Great fights that no one talks about

[Dynamite Kid]

Hearns vs Kinchen. I had it a lot closer than the judges had it, not that Kinchen won many that! rounds but he scored a KD and Hearns had a point taken in that round to make it 10/7 round. I gave Kinchen 5 rounds but some of those were sympathy rounds

I had it a draw in the end but if pushed to give it to someone i would have given it to Hearns because he won more rounds, that KD & the point taken is what made the fight closer.

[Shadows]

Sorry if anyone already mentioned these fights, but Saad Muhammad-Lopez I and II are great fights that I rarely see talked about.

[Silencers]

Hearns vs Kinchen. I had it a lot closer than the judges had it, not that Kinchen won many that! rounds but he scored a KD and Hearns had a point taken in that round to make it 10/7 round. I gave Kinchen 5 rounds but some of those were sympathy rounds

I had it a draw in the end but if pushed to give it to someone i would have given it to Hearns because he won more rounds, that KD & the point taken is what made the fight closer.

I had Hearns winning the fight too but it was an underrated one. Kinchen had Hearns rocking and reeling, it's the reason why Leonard finally decided to give him a rematch.

[Miburo]

There are plenty of fights which were higher profile in the past but get mentioned little by the average boxing fan. Arguello-Escalera II, Chacon-Limon IV, Carbajal-Gonzalez I, etc.

[JAB5239]

I thought I knew a bit about boxing until I saw Silencers post I have a long way to go to get on that kind of level

Lol, a lot of us do. But thats what is great about these forums, you get the chance to learn from some well educated boxing fans if you're willing to keep an open mind.

[JAB5239]

There are plenty of fights which were higher profile in the past but get mentioned little by the average boxing fan. Arguello-Escalera II, Chacon-Limon IV, Carbajal-Gonzalez I, etc.

Were fighters like Chacon and Danny Lopez ever in a bad fight? God, they are fun to watch!

[mhager91490]

There are way too many to list but here are some of them IMO.

Terry Norris vs Troy Waters
Michael Carbajal vs Jorge Arce
Tony Ayala vs Yory Boy Campas
Orlando Canizalez vs Kelvin Seabrooks 1
Ray Leonard vs Donny Lalonde I thought was an underrated fight
All 3 Jeff Harding vs Denis Andries fights
Frank Fletcher vs Clint Jackson
Frank Fletcher vs James Green
Wilfredo Gomez vs Lupe Pintor
Frankie Liles vs Tim Littles 2
Richard Hall vs Julian Letterlough
Matthew Saad Muhammad vs Marvin Johnson 1 & 2
Matthew Saad Muhammad vs Richie Kates
Erik Morlaes vs Daniel Zaragoza
Daniel Zaragoza vs Paul Banke 2
Bruce Curry vs Wilfred Benitez
Mike McCallum vs Milton McCrory
Bruce Curry vs Monroe Brooks
Simon Brown vs Tyrone Trice
Simon Brown vs Vincent Pettway
Michael Gomez vs Alex Arthur
Alex Arthur vs Stephen Foster
Kelvin Seabrooks vs Thierry Jacob
Mickie Ward vs Reggie Green
Charles Williams vs Merqui Sosa 1 & 2
Luis Collazo vs Jose Antonio Rivera
Kennedy McKinney vs Junior Jones
Kennedy McKinney vs Welcome Ncita 1
Jamie Moore vs Matthew Macklin
Danny Hunt vs Lee Meager
Mark Kaylor vs Errol Christie
Daniel Santos vs Neil Sinclair
Jorge Arce vs Hussein Hussein 1
Rafael Pedroza vs Gustavo Ballas
Kermit Cintron vs David Estrada
David Tua vs David Izon
Acelino Freitas vs Jorge Barrios
Alex Stewart vs Michael Moorer
Bert Cooper vs Henry Tillman
Ray Mercer vs Bert Cooper
Alex Stewart vs Ezra Sellers
Bert Cooper vs Andre McCall
Ildemar Paisan vs Geronimo Luque
Barry Michael vs Lester Ellis
David Walker vs Spencer Fearon
Manuel Gomez vs Jeffrey Hill
Luis Hernandez vs Luis Pabon
Alfonso Gomez vs Jesse Feliciano 3
Fulgencio Zuniga vs Jose Luis Zertuche 1 & 2
Bobby Czyz vs Williw Edwards
Freddie Roach vs Tommy Cordoba
Daniel Edouard vs Willie Gibbs
Jason Litzau vs John Nolasco
Michael Gomez vs Carl Johanneson
Michael Moorer vs Bert Cooper
John Duddy vs Yory Boy Campas
Antwun Echols vs Charles Brewer
Israel Vazquez vs Oscar Larios 2
Pernell Whitaker vs Buddy McGirt 1
Thomas Hearns vs James Kinchen
Carmen Basilio vs Tony De Marco 1 & 2
Ray Mancini vs Livingstone Bramble 1
Ray Mancini vs Alexis Arguello
Carl Thompson vs Chris Eubank 1 & 2
Caveman Lee vs John LoCicero
Carl Thompson vs David Haye

