| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division 17:01 - Jan 5 with 1959 views | onehunglow |
Tough one
1. Ali V Frazier (Manila)
2. Ali v Foreman ((Zaire)
3. Dempsey v Tunney (long count )
4 Hagler v Hearns
5. Leonard V Duran ( no mas)
6. Marciano v Walcott ( best knockout blow)
7.Dempsey vWillard ( pure violence)
8. Paterson v Johansson (first one)
9. Benn v Eubank
10. Sugar Ray Robinson v Turpin
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| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 23:52 - Jan 6 with 1587 views | Kilkennyjack |
Too hard to remember …. So …
Fury vs Wilder 3 was special
Mcguigan vs Pedrosa
Colin Jones vs Kirkland Laing
Calzage vs Lacey
Calzage vs Eubank
Ali vs Frazier
Ali Vs Foreman
Ali vs Cooper
Minter vs Hagler
Sugar Ray Leonard vs Thomas The Hitman Hearns
Well i tried OHL … 🤷â€â™‚ï¸ [Post edited 7 Jan 2022 17:00]
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| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 10:55 - Jan 7 with 1518 views | onehunglow |
| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 23:52 - Jan 6 by Kilkennyjack |
Too hard to remember …. So …
Fury vs Wilder 3 was special
Mcguigan vs Pedrosa
Colin Jones vs Kirkland Laing
Calzage vs Lacey
Calzage vs Eubank
Ali vs Frazier
Ali Vs Foreman
Ali vs Cooper
Minter vs Hagler
Sugar Ray Leonard vs Thomas The Hitman Hearns
Well i tried OHL … 🤷â€â™‚ï¸ [Post edited 7 Jan 2022 17:00]
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Thank you killy
Thought it would have been a real topic to have discourse but people seem more happy to squabble over genital size than get their teeth into a real debate. Its why I am the best poster on here and a national treasure
It's all rather sad. | |
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| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 13:54 - Jan 7 with 1490 views | Professor |
Welsh Cup Final. 2nd Leg 1981-82? | | | |
| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 14:13 - Jan 7 with 1484 views | onehunglow |
| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 13:54 - Jan 7 by Professor |
Welsh Cup Final. 2nd Leg 1981-82? |
Beahive mun | |
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| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 15:19 - Jan 7 with 1469 views | 1462jack |
| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 23:52 - Jan 6 by Kilkennyjack |
Too hard to remember …. So …
Fury vs Wilder 3 was special
Mcguigan vs Pedrosa
Colin Jones vs Kirkland Laing
Calzage vs Lacey
Calzage vs Eubank
Ali vs Frazier
Ali Vs Foreman
Ali vs Cooper
Minter vs Hagler
Sugar Ray Leonard vs Thomas The Hitman Hearns
Well i tried OHL … 🤷â€â™‚ï¸ [Post edited 7 Jan 2022 17:00]
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Exactly twenty years later I was in Eddie Murphy's home in Los Angeles to watch Joe Calzaghe fight Jeff Lacy. Eddie follows the fight and, like Michael, he's a great actor, but he should stick to acting. Lacy got in the ring, Eddie took one look at his big barrel chest, his muscular torso and six-pack, and announced with a huge grin, 'Man, this Calzaghe guy, has no chance.'
In fairness to Eddie, he wasn't alone in picking Lacy. I had never seen Joe fight before. Of course, I'd heard about him,but the way the fight was billed in the United States he was the opponent and Jeff Lacy was the superstar. I must have watched half a dozen or more of his fights and I could see why he generated excitement. He could punch, and some people, commentators in the business were comparing him to a young Mike Tyson. He was going through opponents with blazing speed. Pure destruction. Not having seen Joe, not knowing him, I figured Lacy's manager and promoter had set up their hot young property to look good against an ageing thirty-three-year-old fighter with a good record, as is frequently the case. So it wasn't just Eddie, I figured Lacy would win too.
Within two rounds, however, I was a Joe Calzaghe supporter. I was stood up in front of the TV, shouting, 'Wow, holy ****, look at this guy!" The performance he produced was amazing. It was artistic, a demonstration of pure boxing Joe would have beat anyone with that style, that mindset. What he performed was a boxing clinic, masterful. I'm a fan too and it gives me enormous pleasure to see my peers succeed, especially in a way that is awe-inspiring. This was Joe's great accomplishment, to reach that level, to scale that peak.
