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    By Lyle Fitzsimmons - There are Ali-Frazier and Gatti-Ward trilogies to wax sentimental about.

    And then there are Leonard-Duran and Pacquiao-Morales series that start out monumental and tick down to simply interesting before fooling their followers into thinking one more time is worth it.

    Judged by those criteria, Saturday night was significantly more latter than former.

    Though it wasn’t on the March 1971 or May 2002 levels, the first meeting between Brandon Rios and Mike Alvarado in 2012 was certainly worthy of discussion for the best fight of that calendar year – and it might have clearly deserved the nod if not for the drama of Pacquiao-Marquez IV just 56 days later.

    The second fight five months later was another good one, though, had the two men not already engaged in such graphic warfare, few would have demanded that No. 2 automatically warranted No. 3.

    Like Ray and Roberto a generation before and Manny and Erik eight years prior, the third match was promoted this time as vital closure, when in reality it was better packaged as both man’s only option.

    Leonard had been dropped twice by a supposedly shot Thomas Hearns before getting a dubious scorecard draw six months earlier; while a declining Duran had done little more than age and bulk up in the weeks between a stirring defeat of Iran Barkley and the commencement of the “Uno Mas” promotion, which necessitated a rapid weight loss that some suggested was more than 30 pounds. [Click Here To Read More]

  • #2
    Womp Womp Womp take a creative writing class or something

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    • #3
      Alvarado dont have half the heart and balls that either Gatti or Ward had. Dunno why this dumba** writer would expect a comparable trilogy.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by cake_cake_cake View Post
        Alvarado dont have half the heart and balls that either Gatti or Ward had. Dunno why this dumba** writer would expect a comparable trilogy.
        It'd be easier to KO "that" Alvarado by punching him in is mouth than it would be punching Gatti or Ward in the balls.

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        • #5
          Haha, Ward and Gatti trilogy is the most overrated trilogy of all time. The only competitive fight was the first one. Not to mention that Ward and Gatti were C level fighters!!!!

          Is this writer saying that Ward/Gatti was on par with Ali and Frazier and better than Morales and Barrera?

          What a dope!!!!

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          • #6
            Originally posted by LAFIRPO View Post
            Haha, Ward and Gatti trilogy is the most overrated trilogy of all time. The only competitive fight was the first one. Not to mention that Ward and Gatti were C level fighters!!!!

            Is this writer saying that Ward/Gatti was on par with Ali and Frazier and better than Morales and Barrera?

            What a dope!!!!
            It seems you're the dope.. he's not mentioning skill levels but excitement level and the back and fourth hurt that each did to one another...

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Col. Hans Landa View Post
              It seems you're the dope.. he's not mentioning skill levels but excitement level and the back and fourth hurt that each did to one another...
              Morales/Barrera had more excitement than Ward and Gatti and had the technical aspects that made Gatti and Ward look amateurish.

              Barrera and Morales are all time greats that were also exciting.

              Gatti and Ward were only exciting with other C level and B level fighters and got annihilated when they stepped up in competition.

              You can hype them up as much as you want, but at the end of the day they were C level fighters were the only fight in their trilogy that close was the first one with other 2 being clearly won by Gatti.

              Get your head out of your ass and tell me I am lying. HAHAHA

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              • #8
                Originally posted by LAFIRPO View Post
                Morales/Barrera had more excitement than Ward and Gatti and had the technical aspects that made Gatti and Ward look amateurish.

                Barrera and Morales are all time greats that were also exciting.

                Gatti and Ward were only exciting with other C level and B level fighters and got annihilated when they stepped up in competition.

                You can hype them up as much as you want, but at the end of the day they were C level fighters were the only fight in their trilogy that close was the first one with other 2 being clearly won by Gatti.

                Get your head out of your ass and tell me I am lying. HAHAHA
                When did I ever hype Gatti or Ward up as fighters?
                your definition of excitement is not really matched by anyone else..

                Morales and Barrera were by far the more technically gifted and both had better chins but when were any of them out on their feet barley able to stand throwing arm punches like Gatti-Ward

                Gatti and Wards vulnerabilities is what made them so exciting and why are you mentioning them stepping up,that has nothing to do with the thread and why you even mention that is beyond me

                and to not see the 2nd and 3rd fight competitive is moronic ,both hurt each other in both fights but i suppose the scorecards say otherwise.. maybe you should watch the fights again you buffoon


                The best fight personally I have ever watched is Pacquiao vs Morales 1
                Last edited by Stuntman Mike; 01-27-2015, 12:29 PM.

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                • #9
                  Leanord-duran trilogy more exciting than pac-morales, morales-barrera and rios alvarado? This writer is an idiot. The first one was legendary the second was really competitive but dramatic since duran quit and the third was just whack. Both there pas it

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                  • #10
                    Mickey Ward and Mike Avocado are two bums... Gatti is a Hall-Of-Famer, now that's a joke. He's in because he's famous for taking the best beatings and keep on coming like Jason.

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