Topic: Boxing thread

[Samie]

He comes from a nation that hates the British. 

[Samie]

Donaire?
Rigo?

Nope. 

[Lusty]

Martinez

[duvva 💅]

He comes from a nation that hates the British. 

Doesn’t really narrow it down

[Samie]

Lusty get's the last one, Sergio Martinez.

Doesn’t really narrow it down

Had to make it tough mate, clues would be dead giveaway.

[duvva 💅]

Fancy doing the Ring Fights of the Year for us Samie? Might give some ideas for some to watch.

[Samie]

RING Magazine Fighter of the Year 70's

70- Joe Fraizer
71- Joe Fraizer
*72- Muhammad Ali & Carlos Monzon
73- George Foreman
74- Muhammad Ali
75- Muhammad Ali
76- George Foreman
77- Carlos Zarate
78- Muhammad Ali
79- Sugar Ray Leonard

Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year- 80's

80-  Tommy Hearns
*81- Salvador Sánchez & Sugar Ray Leonard
82- Larry Holmes
83- Marvin Hagler
84- Tommy Hearns
*85- Marvin Hagler & Donald Curry
86- Mike Tyson
87- Evander Holyfield
88- Mike Tyson
89- Pernell Whitaker

Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year- 90's

90- Julio César Chávez
91- James Toney
92- Riddick Bowe
93- Michael Carbajal
94- Roy Jones Jr
95- Oscar De La Hoya
96- Evander Holyfield
97- Evander Holyfield
98- Floyd Mayweather Jr
99- Paulie Ayala

Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year- 00's

00- Felix Trinidad
01- Bernard Hopkins
02- Vernon Forrest
03- James "FAT" Toney
04- Glen Johnson
05- Ricky Hatton
06- Manny Pacquiao
07- Floyd Mayweather Jr
08- Manny Pacquiao
09- Manny Pacquiao

Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year- 10's

10- Sergio Martinez
11- Andre Ward
12- Juan Manuel Marquez
13- Adonis Stevenson
14- Sergey Kovalev
15- Tyson Fury
16- Carl Frampton
17- Vasyl Lomachenko
18- Oleaksandr Usyk
19- Canelo Alvarez

[Samie]

Fancy doing the Ring Fights of the Year for us Samie? Might give some ideas for some to watch.

We've got a while yet in lockdown, unless you want to take up the reigns mate. Happy for you to do it. 

[Samie]

Look at those names fellas. A who's who of boxing and a few WTF shouts on there. So many greats never won a FOTY award.  

[duvva 💅]

I can do that.

Ring Fight of the Year the 1970s

70
71 Frazier W15 Ali (Fight of the Century)
72
73
74 Ali KO8 Foreman (Rumble in the Jungle)
75 Ali TKO14 Frazier ( Thrilla in Manila)
76
77
78 Spinks W15 Ali
79

Fill ya boots people

[duvva 💅]

Look at those names fellas. A who's who of boxing and a few WTF shouts on there. So many greats never won a FOTY award.  

One thing I think it shows is that the last decade hasn’t been the best

[Samie]

71- Ali v Fraizer 1 surely?

74- Rumble in the Jungle

[Medellin]

Thrilla in Manilla too..

Should be filled with Ali really..that fight with Spinks too, not sure of the years tho. 

[duvva 💅]

71- Ali v Fraizer 1 surely?

74- Rumble in the Jungle

Yep both counts

[Samie]

Fights of the year are tougher to guess because theoretically any fight can be a barnstormer and win this award. Like we know . 

[duvva 💅]

Thrilla in Manilla too..

Should be filled with Ali really..that fight with Spinks too, not sure of the years tho. 

Yep to Thrilla. The first Spinks -Ali in 78 also

[duvva 💅]

Fights of the year are tougher to guess because theoretically any fight can be a barnstormer and win this award. Like we know . 

Yep definitely harder to guess, but also may through up some greats fights people haven’t seen before and could check out

[Welshred]

Fights of the year are tougher to guess because theoretically any fight can be a barnstormer and win this award. Like we know . 

