OK my favorite one: I watched this live on ABC sports when I was 12 years old, it was amazing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8AVcEyyMco
@Dia bando I saw this live mate, even at age 12 I knew it was something special.
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OK my favorite one: I watched this live on ABC sports when I was 12 years old, it was amazing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8AVcEyyMco
@Dia bando I saw this live mate, even at age 12 I knew it was something special.
It Should Be Broken Down By Decades
1970's
#1 ......... George Foreman vs. Ron Lyle
#2 ......... Ron Lyle vs. Earnie Shavers
#3 ......... Joe Frazier vs. Muhammad Ali 'I'
#4 ......... Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier 'II'
#5 ......... Earnie Shavers vs. Roy 'Tiger' Williams
#6 ......... Muhammad Ali vs. Oscar Bonavena
#7 ......... Jerry Quarry vs. Joe Alexander
#8 ......... Ron Stander vs. Earnie Shavers
#9 ......... Jose Luis Garcia vs. Ken Norton 'I'
#10 ....... Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier 'III'
#11 ....... Ernie Terrell vs. Jose Luis Garcia
#12 ....... Floyd Patterson vs. Oscar Bonavena
#13 ....... Chuck Wepner vs. Terry Hinke
#14 ....... Jerry Quarry vs. Larry Middleton
#15 ....... Sonny Liston vs. Chuck Wepner
Smokin Bert vs Michael Moorer - one of the best first rounds ever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BIcTfGaFVs
Brewster vs Etienne - another amazing round 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkXBjfIhonA
Liakhovich vs Brewster
Vitali vs Lennox
Holyfield vs Bowe I-III
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"Oh yeah. There was a lot of action there in the 1970's."
Jaclyn Smith
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Moorer v Cooper is my personal favourite.
I also like Holyfield v Dokes.
Gotta give a shout out to Tua/Ibeabuchi. Its like they both left their careers in that fight.
!960's
#1 ....... Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson 'III'
#2 ....... Floyd Patterson vs. George Chuvalo
#3 ....... Sonny Liston vs. Cleveland Williams 'II'
#4 ....... Joe Frazier vs. Jerry Quarry 'I'
#5 ....... Joe Frazier vs. Oscar Bonavena 'I'
#6 ....... Doug Jones vs. Zora Folley 'II'
#7 ....... Leotis Martin vs. Sonny Banks
#8 ....... Amos Lincoln vs. Thad Spencer 'II'
#9 ....... Jimmy Ellis vs. Oscar Bonavena
#10 ..... Buster Mathis vs. George Chuvalo
#11 ..... Jerry Quarry vs. Floyd Patterson 'I'
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Originally Posted by IamInuit
Of course that is one of the very best , nice one.
What makes it really great is Cosell's commentary.Quote:
Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust
"This is not artistic, but it is SLUGGING!"
"AHHHH now George struck back! George struck back!"
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Originally Posted by Bill Paxtom
"Yes, I was there in the 1960's. I was on 'top' of everything."
Stella Stevens
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Untold amounts of punching power in that fight.Quote:
Originally Posted by IamInuit
Thriller in Manilla is an obvious one for me.
Belive it or not, the first Skelton v Williams fight made me wince a little. Especially when that blood came pissing out of Skelton's head :X
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Originally Posted by Jimanuel BoogustusUntold amounts of punching power in that fight.Quote:
Originally Posted by IamInuit
Thriller in Manilla is an obvious one for me.
Belive it or not, the first Skelton v Williams fight made me wince a little. Especially when that blood came pissing out of Skelton's head :X
did you hide behind the couch . like when the darleks used to come on tv ?
Lyle v Foreman is a proper slugfest - man slugging 😉
Love that fight and lost count of the amount of times I've watched it!
:D Darleks are for old people.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Lord AlQuote:
Originally Posted by Jimanuel BoogustusUntold amounts of punching power in that fight.Quote:
Originally Posted by IamInuit
Thriller in Manilla is an obvious one for me.
Belive it or not, the first Skelton v Williams fight made me wince a little. Especially when that blood came pissing out of Skelton's head :X
did you hide behind the couch . like when the darleks used to come on tv ?
Ron Lyle vs. Earnie Shavers
Just count the punches {'bombshells'} that landed.
Wow what a fight! 8 ounce gloves. Mental power and no skill.
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"Speaking of 'Bombshells'. Are you aware that I was voted as having the most
perfect 'Bombshell Body in 1963."
Stella Stevens
Age ................... 24
Height ............... 5' 5"
Weight .............. 118 lbs.
Shape ............... 37 ~ 23 ~ 36
Bombs .............. Exploding Bee's
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First one I thought of when I read the post.
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Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust
George Foreman could knock out an Amtrak train.
I was going to say Toney/Jirov but I believe that was actually cruiserweight.
Corrie Sanders v Hasim Rahman was fun. Alex Stewart v Ezra Sellers is one of the best heavyweight wars I've ever seen.
We all know the Vitali vs Lewis and the Bowe vs Holyfield fights were kind of unbeatable in terms of action and excitement.
