Fights You Watched Today

I have absolutely no doubt that Vito and Hamsho would've beaten Mayweather up.

 

Vito would be too big and physical for Floyd.

 

You're welcome! Lol

But yeah, Borboa was a good fighter. Not in the same universe as Sal though, but he was solid.

I think he would have made for a really fun fight with Danny Romero.

 

I haven't watched Hagler-Mugabi since the very early 00s - like circa 02.

When I first started really immersing myself in the sport, I watched it probably like 20 times.

Which might explain why I haven't watched it in damn near 20 years.

 

I've watched it a few times, and I've never seen it as the ATG war everyone does.

 

From my recollection, its overrated because it was one sided. It wasn't some back and forth war. Hagler beat the shit outta Mugabi.

 

Thinking mans brawl. Hagler coming out Orthodox to try and take the left hook off Mugabi. Mugabi throwing left hooks with great poise, not winding up and falling over.

I always felt the true way to beat Hagler was like what Antuofermo offered- high volume dogs of war stuff.

Hagler called him "The Mosquito" for a reason, I think Hagler disliked that style a lot. I've never seen a young Hagler that tired.

And he wasn't inexperienced- he'd had more fights than Floyd finished with by the time he fought Antuofermo- and that clubfooted midget really worked him .....TO DEATH!!!

 

Anybody followed Jeff Merritt yet?

Seems that when Quarry broke Shavers jaw and stopped him that Merritt had {allegedly} busted Shavers jaw in two places in sparring before that fight.

And Merritt was a heroin addict.

A sort of a Deontay Wilder of his time in terms of physique, just way better






Jeff “Candy Slim” Merritt: A Fighter’s Life

 

Just watched Toney Vs Jirov again, great fight possibly the last great fight Toney had.

 

Nah toney had a few great performance at hw

 

That's your ping and you're entitled to voyz it.

 

Rewatched McGirt-Brown tonight.

Always a beautiful clinic to rewatch.

If McGirt was around today, Bud would find a reason to duck him.

 

If Brown was around today, Bud would find a reason to duck him.

 

Cotto vs Pac.

I think Cotto quit on himself in that fight.

He wouldn't go back into the trenches when the chances presented themselves, he was just so scared of getting dropped again in front of his fans.

 

Oh, and Pac was a cheat.

 

Currently rewatching Katsuya Onizuka vs Hyung Chul Lee.

Brutal war, and worth watching for those who haven't seen it.

Katsuya Onizuka Vs Hyung Chul Lee

 

Rewatched Robert Quiroga vs Vincenzo Belcastro.



A damn robbery IMO. Quiroga got a big gift.

Perhaps @Jel or @George Crowcroft could score this one to confirm my feeling.

 

Michelczweski vs Looser Barber or something.

Also DM vs Magee- Magoo's elder brother.

Seriously, guys like Canelo and Beterbiev are getting away with murder these days.

I also went looking for Magee vs Maurice Core.

I couldn't find it but I did find this.

This is an AMATEUR bout in England in 1985. I've seen pro cards with less attendance.

 

DM vs Barber was a good fight. If you watched it on YT, then it's the version I uploaded.

 

By contrast here is the winner of the above bout, Melfah, fighting Steve Collins 9 years later in a World Title elimnator.

Crowed was bigger for the Amateur Semi Final in 1985.

 

It was a bit grainy and in Spanish I'm not so sure your uploads are that low grade- not that I am complaining, I'll take anything, I used to even record fights off the radio and listen back to them.

Cheffski has a bad reputation because of the Roy Jones affair but he'd clean up today at 175. I'd make him favourite over everyone bar a totally keyed up Ward.

 

Collins at middleweight was far more of a cagey counterpuncher.

He didn't become an attacking pressure fighter until he moved to 168.

 

I agree but that fight with Melfah was a title elimnator albeit for the WBO Middleweight Title.........very unusual crowd, no intensity.

Best of Times, Worst of Times- today they'd have 20,000 screaming maniacs at it "Local Beef" or some shit.

A few years later they packed out a Horse Jumping venue to show Collins vs Eubank.

Funny how things can change.

 

Just finished watching Rafael Marquez-Mark Johnson 1. Really good fight which I neglected to score - regret that as it was obviously very close. But my god that ref sucked. A fight that clean I shouldn't even notice the ref and yet there he was, breaking the fighters for spurious reasons, giving bullshit points deductions (Johnson lost two points for holding, including one in the final round, when there was barely any holding all fight), and even tripping over Johnson because he got too close to the fighters. He sucked and spoiled the fight and probably the result too.

 

Onizuka's a pretty cool guy. Runs his own gym and sells his own artwork. He ran a sponsored training night for a disabled kid too. A bit 'out there'.

Actually, I've noticed a lot of Boxers in history were good at art, sketching (or at least interested in it) etc. Jofre, Walker, Onizuka etc. I consider Boxing an artform, so I guess it fits.

Anyway, for this post to fit the thread, I recently re-watched Zaragoza vs Tatsuyoshi I&II. Gosh those were great wars - exceptional stamina and heart, though a lot of referee lenience towards Zaragoza's roughhousing in the 2nd. I personally thought Joe won the second bout.

 

Good to hear Onizuka is doing well. He took a lot of punishment in his short career, so good to know.

 

Rewatched Danny Romero vs Hipolito Saucedo.

Underrated scrap.

 

Not sure why, but I ended up watching Froch v Taylor again yesterday. Was as decent as I remembered it, and Froch's late rally is still undeniably dramatic.

MTF

 

Watched Kennedy McKinney vs Jesus Salud. I had never seen this fight before. Not a great action fight, but a pretty solid boxing clinic by McKinney.