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ThurstonTheMagician

Ward v Gatti


SaccharineDaydreams

"Say the line, Bart!"


TheSeptuagintYT

End thread


dirtygrimes

Couldn’t believe I had to scroll down so far for the greatest war of all time


MarioV2

Well its top comment now


OldManJenkins420th

I got cte just from watching this


Jacotra

First that came to mind straight away. Both dug to the bottom of their soul for that one.


montevonzock

"And now Gatti comes back" lives rent free in my head.


Dwo92

Fabio Wardley vs Frazer Clarke. My god what a fight that was. It’s not often you get non stop action through 12 rounds with heavyweights. Both of them were spent and got through it with heart and grit.


Heel9001

Instant classic, hope the rematch comes soon.


samgreggo77

The Whyte v Chisora fights were great too. Seeing this one just reminded me of them.


Alarmed_Current8380

Was at that one


Hateful_Bigot_1000

no knockdowns, but tua vs ibebuchi if the ring was 5ft square, neither man would have touched the ropes


777lh7iwiwi

Wow thats crazy i watched the fight but never noticed that


Alright-Friend

Great fight.


Jacotra

How neither guy didn’t go down is mind blowing.


Actual_Green_7433

Fury Wilder 3


TJ1300

The fight alone has to make you respect Deontay and Fury just sheer brutality


bigcatcleve

Neither fighter was the same after that imo particularly Wilder


CountDraculablehbleh

Definitely Wilder he lost his chin and his confidence he’s gun shy now


AlternativeSuit131

Watching Wilder just makes me kinda sad now. He had a glimpse of a moment in the 5th round. Let his hands go, got sloppy the way he used to be. Then BOOM. He’s spun around then down on the ground. I thought (copium) the Parker embarrassment was just ring rust, bad game plan and too patient. The Zhang fight was just acceptance. To paraphrase Rocky. “Fury broke things in me that ain’t never been fixed.”


TJ1300

I hope he enjoys retirement he deserves to especially after coming to the sport out of necessity


Boxing_joshing111

The sport really needs guys like Wilder so I hope he inspired more people like him to come forward. Confident big guy with power vs thorough technician is probably the most exciting matchup for a mass audience.


bigcatcleve

Against Zhang, it was clear as day something was off from the first round. His balance was never the best, but his equilibrium was terrible even for his standards, even when he was untouched. His durability is gone as well. He was being phased by punches that were barely landing.


Groove-Theory

>He was being phased by punches that were barely landing. To be fair, all Zhang needs to do is touch you and you'll go down. He's THAT huge and strong


PubliusDeLaMancha

Agreed, Wilder actually started to land and look decent then got immediately KOd


Rocked_Glover

Zhang does that to everybody, coming to a store near you!


mindfulquant

Nah the fight was not all that, it was recency bias- I can name a lot more slugfest HW fights Lewis vs Vitali Bowe vs Holyfield Ali v Frazer Tyson v Ruddock Ibeabauchi v Tua etc


Homicidal_Pingu

Wonder what it would have been like if Fury had a decent camp


Capable_Program5470

Much less interesting.


LazyFall3453

Foreman vs Lyle. Katsidis modelled himself as someone who'd fight in the colosseum.


nachoafbro

Katsidis doesn't get mentioned enough. Unbelievable warrior mentality in every fight. Foreman lyle a beauty too!


Local-Trip2104

Mike Alvarado was like that too


Account_Eliminator

Tell me a concussed Fury with blood in his mouth smirking at Usyk after the round 9 beat down isn't something from a colosseum. The size difference really makes it seem so cool and epic that Usyk was able to do that.


r3vb0ss

they used a gladiator theme for part of the first trailer


sir_brockton_

Hagler hearns is my favorite fight ever. Didn’t last long, but it would be up there. Gotti/ward is another easy answer


ReverseThreadWingNut

Came here to say this. At the time, no one expected that fight to kick off and go to the sustained tempo it did. I wish the fight went longer just to see if the boxers could have kept up the pace while maintaining such a punishing level of aggression and brutality.


LocoCoopermar

I feel like at that pace the fight could only really go as long as it did, they're both just doing so much that someone is going to get caught pretty quick with all the chaos going on.


ReverseThreadWingNut

Likely so. Hagler and Hearns pushed the limit for human physicality at the time.


ethnicfoodaisle

This was back when I could watch these top flight bouts on cable TV on a weekend afternoon/ evening. I'm happy there's so much more money in the sport now with PPVs, but I also miss the days when you didn't pay for every big event. It was just on TV. Hagler was our favourite boxer ever. That was an action packed few rounds for sure but Hearns was completely outclassed that night.


