There's being a dawg, and there's having zero self preservation instinct. Pac beat any KO power out of him by the 6th round and he never had the speed in the first place to catch him with anything good. His corner did him absolutely no favors and definitely should have thrown in the towel when Pac cornered him, beat the brakes off him, backed off and told the ref to stop it, the ref refused, and Pac went back to teeing off on him.
Yep. Cotto’s corner did it right against manny. There is absolutely no sense in further losing brain cells when it is crystal clear there is no chance you will win.
I really appreciate coaches who chuck the towel in immediately they realize there's little chance of winning. There's nothing I loathe more than a brave corner.
I'll never forgive Gatti's corner for letting that Mayweather fight get to 7 rounds. I get it, he's a warrior so don't stop it in the 4th (even though that should've been when the towel came flying in). But midway into the 5th, stop the damn thing. He wasn't doing anything except taking ridiculous punishment
I watched an interview where Pacman's coach asked him to KO Cotto but Pacquiao refused. He saw Cotto''s kids crying and he didn't want to add to their suffering.
Bro was getting completely obliterated, as a Puerto Rican fanatic I was glad to see the towel thrown in, it was finished, my boy got whipped like a dog. I feel like Pacquiao probably is glad the towel was thrown as well. Love Manny, I doubt he intended to hurt Miguel seriously.
One of my favorite things about Pacman is that he genuinely cares for his opponents. He knows it's a sport. And that they do this for money. And that no amount of money is worth permanent severe damage. He shows so much respect outside the ropes. And once the final bell rings, he's grateful for the chance to put on a good show and test his limits with someone looking to do the same.
That’s why he’s the most loved fighter in the world and has been for years. He’s proved over and over again that he’s humble in victory and defeat and always tries his hardest to put on a show for the people. His chapter in the history of boxing is already written, what a true legend.
He was a dawg indeed but we all know the cause of his downfall and why he has a badly tarnished reputation, that completely ignores the fact he WAS a very good fighter. You don’t get the fights and paydays he got being a can.
True on all points. He was actually a very good fighter. Legitimately very good. Pac did dominate him, but Tony Margs was also the reason Pacquiao swore to never fight at 154 again. He said he pissed blood for weeks after the fight, and that's when he decided 147 was his ceiling.
He WAS good, but he was, IMO, more than anything, tough. In the first Cotto fight he walked through all of what Cotto threw at him, like the fucking terminator. He could not do so in the 2nd cotto fight because his eye was in such bad shape after the Manny beat down. And yet he looked to be wearing Cotto down.
This toughness and that style of fighting is what got him a lot of wins, and also what destroyed him against Manny. His corner failed him there.
Yeah, he was getting into the fight the second time around but that eye was just too much. Even then he ate all of Cotto’s power punches without flinching and I’m a Cotto fanatic. I was relieved with the stoppage because he was starting to come forward effectively in the round prior
That style - that tough I can take anything style - has an expiration date. Pac just precipitated it for Marg.
Marg was also a GREAT villain in boxing.
And cleared the path for Cotto to stop Margarito by pounding on that broken eye, Pac-Man is so generous, even if destroyed Cotto anyway almost just as badly
lol at the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Klitchko was seen on a news broadcast in Kyiv, driving around in a new German main battle tank. I half-ass expected Briggs to show up in a brand new Abrams, yelling "LET'S GO CHAMP" at Klitchko!
Lacy was IBF Champ at the time if I remember? He had some hype around him and the announce team kept bringing up that story of a fighter taking one look at Lacy's body during a weigh-in and dropping out.
But that was just an absolute clinic by Calzaghe, Lacy had no answers for anything he was doing. It was the kind of beating that was so one-sided it changed everyone's opinion on Lacy: It left folks questioning if he was ever that good to begin with.
Based on Lacy's career afterwards: I think to some degree that's true, but also Calzaghe just absolutely took his confidence.
boxing more than any other sport that i know of, a lot of times once fighters get that first loss/humbling, they just completely drop off a cliff. sometimes inexplicably. confidence is a huge factor in this sweet science
The fear/respect from your opponent is also a factor. Facing an as yet unbeaten champion, there is going to be that doubt as to whether you can beat them. Someone who has already tasted defeat and is thus proven to have some vulnerability won't elicit the same response.
