What are your five favourite fights of all time?
Not necessarily ones that are the most violent or action packed, but maybe ones that meant more to you than any other fight.
Mine are, in no particular order:
Ali v Frazier 1
Ali v Frazier 3
Barrera v Morales 1
Holyfield v Bowe 1
Calzaghe v Lacy
Castillo-Corrales 1
Ward-Gatti 1
Jirov-Toney
Forest-Mayorga1 -this is a fight that got me hooked on boxing
W. Klitschko-Sanders- this was another one that helped get me hooked
Also Sykes-Peters was a special one for me, not cause it was a great fight but it was my first live one and was a great experience.
Duran VS Barkley
Toney VS Jirov
JLC VS Corrales I
Hagler VS Hearns
Hamed VS Kelley
These are always changing, except for Hagler/Hearns and Hamed/Kelley.
Taylor/Chavez I
Toney/Jirov
Morales/Barrera I
Duran/Barkley
Hagler/Mugabi
They constantly change. Castillo/Corrales I is right in there. As are Hagler/Hearns & Whitaker/McGirt I.
Corrales-Castillo I and Pryor-Arguello I, both at face value (though Corrales-Castillo I was also on the same night as my daughters communion)
Eubank-Benn I for its action and also because it was the fight that had me permanently addicted to the sport.
Basically any Bobby Chacon fight (or at least the ones he won), but more specifically his Chacon-Bazooka Limon IV. One of the few non mega-events I recall as a kid, which speaks volumes of just how brutally fantastic the fight was.
Finally, Trinidad-Vargas, because it had everything you could possibly ask for in a fight, from the build-up all the way to Tito's heartfelt, teary-eyed speech during the post-fight press conference.
What are your five favourite fights of all time?
Not necessarily ones that are the most violent or action packed, but maybe ones that meant more to you than any other fight.
Mine are, in no particular order:
Ali v Frazier 1
Ali v Frazier 3
Barrera v Morales 1
Holyfield v Bowe 1
Calzaghe v Lacy
Lewis v Klitschko
Holyfield v Bowe I
Frazier v Ali I
Calzaghe V Lacy
Lewis v Mercer
I guess i have a bit of an odd list, but here it goes
1. Taylor-Wright
2. Barrera-McKinney
3. Gatti-Ward
4. Bell-Mormeck II (first 8 rounds of 2nd fight are far better then first 8 of 1st fight)
5. Duran-Barkley