Moments in boxing you will never forget, what are they?

Fan Man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I remember listening to commentator Max Kellerman calling for referee Arthur Mercante Jr. to halt the fight between George Khalid Jones and Beethaven Scottland on the U.S.S. Intrepid in New York on June 26, 2001. As early as the fourth round, he said Scottland was taking “a brutal beating.” During the fifth round Scottland absorbed more than twenty consecutive punches to his head while trapped in a corner. “That’s it!” Kellerman shouted. “This is how guys get seriously hurt.” Then, during the seventh round, Kellerman told the ESPN television audience, “I don’t like the way he is getting hit…. Those are the cumulative punches that lead to things that you don’t want to hear about after the fight.” After that round, Kellerman said, “If you’re in Scottland’s corner you have to ask yourself, ‘Is it worth it, for the damage he is sustaining? Is it worth it for the kid’s life to stay in these final rounds?’ I would say no.” After Scottland finally collapsed with forty-five seconds remaining in the fight, Max Kellerman told the television audience, “I feel nauseated. I feel sick. Why does this ever have to happen?”
 
To watch this unravel in plain sight was nothing short of horrific. I remember at the time that I was up and screaming at the television set, “stop it, stop it for Christ Sakes!” There was nothing I could do; I was helpless. It was awful because I knew what was happening in there as much as Max did. What happened to Kid Paret happened with lightening speed and was almost mesmerizing. This was different; this was slow.

benn – mccellen is one night ill never forget for sure but wish i could forget. still angers me how many rabbit punches and head butts benn got away with in that fight.

frankie randall vs. chavez 1. what a night.that was. a good card as per usual back then for the showtime ppvs. 18-1 underdog randall beat the stuffing out of chavez the whole fight, completely schooled him and out fought him when he decided to trade. Then came the finishing touches in the 11th when the perfect 1-2 combo dumped chavez on his miserable ass. chavez fought dirty the whole fight, got docked 2 points for low blows, the judges tried their darndest rob frankie that night but frank got the split nod. they succeeded in robbery in the rematch though but thats a different story.

one other is prince charles williams vs. merqui sosa. i remember watching with my mouth open at the carnage i was watching. 2 guys just beating the piss out of each other and neither one backing down for a split second. still the only fight ive ever seen that was stopped by the ref between rounds out of fear of both fighters getting hurt more. i saw the rematch live at the philly convention center, it was just as brutal but wasn’t the same as the original.

 I will never, ever forget the look on Dave Tiberi’s face when the decision was announced that he had lost to James Toney in their fight for the IBF Middleweight Title in Atlantic City on February 8, 1992. The scoring went like this:Judge Frank Brunette: 117-111, Judge William Lerch: 112-115, Judge Frank Garza: 112-115. A point was deducted from Tiberi for a low blow in round 6. Judge Brunette was the only one in the house not asleep that night. Tiberi smothered Toney against the ropes and kicked his butt throughout the fight. The utter disbelief which swept through the Taj Mahal that evening reverberated throughout the boxing world. The decision prompted an investigation into unjust decisions in boxing. Ultimately, this investigation, aided by Tiberi, led to the Boxing Safety Act in 1997. Because of the values, dignity and principals of Dave Tiberi, boxing is a much better sport today. Indeed, he retired after that fight in total disgust.
 
There is far more to this story and it warrants separate and in-depth treatment to even begin to give it its due. Suffice it to say the look of disgust and the look of astonishment on Dave and James’ faces, respectively, said it all. Plain and simple, it broke the spirit of a decent man of faith who had worked hard his entire adult life to achieve the pinnacle of his profession. I’ll never forget it as one one of the most shameful moments in boxing history.

My wife and I were at the Hall during the weekend of one of the Gatti-Ward fights and since the Turning Stone Hotel in Verona did not have cable, we checked into another, albeit sleezy motel in Oneida so we could view the fight. Hell, I was more that willing to pay for both rooms for the same night. But what really stayed with me was how all the boxing luminaries were also scrambling to watch the fight. The hell with the banquet; this was far more compelling. On that night they were all fight junkies just like the rest of us….Michael Spinks, Camacho, Hopkins, Frazier…..they all wanted to see these two guys go to war. No egos in play here…just plain interest. Some of these guys were asking me if they could come over to the motel room to watch the fight. It was fascinating…..and unforgettable.
 

The "Fan Man," James Miller, landed during the 1993 heavyweight fight
between Riddick Bowe and Evander Holyfield. When the lines of his paraglide
tangled, he hit the canvas, and one of his legs got caught in the top rope of the
ring. Fans dragged him down and gave him a beating. After his release from the
hospital, he was charged with dangerous flying and released on bail. As it turned
out, he was the only one who got knocked out, as Holyfield beat Bowe by a
majority descision.

