Which was the better fight?

[Rubio MHS]

Hagler-Hearns or Corrales-Castillo I?

Someone brought this up in another thread, and Jaws asked me to start a new topic about it. I vote for Hagler-Hearns, because Hagler didn't need to spit out his mouthpiece to get extra time, and because Castillo wasn't as good as Hearns.

[Matchup_Analyzer]

Damn man, Corrales-Castillo 1 was a war that would make the old timers proud, I am also proud to have witnessed Corrales in that war live on Showtime

[Xplosive]

Easily Corrales-Castillo! EASILY!

[Rubio MHS]

There was so little skill invovled in Corrales-Castillo I. You might as well have been watching Frank "The Animal" Fletcher against William "Caveman" Lee.

[Matchup_Analyzer]

Do the board a favor and just go away, you're an idiot

[Rubio MHS]

Sith-Moshipour was better.

[Matchup_Analyzer]

You're just being an ass, and a lot of posters can be asses once in a while, but your timing is just ridiculously idiotic :flip:

[Rubio MHS]

Stop trying to hijack the topic. Why is a bout between two pugs better than Hagler-Hearns?

[Tam Tam]

Sith v Monshipour MAY have been better, but Corrales v Castillo I WAS better than the most overrated 'classic' fight of all-time.

[Matchup_Analyzer]

Corrales-Castillo 1 was the best war I've seen live on SHowtime, it had me on the edge of my seat in many a round and at the end, and had my complete attention, I wasn't even thinking about chips. drink or popcorn during that fight

Sith-Monshipour I saw days later after hearing how good it was

[Ugotabe Kidding]

Not to disrespect Corrales' death in any way but I didn't find his slugfest agaisnt Castillo very entertaining at all. Sure both showed bravery (allthough Corrales cheated at the end) but it was just a bit better version of Gatti-Ward. Hagler-Hearns was much more skilful action

[royyjonesjrp4pno1]

Castillo-Corrales 1 is way better then Hagler-Hearns. Hagler Hearns had 1 good round. Corrales-Castillo 1 had 10. Do the math.

[mexican wedding shirt]

Corrales Castillo. Far more drama. It was a brutal first round, hearns landed some good shots etc, but after hagler got cut he basically just battered him and took him out in the 3rd round. Maybe it was the best 3 round fight ever, but not the best fight ever.

[Maverick]

Hagler/Hearns was barely a fight. A competitive first round, then Hagler just kicked Tommy's ass for the next 2 rounds. How exactly does this qualify as a great fight?

Corrales/Castillo at least was more action packed and had momentum shifts.

[mexican wedding shirt]

Hagler/Hearns was barely a fight. A competitive first round, then Hagler just kicked Tommy's ass for the next 2 rounds. How exactly does this qualify as a great fight?

Corrales/Castillo at least was more action packed and had momentum shifts.

My point exactly.

[Arben]

Hagler vs. Hearns wins this one.


Anyone that says Corrales vs. Castillo involved "so little skill," as one idiot put it, is absolutely insane.

[Double L]

There was so little skill invovled in Corrales-Castillo I. You might as well have been watching Frank "The Animal" Fletcher against William "Caveman" Lee.

i know you'll cite conventional wisdom as proof that i'm wrong, but in my opinion there was more skill on display in Corrales-Castillo I than there was in Hagler-Hearns. Hagler-Hearns was like a bar-room brawl with nothing being set up.

Castillo/Corrales on the other hand was fought largely with short and accurate punches, with both guys working to time the other and set up their combinations.

[Inside Whiskey's sister 24/7]

Castillo vs.Corrales I....


I never got all the hype about Hearns vs. Hagler, i guess you/we had to see it LIVE when it happen...but watching it years after the fact(like me) just doesn't hold up.

[slystaff]

Hagler-Hearns or Corrales-Castillo I?

Someone brought this up in another thread, and Jaws asked me to start a new topic about it. I vote for Hagler-Hearns, because Hagler didn't need to spit out his mouthpiece to get extra time, and because Castillo wasn't as good as Hearns.