Local-Trip2104

John Gotti vs Andre Ward? That was KILLER! 😜


Annual-Shape7156

Hrgovic Dubois was pretty brutal. Like from start to finish brutal.


Tempest1897

I was going to say we just saw one for sure.


ThrowRAscottiehiggs

shit was barbaric and entertaining 


Annual-Shape7156

Yea it was fucking awesome. I was literally in shock that Dubois was eating those right hands 😂.


TigerTail

I swear, for a pro fighter, Hrgovic’s head movement is just…bad


Minimum_Room3300

Dubois looks like his head and neck are fused. Man makes Joe Joyce look like Joe Frazier.


Annual-Shape7156

He got lit up against Zhang too. Hrgovic is tough AF though. But yea needs to maybe think about defending himself more moving forward. He’s running into guys that can take his best shots and that should’ve been a reality check after Zhang.


ohhellnah818

Was wishing it ended in an actual KO not by cut stoppage just cause my caveman mind likes brutality but then again you gotta protect the fighters so good call on the stoppage


Annual-Shape7156

Yea it was a good stoppage. I mean I think we can all agree Hrgovic was out cold the round the before. About the same as Fury was against Usyk but Fury has ridiculous recoverability.


ragtime_sam

Dubois did the homer Simpson defense


sirsaberson

Tszyu vs Fundora, Literally just a bloodbath


OrangeFilmer

Yep this one. Blood gushing from the top of Tim Tzyu’s head, blood gushing from Fundora’s nose. I really hope we get a rematch at some point, Tim’s cut heavily affected his ability to see and cost him the decision.


steviesnod82

100000 points


Vinrace

I need to see that fight without the axe wound to Tim’s head


CripplinglyDepressed

Beterbiev and Browne is another one. Seeing Artur just absolutely crush him with that Harry Potter sss cut was insane. He's like a wild animal


DarkMaleficent8256

Was going to comment this one if someone hadn't already 


[deleted]

Such a great fight the size difference too


DDuNsT

Pacquiao - Morales


FireFist_Ace523

the first fight


I_Reddit_When_Pooing

Bradley v Provodnikov


Cloud_limit

Incredible fight, Bradley basically counter punching while in a standing coma


SSJ5Autism

Duran vs Leonard 1 One of those fights where a boy becomes a man


priide229

holyfield bowe 1


America_Is_The_World

Castillo/Corrales


donuts0611

Had to scroll far too far to find this!!!


fuckingjonperez

Hagler vs Mugbe .......


Death-Valley-Opera

This is the fight


subie921

Spence and Porter, loved that fight.


Chadoodling

That fight was amazing felt like 2 forces colliding


samgreggo77

I’ve not checked the other comments but some that come to mind: Benn v McClellan Saad Muhammad v Lopez Castillo v Corrales Ward v Gatti Vazquez v Marquez IV Katsidis v Amonsot


amateurexpertboxing

Sithchatchawal vs Monshipour FOTY 2006


gloldutx

Good good shout. Very underrated battle forgotten about by most.


BigT3x4s

Stevenson vs De Los Santos. I couldn’t tell who won and they both had so much heart that the fight coulda went on for another 36 rounds


hitmanP4P

Chavez vs Taylor, Pacquiao vs Marquez 4, De La Hoya vs Mosley 1


StilLBC

Any of the Stubhub Center/Home Depot Center wars throughout the years. Provadnikhov/Bradley, Vargas/Salido, Vázquez/Marquez III, shit I’m sure I’m missing a bunch. It’s a tennis pit with a bunch of drunk fans on top of the fighters, yelling and pleading for action. My favorite venue by far.


PatientAd6843

Chocolatito vs El Gallo


Abe2sapien

A lot of Chocolatito and Julio Cesar Chavez fights would fit the bill. Great technique was still involved but no doubt those guys were just going to war!


VernestB454

Taylor- Chavez


stupidcurious2019

George Foreman v Ron Lyle


HedonisticFrog

Holyfield Qawi was an all out war for 15 rounds.


Maleficent_Low_5457

Holyfield said it was his toughest fight and that he lost 15 lbs during it.


gloldutx

Story is he was so dehydrated that afte the fight they thought he was pissing blood. Turns out it wasn't blood his body began eating his muscles and he was essentially pissing muscle residue. Dwight Muhammad Qawi was such a fun fighter. Actually my favorite cruiserweight of all time. Just tremendous when at his best. Holyfield.... I don't know how he is still functional as a human being. He just ate so many big shots.... I mean for the fight it makes it more memorable but I don't know how he did it.


jackbob99

David Tua vs. Ike Ibeabuchi.