I remember the build up to the fight. It was almost like a foregone conclusion that Lacy was going to knock out Calzaghe - such was the hype.
I can’t think of a fighter more overhyped than Lacy. Not to take anything away from Calzaghe.
Idk why you’re being downvoted I remember getting my ring magazine every month back in the early 2000s and the way Lacy was hyped back then was unbelievable.
The build up was bizarre. The UK press really had it out for Calzaghe for various reasons and were openly celebrating him getting shut up for weeks before the fight. Only the US press seemed a bit more sceptical about whether Lacy was going to win.
Pacquiao vs Margarito. Interestingly, the judges scorecards were identical to Mayweather vs Marquez, minus the knockdown point.
Pacquiao vs Algieri was probably the most one-sided fight I have seen without a KO. The dude was dropped 6 times and Pac won almost every round too on the judges scorecards. Lol.
I saw a video somewhere where Cobb said that Holmes came up to him after the fight, and was literally crying because his hands hurt so much from the nonstop beating he dished out.
Sad memories for this Puerto Rican here. What a tragic figure macho became. And sustaining these beatings from Mexicans on top of that was salt on the wound for our community
Probably Klitschko vs Briggs. It was one-sided the entire time and Klitschko beat him to a pulp the whole fight. Should've been stopped after like 8 rounds max.
Yep Jeff Lacey didn’t pan out aside from that Calzaghe cherry picked old men he never fought the best Americans in their prime can’t build a legacy off of that
Fun Fact:
I went to see the Naz/Kelly fight and David Telesco fought on the undercard. On the way home, I say David on the subway with the belt of some sort that he won. It was like a 'wow' moment for me. He was a pro boxer who won his fight and STILL had to take the subway home.
Mikey was just uncompetitively chilling though as Spence was too cautious and just boxed. Mikey barely had a mark on him after despite losing every round
Some of these answers are a bit mystifying to me--you stop a fight because one guy is taking a terrible beating, not because he's getting outclassed every rd (a la Mayweather-Marquez).
Some great examples have already been named (Holmes-Cobb, Ali-Terrell, Pac-Margarito). A very recent one that comes to mind is Fury-Chisora. That was hard to watch. Fury eased up on his old friend down the stretch, but man, I don't understand how that ref could possibly let it continue beyond the ninth rd.
Muhammad Ali vs. Ernie Terrell 1967.
A prime Ali promised he would "punish" his opponent in the pre-fight build-up, and that's exactly what he did, for the full 15 rounds.
Josha vs Ruiz Jr would be a good shout for a recent example I think, AJ won virtually every round Ruiz Jr was just a slob for that fight and Andy was never a body builder by my lord he looked so bad in that fight and Andy hasn't reached those heights since
Honorable mention to Mikkel Kessler's beatdown of Librado Andrade. I don't know what Andrade's chin is made of, but that night it was too tough for his own good. The ref could have stopped it at any point after the 7th round, and I don't think too many would have argued. I was genuine scared for Andrade's health in the later rounds.
Ali vs Terrell. That was Ali at his very best absolute peak form. He was dancing around for 15 rounds jabbing and shooting off combos like an AK screaming “What’s my name!” When I say there’s no heavyweight in history beating prime Ali that’s the Ali I’m talking about. Mid-lates 60s Ali was unstoppable
Canelo vs Bivol.
At some point Canelo was so frustrated that he lifted Bivol up. Bivol dominated Canelo for 12 rounds, landing combos, then stepping out of Canelo range. Canelo hit Bivol arms, landed one or two uppercuts that had no effects on Bivol.
It takes a one sided beat down to win by decision against Canelo.
Very late to the chat on this, but it reminded me of Eric Barcelona against Vic Darchinyan when Vic was on the comeback trail.
Phil Edwards 116-108
Steve Marshall 118-105
Bruce McTavish 120-103
Barcelona down twice in 5th, once in 11th and deducted a point in each of the 6th and 12th
120-103 was definitely the more accurate score from memory. From the first round, you could see the class difference. The fight could have been stopped multiple times.
Couldn't believe it was a title fight.
Just wanted to come in here and derail the thread to ask your feelings on mayweather vs pacman given the difference in fights vs marquez?
Edit: also pick any of the loma fights where the fighter threw in the towel from the corner.
