Just finished watching Mike McCallum slowly dismantle Milton McCrory. This is exactly the kind of matchup I'd have been excited about had I been a...
Watched Jose Napoles beat Ralph Charles. Charles did well for the first three or four rounds while Napoles boxed within himself before Mantequilla...
Oh yeah - that one got missed somehow!
Juan Meza on Jaime Garza if it hasn't been mentioned.
Watched Donald Curry v Milton McCrory this morning. What a left hook. The right hand follow up wasn't bad either!
Damn - busted.
I rate his win very highly. Arguello may have been older and not as proven at 140 then at his absolute peak at 130 but he was still a hell of a...
I may be giving Berg credit for wins that took place at lightweight - I guess technically the Canzoneri win doesn't count but then his fight for...
A rough list: 15. Bruno Arcari 14. Ricky Hatton 13. Frankie Randall 12. Eddie Perkins 11. Kostya Tszyu 10. Duilio Loi 9. Jose Napoles 8. Carlos...
This is true, I think. If you watch him against Bonavena in 1966, the year Futch came into Frazier's camp his whole stance is different, he uses...
Sergio Martinez's KO of Paul Williams was a shock. The first fight was so close and went the distance so for Martinez to flatten him with one...
Nunn KOing Kalambay. Nunn beating Kalambay wasn't a shock in itself but the nature of the win was totally unpredictable - a guy with an average...
I caught the knockout and some highlights but didn't watch it live. Doesn't say much for Warrington by the sound of it?
My wife was watching The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills so I felt compelled to watch a violent brawl and put Boza-Limon on. And balance to the...
Randall v Chavez 1. I had it 115-111 to Randall. First point deduction was firm (no warning) but fair - it was pretty low. The second point...
What it lacked in stature as an event it made up for in terms of pure action. Definitely one of my all-time favourite heavyweight fights.
Good call.
It's an interesting one. When I scored this fight, I had Gomez winning the round but three or four others on ESB had Pintor winning it. In Eye on...
Wilfredo Gomez v Lupe Pintor Round 12 @Jesus of montreal and @Ring Leader got me thinking about this after mentioning that Holmes-Norton round...
I just rewatched it - you're right, Norton should have won the final round on the cards. It's still a great round though. But I just rewatched...
Favourite rounds ever (with honourable mentions) Round 1: Juan Meza-Jaime Garza (Aaron Pryor-Alexis Arguello 1) Round 2: don't really have a...
Here were the nominations and winners: Greatest complete 15 rounds of all time available on film (as voted for by members of ESB) Round 1....
There was a really good series on ESB last year where we voted on the greatest 15 rounds of all time round by round - so the best round 1s, the...
Two of the judges scored it to Holmes and that won him the fight. For what it's worth, I scored it even.
I'm not sharing my reward with anyone!
Great post, George. The greatest of the great ones definitely have that extra gear that they can call on - it's not even a technical attribute. I...
I don't know this for sure but at 5' 11 he might have been the tallest (certainly one of the tallest) welterweights who'd lived up to that point -...
Fenech against Nelson and Harada against Famechon were the first two I thought of.
Lee Roy Murphy v Chisanda Mutti Just a crazy fight. I'd seen the knockout but never sat through the whole fight before. Larry Hazzard obviously...
Fights where the first fight was a classic but the second fight was even better: -Basilio-DeMarco 2 -Saad-Lopez 2 -Arguello-Escalera 2 (I know...
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