![]() ![]() Livingstone Bramble vs Ray Mancini II : Mancini was the same perpetual motion machine, but as in their first fight, Bramble made his punches count, exploiting openings and inflicting cuts. Hearns and Hagler gave us a legendary war. In a brutal three-round firefight, Hagler survived a right-hand grenade in the first to bulldoze his way to a career-defining victory over the gallant Hitman. ![]() Marvelous Marvin Hagler vs Thomas Hearns: Memorably described as eight minutes of mayhem, 1985’s Fight of the Year saw two of the Fab Four wage war at Caesar’s. Murphy and Mutti went to war in Monaco and gave all they had and no one could have asked for more. Lee Roy Murphy vs Chisanda Mutti: An epic and truly legendary battle. The remainder unfolded excitingly, with both guys hurt on multiple occasions: seconds after scoring a knockdown, Sibson was poleaxed by a straight left in the eighth. Then he turned southpaw, from which he decked the Brit with a sweet hook-cum-uppercut in the third. Lanky Lee sought to contain Sibson from range early, only to go down from a snap jab. Tony Sibson vs Don Lee: The collision of middleweight contenders Tony Sibson and Don Lee lit up Atlantic City’s Sands Casino Hotel. ![]() At times, the venturous pair threw hands simultaneously, resulting in a kind of collaborative death march with Cordova eventually awarded a split decision. Tommy Cordova vs Freddie Roach: Neither Tommy Cordova nor Freddie Roach could ever be mistaken for stylists, but through twelve breathless rounds, the fringe contenders gave a noisy Las Vegas audience their money’s worth. Wish there’d been a rematch! Nelson overwhelms “Bazooka.” The bull-strong Ghanaian was the aggressor throughout, but crafty Gomez picked him off at times and was ahead going into the eleventh, at which point Nelson stormed to a brutal KO win. ![]() It was Ring magazine’s Round of the Year.Īzumah Nelson vs Wilfredo Gomez : Fans knew they were in for a treat when “The Professor” met “Bazooka.” With both having only ever lost thrilling wars to Salvador Sanchez, macho pride and honour was at stake. Then Meza surged back and cleaned the champ’s clock with the exact same punch near the bell. Boasting a combined 75 KOs coming in, the pair went straight to work, Garza dropping Meza with a big left hook inside the first minute. Juan Meza vs Jaime Garza: Juan Meza’s roll-the-dice shootout with Jaime Garza was a super bantamweight classic. Bramble and Mancini gave fans a brutal war. A close contender for Fight Of The Year, this one was irresistible force meets immovable object, with ironman Bramble stopping an exhausted “Boom Boom” after fourteen rounds of continuous action. Ray Mancini vs Livingstone Bramble I: It didn’t matter how much swarming pressure Mancini put him under, Bramble just wouldn’t budge. Teak-tough Tokashiki survived a devastating first-round knockdown and willed himself into the fight, but the champ was ultimately too strong, his final assault in the ninth devastating. Jung Koo Chang vs Katsuo Tokashiki: Jung Koo Chang’s fourth title defence against combative Japanese challenger Katsuo Tokashiki is one of the greatest ever light flyweight bouts. In his 93rd outing, Mexico veteran Ramirez utilised all his experience and grit to overcome two early knockdowns and pull off an improbable fourth-round TKO. Jose Ramirez vs Edwin Rosario II: A ton of action was packed into this seesaw San Juan scrap, a rematch of Rosario’s close decision the previous May. All of the links either take you directly to a video of the fight, or to a post that has the video embedded. We know you’ve barely started sampling all the great battles we listed yesterday in Part One of this list, but we promised, and so we deliver: here’s the other half of the eighty epic fights from the 1980’s, one of the greatest decades in the whole history of pugilism, with an all-star cast of greats: Duran, Chavez, Tyson, Hagler, Leonard, Hearns, plus a few lesser known gems. ![]()
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