Boxing

Four fantastic fighters who between them had some of the best fights of all time. But pound for pound which of them was the best fighter?

RIP Diego Corrales

2007-05-08 07:22:48 · 13 answers · asked by baz75 6

Foreman still wins just based on styles, but I think the Joe Frazier of 1969-1971(his peak years) makes a much better account of himself than the doughy, 214lb Frazier of the Kingston bout.

Foreman by tko in 5 but not before being rocked badly on several occasions by Joe's blistering left hooks. A great, memorable battle in which Frazier loses no prestige.

2007-05-08 06:57:02 · 8 answers · asked by douglas c 3

just saw in the news, Diego Corrales died in a motorcicle accident in las vegas.

he was a god boxer and entretaining, he will be miss...

2007-05-08 06:25:50 · 16 answers · asked by marcos f 1

at the welterweight division in a 12 round bout

2007-05-08 06:14:46 · 8 answers · asked by decannadys01 3

After paying $65 for the first fight, would you pay for a re-match? I won't but would you?

2007-05-08 05:11:33 · 10 answers · asked by PK211 6

You would expect these two to slug it out but no they were basically just "sparring" like when they do in training. I want my money back. It wasnt even close to entertaining. De la hoya needs to retire. If you want entertainment... see a PACQUAIO fight... win or lose... its very entertaining. A rematch its not worth watching. Its like looking at OLD people fight... both are afraid to get hurt. BORING.... BORING... BORING.

2007-05-08 03:51:11 · 8 answers · asked by Curious mind 2

Post any thoughts or comments on this great contender

2007-05-08 03:05:09 · 11 answers · asked by yamanziz 4

Any thoughts?

2007-05-08 02:10:09 · 16 answers · asked by Brent 5

bixing

2007-05-07 21:02:28 · 6 answers · asked by stringnicholas 1

How about elbows?

2007-05-07 18:35:24 · 8 answers · asked by turbo2317 3

Arturo Godoy- Gave Joe Louis hell. May have been his roughest, toughest opponent. Even Tony Galento couldn't get away with his rough stuff with the rugged Chilean.

Ever Hammer- as tough as his name. Benny Leonard called him his toughest opponent. When you consider how many guys Benny fought and beat, that's quite a compliment. Fought Freddie Welsh & drew with the great Johnny Dundee. TKO'd only twice in 101 bouts. Amazing considering era.

Eduardo Lausse- ask Gene Fullmer, whom Lausse knocked down and beat. Split bouts with Kid Gavilan.

Juan Roldan- Hagler called him his toughest opponent. Hearns said Juan hit him hardest of anyone.

Anton Raadik- ask LaMotta, Cerdan or Bobo.

Hon. Mention-
Leach Cross- fought McFarland and champs Ritchie, Welsh, Dundee, Wolgast, Nelson, Britton, Driscoll
Jeff Smith- Greb called him his toughest
Mustafa Hamsho- remember him? Benitez does.
Ray Miller
Charlie White

Please add any I'm missing. I'd love to hear what y'all think.

2007-05-07 17:52:42 · 4 answers · asked by douglas c 3

To make list a fighter must have toughness(ability 2 absorb punishment and come back 4 more) and roughness(ability 2 dish it out). Fighters like Tommy Farr, Joe Grim and Tex Cobb could take it, but couldn't dish out much. Conversely, fighters like Bob Satterfield and Earnie Shavers could dish it out but not take much. That said, my picks in no order:

Billy Petrolle- fought Jimmy McLarnin, Tony Canzoneri, Jack Kid Berg and Barney Ross. Won some, lost some, but gave them all hell.

Bennie Briscoe- ask Hagler and Monzon

Tom Sharkey- The poster boy for rough, tough contenders. Beat hall of famers Corbett, Choynski and McCoy. Battered Jeffries and Fitz badly before losing.

Oscar Bonavena- Floored Frazier twice. Gave him 25 rounds of hell in 2 fights. Battered Joe and Ali. Both called Oscar their toughest opponent.

Ace Hudkins- Only 1 ko loss(cut). Fought lightweight to heavy. Gave Mickey Walker hell. Beat heavyweight King Levinsky. 2nd best bodypuncher of era next 2 Dempsey

2007-05-07 17:39:38 · 6 answers · asked by douglas c 3

Is it true that one of the judges gave some of the ponits to Mayweather? In stead of Oscar
Do U guys think this fight was bought?

