NonSports Forum

Net54baseball.com
Welcome to Net54baseball.com. These forums are devoted to both Pre- and Post- war baseball cards and vintage memorabilia, as well as other sports. There is a separate section for Buying, Selling and Trading - the B/S/T area!! If you write anything concerning a person or company your full name needs to be in your post or obtainable from it. . Contact the moderator at leon@net54baseball.com should you have any questions or concerns. When you click on links to eBay on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network. Enjoy!
Net54baseball.com
Net54baseball.com
T206s on eBay
Babe Ruth Cards on eBay
t206 Ty Cobb on eBay
Ty Cobb Cards on eBay
Lou Gehrig Cards on eBay
Baseball T201-T217 on eBay
Baseball E90-E107 on eBay
T205 Cards on eBay
Baseball Postcards on eBay
Goudey Cards on eBay
Baseball Memorabilia on eBay
Baseball Exhibit Cards on eBay
Baseball Strip Cards on eBay
Baseball Baking Cards on eBay
Sporting News Cards on eBay
Play Ball Cards on eBay
Joe DiMaggio Cards on eBay
Mickey Mantle Cards on eBay
Bowman 1951-1955 on eBay
Football Cards on eBay

Go Back   Net54baseball.com Forums > Net54baseball Postwar Sportscard Forums > Watercooler Talk- ALL sports talk

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 09-29-2013, 08:16 PM
Cardboard Junkie Cardboard Junkie is offline
David Pierson
Banned
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Kea'au, Hawai'i
Posts: 1,568
Default Greatest Boxing Match of All Time!

Just search the net54 , and didn't come up with much.
Just off the top of my head I want to say the Hagler Hearns firght in 85....whew! What a brutal first round. I have never seen two boxers who wanted to win so bad....a blazing pace.
Ali had some great ones too!
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 09-29-2013, 08:26 PM
Exhibitman's Avatar
Exhibitman Exhibitman is offline
Ad@m W@r$h@w
Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Beautiful Downtown Burbank
Posts: 13,044
Default

Any of these would work for me:

Ali-Frazier III [Thrilla in Manila]

Leonard-Hagler

Norton-Holmes
__________________
Read my blog; it will make all your dreams come true.

https://adamstevenwarshaw.substack.com/

Or not...
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 09-29-2013, 08:28 PM
RCMcKenzie's Avatar
RCMcKenzie RCMcKenzie is offline
Rob
Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: TX
Posts: 3,023
Default

Before I clicked on the thread I was going to say Hearns v. Hagler. The best I saw.

Also, Chavez v. Taylor, Duran v. Barkley, etc. I'll think of more later.

Last edited by RCMcKenzie; 09-29-2013 at 08:28 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 09-29-2013, 09:09 PM
BearBailey BearBailey is offline
Brandon Bailey
Member
 
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 370
Default

Castillo vs. Corrales I, Pryor vs. Arguello I, Barrera vs. Morales I, Simon Brown vs, Vince Pettwat, and Saad-Muhammad vs. Lopez I think I is the better 1? but could be 2? These are a few more that instantly came to mind.
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 09-29-2013, 09:17 PM
RCMcKenzie's Avatar
RCMcKenzie RCMcKenzie is offline
Rob
Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: TX
Posts: 3,023
Default

Pryor v. Arguello 1 was a great one. I used to play a computer video game of this match-up in college in the late 80's. I always took Pryor.


Some more good ones that I saw...

Foreman v. Qawi, Ali v. Spinks, more recently, Ward v. Gotti trilogy
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 09-29-2013, 09:24 PM
Bored5000's Avatar
Bored5000 Bored5000 is offline
Eddie S.
Eddie Smi.th
 
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Fleetwood, Pa.
Posts: 1,265
Default

Most of the obvious choices have already been named. The glaring omission so far is Dempsey-Firpo -- 11 knockdowns in 3:57 and Dempsey comes back from getting knocked out of the ring to win. I don't remember anymore if Burt Sugar always put that fight at number one on his list of greatest heavyweight title fights of all time or greatest fights overall of all time.

Another fight that is always named on lists such as this is Foreman-Ron Lyle -- just an absolute slugfest.

Last edited by Bored5000; 09-29-2013 at 09:27 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 09-29-2013, 09:27 PM
Cardboard Junkie Cardboard Junkie is offline
David Pierson
Banned
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Kea'au, Hawai'i
Posts: 1,568
Default

Cool , All these great fights. No wonder it's called "the sweet science" poetry, pure poetry.
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 10-01-2013, 12:04 AM
D. Bergin's Avatar
D. Bergin D. Bergin is offline
Dave
Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: CT
Posts: 6,051
Default

Castillo vs. Corrales I is probably my favorite of modern times.

Israel Vazquez vs. Raffy Marquez I,II, III is one of the great under-rated modern rivalries of all-time. All fantastic fights fought at the level of Castillo-Corrales.

I was at the first two Gatti vs. Ward fights, which were pretty special but fought at a lower skill level then the above two examples.

Ali vs. Frazier I may be one of the greatest "events" of boxing history, where the fight actually lived up to the hype.

