Videos or it all didn't happen!!!
Announcement
Collapse
No announcement yet.
The best thing you've seen in a ring.........
Collapse
-
Originally posted by Walt Liquor View Post
On topic...
I'm sure it's been beaten to the death by the casual fan, but there's good reason for it. I've seen plenty of fights, but I don't think there's any other fight that is brutally consistent as the first Ward-Gatti fight...10 rounds of sheer brutality. The fight RARELY has a boring moment. At the end most rounds, both fighters are shown to have landed over 40% of POWER PUNCHES. This isn't just one round, these were stats from numerous rounds.
The HBO broadcast team was calling this fight and the way Emanuel stops being objective and starts getting into the fight (like in Toney-Jirov, Ortiz-Berto) is really hilarious! "That's it! Go to the body!" and "Ooooooooooooh! Look at that! Look at that combination!" when Ward lands five flush hooks on Gatti's chin and he is still on his feet.
That fight is by far the most grueling fight I have ever seen. Round 9 is incredible with the two momentum shifts (for those that haven't seen it): Gatti goes to a knee within the first twenty seconds of round 9, Ward hammers Gatti to a pulp in the corner and punches himself out, Gatti takes the opportunity to turn it around and starts punishing Ward and starts backing him up. When the round is ending, Ward comes back with body shots, weakens Gatti, backs him up into the corner and tags him with lunging straights and it looks like the ref is going to stop it as Gatti is being pulverized on the ropes and actually makes it out of there when the bell rings. The way Gatti comes back from the body shot and then Ward comes back and turns it back around again is absolutely a must-watch round.
Comment
-
Douglas' KO of Tyson and his in-ring, post fight interview w/ Larry Merchant.
PURE storybook from start to finish!
Comment
-
-
PAC mans double left across delahoya's face as if to show one wasn't enough so I'll slap you with the second one for good measure.
And Shane modiste face everytime he throws a big punch he just look like a big beaver it cracks me up
Comment
-
Comment