Corrales-Castillo 1, UNDOUBTEDLY. Not even close.

Hagler-Hearns was basically just about the 1st round. Chico-Castillo had 10 rounds with virtually the same action and an INCREDIBLE ending!

[whiskey]

Corrales-Castillo 1, not even close.

[Erratic]

Corrales-Castillo I.

Maybe my opinion would be different if I saw Hagler-Hearns live and it being a megafight.

Corrales-Castillo still had more rounds of sustained action, regardless. Round 8 was on par with round 1 of Hagler-Hearns, and round 8 wasn't even the best round of that fight. It was more closely contested throughout than Hagler-Hearns.

[ArturoGatti]

Corrales/Castillo 1, without a doubt.

[Baron]

On one side you have idiots only liking fights if there's blood streaming from the fighters but on the other side you have snobs who are just as dumb who call a violent fight a skillless brawl just because a lot of punches were thrown. They're equally ridiculous IMO.

As for the question, no doubt Corrales Castillo 1 was a better fight. This fight was less hyped though so I can understand those who watched Hearns Hagler live and prefer it because it clearly matched the huge hype.

[Neil]

Corrales Castillo.

[ArturoGatti]

It's 13-3 so far in the favour of C/C 1.

Not much of a battle, to be honest.

[CleanYourClock]

Hagler-Hearns or Corrales-Castillo I?

Someone brought this up in another thread, and Jaws asked me to start a new topic about it. I vote for Hagler-Hearns, because Hagler didn't need to spit out his mouthpiece to get extra time, and because Castillo wasn't as good as Hearns.

I would have to go with Corrales / Castillo 1 simply because it lasted longer - giving us more to soak in and appreciate ...

[mikE]

corrales castillo I is better than hagler hearns and there are a LOT of fights in-between them.

[Erratic]

corrales castillo I is better than hagler hearns and there are a LOT of fights in-between them.

I agree.

I've seen a lot of fights better than Hagler-Hearns.

But as I said before, Hagler-Hearns might be higher on my list if I had seen it live.

[ArturoGatti]

If this was a real fight, it probably would have been stopped, on page one.

[Erratic]

Not to disrespect Corrales' death in any way but I didn't find his slugfest agaisnt Castillo very entertaining at all. Sure both showed bravery (allthough Corrales cheated at the end) but it was just a bit better version of Gatti-Ward. Hagler-Hearns was much more skilful action

Corrales and Castillo showed plenty of skill fighting on the inside.

It was way more skillful than Gatti-Ward.

[steve_dave]

If this was a real fight, it probably would have been stopped, on page one.

:lol:

[lb 4 lb]

Stop trying to hijack the topic. Why is a bout between two pugs better than Hagler-Hearns?
Of course you're right because so many sports historians, anaylists, and blow by blow announcers continue to annually back you up with this b.s that it's caused millions of people to become brainwashed and not think for themselves. Kudos to anyone on here who picked Corrales-Castillo and even to those who didn't as long as you made a good argument. For those just spreading the myth, my advice is learn to think and make judgements for yourself without letting others dictate your opinion.

By the way I think it's easily CC over HH simply because one was a short dominiation and the other was a long action packed fight that swung back and fourth and had multiple knockdowns. It also had one of the most exciting comebacks in history dispite the so called cheating.

[Erratic]

How would you compare Corrales's 10th round comeback with that of Earnie Shavers against Tiger Williams?

[Cheo Malanga]

Most of you guys are too young to have enjoyed Hagler - Hearns when it actually happened. If you had, you would hold their encounter in higher regard. Having said that, the ammount of action sustained in Corrales - Castillo, as well as the skill level of the competitors in said bout is sublime.

[slystaff]

Corrales and Castillo showed plenty of skill fighting on the inside.

It was way more skillful than Gatti-Ward.

