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

[Jimmy G-Force]

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 ?

[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.

[Andre]

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.

Pretty much the reverse to those .

[lamble39]

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.

[Spicoli]

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.

[TitoFan]

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.

[Boxerharvey]

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

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.

[mattboxingfan]

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.

[Dark Lord Al]

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.

[Pugilistic]

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.

[littlebif]

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.

[paddy448]

• 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