If you could ONLY watch ONE fight...

[Da Boxer]

If you could ONLY watch ONE fight and ONE fight only. Which one would you watch?

[Sugar Adam Ali]

castillo-corrales 1



honorable mention
bowe-holyfield
hopkins-tito
Srl-hagler

[NChristo]

Leonard - Duran 1, no exceptions, for me that fight is perfection.
Edit: On second thought Toney - McCallum 1 and Barrera -Morales 1 are probably up there too.
Edit 2: Maybe Saldivar - Winstone 2 is up there as well, ****, this is the impossible question.

[billeau2]

I consider the setting here: One could go for perfection I s'pose....ringside tickets worth a mint to be front row at a fight like Pryer versus Arguello.....But that is not my idea of the "One" no....serrendipity has to be part of thangs! Unexpected and grand. I loved the time I saw the Nando Quartey fight in the dive, fight Mexican bar in the Mission...Loved the crowd, Mexican fight fans are the bomb.

But the ONE fight I would have loved go watch I did watch. And that was on a lark. Lots of graduate school work to do, probably not worth watching but the voice in the back of the head saying "blow the work off Darrell....go see Tyson fight Douglas, grab a beer"! And so with nary a thought of tipping a precious few pints came the fight I will always remember as the biggest upset along with the USA Hockey teams fiate.

After seeing that fight I figured if God granted me a few more fights watched with Mexicans, I would feel gratified. And he has!!

[mickey malone]

Moore Durelle

[BattlingNelson]

Frazier-Ali I or Nelson-Wolgast.

[Bodyshot3]

As a Brit fan: has to be Turpin v Robinson (Earls Court, 1951) truly stratospheric upset and I bet the atmosphere at ringside was incredible. Used to live in Leamington Spa so will always be a massive Turpin fan.

[Stuntman Mike]

Probably in the minority but Morales Pacquiao is extremely rewatchable even after watching it 20 times over

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Probably in the minority but Morales Pacquiao is extremely rewatchable even after watching it 20 times over

hell yes,,, i love that fight


I loved that manny had dropped mab, and jmm and was super confident in his power,,
and then first round he backs morales to the ropes, unloads a brutal combination, thinks morales will drop like mab, jmm, but then morales smiles, waves him on, is like "what mofo" and proceeds to beat manny across the ring and nearly thru the ropes,, set the tone for the whole fight

Manny had reached the top level, and scorched everyone, but had no idea who morales was or how much tougher he is than mab or jmm to drop,,,

Morales ruined his career in the 12th by switching southpaw and letting manny unload on him, i dont think morales was ever the same,,

Manny lost, but realized he needed more in the arsenal than just the jab jab straight left because eventually you will encounter a guy like morales that can take it and fire right back, and afterwards manny developed into the 2 fisted fighter/boxer we see in recent years,

morales won the fight, but was worse off, and manny lost, but became better because of it


one of my all time favorite fights

[HarvardBlue]

Chavez vs Taylor I. Even with the controversial ending, it's a great fight to watch.