Fights You Watched Today

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  1. Xplosive

    Xplosive X-MOD Bad Motherfucker

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    Corley-Bailey was one of the worst fights in history. I only saw it the one time when it aired live (think it was on Showtime), and I'll never ever forget how bad it was.
     
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    Yeah. Bailey really shit the bed. Have to give Corley credit though.
     
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    Irish Yuge, Beautiful

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    At one point around 2000 I thought Bailey was going to be the man for some time. He never added up to the levels I thought he would reach after he beat Hector Lopez.

    Olympic boxer dead at 44
     
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    Xplosive X-MOD Bad Motherfucker

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    Neil will see this thread soon.

    Bailey was a three-time champ!
     
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    He was but he was never the man.

    Cotto went to the Olympics that Summer and he emerged as the more dominant fighter at 140, him and Hatton.
     
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    I shit thee not......

    .......not a bad 12 rounder either. Different times :Jest:

     
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    Jel WBC Champion

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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 impressive. It was a systematic beatdown and it was totally unexpected. One of my favourite wins from a fighter I liked who wasn't given much of a chance going in (Holy-Tyson 1 is my absolute favourite).
     
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    I think Margarito went in and fought with the shame and the embarrassment of a man who knew he had been caught and knew what the headlines would be the following day.

    Shane fought with the fervour of a man who knew an attempt had been made to rob him {which is saying something} and with the confidence of a man who knew his opponent lacked the faith to beat him fair- and was now stripped of the tools he had adopted to address that talent difference.

    Easy to call it in hindsight but that's how I see it.

    A reinvigorated Mosley and a totally deflated Margarito, who was stripped of his one true talent- his confidence.
     
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    The punch that Shane got him going with in the 8th round........he misses with a right upper cut and then, out of position, throws a left hand from the southpaw stance.

    That's the shot that started it, not a hook or a right hand, it's a wild miss followed by a straight left out of the southpaw stance.
     
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    See the way Margarito stood looking at him after he missed that uppercut.......he had no idea that shot was coming. Shane just flung that shot from the wrong stance.

    Ask Jack Mosley and he'll tell you "Shane's back was so tight, he had no option, he learned that sparring Cobrita Gonzalez in East LA back in '96"
     
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    Damn now I gotta go and rewatch Cobrita Jr vs Carl Frampton.........
     
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    Watched Margarito vs. Sergio Martinez. Weird how Margarito was able to push Martinez around. Beat him down in similar fashion as he did Cotto.
     
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    Harry Greb thrashing around

     
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    Jesus of montreal WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    I know its only light sparring, but god Greb looks horrible
     
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    Greb looks like a drunk fighting in a bar.
     
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    Greb's footwork obviously top notch though.
     
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    He must have known something to even get in the ring and basically survive.
     
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    Was interesting - looked like he was doing some sort of isometric exercises
     
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    Xplosive X-MOD Bad Motherfucker

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    Somebody gimme some fights suggestions for tonight.
     
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    You seen Yuh vs DeMarco?
     
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    Some of my favourite 'two-way technical fights'/masterpieces are:

    Gerry Penalosa vs Tomas Rojas
    Veeraphol Sahaprom vs Chuwatana
    Michael Watson vs Nigel Benn
    Ezzard Charles vs Harald Johnson
    Ernesto Marcel vs Kuniaki Shibata
    Gerry Penalosa vs Young Joo Cho
    Marvin Hagler vs Roberto Duran
    Ismael Laguna vs Vicente Saldivar
    Kid Gavilan vs Billy Graham III
    Manny Pacquiao vs Tim Bradley III
    Jung Koo Chang vs Jose Torres I
    Hilario Zapata vs Tomori & Nakajima
    Ismael Laguna vs Mando Ramos

    I also can link you a clip of the fight between Laguna and Locche if you want.
     
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    Xplosive X-MOD Bad Motherfucker

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    Yeah, post the link to the Laguna vs Locche clip.

    BTW - I think you meant to say Chang vs German Torres 1 lol. I've seen it several times.
     
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    Say please.
     
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    Low-grade war that you probably haven't seen.

     
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    I recently watched Campbell vs. J. Diaz. Good fight. Also, there is a dynamite quality video of Monzon vs. Valdez II out there.
     
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    Rosado vs Sulecki and Talarek vs Szymanski are great if you can find them
     
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    Both are good ideas. Always fun to watch Diaz get beatdown.
     
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    Valdez's knockdown of Monzon in that fight was definitive. Hadn't realized that.
     
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    Valdez was a collosal puncher.
     
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    Valdez was a murderous puncher. I wonder how a Valdez-Hearns matchup would have gone.
     

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