I'm surprised nobody already mentioned my favorite...and possibly the GREATEST win with a severe cut:
This gives me a chance to plug my own youtube vid too. Toney/Littles was amazing. James is given one more round to go out and starch Littles or the fight will be stopped due to one of the worst cuts I have seen in a championship fight. Just watch the vid a little bit and I believe it's the third fight in. You get to see the cut and then you get to see James go blast out Littles.
Gatti v Hutchinson. Brutal cut in the 2nd round then cut on the other eye in the 3rd, went on to win on points.
The 1st cut was one of the worst i've seen, the concensus of opinion was that the cut would have been bad enough to stop the fight, except that the ref had deemed it was caused by a punch giving Hutchinson the TKO.
The fight was in Montreal, very pro Gatti crowd and Gatti was going crazy claiming the cut was caused by a clash of heads.
The ref was under a lot pressure to let the fight go on.
Thats the fight I was thinking of too!
Gatti v Hutchinson. Brutal cut in the 2nd round then cut on the other eye in the 3rd, went on to win on points.
The 1st cut was one of the worst i've seen, the concensus of opinion was that the cut would have been bad enough to stop the fight, except that the ref had deemed it was caused by a punch giving Hutchinson the TKO.
The fight was in Montreal, very pro Gatti crowd and Gatti was going crazy claiming the cut was caused by a clash of heads.
The ref was under a lot pressure to let the fight go on.
can you guys name me some figthers who have won fights despite having very bad cuts?
Sean O'Grady vs Shig Fukuyama....
O'Grady's forehead had a gash that looked like a hatchet smacked him right in the center of his forehead. He "flurried" the next round and the ref jumped in to stop the fight. O'Grady by KO.
Ray Mancini against I forget who but I think he it was a rematch to regain his title at lightweight, he was cut so bad they were going to stop it in the 7th but he finished the 15 rounds and won.
Those are the first two fights that came to my mind too.
great minds think alike.. everytime i see this fight, i think .. if toney just could of stayed in shape