:lol:

Erratic...why do you constantly regurgitate ANCIENT threads? :doh:

[ArturoGatti]

:lol:

Erratic...why do you constantly regurgitate ANCIENT threads? :doh::nono:

if he didn't do it, then my joke from the previous post would have gone on unnoticed, forever.

[lb 4 lb]

Most of you guys are too young to have enjoyed Hagler - Hearns when it actually happened. If you had, you would hold their encounter in higher regard. Having said that, the ammount of action sustained in Corrales - Castillo, as well as the skill level of the competitors in said bout is sublime.
That's the beauty of video my friend. We have the technical technology to go back in time and disprove this stupid myth that has gone on long enough. The HH fight is flat out not better than CC. At least in our opinions.

[steve_dave]

:nono:

if he didn't do it, then my joke from the previous post would have gone on unnoticed, forever.

:bears:

[Erratic]

:lol:

Erratic...why do you constantly regurgitate ANCIENT threads? :doh:

Sometimes I get bored and just feel like it. :dunno:

[Cheo Malanga]

That's the beauty of video my friend. We have the technical technology to go back in time and disprove this stupid myth that has gone on long enough. The HH fight is flat out not better than CC. At least in our opinions.

Let me be a little clearer, as you seemed to not understand me. People who saw Hagler - Hearns when it happened hold it in higher regard that people who watched it later. Yet, Corrales - Castillo I was better.

[az cat]

Hagler-Hearns scores nostalgia points for most old time boxing fans, and it also gets points for delivering excitement after all that pre-fight hype. Plus, it was fought in front of a frenzied, packed house while C/C I was looked like a Kansas City Royals game in mid August.

But as far as the action in the ring, I really don't see how its even a contest: Castillo-Corrales was the much better fight.

[Xplosive]

Corrales-Castillo by a country mile!

Ive said it a million times before and will continue to say it. Hagler-Hearns is the most OVERRATED fight of all time!

[Trplsec]

Castillo vs.Corrales I....


I never got all the hype about Hearns vs. Hagler, i guess you/we had to see it LIVE when it happen...but watching it years after the fact(like me) just doesn't hold up.


You hit the nail on the head. In order to appreciate Hagler-Hearns, you had to watch it live with complete uncertainty of the outcome. You have to have seen it without knowing if one of Tommy's big right hands was going to stop Marvin.

Looking back now, with the knowledge of who wins and how, it is little more than a beating by Hagler. But trust me, when it happened it was 2+ rounds of shear entertainment.

[Trplsec]

Corrales-Castillo by a country mile!

Ive said it a million times before and will continue to say it. Hagler-Hearns is the most OVERRATED fight of all time!


How old are you? Did you watch it live?

[Xplosive]

How old are you? Did you watch it live?

No. Still, whats that have to do with it? I didnt watch Hagler-Mugabi live either, but can still look back on it and say it was a great fight. Hagler-Hearns was a 1 round action fight. Only the 1st was great.

[LATIN KING]

It's funny how some of you are acting like there is a right or wrong answer.:lol:

It's a matter of choice. Clearly both were exciting enough to even have this argument.

I personally liked Corrales/Castillo simply cause it lasted more. but Chico spitting the mouth piece is what saved him from being KOd and created the late comeback drama.

But to some people that took away from what CAstillo was doing in that 10th round. you can look at it as cheating or you can give Chico props for surviving in that situation. It dependes on each point of view.

Hagler/Hearns was shorter but it was a train wreck from the beginning. It's too bad Tommy broke his hand, alot of people forget that part and think Hagler simply kicked his ass after the first round.

Both fights were pretty fucking good IMO.

[Erratic]

Corrales-Castillo by a country mile!

Ive said it a million times before and will continue to say it. Hagler-Hearns is the most OVERRATED fight of all time!

I might go with Holyfield-Tyson I. That actually won Fight of the Year when it wasn't even a top 5 fight that year, and wasn't the best HW fight in the last two months of the year.

Quartey-DLH is up there too. People often say it was a great fight. 10 of the 12 rounds were basically a posing jab-fest.