View Full Version : If you could have sat ringside for any fight in history, then which would it be?


slicksouthpaw16
07-28-2008, 12:52 PM
I would have enjoyed sitting ringside for Ali against Liston, Ali against Frazier or Louis against Schemelling in the rematch. I aslo wouldn't mind being in the gym for the Foreman/Liston sparring session.:boxing:

-CANE-
07-28-2008, 02:04 PM
I would have enjoyed sitting ringside for Ali against Liston, Ali against Frazier or Louis against Schemelling in the rematch. I aslo wouldn't mind being in the gym for the Foreman/Liston sparring session.:boxing:

So many to choose from, Ali vs Frazier I or III. Maybe Douglas vs Tyson, or Hearns vs Duran or Hagler.

I have been at some classic fights though, Benn vs Watson, Benn vs Eubank I and Eubank vs Watson II.

Most enjoyable fight I went to was Lennox Lewis vs Razor Ruddock.

THE REED™
07-28-2008, 02:05 PM
obviously all the great fights with ali...

but honestly

gatti ward I would prolly be amazing to watch

MikeBrew328
07-28-2008, 03:21 PM
Ali Frazier 1....incredible atmosphere.....like MSG was the center of the universe. Or Ali Foreman, DLH Trinidad, Hagler-Hearns

Terry A
07-28-2008, 05:19 PM
George Foreman vs Joe Frazier 1 and Foreman vs Ron Lyle. And the Graziano vs Zale fights.

slicksouthpaw16
07-28-2008, 06:04 PM
All of the above are great ones. I would have loved to have seen Jack Johnson against Joe Jeanette or Joe Jeanetee against Sam Langford. Johnson/Langford should have been good as well.

poet682006
07-28-2008, 06:07 PM
In no particular order:

Ali - Frazier I
Louis - Schmeling II
Hagler - Hearns
Leonard - Hearns I
Holyfield - Tyson I
Ali - Foreman
Holmes - Cooney
Hopkins - Trinidad
Chavez - Rosario
Robinson - Turpin II

The common denominator? The atmosphere was just ELECTRIC at each of those fights. You could feel it in the air just walking into the arena.

Poet

IBFHvyWtChamp
07-28-2008, 06:49 PM
Tyson vs Spinks
Tyson vs Holyfield I
Frazier vs Ali I
Hearns vs Hagler
Tyson vs Lewis
Foreman vs Holyfield
Foreman vs Moorer
Foreman vs Ali

The Monk
07-28-2008, 07:16 PM
Would have to be Henry Armstrong vs Barney Ross for me. Two ATG going at it would be immense to see in person.

JAB5239
07-28-2008, 09:51 PM
I would have enjoyed sitting ringside for Ali against Liston, Ali against Frazier or Louis against Schemelling in the rematch. I aslo wouldn't mind being in the gym for the Foreman/Liston sparring session.:boxing:


This is a no brainer for me. Louis Schmeling 2. The most important boxing match in history and one of the most anticipated. I can't even imagine the electricity in the air that night. Ali-Frazier 1 comes in a distant second.

!! AI-Holmes!!
07-28-2008, 09:54 PM
Ali-Foreman
Sanchez-Gomez
Corrales-Castillo
Hearns-Hagler

2quick2slick
07-28-2008, 10:48 PM
When James Figg became a world champion in 1719.

SonnyG8R
07-28-2008, 11:10 PM
Leonard - Duran 1

Leonard - Hearns 1

Ali - Frazier 3

MANGLER
07-28-2008, 11:17 PM
Chico-Castillo

Chayal Boded.
07-29-2008, 12:14 AM
Would have to be Henry Armstrong vs Barney Ross for me. Two ATG going at it would be immense to see in person.

barney ross my all time favorite fighter, to see his finale against one of the greatest would be my choice too.

JC Warrior
07-29-2008, 01:51 AM
For pure electricity and buildup in the arena Ali vs Frazier I or Holyfield vs Tyson II. For excitement of the fight it's between any of the following; Hagler vs Hearns, Kevein Kelley vs. Derrick Gainer I, or Gatti vs Robinson I.