The words of sugar Ray |  | | |
| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 16:20 - Jan 7 with 1456 views | onehunglow |
| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 15:19 - Jan 7 by 1462jack |
Exactly twenty years later I was in Eddie Murphy's home in Los Angeles to watch Joe Calzaghe fight Jeff Lacy. Eddie follows the fight and, like Michael, he's a great actor, but he should stick to acting. Lacy got in the ring, Eddie took one look at his big barrel chest, his muscular torso and six-pack, and announced with a huge grin, 'Man, this Calzaghe guy, has no chance.'
In fairness to Eddie, he wasn't alone in picking Lacy. I had never seen Joe fight before. Of course, I'd heard about him,but the way the fight was billed in the United States he was the opponent and Jeff Lacy was the superstar. I must have watched half a dozen or more of his fights and I could see why he generated excitement. He could punch, and some people, commentators in the business were comparing him to a young Mike Tyson. He was going through opponents with blazing speed. Pure destruction. Not having seen Joe, not knowing him, I figured Lacy's manager and promoter had set up their hot young property to look good against an ageing thirty-three-year-old fighter with a good record, as is frequently the case. So it wasn't just Eddie, I figured Lacy would win too.
Within two rounds, however, I was a Joe Calzaghe supporter. I was stood up in front of the TV, shouting, 'Wow, holy ****, look at this guy!" The performance he produced was amazing. It was artistic, a demonstration of pure boxing Joe would have beat anyone with that style, that mindset. What he performed was a boxing clinic, masterful. I'm a fan too and it gives me enormous pleasure to see my peers succeed, especially in a way that is awe-inspiring. This was Joe's great accomplishment, to reach that level, to scale that peak.
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| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 16:33 - Jan 7 with 1450 views | 1462jack |
| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 16:20 - Jan 7 by onehunglow |
Any others .? |
Not the greatest but Ali v cleavland Williams was another master class of boxing that Ali would have beat anyone | | | |
| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 17:07 - Jan 7 with 1441 views | Kilkennyjack |
| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 15:19 - Jan 7 by 1462jack |
Exactly twenty years later I was in Eddie Murphy's home in Los Angeles to watch Joe Calzaghe fight Jeff Lacy. Eddie follows the fight and, like Michael, he's a great actor, but he should stick to acting. Lacy got in the ring, Eddie took one look at his big barrel chest, his muscular torso and six-pack, and announced with a huge grin, 'Man, this Calzaghe guy, has no chance.'
In fairness to Eddie, he wasn't alone in picking Lacy. I had never seen Joe fight before. Of course, I'd heard about him,but the way the fight was billed in the United States he was the opponent and Jeff Lacy was the superstar. I must have watched half a dozen or more of his fights and I could see why he generated excitement. He could punch, and some people, commentators in the business were comparing him to a young Mike Tyson. He was going through opponents with blazing speed. Pure destruction. Not having seen Joe, not knowing him, I figured Lacy's manager and promoter had set up their hot young property to look good against an ageing thirty-three-year-old fighter with a good record, as is frequently the case. So it wasn't just Eddie, I figured Lacy would win too.
Within two rounds, however, I was a Joe Calzaghe supporter. I was stood up in front of the TV, shouting, 'Wow, holy ****, look at this guy!" The performance he produced was amazing. It was artistic, a demonstration of pure boxing Joe would have beat anyone with that style, that mindset. What he performed was a boxing clinic, masterful. I'm a fan too and it gives me enormous pleasure to see my peers succeed, especially in a way that is awe-inspiring. This was Joe's great accomplishment, to reach that level, to scale that peak.
The words of sugar Ray |
Thank for that ðŸ‘
Tommy Farr ðŸ´ó §ó ¢ó ·ó ¬ó ³ó ¿ vs Joe Louis 🇺🇸 in Yankee Stadium, New York City, 1937 Fight of the Year.
Best nicknames ?
The Clones Cyclone
The Louisville Lip
The Gypsy King
The Detroit Hitman
Bonecrusher Smith
Marvellous Marvyn
The ghost with the hammer in his hand
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| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 17:18 - Jan 7 with 1436 views | onehunglow |
| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 17:07 - Jan 7 by Kilkennyjack |
Thank for that ðŸ‘
Tommy Farr ðŸ´ó §ó ¢ó ·ó ¬ó ³ó ¿ vs Joe Louis 🇺🇸 in Yankee Stadium, New York City, 1937 Fight of the Year.
