Fights You Have To Watch

[Silencers]

Dominic Vea vs Oscar Siale - Not much to say about this fight really. Lots of punches thrown, lots of punches landed, lots of blood, both guys hurt, Vea's nose was a mess. 2 great fights out of Australia in 2 days.

[BennyST]

Jung Koo Chang vs Hideyuki Ohashi 2 - Rematch of a pretty one sided fight which Chang won 2 years prior, Ohashi had made improvements though while Chang might have been a step slower than he was. First 2 rounds were not too eventful but the fight really picked up in the third where Chang managed to knock Ohashi down 3 times and open a cut on Ohashi, improbably Ohashi hurt Chang badly at the end of the round when Chang was going for the finish. Chang didn't look fully recovered in the fourth but he just kept punching and kept moving forward while Ohashi managed to pepper Chang a bit when Chang was on the way in. The fifth was an all action round with both fighters punching away at each other, Chang seemed to get back the strength of his legs towards the end of the round though and came out more measured in the sixth, leaving less openings for Ohashi. Chang asserted himself in the 7th by knocking Ohashi down twice more even though he was buzzed by a left hook from the Japanese challenger. Ohashi tried to show Chang that he was recovered at the beginning of the 8th round and came out aggressively, landing some big shots in the process but Chang wasn't phased and came back at Ohashi, knocking Ohashi down two more times before the referee stopped the fight.

Chang was the one with all the knockdowns in this fight but he was forced to dig deep at points where it did look like he was in jeopardy of losing his title. Great fight.

Didn't know that wasn't on the list otherwise I would have mentioned it. Have you got his other one up there? Chang's that is? Can't remember who it was against....but he's had many great fights. His wars with German Torres were all great, but there was one other one that is literally as good as any fight you'll see, including Gatti/Ward.

What's the other guys name? Any help here?

[Silencers]

Didn't know that wasn't on the list otherwise I would have mentioned it. Have you got his other one up there? Chang's that is? Can't remember who it was against....but he's had many great fights. His wars with German Torres were all great, but there was one other one that is literally as good as any fight you'll see, including Gatti/Ward.

What's the other guys name? Any help here?

Are you talking about his final fight with Muangchai Kittikasem? That was also a great fight with back and forth action, Chang dropped Kittasem twice in the 5th and once in the 11th, but then got knocked out in the last 30 seconds of the 12th round when he thought he had Kittikasem on his last legs.

[Jatt]

Tyson vs Buster Douglas

[Silencers]

Isao Corranza vs Jose Solano - Both guys came out swinging, Corranza landed a right hand that made Solano's legs do a little dance, but Solano recovered and both guys went back to trading punches, it just happened that they landed big punches simultaneously and knocked each other down, Solano looked like he had the advantage when they got back to their feet though as Corranza looked more hurt but Solano let him off the hook and Corranza came back to stop Solano along the ropes about 20 seconds later. All this happened in 1 round, fun little war.

[Silencers]

Khedafi Djelkhir vs Jorge Cordero - Another 1 round fight, on the undercard of the recent Tua-Barrett fight, Djelkir made a positive start, dropping Cordero but he overestimated how hurt Cordero was and walked right into a massive left hand that put him on the seat of his pants, Djelkhir was badly hurt but managed to get his legs back under him and stop Cordero in the same round.

[Silencers]

Oscar Andrade vs Roman Valadez - A brawl between 2 guys with 1-0 records on the recent Fight Night Club show, part of the reason why it's good for prospects to fight each other is because they normally give it their all to ensure that they don't lose their 0 and they are young enough to throw caution to the wind. Both these guys did just that.

[Silencers]

John Conteh vs Chris Finnegan 1 - Not really the most action packed fight but a very good one in terms of skills, both of these guys were very well skilled boxers and they displayed all of their skills in this fight. It was a pretty evenly contested bout for about 10 rounds but Conteh started taking over in the last 5 with his conditioning. Finnegan stayed in there though and battled hard.

The storylines outside the ring were quite fascinating too. Finnegan was the British and Commenwealth champion having went a grueling 14 rounds with world champion Bob Foster a year prior, Conteh was the European champion and even though Conteh was the European champion he was regarded as the up and comer compared to the well respected 1968 gold medalist. Conteh had the playboy, flashy image outside of the ring and Finnegan was the more down to earth character. All this led to a very big buildup to the fight, and the fight didn't disappoint.

[sonnyboyx2]

John Conteh vs Chris Finnegan 1 - Not really the most action packed fight but a very good one in terms of skills, both of these guys were very well skilled boxers and they displayed all of their skills in this fight. It was a pretty evenly contested bout for about 10 rounds but Conteh started taking over in the last 5 with his conditioning. Finnegan stayed in there though and battled hard.

The storylines outside the ring were quite fascinating too. Finnegan was the British and Commenwealth champion having went a grueling 14 rounds with world champion Bob Foster a year prior, Conteh was the European champion and even though Conteh was the European champion he was regarded as the up and comer compared to the well respected 1968 gold medalist. Conteh had the playboy, flashy image outside of the ring and Finnegan was the more down to earth character. All this led to a very big buildup to the fight, and the fight didn't disappoint.

great call with this fight... "A Forgotten Classic"

[Silencers]

Ken Norton vs Randall Cobb - A very good heavyweight fight between the ultra tough Cobb and the veteran Norton. Norton surprising fought off the ropes for a large part of the fight, Cobb threw a lot of punches but faded a bit down the stretch which made Norton get more aggressive. Both of them took quite a bit of punishment because Norton was not a guy who fought off the ropes well, which allowed Cobb to get his punches through and Cobb wasn't what you'd call a good defensive fighter and took some big shots from Norton.