stainlee 27 Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 All great fights , but the two Olivares/Castillo fights stick out for me , maybe because they were the first great fights I saw as a kid .Alan Rudkin was from Liverpool 8 ,because he was local I idolised him as a kid .He was buried last friday .ATB I know he was found in the street but any idea what he died from stainlee ? nothing suspicious i was told. Natural causes Gnash , heart attack I think , had a great send off , the service was at the cathedral . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 29,648 Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 [quote name='jasper65' timestamp='1287002763' post='1751852' Have to say I realy loved the boxing up until the late 90's - 2000's, after that the sparkle from the the new fighters didn't seem the same! the Leonards, Hagglers, Hearns, and many many more at different weights back then was a different class and well worth watching! not sure how you feel Gnash but the real buzz from the big fights these days seem to have gone .... I think its just a generation thing,the period your talking about boxing was watched for free on itv,i just think its easy to lose interest in something thats not easily available.......neither before or after were world title fights seen regularly on tv... When your as obssessed as i am you dont lose interest ....no theres not as many stars,huge fights or household names as before but i can see a great fight in the York Hall Bethnal Green on a Tuesday night just the same as i can see a great world title fight in Las Vegas i get the same thrill from both. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 29,648 Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 Natural causes Gnash , heart attack I think , had a great send off , the service was at the cathedral . Nice,.....shame when the heart says no more,especially for someone who had as much heart as he did....god bless the ol boy. Thanks for letting me know mate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
low plains drifter 9,463 Posted March 21, 2019 Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 On 11/10/2010 at 10:48, lord of the fens said: f****n weird that, half way through watchin that, I had an urge to make a cheese and onion toasty!!! With pumpkin seed bread ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lenmcharristar 9,176 Posted March 21, 2019 Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 One that sticks with me was calzaghe v Lacy an absolute boxing lesson in a boxer v puncher 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pesky1972 4,927 Posted March 21, 2019 Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 Klitschko v Fury. It got a 10 from Len 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 25,239 Posted March 21, 2019 Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 From what I,ve read on here over the last few months I,m stunned the fury wilder fight is,nt up there as the greatest bout of all time bar none Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Billy b 724 Posted March 21, 2019 Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 A cracker Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MickC 1,825 Posted March 21, 2019 Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 Ward v Gatti 1 2 3, rarely in boxing is a rematch as good as the first fight,these two had three cracking wild fights,two of them being fights of the year (2002/2003). Corrales v Castillo what a fight and a great come from behind win. Corrales never won again after this fight and unfortunately was killed in a motorbike crash two years later . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dytkos 17,536 Posted March 21, 2019 Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 Hagler/Hearns/Leonard/Duran,/Curry/Mugabe all of their permutations, class.generation. Cheers, D. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shaaark 10,133 Posted March 21, 2019 Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 5 hours ago, Greyman said: From what I,ve read on here over the last few months I,m stunned the fury wilder fight is,nt up there as the greatest bout of all time bar none FACT!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shaaark 10,133 Posted March 21, 2019 Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 2 hours ago, MickC said: Ward v Gatti 1 2 3, rarely in boxing is a rematch as good as the first fight,these two had three cracking wild fights,two of them being fights of the year (2002/2003). Corrales v Castillo what a fight and a great come from behind win. Corrales never won again after this fight and unfortunately was killed in a motorbike crash two years later . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
low plains drifter 9,463 Posted March 21, 2019 Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 5 hours ago, Greyman said: From what I,ve read on here over the last few months I,m stunned the fury wilder fight is,nt up there as the greatest bout of all time bar none Fact Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shaaark 10,133 Posted March 21, 2019 Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 The first two holyfield v bowe fights stick in my mind in the heavyweights 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 29,648 Posted March 21, 2019 Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 One of my favourite eras was the mid 80,s lightweight division there was some brilliant fights Mancini v Frias,Mancini v Bramble,virtually every Bobby Chacon fight. Pryor v Arguello,Foreman v Lyle,Gatti v Ward 1 and of course Hagler v Hearns 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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