Best nicknames ?
The Clones Cyclone
The Louisville Lip
The Gypsy King
The Detroit Hitman
Bonecrusher Smith
Marvellous Marvyn
The ghost with the hammer in his hand
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Manassa Mauler.
The guy whom Tyson based his career on | |
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| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 17:22 - Jan 7 with 1435 views | onehunglow |
| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 16:33 - Jan 7 by 1462jack |
Not the greatest but Ali v cleavland Williams was another master class of boxing that Ali would have beat anyone |
It’s worth checking out Earnie shavers fight.
Earnie lived 5 mins away from us when he was an ordained pastor and also did doorwoork over in Liverpool.
He would chat to anyone at all and chatted to my missus once on the train as she was coming home from work.
An absolute gentleman
Suffice to say,when he worked Yates Wine Lodge it was the safest place in Christendom.
Many including Foreman were glad to avoid Earnie .
He s still alive and down in the midlands Inthink, doing community type work. | |
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| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 17:36 - Jan 7 with 1429 views | Catullus |
Any division?
In that case, Swansea Sunday league Division two. Steve Harris versus Dai Brooks (a serving policeman at the time).
Brooksy ruffles Harris's hair so Harris chins him. Brooksy, picks up his tooth off the floor, puts it in his pocket and gets on with the game. My team wins 5 nil.
The ref had a mare, missed it completely. Circa 1991/2. | |
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| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 18:15 - Jan 7 with 1416 views | howenjack |
In no particular order
Dempsey Firpo
Dempsey Willard
Turpin Sugar Ray 1 and 2
Jersey joe Ezzard Charles 3 (The ko punch - youll need to watch it twice))
Ali Frazier
Hagler Hearns
Louis Billy Conn first fight ( watch the ko)
Louis Schmeling 2
Marciano Jersey joe.
Jack Johnson jim jeffries. | | | |
| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 18:16 - Jan 7 with 1415 views | union_jack |
Sonny Liston v Floyd Patterson (I)
Not a boxing buff but saw a documentary this very afternoon on Sonny Liston and that fight was a classic. Documentary very interesting too. |  |
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| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 18:56 - Jan 7 with 1398 views | Flynnidine_Zidownes |
Richie vs Eddie. In the kitchen whilst Mrs Foxfur was waiting for her eggs to arrive. | | | |
| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 18:56 - Jan 7 with 1398 views | britferry |
1HL
5. Leonard V Duran ( no mas)
the first fight was the fight, Duran gave up in the 2nd, he'd been out partying for months and was out of shape for re-match | |
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| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 19:15 - Jan 7 with 1391 views | shingle |
Ok really hard to pick my best, what i am seeing is only really well known fighters are on most lists here, maybe if you take a look at Ward v Gatti, Corales v Castillo, or Arguello v Pryor it would not surprise me if at least one if not all hits your top five. | | | |
| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 20:16 - Jan 7 with 1378 views | onehunglow |
| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 18:56 - Jan 7 by Flynnidine_Zidownes |
Richie vs Eddie. In the kitchen whilst Mrs Foxfur was waiting for her eggs to arrive. |
Eddie wont show up | |
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| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 21:02 - Jan 7 with 1369 views | max936 |
| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 15:19 - Jan 7 by 1462jack |
Exactly twenty years later I was in Eddie Murphy's home in Los Angeles to watch Joe Calzaghe fight Jeff Lacy. Eddie follows the fight and, like Michael, he's a great actor, but he should stick to acting. Lacy got in the ring, Eddie took one look at his big barrel chest, his muscular torso and six-pack, and announced with a huge grin, 'Man, this Calzaghe guy, has no chance.'
In fairness to Eddie, he wasn't alone in picking Lacy. I had never seen Joe fight before. Of course, I'd heard about him,but the way the fight was billed in the United States he was the opponent and Jeff Lacy was the superstar. I must have watched half a dozen or more of his fights and I could see why he generated excitement. He could punch, and some people, commentators in the business were comparing him to a young Mike Tyson. He was going through opponents with blazing speed. Pure destruction. Not having seen Joe, not knowing him, I figured Lacy's manager and promoter had set up their hot young property to look good against an ageing thirty-three-year-old fighter with a good record, as is frequently the case. So it wasn't just Eddie, I figured Lacy would win too.
