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Fight Weekend is Here ...Looking Back at the Great Middleweight Championship Fights | BoxingScene Community

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Fight Weekend is Here ...Looking Back at the Great Middleweight Championship Fights

PBP10y ago

I don't want this to turn into some snobby history lesson. Just post/discuss some of your favorite middleweight championship fights over the years. Whether you were alive to witness it, or caught it on YouTube. My favorites include: The Obvious Choice: http://i.ytimg.com/vi/LYt5Rz2XlAg/hqdefault.jpg A Personal Favorite: http://static.boxrec.com/thumb/7/78/HopkinsTrinidad72379451.jpg/400px-HopkinsTrinidad72379451.jpg And one of the final great performances of a legend: http://www.boxing.com/images/sized/images/articles/duran_barkley-530x317.jpg And then of course, you have this classic banger: What are some of your favorites?

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Marinez v Williams 1 and 2 and Martinez v Pavlik should be up there and for the shock value, Cotto v Martinez. Give em all a watch if you havent already.

10y ago

Hagler vs. Mugabi. Surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet. Love, love this fight. Classic case of veteran champion taking a young hungry contender into deep waters and drowning him.

10y ago

Cotto-Martinez :)

10y ago

All of these are awesome! Great thread, getting super pumped now. One of my favourites because of it's unexpected nature would have to be Martinez Williams and it's sequel. Christmas specials!

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Hagler vs. Mugabi. Surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet.

10y ago

Ref was garbage there at the end. Nunn shouldn't have taken the punishment he did after getting knocked down.

10y ago

Or Arthur Abraham/Edison Miranda where he fought with a broken jaw. another very good one. big punchers, those two. abraham has brass balls.

10y ago

Duran vs Barkley. One i've rewatched often down the years : https://j.gifs.com/Kdp5BX.gif barkley was a big, strong dude. seeing duran taking his gas and hurting him at f#cking middlweight is a sight to see.

10y ago

pavlik - taylor was a classic. i still think pavlik - miranda, which was an eliminator for a shot at the lineal title that JT held, was the better fight. scary, scary damage taken by both guys. holy f#ck did miranda get beat up at the end of that fight. smoger needs to learn to pull the trigger on a stoppage quicker than that. Or Arthur Abraham/Edison Miranda where he fought with a broken jaw.

10y ago

pavlik - taylor was a classic. i still think pavlik - miranda, which was an eliminator for a shot at the lineal title that JT held, was the better fight. scary, scary damage taken by both guys. holy f#ck did miranda get beat up at the end of that fight. smoger needs to learn to pull the trigger on a stoppage quicker than that.

10y ago

Duran vs Barkley. One i've rewatched often down the years : https://j.gifs.com/Kdp5BX.gif

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Sugar Ray Robinson vs Rocky Graziano... "Those were the days..."

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Hagler Hamsho 1 Hagler Minter Bhop Tito

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