Emotional moments in boxing for you

[Ray Ray]

Watching Taylor getting KO'ed.

I damn near cried because I lost money.

[Thread Stealer]

sad moments is when they show someone like meldrick taylor or tommy hearns speaking.

shows how violent and dangerous this sport is.

I can't even watch Quiroga-Akeem, Mancini-Kim, Benn-McClellan, and Eubank-Watson 2 even though they were all good fights.

[2501]

1. Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Moralez's legendary battle.

93 Playoffs, Game 5, Bulls against the Knicks @ Madison Square Garden. Jordan copped a Triple Double, 29 points, 10 rebounds, and 14 assists. I got this feeling of awe watching him in that game even though he had a poor shooting night, but he just kept coming and coming, never submitting, with a level of determination I'd never seen in sports............until I saw Barrera/Moralez 1. Now this fight was mostly driven by pride, but what fueled that pride was that determination to be the better man, to be the last one to throw a punch and land, unwillingness to submit. there were no other people in that arena, just Barrera and Morales. I remember feeling anxious and incredible suspense.

2. Manny Pacquiao's demolishing of Erik Morales.

As you can see from my sig, Erik Morales is my all time favorite fighter. He examplified everything I think a fighter should be. He was a warrior who let pride determine his fighting style and a true people's champ. I had been witness to many of his wars and loved the fact that he was really there for his fans. So when his 3rd bout with Pac was announced, I really didn't want it to happen because I knew he was no longer the same Morales of the Barrera Trilogy or the one who first defeated Pac. I hesitantly purchased the PPV event hoping that my gut feeling regarding the outcome was wrong. It was wasnt. Seeing Erik get knocked down into final submission was heartbreaking. I was pretty melancollie(sp?) for a while after that.

3. Roy Jones Jr. falling very short at the hands of Antonio Tarver in the rematch

As a big Roy Jones fan, I couldn't understand the slump he immediately got in after getting knocked out by Tarver in their first encounter. In my eyes, Glenn Johnson didn't deserve to be in the same ring as RJJ. But my worst fears were manifested in a 9th KO of Jones. Was it that he was really starting the decline of his career? Was it just a lack of confidence after the Tarver bout? I was hoping my confusion would be cleared when he got a rematch with Tarver. I was 100 % sure that it was all a fluke and prime Roy would show up to the fight. But all I saw was a tentative RJJ doing his best to gaurd a glass chin while Tarver was setting up his power, waiting for the right time to let it go. Even though he didn't get KO'd, it was very hard watching someone who was just a shell of their former self. Not showing an ounce of what made him RJJ.

[Thread Stealer]

1. Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Moralez's legendary battle.

93 Playoffs, Game 5, Bulls against the Knicks @ Madison Square Garden. Jordan copped a Triple Double, 29 points, 10 rebounds, and 14 assists. I got this feeling of awe watching him in that game even though he had a poor shooting night, but he just kept coming and coming, never submitting, with a level of determination I'd never seen in sports............until I saw Barrera/Moralez 1. Now this fight was mostly driven by pride, but what fueled that pride was that determination to be the better man, to be the last one to throw a punch and land, unwillingness to submit. there were no other people in that arena, just Barrera and Morales. I remember feeling anxious and incredible suspense.

great fight and great game, but what i remember most about that game is charles smith and those 2 last blocks from behind that scottie made.

[ermeni_siken]

i dont know about emootional moments but my happy moments are :

- pacman knocking out barrera

- pauli getting destroyed against cotto

- darchinyan getting knocked out

-diego corrales getting brutalized by floyd mayweater

- hopkins destroying tito

[Piggu]

3. Roy Jones Jr. falling very short at the hands of Antonio Tarver in the rematch

As a big Roy Jones fan, I couldn't understand the slump he immediately got in after getting knocked out by Tarver in their first encounter. In my eyes, Glenn Johnson didn't deserve to be in the same ring as RJJ. But my worst fears were manifested in a 9th KO of Jones. Was it that he was really starting the decline of his career? Was it just a lack of confidence after the Tarver bout? I was hoping my confusion would be cleared when he got a rematch with Tarver. I was 100 % sure that it was all a fluke and prime Roy would show up to the fight. But all I saw was a tentative RJJ doing his best to gaurd a glass chin while Tarver was setting up his power, waiting for the right time to let it go. Even though he didn't get KO'd, it was very hard watching someone who was just a shell of their former self. Not showing an ounce of what made him RJJ.

He got knocked out in the 2nd fight, and he lost a decision in the 3rd fight.

[Ironside]

When Taylor got KO'd, I was shocked. I still try to avoid that fight as much as possible, don't think i've seen the KO since that night.

[Roque_sevilla]

Meldrick Taylor getting stopped with 2 seconds remaining. I still can't watch that fight again to this day, I'll never be at ease with what happened to Meldrick.

And Corrales coming back against Castillo nearly choked me up. To be taking the beating he was, and still getting up, even when it looked like you were going to die. Only to pull off the most dramatic comeback in history, it's powerful stuff man. Deeply powerful. It speaks to the human element of passion and the will to win.

both are great moments...not the malinaggi one neither donaire´s...altough he won a fan in me that night....

[2501]

He got knocked out in the 2nd fight, and he lost a decision in the 3rd fight.

yeah, sorry. i was concerned after their second encounter because id never seen Jones in that position before.

[Roque_sevilla]

He got knocked out in the 2nd fight, and he lost a decision in the 3rd fight.

and he won a decission on their first fight...sooo controversial, i think...actually it was their first professional fight they fought in amateurs