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I been sitting here thinking about some of the best fights I have seen in the last couple of years. I always keep coming back to Gatti v Ward. I was just wondering who you think had the most exciting rivalry in boxing?
my pick:
1.) Gatti V Ward (I guess that I just love the stand there and throw styles)
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Firstly, I'm glad to see someone mention boxing. It's the first time I've seen it here. :thumb:
Morales/Pac just had two great fights. Morales/Barrera is a fantastic trilogy and is better IMO than Ward/Gatti because both fighters fight on a higher skill level than both Gatti and Ward (did).
You can't go wrong with Trinidad most of the time. Trinidad/Vargas is a MUST SEE fight for boxing fans who haven't already seen it. If Tito isn't in the ring with a great boxing technician (ie Wright, Hopkins) he's pure excitement.
Mosley/Oscar, 2000, Staples Center, one of the best welterweight fights of the last 15 years.
Of course, I can't forget the best boxer on the planet, Floyd Mayweather. Mayweather is so good it's sickening.
Great fight coming up this Saturday between Calzaghe/Lacy too.
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I saw a couple girls fight in mud the other night, that was pretty good.
Sorry but Boxing is a dead sport to me now, I used to really enjoy watching fights, but its all seems like a joke now, particularly the heavyweight division. If I want to watch boxing nowadays I just pop in Rocky IV.. :thumb:
Imagine a world before the "beginning was the word.”
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My favourite boxer was Oscar Dela Hoya. Other than the big-name matches, Dela Hoya's were the only one's I paid attention to. He was fun to watch, not so much because of his ability to land punches, but moreso his ability to evade punches. You'd watch him completely dodge, 5-6 punch combinations, then WHAM...come around with the big hook....It was brilliant.
That comeback fight of his (2002?), I think vs. Vargas, was probably my most recent favourite fight. Oscar took a massive beating in the first couple of rounds, regained his posture & wore down Vargas, and in the 10th, knocked him down at the end of the round. Vargas got back up to go into the 11th, where Dela Hoya delivered a 15 punch combination to Vargas & the ref had to jump in to stop the fight. Fun stuff :thumb:
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I watched a De La Hoya-Mosley fight with some guys at the bar a few years ago... it had to be the rematch, but I can't remember when it was exactly. It looked to me and everyone I saw it with that Oscar won it, so we were surprised that Mosley was announced as the winner by unanimous decision. Apparently I heard it was one of those kind of fights that if you were watching it live on-site you understood why Mosley won and agreed with it, but watching it on TV led people to believe De La Hoya won the fight. Strange how that could be. Anyone else remember this?