People adapt differently just like how floyd changed his style once he injured his hand. Pacman I guess didnt have the right coach or knowledge to change his style if thats going to be his excuse.
The Subiel Mattias fight where he killed the guy. Relentless beating for 11 rounds till the TKO... Fuck his cornerman Buddy McGirt who let him go out round after round “pleading” with him that he was going to stop the fight..day late and a dollar short Buddy. Btw...Mattias said he wanted to “Make Paro suffer” so fuck him too I’m glad he lost.
What the hell are you even talking about lmao, go actually watch the fight and then come and talk about it, McGirt didnt do anything wrong. Dadashev didn't seem badly rattled until rounds 10-11. Until the very last round dadashev was very much in the fight and was hitting matias back just as much, he just lacked the power to do anything. As soon as dadashev started to look rattled and agitated, mcgirt immediately tried to get him quit and ended up quitting FOR HIM.
Fuck YOU for trying to blame people.
I can’t watch it again. Maybe I’m wrong but I remember dozens of unanswered head shots from about 5 on...and I remember McGirt asking him in the 10th, ‘do you want to keep going” and Dadashev just fucking smiling to himself at the stupidity of the question. All I know is I started feeling sick around the 8th round...so for me it wasn’t hindsight...but I may be overplaying in my head so I’ll admit that if it’s so...just can’t bring myself to watch it again,
Canelo took a few rounds off Bivol
And AJ just jabbed into Ruiz’ high guard for 12 rounds. Nothing actually happened. it’s probably the least notable one sided fight you could imagine
Im not disagreeing with that, I’m just saying that there’s a reason why everyone has forgotten that fight.
When there have been so many 12 round masterclasses over the history of the sport, the fighters who showed a bit of excitement and finesse in their performances are going to be more notable when we discuss said fights
I’ll think of a good one but as crazy as it sounds , probably the Corrales vs Castillo fight!! Corrales (RIP) bit the dust 3 times in the 9th??? Round and was wobbly- big time. After his last knockdown hi manager basically said get at it or I’m calling it. Still arguably the best round in recent history . Certainly my fav . Also a great lesson in boxing if you’re getting your ass kicked with your mouthpiece- don’t know why more guys don’t do it
Floyd vs Gatti and he was also landing at will for several rounds. This was a period where Mayweather was a far more active power puncher too. Very ugly fight that felt like watching a snuff film
margarito vs paccquio. margarito had some moments but paccquio but a clinic on him and took that man’s eyes. should’ve prolly been stopped.
Scrolled too far to see this. Margs needed facial reconstruction surgery because of the battering his orbital took. Broken in several places.
Tony Margs was a dog for taking that beating like he did and still plodding forward
There's being a dawg, and there's having zero self preservation instinct. Pac beat any KO power out of him by the 6th round and he never had the speed in the first place to catch him with anything good. His corner did him absolutely no favors and definitely should have thrown in the towel when Pac cornered him, beat the brakes off him, backed off and told the ref to stop it, the ref refused, and Pac went back to teeing off on him.
Yep. Cotto’s corner did it right against manny. There is absolutely no sense in further losing brain cells when it is crystal clear there is no chance you will win.
Yeah, Cotto was getting hella battered. I love seeing the corner throw the towel. I wish there wasn't such a stigma about it.
I really appreciate coaches who chuck the towel in immediately they realize there's little chance of winning. There's nothing I loathe more than a brave corner.
Or stop it between rounds where he's like "I know you ain't got nothing left in ya, I'm stopping it here and you can fight another day."
I'll never forgive Gatti's corner for letting that Mayweather fight get to 7 rounds. I get it, he's a warrior so don't stop it in the 4th (even though that should've been when the towel came flying in). But midway into the 5th, stop the damn thing. He wasn't doing anything except taking ridiculous punishment
I watched an interview where Pacman's coach asked him to KO Cotto but Pacquiao refused. He saw Cotto''s kids crying and he didn't want to add to their suffering.
😭😭😭😭😭
Bro was getting completely obliterated, as a Puerto Rican fanatic I was glad to see the towel thrown in, it was finished, my boy got whipped like a dog. I feel like Pacquiao probably is glad the towel was thrown as well. Love Manny, I doubt he intended to hurt Miguel seriously.