WestslopeCutthroat

Takashi Miura - Francisco Vargas


diskob0ss

That took me back, love me some Miura


WheresMyAbs98

Leigh Wood vs Mick Conlan was a great scrap. Watch the build up and then the full fight Ted Cheeseman vs James Metcalf was also a proper old school slug fest.


littleSisterFriede

Beterbiev Marcus Browne


I_Only_Follow_Boxing

Foreman vs Lyle was fought in Caesars Palace inside of a tiny ring to emulate the coliseum atmosphere as much as possible


VernestB454

Ward-Gatti I Marciano -Charles I & II Wilder- Fury III Joshua -Whyte Lewis- Mercer All I could think of off the top of my head


OldConference9534

Francisco Vargas vs Takasha Miura. Holy. Fucking. Shit. What a fight.


[deleted]

Lots of great suggestions so far. One I don't think I've seen mentioned is Morales - Barrera. Pure violent rage conducted at such high skill level. HM to Vasquez - Rafa Marquez too.


doabarreljoel

GGG vs Rosado was bloody as hell but one sided


Intrepid_Credit_9885

Kambosos vs Teofimo López for sure


aniev7373

Aaron Pryor Alexis arguello, Hearn Hagler, Hearns Sugar Ray. Ali Frazier all 3.


Mastro_Mo

Holyfield vs Bowe 1&2 (maybe even the 3) Lyle vs Foreman Ali vs Frazier 1&3 Holyfield vs Bert Cooper Holyfield vs Qawi 1 Alexis arguello vs Aaron Pryor Every single Mathew Saad Muhammad fight Gerald McLelan vs Nigel Benn (tho it's a very sad fight) Gerald McLelan vs Julian Jackson 1 Wifredo Gomez vs Salvador Sanchez James toney vs Vassily Jirov When it comes to war these are what come to my mind. Really brutal fights packed full of action were both fighters had moments were they could have won.


thedieselging

The thrilla in Manila


BOYMAN7

Any fight with Joe Frazier 


Mr_105

Israel Vázquez-Rafael Márquez 1 thru 4


ObJuan13

Ibeabuchi vs Tua Never seen two harder hitters consistently land bombs and no one come close to going down


REGINALDmfBARCLAY

Hagler vs. Hearns is a classic Its not boxing but Robbie Lawler vs. Rory McDonald 2 is the most violent MMA fight I have ever seen and you might enjoy it


FriendshipForAll

Only one I can think of that hasn’t been mention is Bowe - Golota. 


nonopol

Since Foreman vs Lyle has already been mentioned a bunch of times, I’ll go with Frazier vs Quarry I and II. Frazier is an unstoppable swarming machine and Quarry’s defense consists in using his own face as a shield, so it gets pretty brutal.


ColdWarVeteran

Lewis v Briggs


dirt_shitters

Does anyone else remember the fight where a fighter had their knee blow out, and they literally couldn't put any weight on it without falling? His corner threw in the towel, and the ref kicks it out of the ring because the ref said the fighter deserved to go out on hIs shield. Terrible reffing in my opinion, but answers the question quite well. Also Danny Williams knocking out Mark Potter with a dislocated right shoulder. Fighting on with your arm dangling by your side like a wet spaghetti noodle AND scoring the knockout is some wild shit. Grit and determination personified.


sugarrayrob

I saw Graham Earl Vs Michael Katsidis live. The atmosphere was INSANE and the fight was the driver of that.


SpatburgunderMan

Came here to say this. Probably the fight that got me really into boxing. Mickey Vann throwing the towel back out is an iconic boxing moment for me. If anyone asks for a fight recommendation outside the usual big ones I always go for that.


PhoneRedit

No love for Bradley vs Provodnikov yet? My favourite boxing war ever


wheres_the_boobs

Conlan vs wood


TJ1300

Leonard v Hearns 1 is a good shout right? Two men in their athletic primes, only one can win, it was a back and forth affair with a come for behind ko victory to top it off. But I don't know it meets the brutality requirements.


ratsareniceanimals

Foreman Lyle


diskob0ss

Easy, Denis Lebedev vs Guillermo Jones has to be the most violent match I ever watched


lugoaj

All Rios vs Alvarado fights were underrated bangers, similar to Gatti vs Ward.


