What are your all time favourites?

[Hook2daliver]

Salvador sanchez vs azunah nelson. because that was the last time watching sanchez before his accident, Chiquita Gonzalez vs Carbajal 1st fight. marquez vs paquiao 4, lyle vs foreman, Zaragoza vs morales the passing of the torch in a way! Barrera vs Morales all of them ! Marquez vs Vasquez all of them ! so many to name. forgot to mention McKinney vs Poison Jones! Barrera vs McKinney, Michael seals vs bomba rodriguez

 

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[mozfonky]

These little guys be looking buff.

 

[SFFB]

These little guys be looking buff.

Haha yeah, definitely the greatest condition Duran ever turned up for a fight. He had notoriously bad (lazy) training habits even during his lightweight reign, but dude was probably the epitome of a natural fighter. Once that was matched with Ray Arcel's knowledge, it was pretty much over with. It's surreal how many of SRL's blazing punches he was able to slip and counter that night.

 

[mozfonky]

Haha yeah, definitely the greatest condition Duran ever turned up for a fight. He had notoriously bad (lazy) training habits even during his lightweight reign, but dude was probably the epitome of a natural fighter. Once that was matched with Ray Arcel's knowledge, it was pretty much over with. It's surreal how many of SRL's blazing punches he was able to slip and counter that night.

Ray looked like a bodybuilder in the hearns fight. Tommy had spindly legs and a thin build but even he looked imposing when his opponents faced him. Duran was truly amazing, I never thought he was a big lightweight but he managed to beat some good fighters even looking soft as he did at 154 and above. I always thought that if things were reversed age and weight wise he'd have been the best of the four kings. As he aged the habits made for uneven performances and he looked disinterested for most of his fights.

 

[Aerosol]

I’m no boxing connoisseur like of course everyone here but my favs are:
Ali
Fury
Frazier

 

[KAZSoliloquy]

Gomez vs Pintor
Saad Muhammad vs Lopez II (and pretty much any prime Saad Muhammad fight)
The Zaragoza vs Banke trilogy
Hagler vs Hearns
Monshipour vs Sitchatchawal
Caveman Lee vs Lo Cicero
Quiroga vs Anifowoshi
Trinidad vs Vargas
Moorer vs Cooper

first person i’ve seen even mention caveman/locicero on this forum. i love that fight so much. kudos on pintor/gomez as well

 

[Hagler]

first person i’ve seen even mention caveman/locicero on this forum. i love that fight so much. kudos on pintor/gomez as well

Both are great. Gomez vs Pintor is arguably my favorite bout ever.

 

[r-harper-1]

Ward -Gatti 1&3
Castillo -corrales
Paquiao vs Marquez
Sanchez vs Nelson
Pryor vs Arguello
Holyfield vs Dokes / Quawi / bowe
Holmes vs Norton
Leonard vs Hearns x2
Ward vs Agustus
Harris vs Jefferson
Toney vs jirov
Brewer vs Echols
Morales vs Barrera 1&3
Foreman vs Lyle

 

[sweetviolenturg]

My favorite fight of all time is the apocalyptic war between Goerge Foreman & Ron Lyle. It was an edge-of-your-seat thriller like no other with the two massive punchers taking turns bouncing the other off the canvas until Foreman sent Lyle to the canvas for the final time in the fifth round.
When I watched that fight as a 14-year-old back in 1976 I, of course, had no idea that I would one day have the opportunity to meet much less work with both men. But I did.
Back in January 1989, I worked in George Foreman's corner for his bout vs Mark Young in Rochester, NY.
"Big" George KO'd Young in round seven. I also worked the corner of my stablemate Roger Brown when he fought Tracy Spann & in an odd turn of events, I also worked the corner of Bill Robinson when he fought Chad Riesel. I would fight that same Bill Robinson the following June in Binghampton, NY & knock him out in four rounds.
Foreman & me at breakfast following the weigh-in.

Ron Lyle & me June 2001 at the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, NY
I was Lyle's liaison to the IBHOF during that weekend & I spent three days escorting him to & from events & acting as an intermediary between him & the public.

 

[sweetviolenturg]

I have sooo many, but one recent match I keep coming back to is Mosley vs Margarito. It was satisfying on multiple levels. My brother and I were talking about this one the other day. I remember genuinely being concerned for Shane’s health in the lead up to the fight. They way Margarito had been demolishing his recent opponents was was not right ( as it turns out it really wasn’t). How could an shopworn Mosley make it to the final bell without that killa doing the same thing to him? Would he be left with a long term remembrance of his hubris? I was hoping his corner do the right thing when the time came. These were my some of my thoughts in days prior to the fight.