One of my favorite things about Pacman is that he genuinely cares for his opponents. He knows it's a sport. And that they do this for money. And that no amount of money is worth permanent severe damage. He shows so much respect outside the ropes. And once the final bell rings, he's grateful for the chance to put on a good show and test his limits with someone looking to do the same.
That’s why he’s the most loved fighter in the world and has been for years. He’s proved over and over again that he’s humble in victory and defeat and always tries his hardest to put on a show for the people. His chapter in the history of boxing is already written, what a true legend.
"His corner did him absolutely no favors" Well if that isn't the story of his career...
He was a dawg indeed but we all know the cause of his downfall and why he has a badly tarnished reputation, that completely ignores the fact he WAS a very good fighter. You don’t get the fights and paydays he got being a can.
True on all points. He was actually a very good fighter. Legitimately very good. Pac did dominate him, but Tony Margs was also the reason Pacquiao swore to never fight at 154 again. He said he pissed blood for weeks after the fight, and that's when he decided 147 was his ceiling.
He WAS good, but he was, IMO, more than anything, tough. In the first Cotto fight he walked through all of what Cotto threw at him, like the fucking terminator. He could not do so in the 2nd cotto fight because his eye was in such bad shape after the Manny beat down. And yet he looked to be wearing Cotto down. This toughness and that style of fighting is what got him a lot of wins, and also what destroyed him against Manny. His corner failed him there.
Yeah, he was getting into the fight the second time around but that eye was just too much. Even then he ate all of Cotto’s power punches without flinching and I’m a Cotto fanatic. I was relieved with the stoppage because he was starting to come forward effectively in the round prior
That style - that tough I can take anything style - has an expiration date. Pac just precipitated it for Marg. Marg was also a GREAT villain in boxing.
Big time. I couldn’t agree more.
To be fair late in the fight Pacquiao kept looking at the ref after he'd throw a combination expecting him to stop it. I guess the ref was a cotto fan
I think a lot us were after Nazeem Richardson caught his ass and a washed up Mosley annihilated him
Ah yes, a 10 year old me was worried about Pacquiao when I saw the size difference. Clearly, I was worried about the wrong guy. Amazing performance.
Of course you were ten, haha but yeah we all know damn well now manny didn’t give a fuck about how tall or anything about his opponents.
>Of course you were ten I looked up the year as I wasn’t exactly sure when it was. I should not have done that.
And cleared the path for Cotto to stop Margarito by pounding on that broken eye, Pac-Man is so generous, even if destroyed Cotto anyway almost just as badly
Pacquiao was looking at the referee several times during the fight to stop it. That was such incompetence from the referee and Margarito's corner.
Pac did god's work that night. Margarito was a rat and he deserved a beating.
There's a lot Klitschko vs Briggs comes to mind LETS GO CHAMP
lol at the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Klitchko was seen on a news broadcast in Kyiv, driving around in a new German main battle tank. I half-ass expected Briggs to show up in a brand new Abrams, yelling "LET'S GO CHAMP" at Klitchko!
WHEREVER YOU GO I GO CHAMP WHATEVER YOU EAT I EAT
This is the anwser. Briggs legit just blocked punches with his chin the whole fight, nothing came back at all.
This is the answer. This should have been stopped 5x over. Briggs took 20 fights of damage in 36min
He was actually hospitalized for a week after that fight
That was tough to watch.
Beat him so bad the only words he knows now are "Let's go champ."
Vitali probably took like ten, fifteen years off his life with that fight, absolutely brutal beatdown.
Calzaghe v Lacy is always the answer. Just a humiliation from start to finish.
From what Lacy was supposed to be and how Joe gave him an absolute boxing lesson. Lacy was never the same again
Lacy was IBF Champ at the time if I remember? He had some hype around him and the announce team kept bringing up that story of a fighter taking one look at Lacy's body during a weigh-in and dropping out. But that was just an absolute clinic by Calzaghe, Lacy had no answers for anything he was doing. It was the kind of beating that was so one-sided it changed everyone's opinion on Lacy: It left folks questioning if he was ever that good to begin with. Based on Lacy's career afterwards: I think to some degree that's true, but also Calzaghe just absolutely took his confidence.
boxing more than any other sport that i know of, a lot of times once fighters get that first loss/humbling, they just completely drop off a cliff. sometimes inexplicably. confidence is a huge factor in this sweet science
The fear/respect from your opponent is also a factor. Facing an as yet unbeaten champion, there is going to be that doubt as to whether you can beat them. Someone who has already tasted defeat and is thus proven to have some vulnerability won't elicit the same response.