Within two rounds, however, I was a Joe Calzaghe supporter. I was stood up in front of the TV, shouting, 'Wow, holy ****, look at this guy!" The performance he produced was amazing. It was artistic, a demonstration of pure boxing Joe would have beat anyone with that style, that mindset. What he performed was a boxing clinic, masterful. I'm a fan too and it gives me enormous pleasure to see my peers succeed, especially in a way that is awe-inspiring. This was Joe's great accomplishment, to reach that level, to scale that peak.
The words of sugar Ray |
Brilliant read that, top man for posting. |  |
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| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 21:05 - Jan 7 with 1367 views | max936 |
| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 17:36 - Jan 7 by Catullus |
Any division?
In that case, Swansea Sunday league Division two. Steve Harris versus Dai Brooks (a serving policeman at the time).
Brooksy ruffles Harris's hair so Harris chins him. Brooksy, picks up his tooth off the floor, puts it in his pocket and gets on with the game. My team wins 5 nil.
The ref had a mare, missed it completely. Circa 1991/2. |
What did the tooth fairy leave him under his pillow  | |
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| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 21:08 - Jan 7 with 1366 views | howenjack |
Best nicknames
Fireman jim flynn
Gunboat Smith
The Orchid man
The Cinderella man
Satchell Feet
The Pittsburgh Windmill
The Brockton blockbuster
The ghost with the hammer | | | |
| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 22:46 - Jan 7 with 1333 views | Cleddau |
My all-time favourite fight is Leonard/Hearns 1.
This fight had it all. Two great and undefeated champions at the top of their game. The puncher out-boxing the boxer and the boxer out-punching the puncher. Swings in momentum. Leonard needing the stoppage going into the 14th round when behind on the cards and getting it. I was rooting for Hearns to win and still can't understand why he came in so light.
Then in no particular order:
Duran/Leonard 1
(I picked Duran to upset Leonard. Leonard fought the wrong fight against an aggressive Duran and left it too late to make adjustments)
Pryor/Arguello 1
(Tainted somewhat by the black bottle incident during the round 13/14 interval in Pryor's corner. Arguello landed a bomb in the 13th round that swivelled Pryor's head, then he comes out for the 14th round like superman and gets the stoppage. The re-match had its moments but was a bit too one-sided at times.)
Ali/Frazier 1
('Fight of the Century', much prefer this to the flat-footed shot versions slamming away at each other in the 'Thrilla in Manila')
Sanchez/Gomez
(loved the way Sanchez picked apart KO artist Gomez)
Saad Muhammad/Lopez II
(Saad Muhammad was involved in some incredible wars that ultimately took their toll, none more so than both Lopez fights)
To round off the top ten with a bit of domestic flavour:
Kaylor/Christie
(Not even a title on the line. Pre-fight brawl in a press conference, the fight was dripping in racial tension coming on the back of the Broadwater Farm riots, was fought on 5th November and produced fireworks with both men hitting the canvas)
Feeney/Cattouse (Cattouse defending his British Lightweight title, fought to a standstill)
Collins/Moody (a back and forth war for the vacant British Light-Heavy title)
Petrou/Kelly (Two crowd pleasers disputing the vacant British Welter title, neither of them ever in a boring fight)
Looking back, there were some incredible fights in the early 1980s.
I'm not as big on Hagler/Hearns as others seem to be because it was effectively a one round fight after Hearns damaged his right hand towards the end of the first round. He barely used it for the rest of the fight, his most potent weapon, and Hagler just walked him down. | | | |
| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 23:28 - Jan 7 with 1310 views | Cleddau |
| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 17:22 - Jan 7 by onehunglow |
It’s worth checking out Earnie shavers fight.
Earnie lived 5 mins away from us when he was an ordained pastor and also did doorwoork over in Liverpool.
He would chat to anyone at all and chatted to my missus once on the train as she was coming home from work.
An absolute gentleman
Suffice to say,when he worked Yates Wine Lodge it was the safest place in Christendom.
Many including Foreman were glad to avoid Earnie .
