What live fights have you gone too?

and what was your favorite one?

 

Kenny vs Erin in the cafteria in 7th grade, great fight only went one round, Erin on points, teacher steped and called a halt to the fight

 

I was about to tell them the one about Brian O'Brien and Scott Byrne outside the school gates in 1996. I watched that one from the Sanctity of the School Bus....but Byrne never showed. Slinked out the back gates. There were 300 people waiting on it. O'Brien was a dumb red headed IRA bastard, but he would have bashed Byrnes bookish brains out.

The best one I DID SEE was also watched from the School Bus....Mick somebody vs somebody Farrell. Farrell kicked his ass....headbutts ended it,with Mick bloodied and hanging on. Outstanding 30 second brawl.:clap: :clap:

 

Pacquiao - Morales III was really good. The crowd was very hyped on both sides. No riots to speak of. :clap:

If Pacquiao - Barrera II is in Vegas, I'll be buying two $500 seats.

 

Mine would be Malignaggi-Cotto or Gatti-Damgaard

 

Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Meldrick Taylor 1.
Wonderful fight, bad and incorrect ending by one of my favorite referees.
Richard Steele was the best referee I ever saw at controlling the action, but the worst I saw at judgement making in several key big fights.

 

Bus Seat watching fights was the best, the worst was when u missed the bus waiting for a fight that didnt happen

 

Bowe\Dokes
Holyfield\Czyz-Mercer\Lewis
Gatti\Ward 2 and 3
Mercer\Klitchko
Tua\Moorer
Margarito\Lujan
Simon Brown\Glenwood Brown (TNF)
The Fistful of Dollars Tournament
A bunch of club fights in NJ and at the Orleans in Vegas

I know I'm forgetting a bunch. Hard to say what my favorite was.

TFK

 

DLH-MAGO (with Zoo, Pastrana-Carbajal, Santos and FLoyd on the under)
Lennox vs. Akinwande (yes)
Lennox vs. Golota (Gatti-Ruelas on under)
Barrera-Morales 1
Barrera-Morales 2
Liddell vs. Vito Belfort (UFC 37.5)
Mayorga-Forrest 2 (Judah-Corley on under)
2 Sharp vs. Montiel (was supposed to have Gainer-JMM on under)
Toney vs. Holyfield
Johnston vs. Alvarez
Johnston vs. Castillo 2

i think that's all of them

 

Marvin Johnson/Stewart 2
Foreman/Holyfield
Holy/Tyson 1
Jones/Hall
Jones/Ruiz
Jones/Tarver 3
Jones/Johnson
Lewis/Tyson (Tied with Holy/Tyson 1 as my fav)
Barrera/Pedden
Oscar/Hopkins
UFC 67

There are probably some more but that's what was on top of my head....

 

Pac vs Morales 3
Freitas vs German guy?

The Pac fight was just a great event. Just amazing energy all around. The crowd would go nuts after every punch thrown. It's unfortunate that the fight ended so quickly (I flew all the way from CT to watch this fight) but it was all worth it. Ran into the guys from Entourage at the fight too!

A few weeks later the friend I went to Vegas with gives me a call and tells me that we could very well have met Pacquiao - apparently his family is very close with the priest who did the sermon for Pacquiao's mass/blessing thing prior to the fight.

The Freitas fight was a very blah experience. Shit fight, although Ouma was in a pretty good scrap on the undercard.

Next fight will probably be the Pac/Barrera fight, but if Chad Dawson fights locally again I'll probably try to catch it. On a related note, I work at the state capitol in Hartford and got to meet Tarver prior to his last fight. Caught me off guard because I definitely did not expect to see him at work. Despite the fact that I absolutely hate him as a fighter, he was actually a pretty nice guy in person.

 

The "Biggest" Fight REED has Seen LIVE was Evander Holyfield vs Jeremy Bates...

OVER 10,000 Peeps for a BOXING Event N DALLAS???:eeeek: UNfuckingPRECEDENTED...

REED Also Saw Kirk Johnson vs Lou Savarese Live...

Other than That,REED hasn't Seen Many Good MATCHUPS,yet REED has Seen some Decent Fighters Pass Thru...

REED has Seen Oscar Larios, Epifanio Mendoza, Mike Anchondo, Mia St. John, Americo Santos, Vanessa Juarez, J.C. Candelo,Richard Grant & Others Fight LIVE...

Didn't See them Fight,but REED has Met Donald Curry,Curtis Cokes,Paulie Ayala,Obed Sullivan,Calvin Brock,Raul Marquez,Roberto Duran, Joe Frazier,Lennox Lewis,Hasim Rahman,Erik Morales,Jesus Chavez,Jesse James Leija,Gene Hatcher,Floyd Mayweather,Oscar DeLa Hoya, Frank Tate,Pernell Whittaker & a Host of Others...


REED

ps. REED has Seen FUTURE 2008 Olympians, Luis Yanez & Charles Hatley Fight,Probably 20-30 Times APIECE...

