Skav Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Mine is Akinwande vs Welch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooklynbrawler Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 I personally thought the round robin matches between Skelton, Williams, Harrison and Sprott were among the worst fights I've ever witnessed. There was more cuddling going on than a hugfest from those oversized whanks! mlol/ Hopkins vs Winky Wright is one of the few fights to actually send me to sleep though! mlol/ Terrible bout.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Akinwande vs Nelson was awful and several other Nelson fights (DeLeon) Tarver vs Dawson 2 was tedious. Vitali Klitschko vs Juan Carlos Gomez was poor interms of the skills on sj=how from both fighters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meathead Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 For me the one that always sticks in my head is a fight that turned an entire nation off Heavyweight Boxing (if you believe the press). Wlad/Ibragimov I youtubed it just to refresh my memory whilst writing this post, I wish I hadnt. Wlad was more negative than usual, an achievement by his standards (not a critical comment but an observation) and Ibragimov was just swinging wildly and missing by miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavpowell Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Hopkins-Eastman - I felt Hopkins was there for the taking that night and instead of trying to cut off the ring, Eastman spent 12 rounds sulki;y trudging after Hopkins, who rarely opted to engage at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 If we're talking Live, then I would say Hassim Rahman-Monte Barrett that I saw in Chicago back in Aug, 2005. It was about as exciting as a trip to the dentist office............and almost as painful to watch :) Halfway through, I turned to my friend Brad Cox and said, "I should've brought a good book". As far as boring fights that I saw on TV, the answer is Michael Moorer-Vaughn Bean. For years I had my VHS tape of that one labeled as "Sominex" (a popular sleep aide here in the USA). No matter how bad a case of Insomnia I had, I never made it to through the third round of this one....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_budweiser Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 David Haye vs Harrison got to be right up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leerhodes Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 worst fight i ever saw was at the sheffield city hall for the WBC Cruiserweight title between Johnny Nelson v Carlos de leon in 1990 between them i bet they didnt throw more then 30 punches the ref must have told them to start fighting more than 20 times.how i kept awake i dont know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 worst fight i ever saw was at the sheffield city hall for the WBC Cruiserweight title between Johnny Nelson v Carlos de leon in 1990 between them i bet they didnt throw more then 30 punches the ref must have told them to start fighting more than 20 times.how i kept awake i dont know LOL, that reminds me of a fight that aired on Showtime years ago between Ossie Ocassio and Dwight Qawi. It was almost a non-fight, especially from Occasio, and it was like they had to pay for the privilege to punch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamasadlittleboy Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 ...anyone had the displeasure of watching much of Lazarte's career? In terms of boxing they were awful...often funny but awful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayme718 Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 First off id like to say hello to everyone. Just signed up because i can no longer hack boxingscene and a friend of mine said here is a good place to talk boxing. So here I am. The worst fight Ive ever seen is either Jones jr/Hopkins 2 or Sprott vs Skelton 2. It put me to sleep faster than David Tua did to John Ruiz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ton Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 The Sprott/Skelton hugfest and as mentioned above Wlad vs Ibragamov! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irondave85 Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 I've seen too many stinkers in my time to label a particular one "the worst," but high on the list would be Robin Reid-Sugar Boy Malinga, Hamed-Soto, Freitas-Raheem, any number of John Ruiz' title defences and Akinwande-Lewis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 I've seen too many stinkers in my time to label a particular one "the worst," but high on the list would be Robin Reid-Sugar Boy Malinga, Hamed-Soto, Freitas-Raheem, any number of John Ruiz' title defences and Akinwande-Lewis. Akinwande vs Lewis is possibly the only fight of Lennox' that I haven't seen. I think I watched it a few months back but have forgotten whether I did or not - If, I did it explains why I forgot. Lewis career was mainly in the days before the net, was standard in most homes, and I never had Sky. I did catch a few of his fights live on Sky (Ruddock, Tucker, Holyfield, Fortune) but always listened on radio - sent off for VHS tapes of his fights, afterwards. The Akinwande fight is one that thankfully - I missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Lewis career was mainly in the days before the net, was standard in most homes, and I never had Sky. I did catch a few of his fights live on Sky (Ruddock, Tucker, Holyfield, Fortune) but always listened on radio - sent off for VHS tapes of his fights, afterwards. The Akinwande fight is one that thankfully - I missed. The only thing I can remember about that one was that I had sympathy for Mills Lane because in a short period of time he'd worked the Holyfield-Tyson 2 ear bite, McCall's mental breakdown against Lennox, and now was having to deal with Akinwande and his holding. He gave Akinwande every opportunity, but he just didn't know how to fight on the inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irondave85 Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Lewis career was mainly in the days before the net, was standard in most homes, and I never had Sky. I did catch a few of his fights live on Sky (Ruddock, Tucker, Holyfield, Fortune) but always listened on radio - sent off for VHS tapes of his fights, afterwards. The Akinwande fight is one that thankfully - I missed. The only thing I can remember about that one was that I had sympathy for Mills Lane because in a short period of time he'd worked the Holyfield-Tyson 2 ear bite, McCall's mental breakdown against Lennox, and now was having to deal with Akinwande and his holding. He gave Akinwande every opportunity, but he just didn't know how to fight on the inside. I remember when it was announced that McCall would fight Akinwande on the undercard of the Lewis-Rahman rematch, I wrote into Ring Magazine saying that if McCall started crying again, Akinwande would be there to hug him. The letter never got printed, but I remember one of their writers using that line in the run-up to the match. Not that I'm accusing them of anything of course.