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.
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
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.
"Fruit of the Loom Professional Boxing Series, Followed by Mike Tyson Trial Update". I shit thee not...... .......not a bad 12 rounder either. Different times
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).
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.
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.
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"
Watched Margarito vs. Sergio Martinez. Weird how Margarito was able to push Martinez around. Beat him down in similar fashion as he did Cotto.
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.
Yeah, post the link to the Laguna vs Locche clip. BTW - I think you meant to say Chang vs German Torres 1 . I've seen it several times.
I recently watched Campbell vs. J. Diaz. Good fight. Also, there is a dynamite quality video of Monzon vs. Valdez II out there.