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| New Additions: Monzon-Griffith II (3), Ali-Young (3), Ali-Spinks I (3), Leonard-Vega (3), Zarate-Zamora (4), Benitez-Curry I (3), Benitez-Turner (2.5), Hagler-Antuofermo I (3) & II (2.5), Hagler-Hamsho II (4), Pedroza-Ford (3), Pedroza-Lockridge II (2.5), Sanchez-Ford (3), Lockridge-Gomez (3), Arguello-Mancini (2.5) | ||||||||
| The sport of boxing has produced some exciting and memorable history. This page honors The Sweet Science with a list of fights. I'm always looking to add and upgrade. Boxing 1970 Ali vs. Bonavena (4) (Cosell) 1971 Ali vs. Frazier (3.5) (NBC replay) 1972 Foster vs Quarry (3.5) (Lt. Heavy Title, Spectacular KO) 1972 Duran vs. DeJesus (3.5) (ESPN Classic) 1973 Foreman vs. Frazier I (4) (ESPN Classic) 1973 Ali vs. Norton I (4) (Cosell, ABC) 1973 Ali vs. Norton II (4) (Cosell,ABC) 1974 Monzon vs. Napoles (3) (Two HOF'ers) 1974 Duran vs. DeJesus II (3) (ESPN Classic) 1974 Ali vs. Foreman (5) (ESPN Classic) 1974 Ali vs. Frazier II (4)(ESPN Classic) 1974 Foreman vs. Norton (4.5) (ESPN Classic) 1975 Monzon vs. Licata (3) (Monzon at his best at MSG) 1975 Duran vs. Lampkin (3.5) ( In Spanish, great fight) 1975 Ali vs. Wepner (5) (ESPN Classic) 1975 Ali vs. Lyle (5) (ESPN Classic, Cosell) 1975 Ali vs. Frazier III (5) ( Thrilla in Manilla, ESPN Classic) 1976 Foreman vs. Lyle (4) (Cosell,ABC) 1976 Palomino vs. Stracy (4) (Welterweight Title) 1976 Benitez vs. Cervantes (3) ( Spanish, Benitez wins title at 17) 1976 Foreman vs. Frazier II (4) ( Foreman knocks Smokin' Joe into retirement) 1976 Ali vs. Norton III (3) ( Ali wins. Or did he?) 1976 Escalera vs. Yamabe I (3) (Japanese, Escalera defends Jr. Lightweight belt) 1977 Ali vs. Shavers (3) ( "The Acorn" almost scores the upset, NBC) 1977 Norton vs. Bobick(2.5) ( Norton exposes Bobick in 1st round, NBC) 1977 Monzon vs. Valdes II (2.5) (Monzon's last fight, CBS) 1978 Duran vs. DeJesus III (2) (Low audio, CBS) 1978 Benitez vs. Curry II (3) ( Crowd noise, no announcers) 1978 Galindez vs. Rossman I (2.5) ( Rossman win Lt. Heavy Crown, ABC) 1978 Gomez vs. Zarate (3) (Crowd noise, no announcers. Battle of undefeated KO stars) 1978 Holmes vs. Shavers I (2.5) ( Cosell, ABC) 1979 Lopez vs. Ayala (2.5) ("Little Red" defends Featherweight title in great fight, CBS) 1979 Shavers vs. Norton (2.5) (Lights out for Norton in 1st, Cosell, ABC) 1979 Holmes vs. Weaver (3) (Holmes saves his title late) 1979 Leonard vs. Benitez (2.5) (Sugar Ray wins 1st title, Cosell, ABC) 1979 Holmes vs. Shavers II (2.5) (Holmes get off the deck to defend title,Cosell,ABC) 1980 Weaver vs. Tate (3) (Spectacular KO, ABC, Keith Jackson) 1980 Saad Muhammad vs. Lopez II (4.5) (ESPN Classic, Fight of the Year) 1980 Lopez vs. Sanchez I (2.5) (Sanchez wins title, CBS) 1980 Duran vs. Leonard I (3.5) ( Brawl in Montreal) 1980 Duran vs. Leonard II (3.5) (No Mas) 1981 Hagler vs. Obelmejias I (3) ( Hagler faces undefeated challenger, HBO) 1981 Holmes vs. Snipes (3) (Holmes gets off the deck,again. Cosell,ABC) 1981 Sanchez vs. Gomez (3) (Great fight. Sanchez becomes a star) 1981 Benitez vs. Hope (2.5) (Benitez wins 3rd title, CBS) 1982 Benitez vs. Duran (3) (Two HOF'ers,HBO) 1982 Gomez vs. Pintor (3) (Exciting brawl,HBO) 1982 Benitez vs. Hearns (3.5) (Two HOF'ers,HBO) 1982 Hagler vs. Obelmejias II (3) (Hagler at his best, Marv and Ferdie, NBC) 1984 Leonard vs. Howard (4) (Sugar gets scare in comeback. Schenkel,ABC) 1984 Hagler vs. Roldan (3) (Hagler gets off the deck. Kind of.) 1985 Hagler vs. Hearns (3) (Great fight. Michaels and Bernstien) 1985 Curry vs. McCrory (3) ( "The Cobra" strikes. HBO) 1986 Hagler vs. Mugabi (3.5) (ESPN Classic. Bombs away) 1987 Hagler vs. Leonard (3) (Did Hagler get robbed? HBO) 1988 Holmes vs. Tyson (3.5) (Tyson at his best. HBO) 1988 Tyson vs. Spinks (3.5) (Not a fair fight) 1989 Tyson vs. Bruno I (3.5) (Bruno holds his own..For a while. HBO) 1989 Tyson vs. Williams (3) (Tyson Can handle "The Truth") 1989 Holyfield vs. Dokes (3) (Action packed) 1989 Duran vs. Barkley (3) (Great fight) 1989 Brown vs. Long (3) (Simon Brown defends belt) 1989 Nunn vs. Barkley (3) (Close fight) 1990 Tyson vs. Douglas (5) (Seeing is believing) 1990 Chavez vs. Taylor I (5) (Great fight, stunning end) 1990 Norris vs. Mugabi (5) (Norris slays "The Beast") 1991 Norris vs. Leonard (4.5) (Norris too tough. Showtime) 1993 Jones vs. Hopkins (5) (Strategic battle of future HOF'ers.HBO) 2001 Lewis vs. Rahman II (5) ( Lewis drops "The Rock") 2005 Mayorga vs. Trinidad (5) (Tito delivers the goods) |
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