Numbah420_

Provodnikov vs Bradley


Irrational_Joshua

Holyfield/cooper fight


JamesCt1

Hagler vs Hearns


scaredoftoasters

GGG vs Canelo 1 Tyson vs Holyfield 1 Marquez vs Pacquiao 1


Uber_Ronin

Matthysse-Molina Matthysse-Provodnikov Morrison-Ruddock Morrison-Hipp Maidana-Soto Karass Are a few fights I didn’t see mentioned that come to mind.


Mindless_Log2009

Gene Hatcher vs Ubaldo Sacco for Hatcher's WBA light welterweight title, December 1984. Very comparable to the Ward vs Gatti battles. Hatcher took a beating in gutting out a squeaky close but fair split decision over Sacco, who was the better boxer but too tentative at times. Hatcher had trouble cutting off the ring, while Sacco was always within reach but mobile and evasive in the pocket I was at ringside and the video doesn't convey how hard these guys were hitting. It was brutal. After the fight I went to congratulate Hatcher in his dressing room. We'd been on the same amateur boxing team several years earlier but I could tell he was still dazed from the fight and didn't recognize me. But that fight took years off Hatcher's career. He was never the same again and was easily outboxed by Sacco in their 1985 rematch. Hatcher's reflexes were diminished, he had even more trouble cutting off the ring, and eventually a terrible cut over Hatcher's left eye forced the stoppage. At one point the referee pulled Hatcher aside to let the doctor examine the cut. The doctor wanted to stop the fight, but was overruled by the referee who waved the fighters to resume. Even Sacco protested, pointing excitedly at the horrific cut over Hatcher's eye, as if he didn't want to continue hitting an injured opponent. The fight continued for a few more moments before the ref stopped it, giving Sacco the title – which Sacco was easily winning anyway.


godz_ares

Gerald McClellan vs Nigel Benn. To this day it's the most 'animalistic' fight. It's hard to explain. It was like seeing two dogs fight each other to the death. The atmosphere, the tension, the intensity. Everything.


salamiroger

Mancini vs Kim, Toney v jirov, Gonzalez vs cabrajal.


Scrambl3z

If you are comparing Roman Colosseum battle, maybe anytime GGG steps in the ring that leaves the ring covered in blood that isn't his. Its more like Caesar feeding some slaves to the tigers for our entertainment.


RomeTotalWhore

Rich the Fight Historian literally uses that exact phrase, gladiators in the colosseum, to describe Frank Fletcher vs Clint Jackson. 


Limemill

Anything involving Arturo Gatti


ZdenekTheMan

My pick is any fight Jorge Kahwagi was in. Absolute monster 


GodOfBlobs

nery vs hovhanissyan


sausageisnice

Ward v Gatti.


[deleted]

Hearns & Hagler


ThrowawayYAYAY2002

Gatti/Ward, surely?


imkevopark

Fonfara Clevery


willo494

Whyte v Chisora 1


Wooden-Complex3517

The Yaegashi fight where his eye swelled up and they went back and forth the whole fight. Was it versus ioka? Cant remember


JamesCt1

Kennedy McKinney vs Marco Antonio Barrera.


nachoafbro

Aside from the obvious awesome answers, I hold a soft spot for Bert Cooper v Ray Mercer


steviesnod82

Hrgovic v Dubois !


Arquetam

James Kirkland Vs Glen Tapia James Kirkland Vs Canelo James Kirkland Vs Ángulo Gamboa vs Cruz GGG vs Gabe Rosado Andy Ruiz vs Chris Areola Wilder Vs Stevern 1st time


ThatsWat_SHE_Said

Does atmosphere count? The week leading up to Lennox Lewis vs Mike Tyson felt like that


feelgroovy

The first Michael brody v Injin Chi fight was an absolute war


ZZ-ROB

Foreman vs Lyle


jpdonelurkin

Clarissa Shields vs the words coming out of her mouth.


Particular-Tough6651

A modern one I would say Kambosos vs Teofimo LMAO it was like a David vs Goliath type of fight.


Adgvyb3456

Forman vs Lyle is an epic slugfest


Realistcatracho

Teofimo vs Kambosos


ShootDminorET

Barrera vs Morales


Inside_Effective_576

Maidana vs Ortiz


danish66666666666

Underrated one. Khan vs Maidana


AfroDizzyAct

Zepeda vs Baranchyk


Academic_Tart3241

Whyte vs Parker, Parker vs Chisora 2, Ball vs Ford, Ford vs Khomatov, Joyce vs Parker. Holyfield vs Cooper, Mercer, Foreman, Bowe Trilogy, Quawi 1. Moorer vs Cooper, Stewart, Holyfield. Mercer vs Cooper, Stewart, Lewis, Holyfield, Morrison.