But sho nuff Shane puts on a master class of power boxing the likes of we will see very few times again. He utterly boxed circles around that man and beat the fight out the bully. His bows at the end still get me. Im grinning like a kid think about it now.

War Sugar Shane!!!

I never realized that you were such a big Mosley fan. I was too as I followed his career closely as he made his way up to the lightweight ranks to become champion. It wasn't until he'd moved up to welterweight though that I got to work with him. I got a call to work with him as a sparring partner as he prepared to fight Willie Wise.
I did my best to give him good work but by that point, I was 38 years old & I just didn't have the speed to compete with him. I had a bad knee, my neck was beginning to give me issues & I got busted up around the eyes. So, after only two days in camp, I was let go. They were very cool about it though & Shane made sure that I was paid for a full week rather than just a couple of days. Which was a class act in my book.
So, after I got back to New York, I immediately canceled any plans that I'd made for a comeback & put the work out that my days as a sparring partner were over.

Shane & me shortly after I'd arrived in camp.

 

[eternaldarkness]

My favorite fight of all time is the apocalyptic war between Goerge Foreman & Ron Lyle. It was an edge-of-your-seat thriller like no other with the two massive punchers taking turns bouncing the other off the canvas until Foreman sent Lyle to the canvas for the final time in the fifth round.
When I watched that fight as a 14-year-old back in 1976 I, of course, had no idea that I would one day have the opportunity to meet much less work with both men. But I did.
Back in January 1989, I worked in George Foreman's corner for his bout vs Mark Young in Rochester, NY.
"Big" George KO'd Young in round seven. I also worked the corner of my stablemate Roger Brown when he fought Tracy Spann & in an odd turn of events, I also worked the corner of Bill Robinson when he fought Chad Riesel. I would fight that same Bill Robinson the following June in Binghampton, NY & knock him out in four rounds.
Foreman & me at breakfast following the weigh-in.
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Ron Lyle & me June 2001 at the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, NY
I was Lyle's liaison to the IBHOF during that weekend & I spent three days escorting him to & from events & acting as an intermediary between him & the public.
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It was the Lyle vs foreman fight that made me wonder if Tyson could hang at that level. I'm not sure he had the mental fortitude for such a contest, and I think he would have resorted to fouling.

 

[SalvadorCollie]

Whoops

 

[sweetviolenturg]

It was the Lyle vs foreman fight that made me wonder if Tyson could hang at that level. I'm not sure he had the mental fortitude for such a contest, and I think he would have resorted to fouling.

Spot on. Those are excellent questions to ask about Tyson & I don't think he'd have answered them correctly. As you might recall, I've known Tyson since his ammy days when we both fought in the Empire State Games & I worked his corner twice in the pros. Once in MSG when he fought Reggie Gross & again, in Atlantic City when he fought Alex Stewart.
So, I know him much better than a lot of people do & I've seen him almost quit on two occasions as an amateur. And, due to the way that he was raised by Cus & Camille as an overgrown man-child he never really developed any intestinal fortitude so whenever his fights got close or became difficult he'd either get stopped ( Douglas, Holyfield & Lewis ), foul his way out ( Holyfield & then he came very close to doing so again vs Frans Botha, Orkin Norris & Lou Savarese ), put up a safety first stinker of a fight ( Bonecrusher Smith ) or simply quit ( Kevin McBride ).
If he failed against those fighters then he'd certainly lost to Foreman & Lyle .
Just my 2 cents.

 

[eternaldarkness]

Spot on. Those are excellent questions to ask about Tyson & I don't think he'd have answered them correctly. As you might recall, I've known Tyson since his ammy days when we both fought in the Empire State Games & I worked his corner twice in the pros. Once in MSG when he fought Reggie Gross & again, in Atlantic City when he fought Alex Stewart.
So, I know him much better than a lot of people do & I've seen him almost quit on two occasions as an amateur. And, due to the way that he was raised by Cus & Camille as an overgrown man-child he never really developed any intestinal fortitude so whenever his fights got close or became difficult he'd either get stopped ( Douglas, Holyfield & Lewis ), foul his way out ( Holyfield & then he came very close to doing so again vs Frans Botha, Orkin Norris & Lou Savarese ), put up a safety first stinker of a fight ( Bonecrusher Smith ) or simply quit ( Kevin McBride ).
If he failed against those fighters then he'd certainly lost to Foreman & Lyle .
Just my 2 cents.