In 1997, Oliver McCall suffered an emotional breakdown in his heavyweight
title fight with Lennox Lewis. This was altogether a chilling memory, but not
altogether unexpected.

Also in 1997, Mike Tyson was disqualified for twice biting Holyfield’s ears,
claiming he was retaliating because of head butting by Holyfield.

Now each of these incidents is a notable entry in my memory bank, but what
truly makes them memorable is that each was held in Las Vegas, each was for a
heavyweight title, and each was refereed by Mills Lane.

That is all

A bunch of us cruised up to a pub in the Adelaide hills, missed the first 4 rounds but stood slackjawed, watching Tyson get beat up and knocked out by Buster Douglas. Never thought I’d see anyone do it. Cruised home in disbelief.

My best mate only went and got married on the night of the rematch between Benn&Eubank.
The reception was held in a hotel somewhere with no TV screens (no plasmas or LCD back then!!)
I found the janitor and bought him a few beers, next thing we were in his lock up watching the fight on a black and white portable TV, Word got out where I was and within minutes there wasn’t a bloke left on the dance floor, we were all crammed into this tiny room.
I seem to remember being about as popular as a fart in an astronaut suit with some of the other wives there…
Memories eh!

Ted, the crowd were on to that guy like piranha fish on a chicken drumstick.

I went over to Vegas(first time)with a few mates.Disapointingly,hard as we tried,we could not get even one ticket,even though we had all been online trying(Ticketmaster),on different PC’s the very minute they went on sale.
Great atmosphere though with 30,000 Brits travelling over.We watched it in the MGM ballroom down the hall on 5 massive screens with about 5000 others.
Obviously it couldn’t make up for not being in the arena but it was a pretty damn good substutute.
I never want to hear ’There’s Only One Ricky Hatton’ ever again though :).
Next time i’ll go to see someone a bit less popular.

i like Vegas.I reckon i will be heading back there more than once(when we get out of this bloody recession!)
I bet the Barrera v Morales fights in particular were great Phill.
Them’s the types of fights i’ll be going to in the future.Quality fights which you stand a chance of getting tickets to.
I have been to see Hatton in Manchester at the M.E.N but have yet to be to a live Vegas fight in the arena.
I will probably go through an agent next time as they and the casino’s seem to get most of the tickets.
I do like watching on tv though.It’s all about the atmosphere at a live fight isn’t it,unless you are ringside.Then you probably have the best of both.

Yeah, Calz Lacy. Someone on here was asking for top tunes for ring entrances, well Calzaghe came in to “smack my my bitch up” that night…….. perfect!!

Are you a Nathan Clevely fan then Phill?I honestly think he has the potential to rival Calzaghe’s achievements,though probably not the 46-0 record :).

Oh yeah.Him and Kell Brook are my top prospects.Brook hasn’t had his chin tested yet though or been put under real pressure so i think Clev is slightly ahead the moment.
Brook is definitely talented but i think Clev could have more character and be a better all-rounder.He seems to be improving with every fight.
I have heard some stuff about Brook piling weight on between fights and his commitment has been questioned in the past.Hopefully thats behind him now and he will live up to his potential.I am expecting a big performance from him next w/end.
Cleverly is pretty much a sure thing for me.

There shouldn’t be no shady promoters flummoxing Cleverly with the numbers in the contracts,eh? :).

Nicky Piper looks like he could be a maths school teacher……..or science maybe :).

Yeah i saw it.He mis-timed the count didn’t he but it looked like he would have probly got stopped anyway.Yeah,i like Oakey-Cokey.

Lad from the amateur club i used to train at is fighting for British Super Feather title on Sky tonight – Gary Sykes.
I was gonna go over to Hudds to watch it but gonna watch it on Sky instead.
He’s pretty good at domestic level.Was in a good eliminator fight with Anthony Crolla last year to get this shot.
He fought for England with Amir Khan in the amateurs,at the weight below Khan.
Hopefully he will bring our town our first British title home!

Hagler v Hearns;
Ali’s KO of George Foreman;
SRL over Hearns;
Tyson walloped by Buster Douglas;
Tyson’s ear-munch of Holyfield;
Calzaghe’s schooling of Jeff Lacy;
MacGuigan over Pedroza;
Eubank over Benn;
Watson over Benn;
Hearns KO of Duran;
Dave McCauley over Matjala.

Barry was getting to him anyway and he might not have needed that KD to win. As usual, Carpenter was bleating like a girl watching a paricularly savage netball match. He had no business commentating on boxing. Rawling’s no better IMO.

I like Ian Dark … he’s quietly dry and witty.
Adam Smith sounds the part but he’s way too dramatic plus he’s got a lousy “do”. Looks like it was cut by Stevie Wonder! Goosey prefers Inverdale.