He s still alive and down in the midlands Inthink, doing community type work. |
Back in the early 1990s, I met someone who knew Earnie and because of my interest in boxing he passed him my phone number. We ended up having quite a few interesting phone conversations over a period of time.
I think he left Liverpool to return to the States ten or more years ago.
Personally, I think Foreman would have got to Earnie, probably early but he told me he thought Frazier was tailor made for him and I wasn't about to disagree with him.
If you haven't seen it, check out the last round of Shavers fight with Roy Williams, one of the most astonishing endings to a fight you will ever see and probably one of the most incompetent refereeing displays, with an almost comedy final ending. | | | |
| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 00:19 - Jan 8 with 1297 views | max936 |
| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 22:46 - Jan 7 by Cleddau |
My all-time favourite fight is Leonard/Hearns 1.
This fight had it all. Two great and undefeated champions at the top of their game. The puncher out-boxing the boxer and the boxer out-punching the puncher. Swings in momentum. Leonard needing the stoppage going into the 14th round when behind on the cards and getting it. I was rooting for Hearns to win and still can't understand why he came in so light.
Then in no particular order:
Duran/Leonard 1
(I picked Duran to upset Leonard. Leonard fought the wrong fight against an aggressive Duran and left it too late to make adjustments)
Pryor/Arguello 1
(Tainted somewhat by the black bottle incident during the round 13/14 interval in Pryor's corner. Arguello landed a bomb in the 13th round that swivelled Pryor's head, then he comes out for the 14th round like superman and gets the stoppage. The re-match had its moments but was a bit too one-sided at times.)
Ali/Frazier 1
('Fight of the Century', much prefer this to the flat-footed shot versions slamming away at each other in the 'Thrilla in Manila')
Sanchez/Gomez
(loved the way Sanchez picked apart KO artist Gomez)
Saad Muhammad/Lopez II
(Saad Muhammad was involved in some incredible wars that ultimately took their toll, none more so than both Lopez fights)
To round off the top ten with a bit of domestic flavour:
Kaylor/Christie
(Not even a title on the line. Pre-fight brawl in a press conference, the fight was dripping in racial tension coming on the back of the Broadwater Farm riots, was fought on 5th November and produced fireworks with both men hitting the canvas)
Feeney/Cattouse (Cattouse defending his British Lightweight title, fought to a standstill)
Collins/Moody (a back and forth war for the vacant British Light-Heavy title)
Petrou/Kelly (Two crowd pleasers disputing the vacant British Welter title, neither of them ever in a boring fight)
Looking back, there were some incredible fights in the early 1980s.
I'm not as big on Hagler/Hearns as others seem to be because it was effectively a one round fight after Hearns damaged his right hand towards the end of the first round. He barely used it for the rest of the fight, his most potent weapon, and Hagler just walked him down. |
Fairplay you've picked some cracking picks there, I remember watching most of those fights, Hearns was known for a punching prowess, but he was one hell of a boxer.
Hagler v Hearns has to be the must brutal 3 rounds of boxing ever, how Hagler stayed on his feet after those Hearn's bombs hit him are testament to the great man, what a chin. | |
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| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 05:40 - Jan 8 with 1275 views | Kilkennyjack |
| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 23:28 - Jan 7 by Cleddau |
Back in the early 1990s, I met someone who knew Earnie and because of my interest in boxing he passed him my phone number. We ended up having quite a few interesting phone conversations over a period of time.
I think he left Liverpool to return to the States ten or more years ago.
Personally, I think Foreman would have got to Earnie, probably early but he told me he thought Frazier was tailor made for him and I wasn't about to disagree with him.
If you haven't seen it, check out the last round of Shavers fight with Roy Williams, one of the most astonishing endings to a fight you will ever see and probably one of the most incompetent refereeing displays, with an almost comedy final ending. |
Cleddau - any swansea based fighters have any notable fight nights back in the day ?
Know anything about cliffy curvis vs ronnie james at the vetch in 1947 ?
Two Swansea boys. 30,000 jacks watching.
Or Brian Curvis vs Emile Griffith at Wembley in 1964, that went the distance for the world title ? | |
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| Ten greatest all time fights .Any division on 10:17 - Jan 8 with 1256 views | onehunglow |
Great stuff lads.
Miles better than squabbling innit
Peace and Love | |
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