Matthew Franklin/Saad Muhammad v Yaqui Lopez 1 Rewatched this to check my recollection of its stature as a great fight based on a question from...
Tomasz Adamek v Paul Briggs 2 Never seen this one before and it's part 1 of a two fight check I was conducting based on a query from @George...
You know, I thought Harding-Andries 3, for example, was just as good as Saad-Lopez 1 but I just enjoyed watching one more than the other. I think...
I really enjoyed the clinic against Hector Camacho.
Another black eye for boxing. Here all week.
I enjoyed Saad-Conteh 1 and yeah, I take your point. Round 8 of Saad-Lopez 1 was tremendous, though (ok, not as tremendous of the same round of...
Olivares is greater overall, I reckon. He'd probably be no. 2 on my all-time list of Mexicans and has an argument for no. 1 as well. At their...
I see your 4 fights for Saad in the top 10 and raise you 5! To be fair, Saad-Lopez 1 could have been replaced with any number of other fights. 1....
Yeah, I think you're right, George, that Arguello wasn't the fully finished article at featherweight (or at least at that point in his reign). I...
Didn't he finish Kobayashi with a wicked left hook to the body?
I think Holyfield might always find a way to beat Tyson.
You mean in 1991/92? Or 1988 Tyson v 1991 Holyfield?
One that felt like that only before it happened was Tyson-Holyfield 1. The thinking was that Holyfield was clearly shot by 1996 and the fight...
The things that stand out for me about Arguello, apart from his obvious power and all-round offensive game are his judgement of distance, his...
He used it on Pryor too and then followed it up with a perfect straight right to the jaw. One of the most beautiful combos I've seen. And Pryor...
Here's a thought - Azumah Nelson a couple of years later. He was great in rematches and we already know how well he did in their first fight. He's...
Yeah, that's true. For some reason, I was just thinking of the 70s and not earlier. Yes, Saldivar would definitely be a tough, tough fight for...
If Marquez could counter Pac effectively then Sanchez definitely could. The only issue would be Pac's speed but once he started timing his rushes...
Good little fight that one. I had it dead even going into the 12th.
That's the 'don't hook up with a hooker' axiom.
Great post.
Had he gone down, he probably would have got some recovery time but he was stuck on the ropes and taking hard, unanswered shots. It's tough to...
To me the mouthpiece thing is a bit like the Pryor black bottle thing in that it adds a layer of controversy that makes the fight even more...
Junior Jones v Marco Antonio Barrera 2 Another terrific performance against Barrera from Junior Jones, who showed just the right combination of...
Yeah, the weight and respective points of their careers that they fought there do have a significant impact, I think. At 135, it's Pea who'd I'd...
Yep, he'd beat Mosley but not the Sugar Rays.
Napoles was simply a lot better than Curry. Curry was Napoles-lite in a way - he was a boxer-puncher but one who didn't have the looseness of...
The focussed Bowe of '92 versus any version of Larry between '78 and '82. I'd pick Holmes but Bowe would be a serious threat.
Manny wins at any of those weights. I might also even pick him to take Gatti at 130 when Manny was at 122.
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