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God, I loved that fight. I was so happy when Shane beat Margarito and you're right, X, he totally manhandled him - that was what was so...
Yeah, I don't feel there is much here for Toney. Greater is clear - it's Chavez. Better is closer but I still think Chavez. Style-wise, I think he...
That is some god-awful trash talk.
I would say that super bantams definitely do not count as they are above 118. Junior bantams on the other hand could count. So that might bring...
Eddie Gregory v Matt Franklin This is from 1977 and features the pre-title, pre-Muhammad light heavyweights. Only the first four rounds...
Eddie Mustafa Muhammad v Jerry Martin This fight perfectly sums up the enigmatic performer that Eddie Mustafa Muhammad was. He was such a good...
Leaving aside the US's dominance of boxing up to the 1950s and 60s, it's hard to think of a country and a weight division more synonymous than...
1. Julio Cesar Chavez 2. Ruben Olivares 3. Vicente Saldivar 4. Salvador Sanchez 5. Miguel Canto 6. Carlos Zarate 7. Juan Manuel Marquez 8. Marco...
It wasn't people, it was the monkey.
Joking aside, Floyd would be a good 15 round fighter.
Godammit, I wanted that fight in '96.
Outstanding post. You made me rethink my knee-jerk reaction of Marquez being greater. I tend to group Marquez with Barrera and Morales and have...
Yeah, he was fighting Bruce Finch but he looked untouchable in that fight. I'd confidently put that Leonard in against almost any welterweight in...
Raul Macias at bantamweight?
Watched Francisco Vargas-Takeshi Miura and Bernard Dunne-Ricardo Cordoba today. A couple of come-from-behind stoppages. Vargas battled back from...
This is very true. As identified by its fashion tropes, the 80s didn't really start in much of the UK before 1983 or even later.
Glad they made a statue of Miguel Lora.
How do I unsee this image?
Great thread idea and posts. Greb, Walker, Tunney and Dempsey and The Roaring Twenties.
Just finished watching Rafael Marquez-Mark Johnson 1. Really good fight which I neglected to score - regret that as it was obviously very close....
There's a name I haven't heard since the 90s! No, never watched his fights so thanks for the nudge, X!
Victor Galindez v Jesse Burnett Really fun fight with an aged Galindez trying his hand up at cruiserweight against Burnett, who boxed very well...
That fight was too hard. I almost agreed with the decision.
1. Aaron Pryor v Alexis Arguello 1 (1982) 2. Bobby Chacon v Rafael Limon 4 (1982) 3. Bobby Chacon v Cornelius Boza-Edwards 2 (1983) 4. Matthew...
Great choices! Galindez-Kates 1 in particular is such a slept-on classic.
Naoya Inoue v Nonito Donaire Very good, although not quite great, fight. Inoue showed a good all-round game and his power while Donaire showed...
Obvious ones but both fights between Alexis Arguello and Alfredo Escalera saw Escalera coming back at Arguello before the fights were stopped.
Thank you for articulating what I was struggling to say.
Pacquiao is too... everything for Maidana.
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