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re: Best Era to Be a Boxing FAN?
Posted on 11/15/24 at 12:33 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
Posted on 11/15/24 at 12:33 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
Rocky Marciano and Joe Louis
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Posted on 11/15/24 at 12:58 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
For me the 70's with Ali/Frazier/Norton/Forman and also the early years of Sugar Ray Leanord, Marvin Hagler, et. al.
Posted on 11/15/24 at 2:09 pm to Bench McElroy
This is the correct answer. The 80s in general.
Posted on 11/15/24 at 2:34 pm to Dirk Dawgler
90s had character and some all time fights.Fernando Vargas, Roy Jones Jr, Tito Trinidad, Lennox Lewis, Holyfield, Tyson. Ward vs Gatti, Corales vs Castillo, Prince Nasim Hamed vs Kevin Kelly. Maybe not the best compared to the 80s but a decent era
Posted on 11/15/24 at 3:30 pm to BatonrougeCajun
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End of Ali to the Tyson Holyfield II. That’s when all the magic was.
Not really. Ali is probably my favorite athlete of all time, not just boxer, but the end of his career was just sad. He should not have fought in those last years.
Tyson was a blast to watch but Tyson didn't have many memorable fights, much less where all the magic was.
Posted on 11/15/24 at 9:38 pm to gumbo2176
Big John Tate....Wasn't he winning the fight before being knocked out?
Posted on 11/15/24 at 9:41 pm to gumbo2176
What about another New Orlenian Al Jackson ,the Blue Mayonnaise boxer??
Posted on 11/15/24 at 9:51 pm to prplhze2000
Yes PPV destroyed the sport. 70’s early 80’s were the best. Several good boxers in each weight class. Average sports fan knew boxing since it was broadcast on network tv.
Posted on 11/15/24 at 10:04 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
Used to enjoy the matches on USA in the early mid 1990s.
Posted on 11/15/24 at 10:06 pm to Dirk Dawgler
quote:Not for the heavies. Lower weight classes, sure.
This is the correct answer. The 80s in general
Posted on 11/15/24 at 10:11 pm to Bench McElroy
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Early '80s obviously. You had Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, Larry Holmes, Thomas Hearns, Aaron Pryor, Roberto Duran, Salvador Sanchez, Wilfredo Gomez, Alexis Arguello, and Wilfredo Benitez all at or near the height of their powers. Just a super stacked era with tremendous fighters in nearly every weight class
Absolutely correct. It’s not even close.
Posted on 11/15/24 at 10:21 pm to iwyLSUiwy
I didnt get to enjoy any era.
Posted on 11/15/24 at 10:21 pm to JamalMurry27
DEM TITTIES MY GHAD
Posted on 11/15/24 at 10:27 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
In my life the great boxers
Tyson
JONES Jr
PAQman
Tyson
JONES Jr
PAQman
Posted on 11/15/24 at 11:55 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
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Not talking about which era had the best fighters. I'm talking about the best time to be a fan of boxing as a sport.
So you chop the legs off of what you know will be a serious counter-argument to your nominee? The greatness of the fighters absolutely impacts how exciting it is to be fan.
The answer is 70's - 80's. Just a murderers row of all-time greats at all weight classes beating the shite out of each other. That Pacquiao / Mayweather fight that everyone waited so long for would have happened 10 years sooner and probably multiple times if they had fought in the 70s.
Posted on 11/16/24 at 7:33 am to 1970sPurpleKnight
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Big John Tate....Wasn't he winning the fight before being knocked out?
Yeah, he was behind on all 3 judges scorecards by a good amount and would have lost the fight by Unanimous Decision if not for the KO.
Kind of reminded me of the first Rocky Marciano/Jersey Joe Walcott fight where Rocky was way behind on all scorecards and caught up to Jersey Joe in the 13th and knocked him out cold.
Jersey Joe's left arm got hung up on the center rope as he crumbled to a seating position and he eventually face planted on the mat as he was being counted out. Joe was out before he came close to touching the mat with anything but his feet. A news photographer took a pic at the perfect moment when Rocky caught Joe and it just looks brutal.
Posted on 11/16/24 at 1:04 pm to iwyLSUiwy
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Not really. Ali is probably my favorite athlete of all time, not just boxer, but the end of his career was just sad. He should not have fought in those last years. Tyson was a blast to watch but Tyson didn't have many memorable fights, much less where all the magic was.
I meant more the time period. Ali inspired all those guys who were around from mid 70s to mid 90s and there were a ton of them
Posted on 11/16/24 at 5:27 pm to BatonrougeCajun
A few notable names from when I was following boxing in the 70's and 80's
John "The Beast" Mugabi, Danny "Little Red" Lopez, Azumah Nelson, "Rocky" Lockridge, Lupe Pintor
And who could forget "Vampire" Johnson
John "The Beast" Mugabi, Danny "Little Red" Lopez, Azumah Nelson, "Rocky" Lockridge, Lupe Pintor
And who could forget "Vampire" Johnson
Posted on 11/16/24 at 8:03 pm to gumbo2176
It was just like Rocky II. Was WAY ahead going into 15th round. Keep in mind, Mike Weaver had knocked down Holmes in their bout. Tate just couldn't stay away but instead tried to mix it up with him just as Creed did.
BOOM! Knocked him out I mean ice stone cold. Was sleeping on the canvas.
And his locker was robbed during the fight.
BOOM! Knocked him out I mean ice stone cold. Was sleeping on the canvas.
And his locker was robbed during the fight.
Posted on 11/16/24 at 8:49 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
I always enjoyed USA Network’s Tuesday Night Fights with Sean O’Grady, especially episodes airing from The Blue Horizon in Philadelphia.
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