http://www.thesweetscience.com/boxing-article/1257/remembering-great-boxing-1980/

My all time favorite fight from the 1980's was Hagler/Hearns I could watch that fight once a day and not get bored. Just a quick note: I watched Tyson/Green from the 80's last night and damn!! Tyson was the total package in his prime. I mean I have seen his whole career so I already knew how great he was but that fight he was so alusive and fast.

the legendary four,everyone knows what i'm chattin about.

Sugar ray
manos de piedra
the hitman
the marvelous one

Mike tyson also.

The best of the 80's was the LEONARD-HEARNS-HAGLER-DURAN-BENITEZ merry mix-up! :boxing: :boxing: :boxing: :boxing:

That article got it right.

It wasn't just the legendary Duran, Hagler, Leonard, Hearns that made the eighties so special. Yes, they added to it.

But it was those "lesser" fighters - the Fletchers, Mugabis, Blakes, Baltazars, Chris Calvin "The Southern Rebel", "The Vampire" - it was those guys that made the 80s incredibly entertaining.

Sure I remember Arguello/Pryor, Duran/Hearns, but the Frank "The Animal" Fletcher wars or the Saad Muhammad battles were really what made boxing the greatest thing on Earth.

And boxing was big back then. I just remember everyone would be getting excited because Frank The Animal would be fighting Saturday afternoon. The anticipation for those Fletcher or Mugabi or Mancini or Chacon fights was just as big as for Duran/Leonard amongst all my friends.

Hagler-Hearns-Leonard was a good rivalry, and they were fabulous fighters.

Tyson had the biggest impact (obviously).

But when you really think about it, it was Michael Spinks who was probably the best boxer of the 80's.

bumpety bumpage

Damn....one of my fonder memories of the 80's was CBS & how it focused a lot on the lightweight ranks.
You had a lot of action fights with dudes like Robin Blake, Tony Baltazar, Mancini, Frias, Andy Ganigan, Ruben Munoz, Jimmy Paul.... even Camacho Sr. when he first came into the spotlight at 130.

I also remember when the NFL went on strike in '82. CBS & NBC filled the void with boxing.
I was hoping the NFL never came back !

Favorite 80's fighters :

Hagler
Saad
Chandler
Holmes
McCallum
Curry
M.Spinks
Mugabi
Matt Hilton
Rosario
Crusierweight Holyfield
Pryor
Arguello

So many great fighters....so many great fights.

That article got it right.

It wasn't just the legendary Duran, Hagler, Leonard, Hearns that made the eighties so special. Yes, they added to it.

But it was those "lesser" fighters - the Fletchers, Mugabis, Blakes, Baltazars, Chris Calvin "The Southern Rebel", "The Vampire" - it was those guys that made the 80s incredibly entertaining.

Sure I remember Arguello/Pryor, Duran/Hearns, but the Frank "The Animal" Fletcher wars or the Saad Muhammad battles were really what made boxing the greatest thing on Earth.

And boxing was big back then. I just remember everyone would be getting excited because Frank The Animal would be fighting Saturday afternoon. The anticipation for those Fletcher or Mugabi or Mancini or Chacon fights was just as big as for Duran/Leonard amongst all my friends.


No mas.....

Great stuff.

Fletcher against Clint Jackson ! Holy **** !
Against Hard Rock Green....Norbeto Sabater (first time I saw Fletcher).....wars.

What about Boza-Edwards....Limon....Navarette.....how much fun were they ?

Or the BUSTS like Jose Baret....John Verderosa....Gato Gonzalez...

Damn....one of my fonder memories of the 80's was CBS & how it focused a lot on the lightweight ranks.
You had a lot of action fights with dudes like Robin Blake, Tony Baltazar, Mancini, Frias, Andy Ganigan, Ruben Munoz, Jimmy Paul.... even Camacho Sr. when he first came into the spotlight at 130.

I also remember when the NFL went on strike in '82. CBS & NBC filled the void with boxing.
I was hoping the NFL never came back !

Favorite 80's fighters :

Hagler
Saad
Chandler
Holmes
McCallum
Curry
M.Spinks
Mugabi
Matt Hilton
Rosario
Crusierweight Holyfield
Pryor
Arguello

So many great fighters....so many great fights.


Thats a great list

you aint a SRL or Hearns fan?

I guess when you said Leonard would beat Pryor that your opinion wasnt biased now that I know u werent even his fan...good list though

Damn....one of my fonder memories of the 80's was CBS & how it focused a lot on the lightweight ranks.
You had a lot of action fights with dudes like Robin Blake, Tony Baltazar, Mancini, Frias, Andy Ganigan, Ruben Munoz, Jimmy Paul.... even Camacho Sr. when he first came into the spotlight at 130.

I also remember when the NFL went on strike in '82. CBS & NBC filled the void with boxing.
I was hoping the NFL never came back !

Favorite 80's fighters :

Hagler
Saad
Chandler
Holmes
McCallum
Curry
M.Spinks
Mugabi
Matt Hilton
Rosario
Crusierweight Holyfield
Pryor
Arguello

So many great fighters....so many great fights.

You should add Ray Leonard and Mike Tyson to that list.

No mas.....

Great stuff.

Fletcher against Clint Jackson ! Holy **** !
Against Hard Rock Green....Norbeto Sabater (first time I saw Fletcher).....wars.

What about Boza-Edwards....Limon....Navarette.....how much fun were they ?

Or the BUSTS like Jose Baret....John Verderosa....Gato Gonzalez...

Clint Jackson stayed in the amateurs too long, where Roger Leonard kicked his ass. :p

SO I guess you guys like my article....check this one out..it has good pics from the 80's.

http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/w0403-js.html

how u guys not going to mention tyson. leonard when he was a commmentator was all on tysons nuts. but some of u guys mention hispanic,latin and ppl like that. that no one even knows about, even jabstiff didnt include tyson did u plug your ears whenever they said tysons name is that why u dont know him or added him