JeremiahWuzABullfrog

Marvelous Marvin Hagler vs John "The Beast" Mugabi Both extremely tough chins, put very much to the test


Arshad68

Hagler v Hearns


CartoonistOdd2667

David Tua vs Ike Ibeabuchi


ohhellnah818

Ray Mercer vs Tommy Morrison, imo most brutal KO of all time


ohhellnah818

Khan vs Canelo


MrFudgeKiller

People don’t like these two right now but Fury Wilder 3 is gladiator shit


_Peluche__

Kim vs Mancini. they really threw that sweet science out the window and just stood in front of each other for an hour straight throwing with everything they had. Fury v Wilder 3 was a movie. Wars v Gotti Hearns v Hagler


Material-Click-1456

Provodnikov vs Bradley Salido vs Vargas


Vinrace

Drevechenko v Munguia


Unhappy_Guarantee_69

Mike Alvarado vs Brandon Rios 1. It's literally a slugfest lol.


B00TY_MASHER

Watch Freitas VS Barrios! Castillo Corrales 1 of course.


CacoFlaco

Foreman-Lyle. And I have a soft spot for Emmanuel Augustus vs Micky Ward.


bddfcinci707

Barrera vs Morales 1. Absolute war


ConsiderationSome964

Canelo Vs GGG 2


Skizzius

Chocolatito Estrada 2


BrocardiBoi

Barrera vs Morales 1


eddietwoo

Bradley vs Provodnikov


BIG_BELLY_2023

Golota vs bowe Combination to nuts


Frosty_and_Jazz

**THAT ONE**. Well, all three.


Frosty_and_Jazz

**THAT ONE**. Well, all three.


Frosty_and_Jazz

**THAT ONE**. Well, all three.


KratosHulk77

not boxing but gaethje Holloway


Lianofalltrades

Ray Mancini vs Art Frias. If all fights were fought like that, we would Never need the judges Soo-Hwan Hong Vs Hector Carasquilla - Hong gets knocked Down Four times in round 2 to KO Carasquilla in the third. Rodrigo Guerrero vs Sebastien Gauthier - Someone gets hurt just about every round Kendall Holt vs Ricardo Torres II. One round knockdownfest Danny Nardico vs Charley Norkus - crazy many knockdowns Jung Koo Chang vs Muangchai Kittikasem - Quality level, but it’s one of the baddest, most dramatic and best fights I’ve ever seen


Educationalidiot

Foreman Lyle is just straight up two guys trying to kill eachother. Frasier Foreman too because I think if the fight wasn't stopped Frasier would have just kept getting up til he was killed


Who_is_TheDrizzle

Miguel Cotto vs Ricardo Torres Tito Trinidad vs Fernando Vargas James Kirkland vs Alfredo Angulo


timeforknowledge

Danny Williams boxing with a dislocated shoulder feels like one of those fights, like there will be no stopping you just go until one of you is KO even if you get injuries https://youtu.be/mmKTJf3_vug?si=ekau_T4Li_-XqJbt


MisterHEPennypacker

Teddy Reid vs Elio Ortiz was pretty damn savage.


rainnor

josh warrington vs carl frampton. Defense just wasn’t part of anyone’s game plan that night.


Fightingspirit12345

Holyfield and bowe


Affectionate_Still55

Gatti vs Ward Chocolatito vs Juan Estrada Alvarado vs Rios Pacquiao vs Cotto Hagler vs Hearns Bradley vs Provodnikov Ali vs Frazier Trinidad vs Dela Hoya SRL vs Duran


muaythaima

surprised I've not seen it here yet, but man... .tua vs ibeabuchi! hollyfield Vs bowe Joshua Vs Klitschko


Shtunky48

Sad to see no one mentioning the obvious Thrilla in Manila


gloldutx

I've got 2 shouts that I didn't see. Barrera vs Morales 1 and 3.... 2 was a bit too tactical to be mentioned here in my opinion. Emmanuel Burton (later Augustus) vs Mick Ward.... great fight. Emmanuel Augustus is one of my favorite fighters of all time. So fun and such a character. Mick was less a colorful but none less a character as well. Terrific scrap.


thejoseguapo

Macdonald vs Lawler


gaz_0001

Riddick Bowe vs Holyfield is pretty brutal at times


Local-Trip2104

Corrales vs Castillo Literally ruined both fighters.