One of the 80s ones will be the easiest of them all to get though!

[duvva 💅]

One of the 80s ones will be the easiest of them all to get though!

1985 I presume

[Samie]

  Yeah

[Medellin]

Larry Holmes vs Norton was a belter.

77 or 78 ish.

[duvva 💅]

Larry Holmes vs Norton was a belter.

77 or 78 ish.

It was indeed. 1978. I would definitely have it down as a better fight than the winner that year, Spinks Ali

[Medellin]

Made me watch it again..

What a final round..if you ain't seen this before, it's about time you did!

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[Samie]

Foreman in there again. He was Ko'ing people left right and centre in that decade bar THE GREAT ONE.

[duvva 💅]

Made me watch it again..

What a final round..if you ain't seen this before, it's about time you did!

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Brilliant fight. Just that round was better than any in Spinks Ali from memory

[duvva 💅]

Foreman in there again. He was Ko'ing people left right and centre in that decade bar THE GREAT ONE.

He’s in here quite a few times

[Medellin]

Brilliant fight. Just that round was better than any in Spinks Ali from memory

Aye and to think it was R15 too at that weight.

[Samie]

He’s in here quite a few times

Foreman v Fraizer? He Ko'd him 3 rounds or something.

[Red-Soldier]

One thing I think it shows is that the last decade hasn’t been the best

Lets not dress it up.  It has been horendous!

[duvva 💅]

I can do that.

Ring Fight of the Year the 1970s

70 Monzon KO12 Benvenuti
71 Frazier W15 Ali (Fight of the Century)
72
73 Foreman KO2 Frazier
74 Ali KO8 Foreman (Rumble in the Jungle)
75 Ali TKO14 Frazier ( Thrilla in Manila)
76
77
78 Spinks W15 Ali
79

Fill ya boots people

[duvva 💅]

Foreman v Fraizer? He Ko'd him 3 rounds or something.

You’d think it lasted a bit longer due to the 6 knock downs but done in 2.

Frazier didn’t know what day it was by the end

George in there a couple more times, one of them was a particularly brutal back and forth battle that didn’t reach further than the 5th

[duvva 💅]

As of February 18, 2019, Stevenson moved to a medical facility in Montreal, Canada, to continue receiving treatment related to his recovery. According to ESPN Deportes, Stevenson is talking and moving, becoming more mobile every day, and is well on the road to recovery

Just found some stuff from late last year, he was in the gym training, obviously not to return to boxing but clearly made a decent recovery

[Samie]

Fight of the Year guesses are tough mate without having to google. 

[duvva 💅]

Fight of the Year guesses are tough mate without having to google. 

Ok

70 Involved one of the fighters of the year from 72 and an Italian
72 British and American fighters involved. Fight took place at Wembley. Both surnames begin with the same letter

76 & 77 involved big George
79 two American Featherweights, one nicknamed Red

[Samie]

So 70 is Monzon v Italian of that era so Benveutti? 

[duvva 💅]

So 70 is Monzon v Italian of that era so Benveutti? 

Correct

[Samie]

I got nothing after this mate, I'd have to google it. Fill them in and lets' move to the 80's. 

[duvva 💅]

Ok

70 Monzon KO12 Benvenuti
71 Frazier W15 Ali (Fight of the Century)
72 Bob Foster KO14 Chris Finnegan
73 Foreman KO2 Frazier
74 Ali KO8 Foreman (Rumble in the Jungle)
75 Ali TKO14 Frazier ( Thrilla in Manila)
76 Foreman KO5 Lyle
77 Young W15 Foreman
78 Spinks W15 Ali
79 Danny Red Lopez KO15 Mike Ayala (brother of Paulie)

Can definitely recommend 76 & 79 if you’ve not seen them

[duvva 💅]

Ring Fight of the year 80s

80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89

[Samie]

The obvious ones: 

Hagler v Hearns

SRL v Hagler