Best Fights Decade-By-Decade

[Hydro]

I'm only going from the 70s on since my fight collection from before the 1970s isn't so good.

70s: Ali-Frazier III
80s: Chacon-Edwards II
90s: Carbajal-Gonzalez I
00s: Corrales-Castillo I

[ianwigley]

I'm only going from the 70s on since my fight collection from before the 1970s isn't so good.

70s: Ali-Frazier III
80s: Chacon-Edwards II
90s: Carbajal-Gonzalez I
00s: Corrales-Castillo I

70s - Monzon - Benv I
80s - Hagler - Hearns
90s - Benn - McClellan
00s - Coralles - Castillo I

Just my two cents...

Ian

[Kball15]

20s: Tunney-Dempsey
30s: Baer-Shmelling
40s: Pep-Sadler
50s: Marciano-Walcott/Robinson-Basilio
60s: Clay-Liston
70s: Ali-Frazier I
80s: Hagler-Hearns
90s: *to many to decide on... Ayala-Tapia/Sorjaturong-Gonzalez/Carbajal-Gonzalez
00s: Corrales-Castillo/Ward-Burton

[Kball15]

or in the 90's, maybe rid**** bowe-evander holyfield I... forgot about those...

[Rockin']

My favorite of all-time has to be Hagler-Hearns. The two fighters at the top of their careers stepping up and just going to war, bombs away.

A guy from Kronk took me on a trip to work with his kid for a week and on the way down told me a story about the fight. He said that before the fight in the dressing room Emanuel had stepped out for a few minutes to take care of something. When he returned he found Hearns dressing room filled with his entourage. Hearns was laying face first on the rub down table and Emanuel became furious when he saw that there was one of Hearns friends rubbing down his legs. Emanuel istantly kicked everybody out in a furious rage.

If you notice in that fight Hearns legs never really seemed to be stable under him. You should never be rubbed down right before a fight. So I was told that Hearns could feel that his legs were not right and went right at Hagler trying to end it quick. This gave us one of the greatest fights ever in my mind, god I love watching them throw................Rockin'

[Hydro]

the end of benn-mcclellan ruins it for me.

i can't watch it.

yeah i love dogs and pets and g-man apparently was a sick individual, but i still can't watch fights like these.

[Kball15]

My favorite of all-time has to be Hagler-Hearns. The two fighters at the top of their careers stepping up and just going to war, bombs away.

A guy from Kronk took me on a trip to work with his kid for a week and on the way down told me a story about the fight. He said that before the fight in the dressing room Emanuel had stepped out for a few minutes to take care of something. When he returned he found Hearns dressing room filled with his entourage. Hearns was laying face first on the rub down table and Emanuel became furious when he saw that there was one of Hearns friends rubbing down his legs. Emanuel istantly kicked everybody out in a furious rage.

If you notice in that fight Hearns legs never really seemed to be stable under him. You should never be rubbed down right before a fight. So I was told that Hearns could feel that his legs were not right and went right at Hagler trying to end it quick. This gave us one of the greatest fights ever in my mind, god I love watching them throw................Rockin'

STEWARD tells that story in every interview he gives. I doubt it made TOO much a difference, because Hagler was chargin at him and Hearns had no choice but to fight him off

[ianwigley]

My favorite of all-time has to be Hagler-Hearns. The two fighters at the top of their careers stepping up and just going to war, bombs away.

A guy from Kronk took me on a trip to work with his kid for a week and on the way down told me a story about the fight. He said that before the fight in the dressing room Emanuel had stepped out for a few minutes to take care of something. When he returned he found Hearns dressing room filled with his entourage. Hearns was laying face first on the rub down table and Emanuel became furious when he saw that there was one of Hearns friends rubbing down his legs. Emanuel istantly kicked everybody out in a furious rage.

If you notice in that fight Hearns legs never really seemed to be stable under him. You should never be rubbed down right before a fight. So I was told that Hearns could feel that his legs were not right and went right at Hagler trying to end it quick. This gave us one of the greatest fights ever in my mind, god I love watching them throw................Rockin'

Hagler - Hearns was a great fight, but it only lasted 3 rounds. I'm not being confrontational here - I respect your view - but I reckon, if you haven't already, have a look at Castillo - Coralles I, Gatti - Ward I, II, III and maybe Benn - McClellan to widen your viewpoint.

Hagler - Hearns was a war, but so was Tapia - Ayala I and II.

Just a suggestion or two, my friend.

Ian

[Kball15]

Hagler - Hearns was a great fight, but it only lasted 3 rounds. I'm not being confrontational here - I respect your view - but I reckon, if you haven't already, have a look at Castillo - Coralles I, Gatti - Ward I, II, III and maybe Benn - McClellan to widen your viewpoint.

Hagler - Hearns was a war, but so was Tapia - Ayala I and II.

Just a suggestion or two, my friend.

Ian

Castillo-Corrales I wasnt that good a fight for the first 6 rounds. Lots of clinching, lots of booing from the crowd, but when they did throw it was awsome.

Bombs away. In round 7, it REALLY heated up. Round 8 was ALLLL action. And round 9 was time capsule stuff, like Gatti-ward round 9 or Barrera-Morales round 5. ANd then round 10 is self explanatory. The single most dramatic round in the history of boxing

[Rockin']

Hagler - Hearns was a great fight, but it only lasted 3 rounds. I'm not being confrontational here - I respect your view - but I reckon, if you haven't already, have a look at Castillo - Coralles I, Gatti - Ward I, II, III and maybe Benn - McClellan to widen your viewpoint.

Hagler - Hearns was a war, but so was Tapia - Ayala I and II.

Just a suggestion or two, my friend.

Ian

Benn- McClellan was big. The thing with the others that you mention is that both fighters were not at their peeks. Ward-Gatti was a good scrap but was it contested by two of the greatest fighters on the planet at the time? Same with Tapia-Ayala, who the F was Ayala coming up, he held little regard in the publics eye.

The thing with Hagler/Hearns is that they were both rated atop the times P4P list and when they came together it was instant war. There have been countless great fights between not so great fighters. But when two of the greatest of the time step in a deliver like that its just magical...........Rockin'