden classics that might not be familiar to some people.
Arce VS Hussein Hussein
This was on the Pacquiao-Morales 1 undercard and it stold the show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl_DEnxlg-Y
Don't know if this tops the first one action-wise, but is probably less well-known, and a pretty good fight too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3UNgXaO3Qo
Manassa Mauler Jack Dempsey vs The Wild Bull of the Pampas Luis Angel Firpo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwXTYFeZ7EY
Challenger Jack Dempsey vs Champion Jess Willard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhTP6yXju7g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3BTycNuY44
Big George Foreman vs Ron Lyle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp-anVlsVSE
I remember this as being a good fight. It involved a Philadelphian and a Canadian, so it can't be more than half bad!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iltNhZt5b3c
15 rounds, too.
Probably the greatest come-from-behind KO in the history of Boxing that many people havent got to witness..
Real bad KOrean, Soo Hwan Hong VS Carasquilla
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4Ku1vKlmSs
In Jin Chi beating on Michael BRodie like he stold something..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvZGTUj_qOQ
Chi was a tough man and brutalized Brodie in the second fight.
Whoa you guys are right. These fights are good
can never get over shock value of this fight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz3tPjLhw2U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvoqkVfnvnM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LftVChgeqA
brutal first 3 minutes!!! how could he take it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9O3vxoOWbU
Hey @greynotsoold - do you have anymore fun underrated LA fights? I feel like there was an era in LA between 1970-1988 or so that I am not as familiar with as I should be.
Chacon vs Olivares, the 9 round fight, not the 2 round fight when Chacon was weight drained.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDmfvWJrLPk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrmB17nOBcs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVlkvbR1YOo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPXa0tXZ7Tc
Olivares, for all his deserved reputation as a puncher, is one of the great tactical fighters, in my mind.
Good fight here...Zarate fought a lot around that part of the world. Davila trained at the same gym where I started and lived near me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiaQKw9oOxk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeKpHztDZBM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tI2R-jSbLQ
Davila was a childhood hero of mine, and he could fight. At his best, you had to beat Zarate or Wilfredo Gomez to beat him
That was at the Memorial Coliseum in LA.
The referee, George Latka, also worked the Davy Moore/Sugar Ramos fight at Dodger Stadium in which Moore was killed. He later owned a bar in Orange County, down by Huntington Beach High School (where all the girls look like Britney Spears). I was there in 1988 several times and could drive you there, but don't recall the streets. Mr Latka has since died.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rantcatrat
Great call! I rank that trilogy easliy in the top 20 personally. The Mouse bled when he just looked at a can of Barbasol, he and Banke RIP let it all hang out.Quote:
Originally Posted by greynotsoold
Should of been the Fight of the year for 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGmoZWC8Sy4
Jose Luis Lopez VS James Page
Lopez had a chin that put Margarito to shame, boxing skills of Delahoya, and punching power that was almost as good as Tito Trinidad but his downfall was that he had the mental makeup of Zab Judah.. If he dedicated himself to the sport 100%, he could have went down as one of the Mexican greats..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXJPpGVV3IU
There was never anything wrong with Lopez mental makeup. He just never cared much for boxing. To him it was always just a job. He did it cuz it paid him more than any regular 9 to 5. He never loved it. He loved surfing. But not boxingQuote:
Originally Posted by FinitoElDinamita
Lopez was talented but did not achieve what he should have.
The Great Donald Curry in his first world title fight against an undefeated Korean, Hwang Jun Suk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfDTDverB7M
Escobedo VS Salcido.. Vincente Escobedo was badass in this bout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLlweJptuVs
Somsak Sithchatchawal VS Mahyar Monshipour... 2006 FOTY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyMSCMnK7GY
Adamek VS Cunnigham
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7CVK4xLg2s
Over the hill Jung Koo Chang VS Humberto Gonzalez
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93KyOtkpW9Y