From an action standpoint, you can't lose with any Matthew Saad Muhammad or Bobby Chacon fight from the prime of their careers.

Hagler vs. Hearns may be the greatest 2+ rounds of all-time.



Really too many to count. Don't think I can absolutely name just one fight.
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 10-01-2013, 05:28 AM
Jim65's Avatar
Jim65 Jim65 is offline
Jam.es Braci.liano
 
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 2,277
Default

Another vote for Hagler - Hearns.

Also:

Joe Louis - Billy Conn
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 10-01-2013, 06:22 AM
TUM301 TUM301 is offline
H Murphy
Member
 
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Western Mass
Posts: 1,183
Default

Pryor/Arguio was the best fight I ever saw. Had to watch it a 2`nd and third time because it was hard to believe both fighters could take sooo many big shots right on the button and still stand. Didn`t Pryor get accused of being on a "controlled " substance during that fight?
__________________
H Murphy Collection https://www.flickr.com/photos/154296763@N05/
Reply With Quote
  #11  
Old 10-01-2013, 08:39 AM
majordanby majordanby is offline
Member
 
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 353
Default

holmes-norton, leonard-hagler and those barrera-morales fights were great.
Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 10-02-2013, 11:31 AM
Runscott's Avatar
Runscott Runscott is offline
Belltown Vintage
Member
 
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 10,651
Default

Ken Norton vs Duane Bobick.

About twenty of us were huddled around a television after the huge build-up for the fight. I stepped outside right before it started. I was gone about two minutes, which was about a minute too long.

Fortunately, they replayed the entire fight for me.
__________________
$co++ Forre$+
Reply With Quote
  #13  
Old 10-14-2013, 08:29 PM
Lgarza99's Avatar
Lgarza99 Lgarza99 is offline
Luis
Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: CA
Posts: 236
Default

Shear brutality.....Lamotta v. Sugar Ray Robinson.
__________________
Regards,
Lu.i$ G@.rz@
Reply With Quote
  #14  
Old 10-14-2013, 08:52 PM
Lgarza99's Avatar
Lgarza99 Lgarza99 is offline
Luis
Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: CA
Posts: 236
Default

Don't forget to watch "No Mas" tomorrow night on ESPN.
__________________
Regards,
Lu.i$ G@.rz@
Reply With Quote
  #15  
Old 10-16-2013, 06:45 AM
Jay Wolt's Avatar
Jay Wolt Jay Wolt is online now
qualitycards
Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Gettysburg PA area
Posts: 2,924
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lgarza99 View Post
Don't forget to watch "No Mas" tomorrow night on ESPN.
I caught it by accident while flipping the channel in between the baseball game's commercials and ended up watching quite a bit of it.
Was very well done, seemed both Leonard & Duran needed closure.
Duran for quitting & Leonard for getting no credit for beating him.
Reply With Quote
  #16  
Old 10-16-2013, 10:52 PM
Writehooks Writehooks is offline
Murr the Blurr
Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Republic of Alberta, Canada
Posts: 327
Default

My Top 10:

1. Ali-Frazier III (Thrilla in Manila)
2. Louis-Conn I
3. Ali-Frazier I
4. Graziano-Zale II
5. Hagler-Hearns
6. Moore-Durelle I
7. Foreman-Lyle
8. Arguello-Pryor I
9. Duran-Barkley
10. Patterson-Chuvalo
Reply With Quote
  #17  
Old 10-18-2013, 09:25 PM
chris6net chris6net is offline
Member
 
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 355
Default

Maybe not in the top 10 but I saw Ali vs Norton in person at Yankee stadium in 1976. It was a decision for Ali 8-7 but at that time no current champ had lost a decision in about 50 years but many including myself felt Norton won the fight. Ali lost to Leon Spinks about a year later and the Greatest was finished!
Reply With Quote
  #18  
Old 01-31-2014, 06:51 AM
th38larg th38larg is offline
Peter
Member
 
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Brooklyn!
Posts: 173
Default

The Barrera v Morales fights made an entertaining trilogy.
Reply With Quote
  #19  
Old 01-31-2014, 07:44 AM
glenv glenv is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 208
Default

Hard to beat the System vs. Wilcox match:

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/145381894192125219/
Reply With Quote
  #20  
Old 02-02-2014, 01:30 PM
slidekellyslide's Avatar
slidekellyslide slidekellyslide is offline
Dan Bretta
Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska
Posts: 6,122
Default

The Gatti vs Ward trilogy is hard to beat...I just watched the first fight again on youtube a few days ago.
__________________
Looking for Nebraska Indians memorabilia, photos and postcards
Reply With Quote
Reply



Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Greatest all time team Archive Football Cards Forum 9 11-08-2008 07:44 AM
Greatest Heavyweight Boxer of All-Time? Archive Boxing / Wrestling Cards & Memorabilia Forum 26 10-28-2008 12:20 PM
The One Hundred Greatest Collectors of All Time Archive Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions 46 01-09-2007 04:16 PM
Greatest athlete of all-time Archive Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions 58 07-28-2005 07:37 AM
second greatest all time team Archive Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions 27 11-10-2004 09:05 AM


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 07:49 PM.


ebay GSB