davemurphy Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 For me, it'll always be Foreman-Lyle, just because the shots were so damn hard and there were at least twice that you thought the fight simply had to be over, nobody could get up from that, but they do....except for the last one Foreman landed. Hagler-Hearns was wild for the first two minutes, but then the smoke started to clear and Hagler began backing Tommy up (plus Tommy hurt his hand), so I didn't think that one was quite as impressive. Hamed-Kelley there were a lot of knockdowns, but it was a lot of off-balance and flash knockdowns, the guys were up within a few seconds, not totally stunned like with Foreman-Lyle. Can you guys think of other great Slugfests and how do they stack up with my choice of Foreman-Lyle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skav Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Re: Best Slugfest Ever? Gatti v Ward is an obvious one. Castillo v Corrales, Barrera vs Morales and Ayala vs Tapia 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonRingRules Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Re: Best Slugfest Ever? Can you guys think of other great Slugfests and how do they stack up with my choice of Foreman-Lyle? --- Well, Dempsey/Firpo used to be the standard, and it's still pretty solid. Shavers/Cobb was a classic, Shavers being in a number of notable slugfests. The Ingo/Patterson trilogy was damn noteworthy in slug consistency, Gatti/Ward I. Maybe the alltime best was Joe Jeannette and Sam McVea in France, too many KDs to count over 49 Rds lost by KO by Sam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamasadlittleboy Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Re: Best Slugfest Ever? Not the best but Mancini v Frias is always worth a watch as is Meza v Garza. Neither lasted long enough to be great but my god what savagery! Not a flat out slug fest but Monshipour v Sithchatchawal needs a mention too. It's great that we've had a bunch this year. Miura v Thompson was nothing short of 2 men beating the ever loving out of each other, shame more people haven't seen that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoztheMadman Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Re: Best Slugfest Ever? And a recent fight-Jones vs Lebedev had shitloads of good exchanges. Bowe-Holyfield I and II obviously are up there too. Marquez-Concepcion I was awesome as well. And ofc the great trilogy, Rafa Marquez vs Izzy Vazquez! :boxing: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted December 13, 2013 Author Share Posted December 13, 2013 Re: Best Slugfest Ever? All great suggestions. Others that came to mind that are obvious candidates are Corrales-Castillo 1, although that was more of a dramatic turnaround KOthan true slugfest IMO, Deigo was getting the worst of it most of the way. Also, the Second and Third Rafael Marquez-Israel Vazquez fights. In fact, another good topic would be Slugfests That Ended Up Going the Distance and the first two I'd name would be Rafael Marquez-Israel Vazquez 3 and Bobby Chacon-Rafael "Bazooka" Limon 4. Great stuff, Guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted December 13, 2013 Author Share Posted December 13, 2013 (edited) Re: Best Slugfest Ever? Ayala vs Tapia 1. Skav- The scoring still irks me on that one, there's no way Paulie won that fight! Edited December 18, 2013 by davemurphy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamasadlittleboy Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Re: Best Slugfest Ever? Talking about slugfests, we have a sure fire one to end the year, Miura v Jardon, it won't be the best ever but if these two don't volley shots with reckless abandon on NYE then I for one will be massively shocked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel1 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Re: Best Slugfest Ever? Definitely agree with Foreman-Lyle. Fantastic fight. Benn-McLellan too for me was an all-time great, back and forth war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ton Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Re: Best Slugfest Ever? How the hell has no-one mentioned Sprott vs Skelton yet!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted December 19, 2013 Author Share Posted December 19, 2013 Re: Best Slugfest Ever? Definitely agree with Foreman-Lyle. Fantastic fight. Benn-McLellan too for me was an all-time great, back and forth war. I think Benn-McClellan would get a lot more mention if it hadn't ended in tragedy. I remember when Ring Magazine made it Fight of the Year, they got a lot of flack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooklynbrawler Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 (edited) Re: Best Slugfest Ever? Hearns vs Hagler is for my money, the best slugfest ever, despite how long it lasted. EDIT: JKust rewatched Foreman vs Lyle - right enough it is an absolute classic. Another couple - Tua vs Ibeabuchi, Castillo vs Corrales I, Tapia vs Kirkland, Katsidis vs Earl, Angulo vs Lara...I Actually think Tua vs Ibeabuchi may have been my favourite....it was missing the big finish, but it was hell for leather all the way from both men... Edited December 20, 2013 by brooklynbrawler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonRingRules Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Re: Best Slugfest Ever? Hearns vs Hagler is for my money, the best slugfest ever, despite how long it lasted. --- WRONG! Ring's youngest lap dog called Kirkland/Angulo the Hagler/Hearns on steroids, so take that to the bank and cash it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mofo2 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Re: Best Slugfest Ever? Rios v Alvarez 1 is a recent fight that had everything, but Watson v Eubank had everything for me.....im stuck in a time warp with that one :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoztheMadman Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Re: Best Slugfest Ever? Rios v Alvarez 1 is a recent fight that had everything, but Watson v Eubank had everything for me.....im stuck in a time warp with that one :laugh: I'm sure you meant ALVARADO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mofo2 Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Re: Best Slugfest Ever? yeah I did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlingsiki Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Re: Best Slugfest Ever? John LoCicero v William Caveman Lee-best i ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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