2007-05-07 16:18:28 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

they never get no chance to fight for a title in any division and there good boxers but they dont get the chance

2007-05-07 15:28:42 · 5 answers · asked by luis r 1

can he still talk and understand people? can he walk? can he write?

2007-05-07 15:20:56 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

i think julio cesar chaves jr wood beat Floyd Mayweather Jr chust like chaves sr did

2007-05-07 15:19:32 · 7 answers · asked by juan 1

its obvious that delahoya hit mayweather many times and it means he scores a lot, although mayweather is not hurt but i think the split decision is a unfair.

2007-05-07 15:03:51 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I thought that De La Hoya presses the fight, and this can NOT be argued. Also, Oscar was defending the title. So how does Mayweather, the challenger, get the decision when he ran away from the fight the whole time? His face was puffed up and he was gaurding his ribs from getting pounded on against the ropes. And at no time did he have De La Hoya even dizzy or hurt. He posed no threat. He basically just bobbed, ducked, weaved, juked, ran and threw some fast slaps with no power.

2007-05-07 14:47:29 · 7 answers · asked by Dudeman 3

We all know the punch count is very important to the scoring system used by boxing, but it is not the entire system. As more of a Floyd hater than an Oscar lover, I love how hypocritical people can be. The same people that swear Floyd should have won (solely because of the punch count, as Floyd did nothing else), a majority seem to be Oscar haters. So as Oscar haters, answer me this.......Should DLH have lost against Mosley in their 2nd fight??? When DLH outpunched Mosley MORE than Floyd outpunched DLH. DLH landed 94 more shots than Mosley in that fight, what was floyds 79 I think? My main point is to the DLH haters, and it is not that DLH should have won. To be 100% honest I don't think either fighter did enough to secure a clear and dominant victory. My point is to stop and think about the claim you are trying to make when you go to the punch count. The same fighter you try to belittle lost a decision where he outpunched his opponent MORE than Floyd outpunched DLH.

2007-05-07 13:28:09 · 12 answers · asked by Sam H 4

who do you think should of won

2007-05-07 13:25:16 · 13 answers · asked by diana r 2

Are the Russian soon gonna take over in the whole world of boxing, we've all seen what the klitschko brother have done in the heavyweight divsion.
Some people have said that the Russians have taken over because the division is poor compare to previous standards, But wouldn't that make the American fighter really, really poor for not being able to conquer at a time when the division is poor, then you hear excuses such as the top American athletes have gone into other sport because the money is more and the risk are less. In other words the other sport are soo much easier.
Sound like to me that they have not gut, no heart also that they are too scared to box, obviously by this statment they have proven they are not doing it for the glory but for money and none of us want a prize fighter in heavyweight division but we want a true champion, so all you American might as well forget thinking of being a heavyweight champion because these Russian are fighting for glory and prizefighter will always lose against a true champion.
Well the the Russians can too make excuses, as so can rest of the world, The first world heavyweight champion took place in 1892 and guess what in America, so basically America invented it, Since 1982 USA has had so many war with Russia and other country, so in most cases there were allot of Russian who never would fight for world championship because had bad relationship with America and did not wanna fight in a sport invented by America. The few that did, never got the opportunity for racial reasons and allot of time the Russian were busy redeveloping their country because of the damage in their country caused by the wars, so many other country could give million of reason for why they country has not won world championship belt, for example their come from a poor country and their have no hardly spare time as a matter of fact they can't even afford to go to school so they alway just working to survie. All the other country could say that they parent love their children soo much and would not let their children enter a dangerous sport at any cost, but the american are greedy and would send their children to war just for money. The worst thing about USA is that they make excuses everytime they lose.
Another thing is if the best American athletes have gone into other sport? then how come they have champion boxer in some of the lower division? But still not in HW division and the HW division is suppose to be poor. ::** Doesn't that make the other boxing division sound even more poorer
How can you call the heavyweight division poor if you have a fighter like wladimir klitschko, wladimir is the youngest super heavyweight gold medalist of all time at age 20, he destroyed the previous record set by lennox lewis at age 23.
Am not taking nothing anything away from lennox, he is a great champion but lennox became world champion at 27 and wladimir become world champion at 24, lennox lost after making 2 defences and wladimir lost after making 5 defences but both guy regain world champion belt few years later.
Lennox lewis then become undisputed world champion at 34 and wladimir has a good chance of being undisputed world champion at age 30, it just a matter of the other title holder agreeing to fight him. But anyway 1 year will fly and I promise you at the latest wladimir will become undisputed world champion at 31. Because the other title holder will eventually be forced to fight him.
These other so called champion can run but not hide, I don't wanna really be harsh to these fighter but, let make it simple, don king is the one of the biggest destroyer of boxing.
Then you have another boxer who started boxing at age of 20 just like rocky Marciano did, am talking about Nikolay Valve, this fighter is just couple of fight away from being the first one to break Marciano record, so where do people get the point of the division being poor, I guess from the media, but then again America has the control of the media more than anyone else and if they wanna make something famous they can and if they wanna make something infamous they still, for example, boxing can no longer be conquer by a America fighter so it becoming a infamous sport in the USA, but when the america fighter were champion then it was the greatest thing to be a HW champion.
If they wanna make someone evil they can by they media and if they wanna make someone look like a angel, they can. It all the power of media and soo many people are brain washed from it.
Anyway going back to boxing don't just think Russian have a impact in the HW division, if you know anything about boxing then you must have heard of European amateur boxing championship, this is known to be harder than a world championship fight but, anyway in 2006 the Russians had all qualified for the final in every boxing weight division, here is the proof http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_European_Amateur_Boxing_Championships
But 8 out of 11 the Russian manage to win gold medal which is absolutely amazing, you can see this by the proof i've given. I just wanna say please America it better to be a good loser than a bad loser and it time you admit that the russian are just too good