1950's
#1 .... Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson 'I'
#2 .... Rocky Marciano vs. Jersey Joe Walcott 'I'
#3 .... Rocky Marciano vs. Archie Moore
#4 .... Sonny Liston vs. Mike DeJohn
#5 .... Bob Satterfield vs. Cleveland Williams
#6 .... Sonny Liston vs. Cleveland Williams 'I'
#7 .... Rocky Marciano vs. Rex Layne
#8 .... Mike DeJohn vs. Nino Valdes
#9 .... Rocky Marciano vs. Ezzard Charles 'I'
#10 .. Eddie Machen vs. Nino Valdes
#11 .. Ezzard Charles vs. Rex Layne 'I'
#12 .. Pat McMurty vs. George Chuvalo
"I turned {Age; 20} in October 1958. But I had a lot of experience with the Heavyweights."
Stella Stevens
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Another shout out for what must have been the top of the food chain in this category. Unfortunately no film exists but on a damp foggy evening in France in 1909 the world saw Jeanette vs McVey/McVea 3 in a fight to the finish. In all accounts I have come across, it delivered.
1900 thru 1909
#1 ....... Joe Jeannette vs. Sam McVea 'III'
#2 ....... James J. Jeffries vs. Robert Fitzsimmons 'II'
#3 ....... Sam McVea vs. Denver Ed Martin 'III'
#4 ....... Joe Jeannette vs. Sam McVea 'IV'
#5 ....... James J. Jeffries vs. Jim Corbett 'I'
#6 ....... Jack Johnson vs. Stanley Ketchell
#7 ....... Tommy Burns vs. Bill Lang 'I'
#8 ....... Gus Ruhlin vs. Tom Sharkey 'III'
#9 ....... Joe Choynski vs. Al Weinig
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"Can I make a suggestion for the missing '10 Incher' here."
Stella Stevens
http://mocholand.files.wordpress.com...pg?w=510&h=562
Round 15... Norton vs. Holmes... June 1978
One of the best Round 15's of all time... and quite a slugfest with everything on the line.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IupyEYB-27c
Not heavyweight but Holyfield vs Qawi was amazing.
Ernie Shavers vs Tex Cobb was a doozie.
Was Bert Cooper vs Ray Mercer mentioned? Mercer won with a balloon jaw....this was a hellatious scrap!!
Moorer vs Alex Stewart was pretty entertaining among with the Cooper fight called here.
Bert Cooper is why I made that journeyman thread awhile back. An up and comer had to walk through fire if Cooper was the opponent.
Lennox Lewis vs Ray Mercer
Larry Holmes vs Ken Norton
Norton vs Ali
Ali vs Frazier 1&3
Tua vs Rahman 1
Holy vs Bowe (all of them)
Holy vs Tyson
Holy vs Dokes
Marciano vs Ezzard Charles
Lennox vs Vitali
Earnie Shavers vs. Roy 'Tiger' Williams
More action in Round 10, than any Round in the George Foreman vs. Ron Lyle bout.
That's a Fact.
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"Do you want to see action. Come over here by the Pool. I'll show you some action."
Dorothy Malone
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Foreman had a few of them Lyle being the best one i think of his career those guys tried to kill each other also Copper i think i spelled his name wrong always had exciting fights. Holyfeilds fights with Bowe were pretty fucking great those guys did not have a stop button in there fights really.
Too one-sided maybe but I love Briggs-Lewis.
Been a while since i watch that fight did Briggs hurt Lewis at all in that fight i just remember the beat down and finish by Lewis but i might have to go back and watch it again. You know the heavy weight slugfest most of the time ended faster then any weight class most of the time anyhow.
Good calls in here. Two more obscure ones I like are Derick Jefferson-Maurice Harris, and Courage Tshabalala(however it's spelled) vs Darrel Wilson.
Tommy Morrison had a couple with Ruddock and Joe Hip as well, those were brutal fights. Also Corrie Sanders vs Rahman was a shootout.
In my memory Briggs rocked him a couple of times. Not watched it in years so could be my mind playing tricks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr140
Sanders fight is a good call man that shot Rahman hit him with was fucking would killed most people. That would also lead up to the biggest upset i think in that time frame with a win over Lewis. Thats the thing of heavies man no matter the talent a guy 220 plus hitting you right and goodnight dude or thats all she wrote. I mean Lewis is always given shit for those loses but he did avenge them and has one of best resume's at Heavyweight i rank that dude even higher then Mayweather i think he is most underrated fighter of his time really.
No you're right, I think it was all in the first round but Briggs came out bombs away and did hurt Lewis legit at least once, which made the rest of the fight stay interesting. That was his fight right after getting the questionable win over Foreman, I think Briggs knew he didn't have a shot to box him and so to his credit came to make it a war.Quote:
Originally Posted by ryanmanIn my memory Briggs rocked him a couple of times. Not watched it in years so could be my mind playing tricks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr140
Ok thanks I'm not mental. Lewis finished with huge overhand right and Briggs fell like a big redwood.Quote:
Originally Posted by p4pkingNo you're right, I think it was all in the first round but Briggs came out bombs away and did hurt Lewis legit at least once, which made the rest of the fight stay interesting. That was his fight right after getting the questionable win over Foreman, I think Briggs knew he didn't have a shot to box him and so to his credit came to make it a war.Quote:
Originally Posted by ryanmanIn my memory Briggs rocked him a couple of times. Not watched it in years so could be my mind playing tricks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr140
Just remember that fight being one that you didn't have a chance to sit down for, but not in a Lewis-Golota way.
~ Golden Oldies ~
* Clarence Henry vs. Bob Satterfield
* Sonny Liston vs. Zora Folley
* Doug Jones vs. Bob Foster
* Wayne Bethea vs. Ernie Terrell