Advice on these fights.

[Chrismart]

Its been recommended that i watch these fights as iv never seen them, was wondering what you guys thought of them:

Chavez vs Taylor 1
Holyfield vs Muhammad Qawi 1
Ibeabuchi vs Tua

thanks.

[BKM-]

First one is a great fight with a young Boxer with tremendous athletic ability, perhaps one of the most impressive you'll see. That display of brilliance will shift into the favour of the hardworking warrior, and with a very dramatic ending you'll see a great fight.
The other 2 are very active and brutal. It's not as dramatic as the first one, more of a display of what these fighters could do in their prime.
If you haven't seen them, check them out.

[sleazyfellow]

my advice on those fights..........watch them.

[K-Nan]

Chavez vs Taylor is the only fight that has brought tears to my eyes. I admit it.

Holyfield-Qawi is a super active fight.. proof of that can be seen when you consider the fact that Holyfield lost about 8 pounds (!) during the fight and was hospitalized for dehydration afterwards.

Tua-Ibeabuchi is the most active HW fight I've ever seen. It was Ike's coming out party, and he showed his skill on the inside and the outside. Only problem I ad with it is that neither guy seemed to have the ability to wobble the other. Took away from the usual HW suspense of that flash KO.

[Sweet Pete]

Chavez/Taylor- A match where, even though Taylor was winning the majority of the rounds, he was the one getting beaten up and taking the damage. One of those bouts where he was winning on the scorecards, but losing the fight. His fast hands gave him the edge in punches landed, but Chavez was the same in the 12th round as he was in the first, in terms of damage taken and stamina. Taylor was finished by the 12th. Should it have been stopped? The age old question.

Holyfield/Qawi- As has been said above, what an action packed match. Holyfield landing more blows, while taking many himself, but dishing it out worse, working at a better rate, thus taking the decision.

Ibeabuchi/Tua- A close fight, but a clear win for Ike. I have heard people argue for Tua before, which I don't get. Ike clearly took the first 4 rounds, the rest of the fight was pretty even. Ike won either 7 or 8 rounds. Very high paced though, Ike outdoing him in workrate, thus winning the fight. Pretty similar to Holyfield/Qawi to be honest.

[Chrismart]

Thanks for all the info. Il try watch them all. Looking forward to seeing the Chavez- Tyalor fight for the first time.

[MikeBrew328]

Make sure you see HBO's Legendary Nights, makes it even MORE dramatic.

[LondonRingRules]

Ibeabuchi/Tua- A close fight, but a clear win for Ike. I have heard people argue for Tua before, which I don't get. Ike clearly took the first 4 rounds, the rest of the fight was pretty even. Ike won either 7 or 8 rounds. Very high paced though, Ike outdoing him in workrate, thus winning the fight. Pretty similar to Holyfield/Qawi to be honest.

** Great, then you can hear one more shout for Tua.

Ike was busier, but just a crude arm puncher. Kudos for his size, strength, conditioning and chin, but Tua really clocked him with some beauties that rocked him a few times. Tua not associated with beautiful boxing, but he was younger and in better shape back then and used his footwork and balance to offset Ike all through the fight, picked his shots cleaner with much better accuracy, and was still very active.

Tua the much classier fighter, a grade above. Proof of the damage Tua did is that Ike just fell apart after this fight with headaches, violent outbursts and bizarre and dangerous behaviors that led to his incarceration.

Tua a much better fighter than credited. He has been poorly handled and to be fair, he has tried to turn around his management problems, but those have been fairly intractable legal issues that have him cooling on the sidelines or backwater venues.

[duffgun]

** Great, then you can hear one more shout for Tua.

Ike was busier, but just a crude arm puncher. Kudos for his size, strength, conditioning and chin, but Tua really clocked him with some beauties that rocked him a few times. Tua not associated with beautiful boxing, but he was younger and in better shape back then and used his footwork and balance to offset Ike all through the fight, picked his shots cleaner with much better accuracy, and was still very active.

Tua the much classier fighter, a grade above. Proof of the damage Tua did is that Ike just fell apart after this fight with headaches, violent outbursts and bizarre and dangerous behaviors that led to his incarceration.

Tua a much better fighter than credited. He has been poorly handled and to be fair, he has tried to turn around his management problems, but those have been fairly intractable legal issues that have him cooling on the sidelines or backwater venues.

Just because Ike had problems possibly relating to his fight with tua has nothing to do with the outcome of the fight. Ike imo won a close decision, i thought ike was putting his punches together much better than tua and he was certainly not crude a crude fighter doesn't destroy byrd, he also had the much better jab and imo had much better footwork he had good balance and great stamina. Most people believe that ike won the fight and was a better fighter but thats only an opinion.

[Chrismart]

Make sure you see HBO's Legendary Nights, makes it even MORE dramatic.

Thanks mate, i downloaded a few 'HBO legendary nights' the other day, so il make sure i watch it.