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Lewis career was mainly in the days before the net, was standard in most homes, and I never had Sky. I did catch a few of his fights live on Sky (Ruddock, Tucker, Holyfield, Fortune) but always listened on radio - sent off for VHS tapes of his fights, afterwards. The Akinwande fight is one that thankfully - I missed. The only thing I can remember about that one was that I had sympathy for Mills Lane because in a short period of time he'd worked the Holyfield-Tyson 2 ear bite, McCall's mental breakdown against Lennox, and now was having to deal with Akinwande and his holding. He gave Akinwande every opportunity, but he just didn't know how to fight on the inside. I remember when it was announced that McCall would fight Akinwande on the undercard of the Lewis-Rahman rematch, I wrote into Ring Magazine saying that if McCall started crying again, Akinwande would be there to hug him. The letter never got printed, but I remember one of their writers using that line in the run-up to the match. Not that I'm accusing them of anything of course.... LOL, that's an awesome line, Dave......I suppose that we have to give the benefit of the doubt as to the writer coming up with it on his own (if it was Jeff Ryan, then I can see how he maybe came up with the same thing, he had kind of a comic slant on things) but it sure is a coincidence that you wrote them and then the line appears in the mag wtf// Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irondave85 Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 It was a fairly obvious line to be fair. I'm just being a bit devilish. Oh for the days when I cared enough about The Ring to actually write into them. Now I couldn't even be bothered to give the rag a quick flick though whenever I go to my local newsagents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 It was a fairly obvious line to be fair. I'm just being a bit devilish. Oh for the days when I cared enough about The Ring to actually write into them. Now I couldn't even be bothered to give the rag a quick flick though whenever I go to my local newsagents. Agreed, the Bible of Boxing was once something that I waited patiently at my mailbox for at the first of the month. I haven't subscribed in years and every once in awhile when I see it on the newstand, I'll flip through it in about 2 minutes and assure myself that I'm not missing anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skav Posted August 12, 2012 Author Share Posted August 12, 2012 Lewis career was mainly in the days before the net, was standard in most homes, and I never had Sky. I did catch a few of his fights live on Sky (Ruddock, Tucker, Holyfield, Fortune) but always listened on radio - sent off for VHS tapes of his fights, afterwards. The Akinwande fight is one that thankfully - I missed. The only thing I can remember about that one was that I had sympathy for Mills Lane because in a short period of time he'd worked the Holyfield-Tyson 2 ear bite, McCall's mental breakdown against Lennox, and now was having to deal with Akinwande and his holding. He gave Akinwande every opportunity, but he just didn't know how to fight on the inside. 1997 sure was a bad year for him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donlevy Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Joe Calzaghe vs David Starie has to rank up there among the worst.Truly woeful "fight". It was a fairly obvious line to be fair. I'm just being a bit devilish. Oh for the days when I cared enough about The Ring to actually write into them. Now I couldn't even be bothered to give the rag a quick flick though whenever I go to my local newsagents. Agreed, the Bible of Boxing was once something that I waited patiently at my mailbox for at the first of the month. I haven't subscribed in years and every once in awhile when I see it on the newstand, I'll flip through it in about 2 minutes and assure myself that I'm not missing anything. Given the age we live in,I don't really see it's purpose anymore,Dave, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irondave85 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Joe Calzaghe vs David Starie has to rank up there among the worst.Truly woeful "fight". It was a fairly obvious line to be fair. I'm just being a bit devilish. Oh for the days when I cared enough about The Ring to actually write into them. Now I couldn't even be bothered to give the rag a quick flick though whenever I go to my local newsagents. Agreed, the Bible of Boxing was once something that I waited patiently at my mailbox for at the first of the month. I haven't subscribed in years and every once in awhile when I see it on the newstand, I'll flip through it in about 2 minutes and assure myself that I'm not missing anything. Given the age we live in,I don't really see it's purpose anymore,Dave, I think there's always a purpose for quality journalism, which, in my opinion, is quite rare on the internet. However, the guys running The Ring now? I wouldn't leave them write up a menu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meathead Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 I think it was Akinwande/Lewis where you can hear Mills Lane say something on the lines of "what the matter with you? your supposed to be a boxer? do you want to go home?" By no means the best referee around, but one who could be just as entertaining as the fight itself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Ko Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Sprott vs Skelton always comes to mind. Should have been Audley lol!!! Klitschko vs Liakovich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Agreed, the Bible of Boxing was once something that I waited patiently at my mailbox for at the first of the month. I haven't subscribed in years and every once in awhile when I see it on the newstand, I'll flip through it in about 2 minutes and assure myself that I'm not missing anything. Given the age we live in,I don't really see it's purpose anymore,Dave, Don- I remember there was a period in the mid-ninties where Ring hadn't adjusted to people having the internet, and they were still doing long articles recapping fights that by the time you got the magazine had happened two months earlier. They started doing feature articles that focused more on the fighters themselves and less about results and I was happy......I see they've kind of started to creep back into doing things the "old way" since the new team of writers took over last year. I think it's one of those lessons they simple have to learn the hard way. It was a sad day when Golden Boy bought the magazine a couple years back, they were just getting back to what they once were and people were finally taking their ratings seriously once again crap// Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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