Best fight of 2005: Corrales vs Castillo 1, Pacquiao vs Morales 1, Arce vs Hussein, Cotto vs Torres

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    20 years ago we’ve had some very memorable fights from that year. Corrales vs Castillo 1 is undoubtedly the most famous of them all but the other fights aren’t too far behind in terms of excitement and drama. Which fight would you say comes in second to Corrales vs Castillo 1 as the best fight of 2005?




     
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    Corrales-Castillo and it's not even worth a discussion.
     
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    I attended 3 of the 4
     
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    Corrales-Castillo I is the gratist fite of are times
     
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    The Fights Themselves and the ATMOSPHERE...

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    Corrales Castillo 1 was the best fight but there was only 4 or 5k ppl at Mandalay bay, despite all the 50k perpetrators claiming they were there so maybe 2nd or 3rd in atmosphere. The fans there were wild as fuck tho, even after a slow paced Juan marquez fight on the undercard

    Morales pacquiao was second best action but top atmosphere with a near 50/50 split between Mexican/Filipino raucous fan bases.

    Arce hussein was a good atmosphere on the undercard of Castillo Corrales 2 at Thomas & wack, everyone amped for the FOT century rematch that didn't live up to expectations but this 1 was worth admission price
     
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    Watching on TV, you could tell Corrales-Castillo 1 and Cotto-Torres deserved better audiences and atmosphere.

    Corrales-Castillo 1 is arguably the best fight ever, and there wasn’t a large crowd.

    Cotto-Torres was on the undercard of Wlad-Peter 1 and crowd wasn’t very loud. Imagine it being one of Cotto’s NYC fights. The crowd would be going crazy with all the back and forth action and momentum shifts.

    I’m always impressed when I see those fights with those crazy electric UK crowds (Hatton-Tszyu, Watson-Benn, Bruno-McCall, etc)
     
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    Not only attended you held up a number walked in a circle and shook your lady boy ass.
     
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    That was the beauty of Pavlik-Taylor 1.

    Great fight and it had a sold out, electric crowd.
     
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    Nelson Dieppa vs Alex Sanchez 1 needs more attention. One of the best fights of 2005 IMO.

     
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    He said other than corrales vs castillo
     
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    Castill0-Corrales.
     
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    Here’s another overlooked fight from 2005. Very fast paced brawl.

     
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    Here’s an unappreciated HW scrap of 2005.

     
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    Owen "What the Heck" Beck
     
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    Peak WTH Beck vs Jake Paul. What happens, double?
     
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    Pretty sure Beck would KO him.
     
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    Lol. He kos him for sure. Paul is a regional fighter at best
     
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    You realize that was his actual nickname, right?
     
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