Your Top (5) moments in boxing history

[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.

[X]

Seriously, you all think boxing history started so recently

What about

- John Heenan beat Tom Sayers in the first 'world championship' fights. The title 'world champion' is born and becomes the defining achievement of all future boxers and a proper money spinner!

- Jim Corbett beats John L Sullivan in the first boxing match under Queensbury Rules and with gloves, thus legitimising the sport and paving the way for it becoming a recognised sporting match.

- Jack Johnson beats up Tommy Burns to become the first non-White world heavyweight champion.

- Muhammad Ali refuses the draft and is stripped of his world title outside the ring, taking a political stand and getting the sport true worldwide mainstream coverage

- the Kefauver hearings in the States, which effectively removed organised crime from the ownership of the sport


That is all

[Master]

Unless you are 100 years old @x it says your top 5.

[SlimTrae]

Any wild moments...indirectly related to what goes on in the ring?

I stated one was Rahman-Maskaev melee..but I meant to say the Bowe-Golata melee.

Watching poor Lou Duva carried on a stretcher through the crowd, watching it almost tip over.
The fights in the crowd was WILD!!

The best press conference is a toss up between Ali-Frazier wrestling to the floor and Vargas-Mayorga!!! Vargas was throwing the sloppiest almost girlish punches.

[Britkid]

Watching live:

Getting chased by Lou Duva

Minter/Hagler riot

Bobby Frankham attacking the ref

Lewis KO'ing Ruddock

Benn/EubankII

On TV:

Hagler/Hearns

Hearns/Duran

Duran/Barkley

The bite

Honeyghan/Curry

[erics44]

The 5 fights that I'll remember the most I reckon are

Benn Eubank 1
Benn Maclellan
Bruno World Champ
Calzaghi v Lacy
Moore v Mackin

[Kirkland Laing]

Watching live:

Getting chased by Lou Duva

Minter/Hagler riot

Bobby Frankham attacking the ref

Lewis KO'ing Ruddock

Benn/EubankII

On TV:

Hagler/Hearns

Hearns/Duran

Duran/Barkley

The bite

Honeyghan/Curry

Honeyghan-Curry was fantastic. You got chased by Lou Duva?