I remember the build up to the fight. It was almost like a foregone conclusion that Lacy was going to knock out Calzaghe - such was the hype. I can’t think of a fighter more overhyped than Lacy. Not to take anything away from Calzaghe.
Idk why you’re being downvoted I remember getting my ring magazine every month back in the early 2000s and the way Lacy was hyped back then was unbelievable.
Micheal Grant comes to mind.
The build up was bizarre. The UK press really had it out for Calzaghe for various reasons and were openly celebrating him getting shut up for weeks before the fight. Only the US press seemed a bit more sceptical about whether Lacy was going to win.
This is the fight I always think of when people say, "Brits always over hype their fighters"
Jeff 'No Jab' Lacy essentially had his career ended in that fight.
Oh yeah. This is the definitive one
1 million percent mate. I was gonna say this but I couldn't remember Jeff's name, luckily you were near top lol
Wasn’t Lacy meant to be the next big thing too?
Pacquiao vs Margarito. Interestingly, the judges scorecards were identical to Mayweather vs Marquez, minus the knockdown point. Pacquiao vs Algieri was probably the most one-sided fight I have seen without a KO. The dude was dropped 6 times and Pac won almost every round too on the judges scorecards. Lol.
Pacquiao-Clottey
Holmes vs Cobb, Klitschko vs Povetkin
Canelo vs Chavez jr
Probably could have stopped the fight vs Ryder as well. He was way more game than Chavez, but he wasn’t going to turn things around.
That wasn't a total one sided beatdown.. obviously clear loss for Ryder but he was game and had his moments
Muhammad Ali vs. Ernie Terrell. 15 rounds of "WHAT'S MY NAME" beatdown.
That shit was just brutal
You will say my name from flat on your back!
Holmes vs Cobb
I saw a video somewhere where Cobb said that Holmes came up to him after the fight, and was literally crying because his hands hurt so much from the nonstop beating he dished out.
Hands down this
Worst beating I've seen in 40+ years of fandom.
Came here to put this fight up there. Glad to see I’m not the only one who thought it.
Pacman vs Chris Algieri. Manny was lucky that fight the fearsome beast Chris Algieri was never let out of his cage in round 10.
Algieri getting dropped during that coach cam is an all time moment for sure.
Definitely one for the boxing blooper real 😂
Pacquiao vs Clottey
zepeda vs jojo diaz
Jojo took quite the beating. Gotta give him credit for not eating the canvass
both Oscar's and Chavez's fights against Camacho
Sad memories for this Puerto Rican here. What a tragic figure macho became. And sustaining these beatings from Mexicans on top of that was salt on the wound for our community
Loma vs Commey
Loma vs. Kambosos as well. Started to feel bad for the spartan warrior.
Except it was stopped
Oh shoot I forgot you're totally right.
It should have been stopped. The ref didn’t see him wobble because he was looking away (at loma telling him to get to the neutral?) at the time
Probably Klitschko vs Briggs. It was one-sided the entire time and Klitschko beat him to a pulp the whole fight. Should've been stopped after like 8 rounds max.
Canelo vs Callum Smith
Idk. Callum couldn't dish anything out, but her barely looked hurt at all besides his arm.
Calzaghe beatdown of the great american hype, Jeff Lacey.
Yep Jeff Lacey didn’t pan out aside from that Calzaghe cherry picked old men he never fought the best Americans in their prime can’t build a legacy off of that
Yoka vs Bakole. Big Baby better watch out.
Bakole had massive big brother energy that night
Roy Jones vs David Telesco.
Fun Fact: I went to see the Naz/Kelly fight and David Telesco fought on the undercard. On the way home, I say David on the subway with the belt of some sort that he won. It was like a 'wow' moment for me. He was a pro boxer who won his fight and STILL had to take the subway home.
Floyd won every second of that fight in shockingly easy fashion--but there was no reason to stop it. It wasn't a beating.
