Comments Thread For: The Beltline: Classic one-round fights promote the idea that less is more

[BoxingUpdates]

It pays to keep it short and simple these days. Go long and you run the risk of boring them. Losing them. The audience, I mean...
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[Bull Pit]

My favorite single rounder has to be Dempsey over Willard . I still get goosebumps watching it . I’ve lost count how many times I watched it as young boxing fan Decades ago. It was one sided but watching Dempsey win the championship that way was almost unbelievable. Dempsey War with Firpo was amazing also. No wonder ole Jack is still held in such high regard today. Imagine Ole Jack Today taking to Usyk or Opetaia or even Beterbiev . More million dollar gates.

[1Eriugenus]

Among the many things wrong with Bull Pit’s comment I’d just highlight that the fight wasn’t a one round fight! My favourite one round fight would be Benn v Barkley which actually was competitive! Both men came to fight, neither could miss the other, but Benn was fresher and had the edge in sheer power.

[lilacp]

The great majority of one-rounders are terrible, they mostly happen to boost the record of an up-and-coming prospect. Still, there are some surprising one-round fights at the top level, thinking of Tyson vs. Spinks and Jones vs. Tarver. I was also gonna say Donaire vs. Montiel but checked it and it was actually a two-round win for Nonito.

Pernell Whitaker's amazing left-hook knockout of lightweight champion Juan Nazario deserves notice because of Whitaker not being as a knockout artist. Nazario was decent, he had beaten Edwin Rosario in their rematch before Whitaker punched his lights out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVaPpkQ-dzo

[1Eriugenus]

Lilacp That is a great call. Another example of a boxer thought of as a defensive stylist would be Michael Nunn sparking Sambu Kalambay in one. Kalambay was a really skilled boxer. He was quite short and Nunn was tall for a middleweight, also Nunn was a southpaw so Kalambay may have felt he needed to start fast and look for something. He got something, a straight left power punch that left him out cold.