This hasn’t been done in a long time. No particular order. Frazier-Ali 1 Duran-Leonard 1 Gomez-Pintor Leonard-Hearns 1 Morales-Barrera 1 Bowe-Holyfield 1 Corrales-Castillo 1 Trinidad-Vargas Ortiz vs Laguna 3 Whitaker vs Ramírez 2
Here's some new ones: Fundora vs. Lubin GGG vs. Canelo Castano vs. Lara Mendoza vs. Fundora Rung vs. Chocolatito
No order: Robinson-Lamotta VI Ortiz-Battling Torres Jofre-Medel Louis-Braddock Ali-Williams Ali-Liston 1 Tyson-Holmes Tyson-Biggs Tyson-Thomas Spinks-Qawi Spinks-Vonzell Johnson Foster-Quarry Foster-Tiger Duran-Guts Duran-Fernandez Duran-Palomino Duran-DeJesus III Qawi-Saad 1 Qawi-Martin Eddie Mustafa-Martin Gomez-Yum Gomez-Zarate Gomez-Holmes Gomez-Mesa Harada-Kingpetch 1 Zarate-Zamora McCallum-McCrory Hagler-Obelmejias 1 Hagler-Sibson Nunn-Tate Leonard-Green Benitez-Duran Pavlik-Taylor 1 Arbachakov-Kittikasem 1 Canizales-Seabrooks 1 Monzon-Griffith 1 Jones-Toney Jones-Hill Jones-Hall Jackson-Graham Floyd-Gatti Duran-Leonard 1 Toney-Barkley Esparagoza-Cruz Sanchez-Gomez Sanchez-Lopez I & II Chavez-Rosario Chavez-Castillo Taylor-McGirt Whitaker-Haugen Napoles-Cokes 1 Corrales-Manfredy Callejas-Stecca II Tszyu-Bergman Pryor-Cervantes Rose-Harada Quartey-Philips Palomino-Stracey McClellan-Jackson 1 Just to name a few.
Jones-Toney has to be one of the greatest virtuoso performances. Nobody could have done to Toney what Roy did that night at that level.
Chang vs Kittakasem Yuh vs Demarco I Laguna vs Ortiz Duran vs Moore Chang vs Tokashiki Napoles vs Backus II Seabrooks vs Jacob Marquez vs Diaz I Hagler vs Duran Toney vs Barkley Pops vs Saad I Hagler vs Duran Watson vs Benn Morales vs Barrera I Thompson vs Dustan Penalosa vs Lee Louis vs Buddy Baer I Kelley vs Dorsey Harada vs Aoki Chucho vs Olivares II
Toney-McCallum 1 Valdez-Briscoe 2 Duran-Barkley Arguello-Escalera 1 and 2 Harada-Jofre 1 Olivares-Kanazawa 2 Morales-Barrera 1 Gatti-Rodriguez Carbajal-Gonzalez 1 Hearns-Roldan
Diego Corrales-Jose Luis Castillo 1 Felix Trinidad-Fernando Vargas Ivan Robinson-Arturo Gatti 1 Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier 1 and 3 Matthew Saad Muhammad-Marvin Johnson 2 Bernard Hopkins-Felix Trinidad Floyd Mayweather-Jesus Chavez Floyd Mayweather-Philip Ndou Floyd Mayweather-Arturo Gatti Manny Pacquiao-Ricky Hatton Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto James Toney-Mike McCallum 1 James Toney-Iran Barkley James Toney-Vasilly Jirov Mike Tyson-Trevor Berbick Mike Tyson-Frank Bruno 1 Evander Holyfield-Michael Dokes Marvin Hagler-Thomas Hearns Kelly Pavlik-Jermain Taylor 1 Sergei Liakhovch-Lamon Brewster Riddick Bowe-Evander Holyfield 1 Riddick Bowe-Andrew Golota 2 Miguel Cotto-Ricardo Torres Antonio Margarito-Miguel Cotto 1 Shane Mosley-Antonio Margarito Thomas Hearns-Roberto Duran Roberto Duran-Sugar Ray Leonard 1 Roberto Duran-Esteban Dejesus 3 Frankie Liles-Tim Littles 2 Marlon Starling-Lloyd Honeyghan Donald Curry-Milton McCrory Juan Manuel Marquez-Juan Diaz 1 Roy Jones-Richard Hall Roy Jones-Bryant Brannon Marco Antonio Barrera-Erik Morales 1 I like a mixture of great two-way fights as well as masterful performances and dominant beatdowns. Chico-JLC 1 and Trinidad-Vargas are probably my most rewatched fights ever. The first Saad-Johnson 1 might be better than the rematch, but I just love the ending of an exhausted & bloody Saad overwhelming Marvin to win the title, and being so tired that he could barely raise his arms to celebrate. Plus, my copy of the rematch is also in better quality. The whole plaster thing obviously is a question mark when watching Margarito-Cotto 1. I definitely don’t think Mosley was the first time he loaded, but I’m just not sure if he did against Cotto. Maybe he found it harder to do in Nevada. Usually after watching a fight in full a couple times, I just watch my edited highlight versions of it
