Your Top (5) moments in boxing history

[mikeeod]

Great topic/post!! My top 5 are:
1. Hagler vs Hearns: first fight I saw and I will never forget the electricity or excitement that surrounded that fight. To this day, I feel like it was the best fight I ever saw.
2. Evander Holyfield knocks out Mike Tyson: I'm a huge Holyfield fan and I had been dying to see this fight for years. Evander just had Tysons number, in my opinion, and he confirmed his ATG status with me on that night.
3. George Foreman knocks out Michael Moorer: one of the most historically significant fights ever. I bet big and won big on George that night, only made better by the fact that he was such a stand up guy and a favorite fighter of mine.
4. BHop stops Tito: Hop is one of my favorite fighters ever and this fight was his masterpiece. No other fighter of his generation ever matched the display of skill Bernard put on that night (defense, jab, angles, brawling, inside fighting, outside fighting, traps, countering, punching power...etc.).
5. Roy Jones Jr. Obliterates Montell Griffin: on this night Roy was scary. Most talented fighter ever, and on this night he showed the world what his potential truly was, and how superior his natural talent was to the rest of the world. I don't rank Roy high on my ATG list, but the Roy from that night could've probably beaten any fighter who ever laced up a pair of gloves.
Honorable mention: Jorge Castro come from behind stoppage of John David Jackson. Most amazing comeback and display of will/courage I've ever seen. I will never forget the crowd screaming and the sheer disbelief when a horribly beaten and swollen Castro came off the ropes to land that monster shot. Such an impressive display of punching power and BALLS!!!

[THE THIRD MAN]

I can only go on what i have seen while alive...

Foreman demoliton of Smokin' Joe....it just wasn't possible, but there you have it!
Ali KO's Foreman...nobody expected that...
Duran V Leonard 1...the biggest fight outside the Heavyweight division
Hagler V Hearns....i mean wow!
Tyson obliterating Berbick announcing his arrival as invincible?

[powerpuncher]

This is a list from what I saw during my lifetime (obviously)

5. Seeing wlad getting KO'd by Sanders. I didn't like wlad and never thought much of him but he was seen as the next big thing so I was sooooo happy to see him get KO'd. Then losing to Brewster was hilarious too.
4. Watching the first castillo-corrales fight. I wasn't really invested in either fighter but it was so exciting the whole time and then the ending made it epic.
3. Freitas knocking out barrios in the 12th round. I was a big fan of freitas (before he quit against corrales) and I had him down on my scorecard (even though the judges didn't but we know how judges work). I didn't want him to lose or get a gift decision. I wanted him to win legitimately. That last round knock out was awesome.
2. Morales beating pac. I was a huge Morales fan and hated Barrera. After pac destroyed Barrera, many people thought he would easily beat Morales. He was supposed to be the next big thing (which he did become) but Morales put him in his place for that fight at least.
1. JMM knocking out pac. I thought that JMM won the first 3 fights. The first and third I thought he was robbed and the 2nd was really close but I had JMM winning although it wasn't a terrible decision. I was so happy he could finally get that win without the judges robbing him again.

[IamInuit]

INPO

Hearns thumping Leonard for 13 rounds was both one of the finest moments of my time and also ending as one of the worst.

Calzaghe's spanking of the then indestructible Lacy.
Tito sparking Vargas
Jones v Griffin 2
Lennox stopping Vitali
Hatton stopping Zu

And a shout to Mab doing in Hamed.

[Master]

Tyson v Berbick – New Era in boxing as he was my idol.

Tyson v Spinks – just glad Mike got the job done from the perceived threat.

MAB v Morales – Stayed up until 4 am to watch tired but just wow when the fight was happening. Just woke me up.

Benn v G Man – proper Rocky movie knocked down and then gets up and wins. Never cheered so much in my life.

Not in my time but Ali on Parkinson Show when he blew away Michael that was brilliant.

[Kirkland Laing]

In no particular order.

Ali winning the title for the third time.

Berbick up down up down again against Tyson.

Kirkland Laing giving Duran a boxing lesson.

Hagler Hearns.

Barrera Morales 1.

Benn McClellan deserves a mention too. Like Benn says, it was his Rocky fight and would have made him a superstar had it not had the tragic aftermath.

[Kirkland Laing]

There are some good ones in this thread though. A good recent one, Maidana battering Broner.