La_Vibora
07-29-2008, 10:30 PM
there is so many to choose from, my number one choice obviously would be Ali-Frazier ! because it was just such an electric atmosphere and very histroical. I mean there have been so many references to the importance of this fight(i.e. the American Gangsta film), to have been there to see it live, and really get to live it all would be an incredible experience. Other than that, I would have loved to have had a ringside seat to some of those legendary fights that we don't have any film of like the first Greb-Tunney fight, or Jack Johnson-Langford, or the first 2 Zale-Graziano fights,etc. I also would have loved to see the Holmes-Norton fight.

Oselav
07-29-2008, 11:53 PM
Dempsey v Firpo. If you were a reporter you might even have had Dempsey land in your lap in the first round.

Thriller In the Manilla. Sit back with a cool drink and watch the definition of exhaustion.

Pretty Boy v Judah. Could sneak into the ring during the all in brawl and join in.

Ali v Foreman. Hear what Ali was saying to George.

the_godslayer
07-30-2008, 03:17 AM
Hagler / Hearns no doubt

Roger Yomama
07-30-2008, 03:50 AM
It would have to be Gatti vs. Ward I

The best fights I attended in terms of atmosphere would have to be Eubank vs Benn I and Richie Woodhall vs. Sugar Boy Malinga but they weren't exactly historic fights.

Brunswick Assassin
07-31-2008, 01:20 AM
There's so many to choose from!

Here's mine:

- Gatti v Ward I, II and III
- Toney v Jirov
- Gatti v Robinson I and II
- Tony Zale v Rocky Graziano III
- Harding v Andries I
- Dempsey v Willard
- Toney v Robinson
- Fenech v Callejas
- Jack v Williams
- Taylor v Chavez
- Corrales v Castillo I
- Hagler v Hearns

CHAVEZ4LIFE
07-31-2008, 07:40 PM
would have liked to sit ringside for lou ambers vs henry armstrong chavez taylor pryor arguello 1 and 2

joseph5620
08-11-2008, 07:07 PM
I would have enjoyed sitting ringside for Ali against Liston, Ali against Frazier or Louis against Schemelling in the rematch. I aslo wouldn't mind being in the gym for the Foreman/Liston sparring session.:boxing:

Ali/Foreman. It was before I was born, but I can feel the excitement of that fight just by watching the replay and the build up.

Dambala
08-11-2008, 11:45 PM
Leonard v.s. Hagler

Trinidad vs Mayorga

Wilfredo Gomez vs Carlos Zarate

alishuffle
08-19-2008, 07:35 PM
De La Hoya vs. Margarito, but I guess that really is a fantasy.

cptroyce
08-19-2008, 10:48 PM
1- Gatti vs. Ward I -
Couldn't belive it on TV..can't imagine what that must have been like at ringside.

2- Pryor- Arquello

3- Chavez- Taylor I

ZZZzzz.......
08-20-2008, 01:15 AM
dempsey vs willard
robinson vs armstrong
louis vs schmeling 2
johnson vs tommy burns
it would been great to see how johnson wup that ass and humiliate burns.

poet682006
08-20-2008, 04:26 PM
dempsey vs willard
robinson vs armstrong
louis vs schmeling 2
johnson vs tommy burns
it would been great to see how johnson wup that ass and humiliate burns.

Check my download thread: There's a 5 minute clip from that fight you can download.

Poet

Tuggers1986
08-20-2008, 04:33 PM
Either.....

Ali - Frazier I
Ali - Foreman
Tyson v Lewis
Corrales v Castiilo
Vazquez v Marquez II

ufirst
08-22-2008, 11:35 PM
Sugar Ray Robinson vs Jake Lamotta series
Sugar Ray Robinson on the night he fought twice (just cuz I did it in the amateurs)
Sweetpea vs Chavez (so I could kill those judges)
SRL vs Hagler (so I could bean SRL for raising his hands)
any prime Jack Johnson, Carlos Monzon
SRL vs Duran I &II (would like to know what Roberto really said)
Toney vs Jirov (instant classic)
RJJ vs Hopkins
Foreman vs Frazier (still have problems believing it)
Mayweather vs JLC I (to ask to borrow the judges glasses), Mayweather Vs Corrales
Holmes vs Spinx (scratch that, might've quit watching)
Calderon vs Cazares I (to watch the best pull out the win)

Hagler★
08-22-2008, 11:44 PM
Hagler Hearns
Ali Forman
Gatti Ward
Duran Leonard 1

SorceryatCaesar
08-24-2008, 05:41 PM
mendoza-humphries. 1789.
both fights.