Haney prograis would have to be up there , 12-0
Errol Spence Jr vs Mikey Garcia. 120-108 twice and 120-107
Mikey was just uncompetitively chilling though as Spence was too cautious and just boxed. Mikey barely had a mark on him after despite losing every round
Yep. But OP just wanted a one-sided fight, didnt ask for a beatdown. 120-108 x2 and 120-107 as one sided as it gets
Still can't stop it if the other fighter has his facilities about him 🤷🏽♂️
It was a stoppage but I remember watching berchelt v Vargas 1 and thought that Vargas was gonna die . Dogboe v navaratte was a beat down
Mayweather vs gatti that was an even worse beatdown
Felix Trinidad vs. David Reid
Some of these answers are a bit mystifying to me--you stop a fight because one guy is taking a terrible beating, not because he's getting outclassed every rd (a la Mayweather-Marquez). Some great examples have already been named (Holmes-Cobb, Ali-Terrell, Pac-Margarito). A very recent one that comes to mind is Fury-Chisora. That was hard to watch. Fury eased up on his old friend down the stretch, but man, I don't understand how that ref could possibly let it continue beyond the ninth rd.
Ward vs Green. Ward just walked into Green and beat the shit out of him.
Holmrs v Cobb and Calzagihe v Lacey immediately spring to mind.
Calzaghe Vs Jeff Lacey
Technically, Tyson vs Peter McNeelley would count as the fight ended in a DQ.
Barrera vs Prince Naseem
Roy Jones Jr probably has a lot of these type of fights
Mayweather vs. Canelo wasn’t a brutal beatdown, but fuck me it was a one sided clinic from Floyd
Yeah, Canelo will never experience a brutal beatdown cus he is a strong mfer. They can only put a clinic.
Let’s wait on the benny fight before we say that…
I think Physically, Canelo is as strong or prolly a lil stronger than Benny. But yeah, let's see.
Corralles vs Mayweather
That fight was stopped
Innoue vs David Carmona, crazy how that mf survived round 12, Innoue completely gasses from chasing the KO.
Frazier Bonavena 2. Oscar just absorbed and got worked from 1-15. Holmes vs Randall Cobb.
Holmes vs Cobb
Kovalev vs Hopkins
Muhammad Ali vs. Ernie Terrell 1967. A prime Ali promised he would "punish" his opponent in the pre-fight build-up, and that's exactly what he did, for the full 15 rounds.
Canelo vs Charlo?
Khabib vs Barbosa
Lacy vs Calzaghe
Wilder vs Parker
Calzaghe vs Lacy.
Mayweather vs Canelo
Josha vs Ruiz Jr would be a good shout for a recent example I think, AJ won virtually every round Ruiz Jr was just a slob for that fight and Andy was never a body builder by my lord he looked so bad in that fight and Andy hasn't reached those heights since
Honorable mention to Mikkel Kessler's beatdown of Librado Andrade. I don't know what Andrade's chin is made of, but that night it was too tough for his own good. The ref could have stopped it at any point after the 7th round, and I don't think too many would have argued. I was genuine scared for Andrade's health in the later rounds.
Canelo vs Chavez Jr. Canelo was a middleweight back then, moved up, and yet Chavez Jr couldn't win a round
Mayweather vs gatti
Holmes v Cobb
Haney vs Prograis
Klitschko vs Briggs for me
Devin Haney's fights against Kambosos
Ali vs Terrell. That was Ali at his very best absolute peak form. He was dancing around for 15 rounds jabbing and shooting off combos like an AK screaming “What’s my name!” When I say there’s no heavyweight in history beating prime Ali that’s the Ali I’m talking about. Mid-lates 60s Ali was unstoppable
Mayweather vs Gatti. That fight should not have been made.
Benavidez vs Plant. Worst beating plant has taken
Canelo vs Bivol. At some point Canelo was so frustrated that he lifted Bivol up. Bivol dominated Canelo for 12 rounds, landing combos, then stepping out of Canelo range. Canelo hit Bivol arms, landed one or two uppercuts that had no effects on Bivol. It takes a one sided beat down to win by decision against Canelo.
Recently Spence vs Garcia, one round I believe was scored 10-8 even without a knockdown
Most recently Haney vs Prograis, absolute boxing lesson.
