Best "telephone booth" fights?

[Beanflicker]

What are some of the best fights that where both guys decided to fight primarily on the inside? Just rewatched Tua/Ibeabuchi for the first time in years. Any other fights that were fought like that? It's such a draining, brutal way for a fight to take place.

[Big-mike13]

Berto/Guerrero

[bradlee180]

Ron Lyle vs George Foreman

[bradlee180]

Corrales vs Castillo 1.



Why the devil did Corrales choose to fight inside and up close with Castillo?


Was it pride, being macho, a desire to beat Castillo at his own game, what?
At opening bell, neither man would give up ground, and by rd 3, nobody had yet established who would be the aggressor and who would be backing up (Quite amazing actually as this is often settled within the first 30 seconds).

If Corrales gave up ground and stayed at long-range, stayed behind his jab and long straight right, well, the fight wouldn't have been as good for the fans, but it would've been much easier on Corrales' body and may've prolonged his career. This was the kind of fight that ages a fighter.
Instead he got in up close and tight with Castillo right where Castillo wanted him. It wasn't any action nor ring-generalship of Castillo that forced Corrales to stand and duke it out; Corrales chose to fight that style.

Was that the point? Not to give up ground, to beat the man at his own game, to fight with b@lls like that?
The fans won because it was a terrific battle, but both fighters took so much damage.

Castillo did what he normally does, but why did Corrales fight that way? Corrales had other options available to him, other ways to fight, other tools.

I know fight-fans are glad he fought that style instead of boxing him from long-range.

[Beanflicker]

Bad strategy by Corrales for sure.

Castillo was so underrated. He was a fucking killer at that weight and could easily hold a win over prime PBF.

[walrus]

Rios v Alvarado 1 always liked that one

[bradlee180]

Buster Drayton decided to stand with Julian Jackson.
Not as bad a strategy as you'd think because Jackson had been knocked out by McCallum 2 years earlier.

[Kirkland Laing]

Corrales vs Castillo 1.



Why the devil did Corrales choose to fight inside and up close with Castillo?


Was it pride, being macho, a desire to beat Castillo at his own game, what?
At opening bell, neither man would give up ground, and by rd 3, nobody had yet established who would be the aggressor and who would be backing up (Quite amazing actually as this is often settled within the first 30 seconds).

If Corrales gave up ground and stayed at long-range, stayed behind his jab and long straight right, well, the fight wouldn't have been as good for the fans, but it would've been much easier on Corrales' body and may've prolonged his career. This was the kind of fight that ages a fighter.
Instead he got in up close and tight with Castillo right where Castillo wanted him. It wasn't any action nor ring-generalship of Castillo that forced Corrales to stand and duke it out; Corrales chose to fight that style.

Was that the point? Not to give up ground, to beat the man at his own game, to fight with b@lls like that?
The fans won because it was a terrific battle, but both fighters took so much damage.

Castillo did what he normally does, but why did Corrales fight that way? Corrales had other options available to him, other ways to fight, other tools.

I know fight-fans are glad he fought that style instead of boxing him from long-range.

Corrales should have been DQd for spitting his mouthpiece out to buy time. The wrong guy won that fight. It completely ruined the fight for me.

[X]

Jack Dempsey against anyone ..... But probably his slaughter of big Jess Willard. Awesome. Manassa Jack was one mean, bad, tough mofo.

[mikeeod]

JC Chavez vs Meldrick Taylor. Chavez was getting out hustled but destroying Meldrick physically. Chavez vs Rosario was also a brutal display of infighting. James Toney vs Evander, Barkley, Prince Charles Williams, and Jirov were all great displays of infighting. Floyd fought Hatton at close range until Ricky started to wilt n give Floyd space to unload those beautiful combinations.

[jon09]

The Classic Morales vs Barrera...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T08rzEhjmJM

[Spicoli]