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In college, I worked a summer in a phone center that handled the old Primestar Satellite TV service. Before every Tyson fight we'd get hundreds of phone calls inquiring about the fight, usually followed by a hundred or so people wanting refunds because the fight was so disappointing.
So with that in mind, what's the worst fight you've ever seen?
Was there one fight that you've wanted your PPV money back after witnessing it?
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Re: What's the Worst Fight You've Ever Seen?
Jun 1, 2008 11:24 PM
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Zab Judah running away from Carlos Baldomir;
Wladimir Klitschko playing 'pat-a-cake' with Sultan Ibragimov
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Re: What's the Worst Fight You've Ever Seen?
May 14, 2008 8:52 PM
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Mayweather vs Baldomir
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Re: What's the Worst Fight You've Ever Seen?
May 14, 2008 8:10 PM
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Jermaine Taylor vs. Cory Spinks, twelve rounds of hell
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Re: What's the Worst Fight You've Ever Seen?
May 13, 2008 11:39 AM
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Agreed...the worst fights that I have ever seen are all ties, involving the following (active) big-name fighters by weight class class:
John Ruiz. heavyweight
Chris Byrd. cruiserweight
Felix Sturm. middleweight
Cory Spinks. junior middleweight
Paulie Malignaggi. junior welterweight
Zahir Raheem. lightweight
Ivan Calderon. junior flyweight
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http://www.fightinsight.com/2008/05/08/will-ricky-hatton-and-junior-witter-finally-meet/
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Re: What's the Worst Fight You've Ever Seen?
May 12, 2008 10:36 PM
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> jimearl
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> you my friend know your shit!
>
Ahh, I've read about and watched some of the old timers
some. A lot of the fans around here are way ahead
of me on the contemporaries.
> its true the heavy weight division before the coming
> of dempsey
> ( on tape, what we see i mean) was awful to watch.
>
> they were all so technichal, and the whole theory of
> heavy weights needing to KAYO guys didnt seem to
> apply back then much either. so take that ppl who
> bitch about heavy weights today.
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> it was dempsey who redefined the heavy weight idea.
> vicious angry animal like fighters, big brawny and
> pretty dumb.
>
And the ten round limit of his day.
Peter Jackson was a black fighter that Dempsey's
manager, Doc Kearns ducked when Jack was champ.
> I do think out of all the heavies back at that time
> the one who scares me the most is sam langford. i
> mean he was 5'6 and stalked bigger men. STALKED > THEM and he took em out with one shot. he looked
> like a small version of george foreman LOL!
Oh Yeah,
Sam must've been Baad !!
Johnson found it both safer and more lucrative to
fight white hopes than Sam Langford in a title defense.
I've read they fought a draw once but no record of it at
boxrec.
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?Fighters today are babied.
Back in my day, we took risks and fought ?em all.?
Bob Foster - undisputed Lightheavyweight champion 1968 - 1974
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Re: What's the Worst Fight You've Ever Seen?
May 12, 2008 9:45 PM
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I am kinda catching in on the tail end of this conversation. But in my opinion the heavyweight division sucks. FIghts are pretty boring, not alot of overall skill in the ring. When I say that i may speed, power, a llittle bit of flamboyance in the ring. To be honest, the last time I was really interested in a heavyweight fight was probably when Lewis fought Vitali years ago.. The division needs someone to stand up and do something. Vladimir is most talented but damn he is so methodical and boring.
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Re: What's the Worst Fight You've Ever Seen?
May 12, 2008 12:49 PM
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jimearl
you my friend know your shit!
its true the heavy weight division before the coming of dempsey
( on tape, what we see i mean) was awful to watch.
they were all so technichal, and the whole theory of heavy weights needing to KAYO guys didnt seem to apply back then much either. so take that ppl who bitch about heavy weights today.
it was dempsey who redefined the heavy weight idea. vicious angry animal like fighters, big brawny and pretty dumb.
I do think out of all the heavies back at that time the one who scares me the most is sam langford. i mean he was 5'6 and stalked bigger men. STALKED THEM
and he took em out with one shot. he looked like a small version of george foreman LOL!
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Re: What's the Worst Fight You've Ever Seen?
May 12, 2008 12:05 PM
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I was sitting ringside in Atlantic City at Bowe vs. Golota II. The fight and post fight was extremely outlandish and I had a marvelous time, one of my best experiences at a prize fight.
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Re: What's the Worst Fight You've Ever Seen?
May 11, 2008 9:13 PM
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Golota vs Bowe.
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Re: What's the Worst Fight You've Ever Seen?
May 7, 2008 9:57 PM
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derrick gainer vs victor polo
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Re: What's the Worst Fight You've Ever Seen?
May 7, 2008 9:45 PM
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> 1) jack johnson vs jim jeffris LOL
> god johnson clinched for like 11 rounds or something
> i lost track
> the kayo was great and funny too.
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Lots of clinching back then because the fights
lasted 20 plus rounds. Gans and everybody
clinched then but often delivered the KO.
If they fought now, I'm sure they'd adapt and
still be great fighters.
> well not to white ppl
> but it was a bad fight
> it was so friggin dull, jeffris was so out of shape
> and for a fight that had such drama it didnt really
> deliver in the ring
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> but i guess ppl forgive when someone gets kayoed
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It wasn't the best fight alright. As far as that goes
the Johnson/Burns fight was a one sided thumping.
I'm thinking that Joe Gans and Stanley Ketchel
probably delivered better action than the
heavyweights often did back then.
Nevertheless, I'll submit Joe Gans/Terry McGovern
which Joe was said to have thrown for another shot
at the lightweight title.
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She was for the war before she was against the war.
(There's no naive in politics!)
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Edited by JimEarl at 05/07/2008 6:50 PM PDT
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Re: What's the Worst Fight You've Ever Seen?
May 6, 2008 9:51 PM
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I have to add Prince Naseem Hamed or what ever his name was. Most of his fights were pretty bad.
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Re: What's the Worst Fight You've Ever Seen?
May 6, 2008 1:56 PM
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Klitchko vs. Ibragimov
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Re: What's the Worst Fight You've Ever Seen?
May 6, 2008 12:09 AM
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Any fight involving JOHN RUIZ
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