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This one between Pauly Malinaggi and Cotto when they were young was CRAZY. I developed more respect for Paulie watching his old fights. No punching power but tons of speed, skills and heart. Cotto was just u stoppable.

 
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Ortizvs Berto I

What a fuckin fight! These two were throwing. I be made fun of Ortiz for his loss of heart in later flights but now I kinda see what made him that way. Straight war. Berto is brutal.
 
Joel Casamayor vs Diego Corrales - Straight war, stopped early by the ring doctor. Casamayor was one of my favorite fighters, but was dirty as fuck! :lol: RIP Corrales

 


The Fight of the Century (also known as The Fight) is the title boxing writers and historians have given to the boxing match between WBC/WBA heavyweight champion Joe Frazier (26–0, 23 KOs) and Ring magazine/lineal heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali (31–0, 25 KOs), held on Monday, March 8, 1971, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Frazier won in 15 rounds via unanimous decision. It was the first time that two undefeated boxers fought each other for the heavyweight title.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight_of_the_Century
 
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The Battle of the Champions, was a term used by promoter Bob Arum regarding the November 12, 1982 boxing match between Aaron Pryor and Alexis Argüello.
Arguello had previously won three boxing titles (at Featherweight, Junior Lightweight and Lightweight) and hoped to become the first boxer ever to win world titles in four divisions by adding the Jr. Welterweight title. The broadcaster, HBO, had televised two of Arguello's previous fights. Pryor had no previous telecasts on that network, despite a record of 31 wins and no losses, with 29 knockouts.

Both fighters had radically opposing public images. Arguello was suave, sophisticated, and extremely humble about his impressive accomplishments, which garnered him great admiration from both the boxing community and the media . Pryor, on the other hand, was fearsome, intimidating and, despite possessing great talent and having been a peer of greats Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns, was the recipient of limited media coverage.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_the_Champions_(boxing)
 
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exiledking said:
Let's set it off.

This one between Pauly Malinaggi and Cotto when they were young was CRAZY. I developed more respect for Paulie watching his old fashioned fights. No punching power but Tom's of speed, skills and heart. Cotto was just u stoppable.

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Paulie had a broken eye socket after that fight. No one ever said he didn't have heart.
 
"THE MAN" said:
Great thread! :bravo:
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That Conor fight, just watching the huge difference between a real pro and an amateur made me wanna go back and watch techniques of the greats. I've probably watched like ten fights since that day lol. It unintentionally resparked my love for boxing. Particularly the way Paulie can describe what's going on in there.
 
exiledking said:
That Conor fight, just watching the huge difference between a real pro and an amateur made me wanna go back and watch techniques of the greats. I've probably watched like ten fights since that day lol. It unintentionally resparked my love for boxing. Particularly the way Paulie can describe what's going on in there.
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Paulie has always been a good boxer however he was cursed with not having punching power..had he NOT had that disadvantage he'd have beaten a lot more fighters...starting with AB to only name a few.
 


The Thrilla in Manila was the third and final boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. It was contested in 1975 for the heavyweight championship of the world at the Philippine Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines, on Wednesday, October 1. The venue was renamed from Araneta Coliseum, specifically for the match.[2] Ali won by technical knockout (TKO) after Frazier's chief second, Eddie Futch, conceded the fight prior to the 15th round.[1][3][4] The contest's name is derived from the frequent rhyming boast made by Ali that the fight would be a "killa and a thrilla and a chilla, when I get that gorilla in Manila."
 
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will_right said:
Paulie has always been a good boxer however he was cursed with not having punching power..had he NOT had that disadvantage he'd have beaten a lot more fighters...starting with AB to only name a few.
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Yeah after watching his documentary - him breaking both of his hands early and fighting several fights with a broken hand- must've been something he did to himself with improper technique early on.
 
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I remember watching a lot of those fights as a kid...
Or watching highlights during the Wide World of Sports on abc o_O
 

I always felt like Hagler won this fight. Later in life i was able to admit Sugar Ray kinda got the best of it but I hated all that running.
 


"Stone vs. Sugar.. Once Again", took place November 25, 1980 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans in front of 25,038 fans. Leonard received $7 million and Durán received $8 million. In the closing seconds of the eighth round, Durán turned his back to Leonard and quit, saying to referee Octavio Meyran, "No Mas." Leonard was the winner by a technical knockout at 2:44 of round eight, regaining the WBC Welterweight Championship. Leonard led by scores of 68–66, 68–66 and 67–66.
 
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