Damn you have some amazing stories, sherdog Is extremely lucky to have someone with your background posting. Tyson had some great physical gifts, but maybe not the mental fortitude, or smart boxing brain of other fighters. The way foreman suckered Moorer into standing in front of him was masterful.
I have once read a great fighter saying that boxing is the art of lying with your body, Tyson didn't have a lot of deception to his style. What are your thoughts on wilder? Besides having a murderous right, I think he has some of the best self belief of any fighter I have seen, he doesn't seem to get fazed at missing shots and stays committed until he gets the job done. I actually think Parker has some of the best skills in the division, but he seems to lack something upstairs and gives up on himself after missing a few shots.

 

[Old Cat]

I never realized that you were such a big Mosley fan. I was too as I followed his career closely as he made his way up to the lightweight ranks to become champion. It wasn't until he'd moved up to welterweight though that I got to work with him. I got a call to work with him as a sparring partner as he prepared to fight Willie Wise.
I did my best to give him good work but by that point, I was 38 years old & I just didn't have the speed to compete with him. I had a bad knee, my neck was beginning to give me issues & I got busted up around the eyes. So, after only two days in camp, I was let go. They were very cool about it though & Shane made sure that I was paid for a full week rather than just a couple of days. Which was a class act in my book.
So, after I got back to New York, I immediately canceled any plans that I'd made for a comeback & put the work out that my days as a sparring partner were over.

Shane & me shortly after I'd arrived in camp.
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I enjoyed his early fights like most people but wasn’t a fan so to speak. I grew to like his later work as I came to appreciate his attitude. He was a smiling killa. I cracked up when after he dropped Tony he went over touch glove w him at the end of the round.

great story btw. I’m glad to hear he treated his sparing partners so well. Thats more confirmation of the type of person he is.

 

[sweetviolenturg]

Damn you have some amazing stories, sherdog Is extremely lucky to have someone with your background posting. Tyson had some great physical gifts, but maybe not the mental fortitude, or smart boxing brain of other fighters. The way foreman suckered Moorer into standing in front of him was masterful.
I have once read a great fighter saying that boxing is the art of lying with your body, Tyson didn't have a lot of deception to his style. What are your thoughts on wilder? Besides having a murderous right, I think he has some of the best self belief of any fighter I have seen, he doesn't seem to get fazed at missing shots and stays committed until he gets the job done. I actually think Parker has some of the best skills in the division, but he seems to lack something upstairs and gives up on himself after missing a few shots.

I love Deontay Wilder's attitude & determination as well. So much so that he's my favorite current fighter. He has been for a few years now.
I actually began following him right out of the 2008 Olympics but it was a bit frustrating to do so because of the way that his people chose to steer his career. Rather than have him fight on television a couple-few times of year they took him the barnstorming route by having him fight often on smaller shows & undercards across the country & develope that way. So, I didn't get to see much of him as he progressed & I had to follow him online to keep track of him.
But that all changed with the Audley Harrison fight in the early part of 2013 & I haven't missed a fight of his ever since.
For some people, he may not be the prettiest boxer to watch but I'm fascinated by what he does in the ring & their's never a dull moment because he can end a fight at any time.
He's certainly got an unorthodox style that a lot of folks rip him for but it works for him. There's definitely a method to his madness & it's effective as hell. The results speak for themselves.

 

[cottagecheesefan]

Barrera/Morales 1 and 3. You can really feel their animosity and lots of great action.

I also really like Morales/Pacman 1 and 2. No real animosity, but Erik being Erik with his giant balls and prime Pac. True warriors

 

[OneManOrgy]

This has always been one of the best

 

[DeJulez]

Salvador sanchez vs azunah nelson. because that was the last time watching sanchez before his accident, Chiquita Gonzalez vs Carbajal 1st fight. marquez vs paquiao 4, lyle vs foreman, Zaragoza vs morales the passing of the torch in a way! Barrera vs Morales all of them ! Marquez vs Vasquez all of them ! so many to name. forgot to mention McKinney vs Poison Jones! Barrera vs McKinney

Sanchez-Gomez.
Possibly the greatest win in Mexican Boxing history.
Definitely the greatest win in the Mexico-Puerto Rico Rivalry.