Anyways, there are much much more. Some of these fights get mentioned more than others but are still mentioned too little IMO. There should really be a sticky in the History Section about this kind of stuff, like a 'fights you have to watch before you die' thread.

A couple of fights on your list that I remember particularl fondly are:


Mark Kaylor-Errol Christie- Both fighters rocked heavily in the first round and it is war for the rest of the fights, Christie hits the deck a couple of more times later in the fight and it is stopped brutally. Kaylor's fans were going to be so rowdy for that fight that they were denied alchohol but they were still setting of firecrackers in the arena among other things, they were about as rowdy as a Tijijuana crowd.

Orlando Canizales-Kelvin Seabrooks- This is a textbook performance from Canizales, breaking an opponent down throughout the fight, he had such blazingly fast feet and the angles were just beautiful. I remember the crowd got excited when Seabrooks landed those rights in the third but they didn't even phase Orlando, he was in the zone that night.

Simon Brown-Tyrone Trice- I watched that fight earlier today and it is still as entertaining as ever, I enjoyed the late 80's-early 90's welters much more than DLH, Quartey, Trinidad and the others.

[Silencers]

A couple of fights on your list that I remember particularl fondly are:


Mark Kaylor-Errol Christie- Both fighters rocked heavily in the first round and it is war for the rest of the fights, Christie hits the deck a couple of more times later in the fight and it is stopped brutally. Kaylor's fans were going to be so rowdy for that fight that they were denied alchohol but they were still setting of firecrackers in the arena among other things, they were about as rowdy as a Tijijuana crowd.

Orlando Canizales-Kelvin Seabrooks- This is a textbook performance from Canizales, breaking an opponent down throughout the fight, he had such blazingly fast feet and the angles were just beautiful. I remember the crowd got excited when Seabrooks landed those rights in the third but they didn't even phase Orlando, he was in the zone that night.

Simon Brown-Tyrone Trice- I watched that fight earlier today and it is still as entertaining as ever, I enjoyed the late 80's-early 90's welters much more than DLH, Quartey, Trinidad and the others.

Kaylor-Christie was a great fight, they genuinely didn't like each other and it told during the fight and the crowd was electric which contributed to the excitement.

For sure that was one of Canizales' best performances, he was brilliant that night, Seabrooks, as was often the case with him, fought back valiantly. Seabrooks was like a small version of Matthew Saad Muhammad, rarely in a boring fight.

Brown-Trice 1 might have been one of the better welterweight title fights I have ever seen, great action and very good technique from both guys. Trice was fighting on instincts for the last few rounds of the fight.

[Hagler★]

I just had a lot of free time. Can't be picky about what fights you watch, I pretty much watched every fight that I could find when I had more time both to study the fighters and to see if that fight was a good one.

Just this year there have been some really good fights that people seldom talk about like

Anthony Mundine vs Daniel Geale
Martin Rogan vs Sam Sexton
Martin Rogan vs Matt Skelton
Nathan Cleverly vs Danny McIntosh (A little one sided but hey)
Simone Califano vs Pasqual Di Silvio
Giacobbe Fragomeni vs Kryzstof Wlodarczyk
Carlos Abregu vs Irving Garcia
Jon Thaxton vs Tom Glover
Danny Williams vs Carl Baker

I hear the recent Ryan Rhodes vs Jamie Moore fight was a great one but I haven't watched it yet.

I have seen these and the the Rhodes fight they were good fights, Rhodes really took Moore's legs away with that right hand to the point of the chin

[Silencers]

I have seen these and the the Rhodes fight they were good fights, Rhodes really took Moore's legs away with that right hand to the point of the chin

Yeah, Moore showed great courage coming back the way he did after the knockdown but it wasn't enough, he was breathing through his mouth by round 4.