2007-05-07 13:10:39 · 8 answers · asked by NEWS12NEWS 1

Not just the movie, but the guys that sylvester stalone just played in general. My favorite part out of all of them is the fight in the end of the second one when rocky wins!!!!! I love his Italian Stallion accent and I think he is soooo hott!!!! So what do you think about him? which one of his movies did you like the best?!?!?!?!

2007-05-07 12:30:42 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I like Oscar

2007-05-07 12:20:27 · 22 answers · asked by Yo 100$ (YUWL) (X-way ECW) 4

2007-05-07 12:02:56 · 6 answers · asked by Phantom 1

2007-05-07 11:24:25 · 9 answers · asked by ALICIA S 1

Anyone else extremely disappointed that Oscar quit jabbing? It would have made it a sure victory. I think Oscar choked that fight away.

2007-05-07 10:48:21 · 11 answers · asked by Bruce Tzu 5

I cant believe how many people are saying they were "bored with the fight", or "floyd ran like a chicken". I'm not a floyd fan, but I have seen many of his fights before and I have to say, this is how he fights! You should have known this coming into the fight. He is a very defensive fighter, and very fast (which is why he can be so defensive). I'm just curious was it the hype that got some people to see the fight (for the ones complaining). I mean had you ever seen floyd fight before?

2007-05-07 10:42:22 · 14 answers · asked by THABROKEMAN 1

Assume for arguments sake M. Ali, J.Johnson, J. Louis, Rocky Marciano & Big George are the top five, arguably in any order you wish. WHO ARE THE 6 THRU 10 of the top ten Heavyweights of all time?

2007-05-07 10:25:19 · 7 answers · asked by blogbaba 6

That should be Floyd Mayweather's next fight. Hatton, Margarito, and Williams would get schooled. There is no reason for a rematch against De La Hoya to take place. Folks don't believe what he says about retiring. Floyd has been talking retirement after his last three fights. Agree or disagree?

2007-05-07 10:06:28 · 6 answers · asked by Brent 5

Do you believe that boxing is a sport that is quickly fading away from the 'pop culture' scene? Have other sports such as Pryde and the UFC taken over as the dominant force in the sports scene? And do you believe that the recent De La Hoya/Mayweather fight did enough to justify your answer?

2007-05-07 09:26:40 · 4 answers · asked by the Rock 2