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Compiling a list of the 10 most memorable NYC fights feels impossible ? not because of the difficulty in finding that many but because of the challenge of reducing it to so few.
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Great List! What about Joshua-Ruiz, was a massive upset and acutally a good fight as everyone was sure Joshua would win after the first knockdown only for him to be crippled later in the same round!
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Louis vs. Carnera, Max Baer and Walcott I. Henry Armstrong vs. Lou Ambers when Armstrong won the third of his undisputed WORLD titles. Pep-Saddler II. These are just off the top of my head. Of the final three on your list, only Hopkins-Trinidad deserves honorable mention and that is because of 9/11.Comment
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What about Cassius Clay vs. Doug Jones in 1963, which sold out the Garden for the first time in seven years (Fullmer-Robinson I in 1957) despite a citywide newspaper strike? You're telling us that Hameed vs. Kelley was more important than Zale-Graziano I? Really? What about Armstrong vs. Barney Ross or the Ross-McLarnin trilogy? What about Beau-Jack vs. Bob Montgomery which raised millions for the War Bonds in 1944?Comment
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One of the best fights I ever watch at Madison Square Garden was Marlon Starling vs Pedro Luis Vilela, what a fvking fight.Comment
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Naz vs Kelley was so freakin' exciting for a young JeBron, I remember Donald Trump (as we knew him then, when he still had a first name) saying Kelley was going to win.
Then after Naz knocked him out Kelley hated on Naz in the post-fight interview, iirc he said "he's not the Roy Jones" lol.Comment
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