Best Chess Matches....

Hes joking, Doub.

He hates Czyz (don't we all).

Hamsho gave Czyz an ass whuppin.

 

Adding another:

Greg Haugen vs Jimmy Paul was a quality chessmatch

 

Its clearly the best czyz match

 

How about his destruction of Williams?

 

In terms of action, the first Prince Charles-Czyz fight was one of the top 10 best light heavyweight fights of the 80s.

 

I think Chezz got better as he went along. His effort vs Holyfield was bloody good for a little man.

 

Czyz wasn't bad at 175. He had good power, good handspeed, and was a good combination puncher. Also a very good finisher.

He just was never elite.

 

How do you see him vs Beterbiev?

 

Beterbiev would have stopped Czyz. You would need a better fighter than Czyz to beat Beterbiev.

 

Oh, have to add if it hasn't come up... RJJ v. Ruiz!! Awesome chess match. Absolutely thrilling start to finish, virtuoso Jones performance that had the element of Jones getting KTFO danger throughout (and far more danger than we perhaps realized at the time..). Not a ton of ‘sustained action’- but the skillset and just overall ‘uniqueness’ of that fight was really special.

 

Gavilan-Graham 3 is the GOAT of chess matches IMO - a briskly paced and entertaining fight with plenty of skill and changes in tactics from two master craftsmen.

 

Masao Ohba vs Betulio Gonzalez is a great example of a high-pace chessmatch.

 

Lots of good-uns mentioned. I really like Oba-Gonzalez, which was what I was gonna mention.

Charles vs Johnson
Hagler vs Duran
Laguna vs Saldivar
Harada vs Jofre I
Roman vs Laciar I & II
Marcel vs Shibata
Pacquiao vs Marquez II
Canto vs Oguma III
McCallum vs Kalambay II

 

Other fights not mentioned:

Emile Griffith vs Joey Archer II
Harold Johnson vs Willie Pastrano
Johnny Tapia vs Danny Romero
Edwin Rosario vs Howard Davis Jr. / Frankie Randall I
Howard Davis Jr vs Vilomar Fernandez
Rafael Marquez vs Mark Johnson I
Alberto Davila vs Lupe Pintor II / Miguel Lora II
Sumbu Kalambay vs Ayub Kalule
Mike McCallum vs Donald Curry
Pernell Whitaker vs Buddy McGirt I
Donald Curry vs Marlon Starling II
Marco Antonio Barrera vs Juan Manuel Marquez
James Toney vs Michael Nunn
Ricardo Lopez vs Rosendo Alvarez II
Junior Jones vs Orlando Canizales
Winky Wright vs Fernando Vargas / Jermain Taylor

 

Good shouts on those Harold Johnson fights.

Ike Williams vs. Enrique Bolanos:

 

Saad-Conteh I was another ATG chess match with explosive bursts of action: