redsoxnation
Scrapple
   
   
     
  
 
Since: 24.7.02
Since last post: 2 days
Last activity: 3 hours
|  #1 Posted on 26.3.03 1203.56 | There was a Ward-Gatti classic, there was Hagler/Hearn 3 rounds of sheer brutality. And on Wed. night, 10 pm ET, HBO will be doing a retrospective on the fight many consider the greatest 3 rounds in boxing history.
If it wasn't for war, you wouldn't know what peace was.| Promote this thread! |           | mountinman44
Sujuk
Since: 8.5.02
From: San Diego, CA
Since last post: 736 days
Last activity: 582 days
| | | Y!: |  |
|
| #2 Posted on 26.3.03 1229.09 | I remember watching that when I was much younger. Just brutal and exciting. What happened to boxing?
"Blessed are they who convert thy neighbor's oxen, for they shall inhibit their girth." -- Brian | dunkndollaz
Boudin blanc
Since: 3.1.02
From: Northern NJ
Since last post: 3 days
Last activity: 2 days
| #3 Posted on 26.3.03 1505.38 |
Originally posted by mountinman44
I remember watching that when I was much younger. Just brutal and exciting. What happened to boxing?
Don King, Bob Arum, HBO & Showtime
5 Time 5 Time 5 Time 5 Time 5 Time Wiener of the Day Runner-up | Big Bad
Scrapple
Since: 4.1.02
From: Dorchester, Ontario
Since last post: 3 hours
Last activity: 3 hours
| #4 Posted on 30.3.03 1433.20 | Instant Rating: 5.54 | As good as that fight was, it was only three rounds. I'd still say that Gatti-Ward is the best fight(s) I've ever seen.
"I have no intention of uttering my last words on the stage. Room service and a couple of depraved young women will do me quite nicely for an exit."-- Peter O'Toole
"I'm gonna rip the eyes out of your head, and piss down your dead skull!"
-- Jack Nicholson, in A Few Good Men
| redsoxnation
Scrapple
Since: 24.7.02
Since last post: 2 days
Last activity: 3 hours
| #5 Posted on 30.3.03 1838.20 |
Originally posted by Big Bad
As good as that fight was, it was only three rounds. I'd still say that Gatti-Ward is the best fight(s) I've ever seen.
Not to take anything away from Gatti-Ward I, which was a classic fight, but Hagler/Hearns was superior because it was 2 of the best guys in all of boxing at their peak who let it all fly that night. Gatti and Ward aren't even the best guys in their division. Hopefully, Gatti-Ward III is just around the corner though.
Translated from Australian, Nathan Jones means El Gigante's less talented smaller brother. | lazzzlo
Linguica
Since: 21.7.02
From: Cincinnati
Since last post: 3610 days
Last activity: 3415 days
| #6 Posted on 30.3.03 2352.58 | I do miss Marvellous Marvin Hagler. There were some great mid-weight fighters during that time frame. Hagler, Hearns(tho he was all over the place in weight class), Leonard, Donald Curry, Aaron Pryor, Arguello..maybe Comacho on a good day. I know I'm missing some.
There's always exceptions to the rule, but it seems like the talent isnt there as much these days. I'm not taking anything away from Hopkins, Roy Jones etc.
lazzz
"Dawn comes soon enough for the working class." | Eddie Famous
Andouille
Since: 11.12.01
From: Catlin IL
Since last post: 1 day
Last activity: 6 hours
| #7 Posted on 31.3.03 0205.41 |
Middleweights? Oh yeah that was prime time...
Tony Sibson
Dwight Davison
James Hard Rock Green
Frank The Animal Fletcher
Fulgenico Obelmejias
Mustafa Hamsho
Juan Roldan
Wilford Scypion
Tony Braxton
Clint Jackson (The Sheriff)
Caveman Lee
Murray Sutherland
Chong-Pal Park
Marcos Geraldo
Vito Antuofermo
Robbie Epps
Youngsters:
Bobby Czyz
John Collins
Lenny LaPaglia
Carlos Tite
Mickey Goodwin
Tony Ayala
Donald Curry
And some workhorses:
Irish Teddy Mann (my favorite)
Bob Coolidge
Vampire Johnson
Bruce The Mouse Strauss
Looming in the Jr. Mids:
John The Beast Mugabi
What a great division and time for boxing...
George Washington gave his signature
The Government gave its hand
They said for now and ever more that this was Indian Land
"As long as the moon shall rise"
"As long as the rivers flow"
"As long as the sun will shine"
"As long as the grass shall grow"
| dunkndollaz
Boudin blanc
Since: 3.1.02
From: Northern NJ
Since last post: 3 days
Last activity: 2 days
| #8 Posted on 31.3.03 0831.59 | Antuofermo just had a face that loved to be punched and I still remember the Arguello-Pryor battles of the early 80's on ABC's Wide World of Sports - sheer brutality
As for Hagler-Hearns - that was just one of many brawls that we used to tape off of PPV and then race to our local bar to throw it on their TV in exchange for free cocktails
and what list of fighters in any weight class is complete without the legend himself - Mitch "Blood" Green.....
5 Time 5 Time 5 Time 5 Time 5 Time Wiener of the Day Runner-up |
| | | | | | | | |
Pages: 1