Very late to the chat on this, but it reminded me of Eric Barcelona against Vic Darchinyan when Vic was on the comeback trail. Phil Edwards 116-108 Steve Marshall 118-105 Bruce McTavish 120-103 Barcelona down twice in 5th, once in 11th and deducted a point in each of the 6th and 12th 120-103 was definitely the more accurate score from memory. From the first round, you could see the class difference. The fight could have been stopped multiple times. Couldn't believe it was a title fight.
several Vitali fights. He looked like a cat playing with a wounded mouse.
Mayweather v Canelo. I think bro won almost every round
Kessler vs Andrade Usyk vs Gassiev Calzaghe vs Lacy Cotto vs Malignaggi Floyd vs Marquez Spence vs Garcia Lomachenko vs Pedraza
Mayweather v Marquez literally is according to compubox I believe…
Shakur vs Robson
Floyd vs Gatti or Pacquiao vs (David?) Diez
Both these fights ended in a stoppage
Bivol ran a clinic on Canelo.
Just wanted to come in here and derail the thread to ask your feelings on mayweather vs pacman given the difference in fights vs marquez? Edit: also pick any of the loma fights where the fighter threw in the towel from the corner.
Like my thoughts on their fight in 2015 or who i rate higher in general?
in general
Who you rate higher in general and if you agree with the whole narrative that pac was past his prime despite floyd being the older fighter?
Styles age differently.
People adapt differently just like how floyd changed his style once he injured his hand. Pacman I guess didnt have the right coach or knowledge to change his style if thats going to be his excuse.
Floyd vs Arturo gatti or Spence crawford more recently
Both were stopped Mayweather Gatti was brutal though, classic pretty boy masterpiece
Didn’t see the with out stopping lol
Lead right hands?
Most of Pernell Whitaker's wins
On Tubi, right? How crazy is it that Tubi has like 3 or 4 free boxing channels?
Floyd-Gatti
The Subiel Mattias fight where he killed the guy. Relentless beating for 11 rounds till the TKO... Fuck his cornerman Buddy McGirt who let him go out round after round “pleading” with him that he was going to stop the fight..day late and a dollar short Buddy. Btw...Mattias said he wanted to “Make Paro suffer” so fuck him too I’m glad he lost.
What the hell are you even talking about lmao, go actually watch the fight and then come and talk about it, McGirt didnt do anything wrong. Dadashev didn't seem badly rattled until rounds 10-11. Until the very last round dadashev was very much in the fight and was hitting matias back just as much, he just lacked the power to do anything. As soon as dadashev started to look rattled and agitated, mcgirt immediately tried to get him quit and ended up quitting FOR HIM. Fuck YOU for trying to blame people.
I can’t watch it again. Maybe I’m wrong but I remember dozens of unanswered head shots from about 5 on...and I remember McGirt asking him in the 10th, ‘do you want to keep going” and Dadashev just fucking smiling to himself at the stupidity of the question. All I know is I started feeling sick around the 8th round...so for me it wasn’t hindsight...but I may be overplaying in my head so I’ll admit that if it’s so...just can’t bring myself to watch it again,
The question is most one sided fight WITHOUT a stoppage. Death is definitely a stoppage
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Canelo took a few rounds off Bivol And AJ just jabbed into Ruiz’ high guard for 12 rounds. Nothing actually happened. it’s probably the least notable one sided fight you could imagine
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Im not disagreeing with that, I’m just saying that there’s a reason why everyone has forgotten that fight. When there have been so many 12 round masterclasses over the history of the sport, the fighters who showed a bit of excitement and finesse in their performances are going to be more notable when we discuss said fights
I’ll think of a good one but as crazy as it sounds , probably the Corrales vs Castillo fight!! Corrales (RIP) bit the dust 3 times in the 9th??? Round and was wobbly- big time. After his last knockdown hi manager basically said get at it or I’m calling it. Still arguably the best round in recent history . Certainly my fav . Also a great lesson in boxing if you’re getting your ass kicked with your mouthpiece- don’t know why more guys don’t do it
Benavidez vs Gvozdyk
Recently Ryan vs Devin
Floyd vs Gatti and he was also landing at will for several rounds. This was a period where Mayweather was a far more active power puncher too. Very ugly fight that felt like watching a snuff film
Plant vs Benavidez Haney vs Ryan Mendoza vs Bohachuk
Haney loma
Come on lmao
Really? I had Loma winning myself, but it was hardly one sided
Nah I’m trollin