your five favourite moments in boxing history

[Sam Donald]

wether it was somebody winning a world title, somebody getting knocked out etc

your top 5 moments and it should be something u lived through

[sonnyboyx2]

1/. Foreman KO Moorer
2/. Tyson KO Berbick
3/. Sibson KO Minter
4/. Ali beating Spinks
5/. Lewis KO Ruddock

[The Surgeon]

AND WE HAVE A NEW ERA IN BOXING! When Tyson devastated Berbick

Mayorga letting Forrest Tag him on the chin then blazing back to floor him

Amir Khan machine gunning Gomez across the ring (just thought it was super cool)

Mosley turning back the clock and destroying Margarito who had just beat Cotto and been caught for the wraps scandal

The whole build up to Mayweather vs Hatton

[Wild Blue Yonda]

Counting down...

5. Bernard Hopkins TKO12 Felix Trinidad, 2001

I was fortunate enough to attend this fight (rare, for myself, & the first truly big fight I'd witnessed live in many years), & it was just unforgettable. The build-up had been running for months, & was something I'll never forget --- it was a huge clash. I had tentatively backed Hopkins (had no clue he would dominate so convincingly) & this fight really set alight the Boxing world in a huge way, both before & after the fact. Arguably, the biggest bout of the 2000's after Lewis-Tyson.

4. Ray Leonard SD12 Marvin Hagler, 1987

This one's a little odd to list, since I was never a Leonard fan. That said, there's no getting around the magnitude of this fight --- as big as Hopkins-Trinidad was for its time, it just does not compare. I don't know how many of you were around to recall this fight live, but if you were, you'll know awaiting the verdict was one of the most electrically-charged instances in Boxing history. It was, simply put & without exaggeration, stunning to hear Leonard had won.

3. Julio Cesar Chavez TKO12 Meldrick Taylor, 1990

Such an epic clash, & those following the rise of either man couldn't help but be impressed with both. Chavez had my support (I've always tended to be drawn more to the in-ring honest, hard-working, limited types over more gifted rivals), but there wasn't anyone, from Mexico or elsewhere I don't think, who didn't feel immensely for Taylor. It was a huge occasion, with a grandstand finish which was etched instantly in the annals of history.

2. George Foreman KO10 Michael Moorer, 1994

You couldn't help but cheer Foreman through his comeback --- every fight felt like an occasion, a challenge for him to get that body, "up" just one more time against the latest youngen. I'm ashamed to say, having been quite impressed with Moorer (in the ring --- outside was another story) to that point, I felt he was going to do a better job than Holyfield with Foreman, & he did, upto the most astonishing singular moment I can remember in all my time following the sweet science. I predicted Moorer would stop Foreman in eleven rounds, & that would be that --- Big George would retire. It was hugely exciting to be proven wrong. You knew that you had just witnessed history, & you would certainly never see something like it again.

1. Joe Frazier UD15 Muhammad Ali, 1971

Though I had been a fan of Ali's in my younger days (listening to his fights via radio broadcast), Frazier had won me over by the point they actually met in the ring --- & let me tell you, for those of you who didn't live through it, it just does not get any bigger than this. Whitaker-Chavez, Lewis-Tyson, Hagler-Leonard --- forget it, none are quite the same. Perhaps my fathers' generation would have a case with Louis-Schmeling II (& more distantly, perhaps Johnson-Jeffries), but outside of that, no, Sir. We watched this in the theaters on CC & there was a true sense that Ali was sweeping the fight through five or six rounds, & Frazier had to come storming back. I always remembered Lancaster's words of admiration in the moment, "That Joe Frazier must be some kind of a man," & the feeling collectively amongst those watching from around the tenth round onward was, "Joe is really coming on, but how much of a lead did he give away early? Can he catch him on points, or could he knock him out?" I thought Frazier had him when the bell sounded for the end of round eleven. Ali was rocking & rolling, & didn't have four rounds left in him, to my eyes. Credit to him, but Frazier completely had it in the bag from that moment on --- you felt it. I sat down & scored this one about a year ago, actually. I had it even going into the final round, with Frazier only winning by two in the end. A better fight, entertainment-wise, than the more-lauded Thrilla In Manila, if you ask me.

That was a tough list to **** out! Just so many other memories.