Good list. Easily Jones-Brannon is one of the top of my list for sure. It's a short fight, and it's a mismatch.. but damn those 2 rounds have ALOT on display: - An intense attack by Brannon pushing Jones the taller fighter (wtf am I Teddy Atlas??) to defend on the ropes - Masterful defense, movement and parrying of shots and lightning counters by Jones with his back on the ropes - Paralyzing body shots by Jones delivered from a distance - Powerful multi-punch multi-angle combinations from Jones - An incredible will by Brannon to continue on after the realization that Jones is on a different planet - Showboating by Jones, bolo punches, shuffles, 'frozen' feints or whatever you'd call that - 4 sharp left hooks landed by Jones within ~1 second!!! (preceded by a stiff right uppercut) - An attempt for mercy by Jones - A heartless referee (that somehow still made the right call at the time IMO..) - A brutal KO - Larry Merchant stating without hesitation that Jones Jr is the best fighter on the planet
I’ve always considered that to be Roy’s “Cleveland Williams” fight, when a freakish talent was arguably at his absolute peak. Roy throwing these short quadruple/quintuple left hook combos, and dropping Brannon with a left uppercut/double left hook combo. It was Gil Clancy BTW who said right afterwards that Roy was the best p4p in the world. I liked him as an analyst on HBO.
I forgot to mention that freakish quadruple left hook! Added to my post.. absolute insanity!! Gil said it first, but when they turned to Larry he actually agreed (he did give it his usual negative spin, but even he couldn’t disagree in the end..).
Virtuoso Performances: José Napoles vs Curtis Cokes I Alexis Arguello vs Kevin Rooney Ricardo Lopez vs Alex Sanchez Orlando Canizales vs Fernando Ramos Pernell Whitaker vs José Luis Ramirez II Julio César Chávez vs Edwin Rosario Sumbu Kalambay vs Doug DeWitt Donald Curry vs Colin Jones Miguel Canto vs Kimio Furesawa Ismael Laguna vs Mando Ramos Santos Laciar vs Peter Mathebula Technical Fights: Lupe Pintor vs Alberto Davila II James Toney vs Mike McCallum I James Toney vs Michael Nunn Chucho Castillo vs Rafael Herrera II Donald Curry vs Marlon Starling II Johnny Tapia va Danny Romero Harold Johnson vs Henry Hank Juan Manuel Márquez vs Marco Antonio Barrera Masao Ohba vs Betulio González All-Out Wars: Alexis Arguello vs Aaron Pryor I Daniel Zaragoza vs Paul Banke II Michael Carbajal vs Chiquito González I Kevin Kelley vs Alejandro González Jung Koo Chang vs Katsuo Tokashiki Wilfredo Vazquez Sr vs Antonio Avelar Arturo Gatti vs Ivan Robinson I Evander Holyfield vs Dwight Muhammad Qawi I Erik Morales vs Marco Antonio Barrera I & III Rafael Marquez vs Israel Vazquez II & III Kid Gavilan vs Johnny Bratton II Dick Tiger vs Henry Hank Matthew Saad Muhammad vs Yaqui Lopez II Juan Manuel Márquez vs Juan Díaz I Néstor Garza vs Kozo Ishii Gaspar Ortega vs Charley Scott James Toney vs Vasilly Jirov Joichiro Tatsuyoshi vs Sirimongkol Nakornthon Parkview
Forgot Leonard-Hearns 1: maybe the greatest ‘shifts in momentum’ fight ever. I find myself watching that one a lot.