 

Mayweather vs. Jesus Chavez

Pacquiao vs. Agapito Sanchez on the undercard


:bears:

 

none

we don't really get boxing here in the crappy toronto canada

 

Speaking of Agapito Sanchez I came across a dvd with Sanchez-Larios on it I think it was a Telemundo showing, good stuff

 

Everyfight held in Las Vegas from 2003 till now(exception DLH MW). My favorites were Pacquiaio-Morales 1, DLH Mayorga, Castillo-Corrales 2.
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LovelyWendie99

 

Best fight:
Sergei Dzinziruk vs. Daniel Santos

Best crowd:
Sven Ottke vs. Armand Krajnc(his last fight, the arena was totally sold out and went nuts, I didn´t understand it, but I had goosebumps)

Oktay Urkal vs. Vivian Harris II (great intimate circus like arena with crazy turkish fans)

Best overall card:

Sven Ottke vs. Armand Krajnc
Arthur Abraham vs. Branko Sobot (first time I saw the unheralded kid from Armenia and he finished Sobot faster than Calzaghe in his title defense)
Alpaslan Agüzum vs. Carlos Baldomir II (the rise of the big head begins)

Felix Sturm vs. Maselino Masoe
Wladimir Sidorenko vs. Ricardo Cordoba I
Ruslan Chagaev vs. Wladimir Virchis

Favourite Fight:

Arthur Abraham vs. Kingsley Ikeke

 

cotto-torres was the best fight i saw live.

 

The best fight I've been to was Ibeabuchi-Tua.

The best venue for a fight I've been to was Mayweather-Chavez...Bill Graham Civic in San Francisco.

 

Do you live in San Francisco? I wish I had been able to go to that fight myself because Pacman was on the undercard, but I was a poor college student in the East Bay during that time.

 

Larios Lincona
Vargas Vanderpool (Pacquiao Lucero)
Castillo Corrales II
Barrera Ayala
Barrera Juarez I and II
Barrera Marquez
Montiel Gonzalez
Vazquez Marquez
Hopkins Eastman
Tarver Johnson
Morales Raheem Pacquiao Velazquez

some local shows

some TV cards like Guinn Harrison and Soliman Ornelas

 

I live in the East Bay (though I work in the city).

Fortunately, you didn't miss too much with the Pac fight...just a few ugly rounds, a ton of fouling and an inconclusive ending.

Still, it was a great night for boxing...there was such a great atmosphere inside the Civic...and it happened while the Bay Area was in the midst of an absolute downpour, which seemed to add to the ambience.

 

Yeah I ended up watching it in my apartment, Agapito (may he RIP) was really intent on fighting as dirty as possible.

Mayweather-Jesus Chavez though was exciting to watch. I was rooting for Chavez and he seemed to give Floyd a lot of problems with his pressure.

 

I've been to alot, so I'll narrow it down off the top of my head. I'll probably have better choices if I sat and thought about it.

Best Fight:
Cotto-Torres
Resto-Warrick

Worst Fight:
Ruiz-Oquendo

Most significant fight:
Hopkins-Tarver

Best Card:
G. Jones-Braithwaite

Worst Card:
Too many to name

Biggest Upset:
3k battery-Mosquera
Stark-Ledesma

Best Venue:
Mohegan Sun
Blue Horizon

Best Road Trip:
Maryland
Cleveland

 

Marvin Haqler - Wilford Scypion (World Middleweight Title)
Vinny Pazienza - Greg Haugen (IBF Lightweight Title)
Jean-Marc Mormeck - Wayne Braithwaite (Unified Cruiserweight title)
Luis Collazo - Jose Antonio Rivera (WBA Welterweight Title)
Vinny Pazienza - Joe Frazier Jr.
Vinny Pazienza - Harry Arroyo
Vinny Pazienza - Nelson Bolanos
Greg Haugen - Darren Brennen
Gabriel Ruelas - Eduardo Jacques
Mickey Ward - Louis Veader II

...and a bunch of other local fight cards over the years.

I was friends with 1980 Olympic Trials Heavyweight runner-up Chris McDonald and one of NBC's "Tomorrow's Champions" when we worked in Night Club Security after his pro career ended in the 1980's. (he later made a comeback in the 90's but didnt get anywhere) BTW...Chris was robbed against James Broad in the finals.

Hagler - Scypion was the biggest event I have been to live...but Paz-Haguen I & Paz - Frazier were the most fun as I was one of the thousands of screaming Pazmaniacs in those fights. :clap:

 

moon-galaxy I
moon-some bum
moon-some other bum
moon-some other other bum
chong pal park-in chul baek
chung koo chang-kittasim
tito-joppy
tito-mayorga
cotto-judah
floyd-gatti
hopkins-daniels
hopkins-tarver
toney-ruiz
toney-rahman
wright-taylor
klitschko-peter/cotto-torres
wright-soliman
tyson-mcbride
gatti-damgaard
gatti-baldomir
gatti-leija
ibragimov-lawrence
hill-brudov
cotto-quintana/margarito-clottey
margarito-lujan
hatton-collazo
judah-baldomir/bell-mormeck I
forrest-quartey

a bunch of local cards in md/va

 

wright-soliman card was by far the worst. zero knockouts, zero excitement except for the main event.

 

The only fight I have ever been to was Klitschko-Mercer,and I had a great time. I need to go to more fights:doh:

 

I have been to many fights in my life. Mostly local shows at the Casino's. But I have made it to Nevada a few times as well. My dad was a huge fight fan and would take me to several fights a year.

The two biggest fights I have ever been to was Ray Mancini/Bobby Chacon in Reno NV. Great fight even though it only lasted 3 rounds. Two guys trading like the warriors that they were. Ray was just better. The second but best IMO was Marvin Hagler/John Mugabi 1986 at Caesar's Palace. Mugabi was my favorite fighter as a kid, it broke my heart to watch him just be dominated by Marvin, but the night was great and remains a great memory for me today.:clap:

My son is already boxing, and becoming to love the local shows himself. I am thinking of taking him to go see a big show in Vegas soon. He loves Miguel Cotto and Manny Pacquiao.

 

me too. the only ones i've been to are:

Braithwaite/G. Jones

and

Lychovich/Brewster