FairImogen Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 My Husband is always playing me videos of the fighters he tries to emulate. Consequently, I learned to love Ali, Forman, etc; and thought Boxing was about Heavyweights. How wrong I was. This is the best fight ever. The Clones Cyclone is so, so, fast; I can’t differentiate between his left hook and jab; and, when he changes stance, where does that right hook, left uppercut come from? Just wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 Read his autobiography, a really good read, the guy is a legend if he was boxing nowadays he would make more money than Mayweather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winston72 Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 if you want to see moves in a heavyweight check out Jack Johnson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevo Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 (edited) Don’t be daft , everybody knows THIS is the best fight EVER Edited December 14, 2017 by stevo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scobydog Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 Hagler vs Hearns 1985, 3 rounds of mayhem for those who remember it. S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 There is no such thing as the best Fight/fighter! It's down many, many things such as training, conditions, how they are on the night, how the opponent performs, who they fight, etc, etc.....in one fight, a particular fighter can look like a world beater, in another he can look average! When everything comes together, that's when the good fights are produced, the fighters just play a part in it! McGuigan lost to late stand in Steve Cruz....not because Cruz was a better fighter, but because Cruz was a reasonable boxer with no punch and lanky, the fighter he prepared to fight was short and stocky......Mc Guigans speed and strength was drawn from him within four/five rounds by the blistering 125 degrees temperature in the Nevada desert! The heat (another variable!) beat him, not Cruz! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol p Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 This one was pretty good that saw the other day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairImogen Posted December 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 Take your point, Panoma1. But you are talking nonsense. For fight fans, some fights will always be better than others. We don’t care about ambient temp, whether fighters were dehydrated, or only just made their weight etc. We only care about the bout; the spectacle; and it is that that makes one fight better than another. And it is those bitter moments that McG v P blazes: such balance, such aggression. If you don’t think that is what Boxing is about, stop following it, find another sport. I don’t wish to pick a fight (no pun intended), but I have spent years watching my Husband and his Pals fight; there clearly is a best fighter - they are known as World Champions - such as our Pal, CC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairImogen Posted December 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 Simply this: who is best? CC or SC? You are hoisted by your own petard! Anyways, all the best to you and yours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KFC Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 I remember that fight well, not just because of Barry's performance but because it was absolutely blatant how Pedroza's second was sticking his hand in his right pocket then stuffing **** up Pedroza's nose. Especially in the last three rounds. I'm sure Barry would have had him out of there sooner had it not been for that but I was amazed that nobody else commented on it. CC was a great boxer and he puts on some pretty good shows with his protoge's these days too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sako751sg Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 Everyone has different fights that float their boats for different reasons. Personally the brutality shown in the MAB and Morales trilogy takes some beating especially the first.Wrong decision for me but the fight was so right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washerboy Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 14 hours ago, Mice! said: Read his autobiography, a really good read, the guy is a legend if he was boxing nowadays he would make more money than Mayweather. Good read but not a word regarding barney Eastwood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sako751sg Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 14 hours ago, Mice! said: Read his autobiography, a really good read, the guy is a legend if he was boxing nowadays he would make more money than Mayweather. No chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 I really enjoyed the Eubanks/Benn fight......also the Eubanks/Watson fight..... There have been some cracking fights over the years, all good but different in their own way probably the best fight ever was between Sean Thornton and Will Danaher..... Was a classic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the enigma Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 24 minutes ago, shaun4860 said: I really enjoyed the Eubanks/Benn fight......also the Eubanks/Watson fight..... There have been some cracking fights over the years, all good but different in their own way probably the best fight ever was between Sean Thornton and Will Danaher..... Was a classic That era produced some cracking fights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 I remember my dad and some mates going watching Benn and Eubank possibly at Manchester, they came out before the decision somehow managed to get home without finding out the result then watched the fight again, proper battle, helps when they don't like each other. 7 hours ago, washerboy said: Good read but not a word regarding barney Eastwood I don't know who he is, just picked up the autobiography in the library one day , great read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 Much as I admire Barry McGuigan, the fight was a decent one, but the "best fight ever" - someone is having a laugh. Quote But you are talking nonsense. For fight fans, some fights will always be better than others. We don’t care about ambient temp, whether fighters were dehydrated, or only just made their weight etc. I'm sure Barry was concerned about de-hydration when he was beaten. Perhaps he would have been talking "nonsense". Rumble in the Jungle - if you are going for spectacle / occasion. Ali was widely expected to take a beating from Foreman, who was a thoroughly nasty piece of work. For all out aggression, skill, speed, class - as has been cited - Hearns v Hagler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevo Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 Blimey Gordon I had forgotten about that one ...Hearns v Hagler 3 rounds of carnage. What a fight though pure class imho ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Joe Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 Quote For all out aggression, skill, speed, class - as has been cited - Hearns v Hagler. Another that sticks in the head is the Hagler v Sugar Ray, hotly contested result still rages, IMO Haglar won. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatureBoy Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 15 hours ago, KFC said: I remember that fight well, not just because of Barry's performance but because it was absolutely blatant how Pedroza's second was sticking his hand in his right pocket then stuffing **** up Pedroza's nose. Especially in the last three rounds. I'm sure Barry would have had him out of there sooner had it not been for that but I was amazed that nobody else commented on it. CC was a great boxer and he puts on some pretty good shows with his protoge's these days too. Amazing! Ges it weren't smelling salts? How was he allowed to do that and nobody mention it? NB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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