In case you didn’t know,Fight Camp 360 (Super 6 preview) is on Primetime (ch480) tonight and every night this week at 7 and 8.30pm.
Klitshcko v Rahman re-run is on too to hype Klitschko v Chambers.

Save me watching coah trip… come dine with me ….what slapper did next….. to buy or…. is there a pattern forming here, or am I the only one??

I know i won’t watch that shite anyway….:)

Hatton’s brutal first round beating at the hands of Pacquiao. That fight was a thrilling and excellent display of one of the greatest fighters of all time absolutely destroying the apparently very tough challenger. The second round was pretty damn good too!

GDay Pomgolians and fight fans , I’ll go with four. When Ali beat Foreman in Zaire , Duran saying " No Mas " against Leonard , Douglas defeating Tyson and Tyson biting Holyfield all blew my mind when they happened . Hopkins pizzling of Pavlik was pretty entertaining for this BHop fan LMAO Good Onya Phil.

Gatti-Ward. Twice them boys had me scrambling to watch them. The first fight i knew was going to be a problem to watch all. At that time I was working security for the Macy’s distribution center in Lincoln Heights. Grave yard shift. I went in at midnight. I rarely work the weekends. But that weekend I did. I had the front desk and all the cameras to monitor. During the weekend the place is literally empty. Just you and another guard who’s posted in the other side. I knew the guy I was relieving that night Joe had a wife who didn’t drive. She got out of work at 11:45. So i knew he had to rush out as soon as I got there to pick her up. I never been much of a Ward fan. But I knew his rep. Tough muthafukka. With Boxing After Dark starting at 10:45 I knew the chances of watching the whole fight were non existence. So I’m getting dress and the fight is going like I expected. Gatti taking the first couple of rounds pretty easy. Ok. I won’t miss much if the fight continues the same. It’s already 11:35. But than Ward increases the pressure and Gatti goes into Gatti mode. And I’m like “damn” I can’t leave yet. Fights to damn good. The time has hit 12. The 8th round has just finished with Ward hurting Gatti badly to the body. He floors him to start the 9th. Gaiit looked done. So I call Joe and told him I’m at the gas station up the street putting gas. Just about there. Ward is close to finishing Gatti. Gatti starts his comeback and Emmanuel Stewart and Jim Lampley are going crazy. Joe asks what’s all that noise? I’m like it’s nothing. 2 guys acting stupid about to fight I think. I get to work around 12:30. Joe is like what happened? Did they fight? I was like hell yeah. One of the best fights I ever seen. Joe looks at me weird and leaves. 2 days later I see Joe at work. I’m like what’s up? How’s the wife? He’s like not to good. She got robbed Saturday night waiting for me. Joking he tells me “it’s your fault for being late”. I’m like nah. Blame Frank Cappuccino. He should of stopped the fight in the 9th. Than i wouldn’t of been that late.

with many of the above.

Gatti v Ward Trilogy.

Holyfield v Bowe.(probably the fights that really sparked my interest in boxing).

Tyson v Holyfield 1+2.

Hopkins v Pavlik.

Hatton v Tszyu.(wanted to go but couldn’t get tickets).

Rumble In The Jungle.(though i wasn’t born when it happened).

Mike Tyson v Trevor Berbick.(first fight i remember watching live on tv).

Why do I mess with children???
:)

Haha!

I know some Yankee cousins like to bleat about so-called rabbit punches from Benn but now we have the ref aiding him? The fight was a damn’ hard and well-fought, mostly clean rumble that McClellan was supposed to win easily. Darn, it didn’t work out that way. Benn outfought and out-gutted the G-man. And it ended in tragedy. Great fight. No apologies.

Okay, maybe, on some techicallity, the fight could have been stopped in the G-man’s favour on the occasions you mention but, when you view the fight overall, Benn was never out and he gave McClellan the fight of his life and forced him to quit. I know the outcome and it was truly tragic and ghastly and it was obvious from even earlier than the last that McClellan was broken but it was a fight that Benn deserved to win IMO. He earned my total respect during that fight. Mclellan too for that matter. He had gone past the first round how few times? It was a great, great fight. Tragic but great.

Was a fight I never saw but only heard talked about on the wireless – showing my age – was Patterson against Johanson (spelling?) and then the two against Liston. From the latter I thought that Liston was superman personified and was gutted when my (later) idol, Ali/Clay, unbelievably at the time gave him a hiding! That was truly astonishing at the time.

I never particualry followed him but have a few of his fights on tape and was gutted to see such an athelete and fine and gutsy fighter was dead.

the biggest stick-in-your-memory moments are when a once great and seemingly invincible fighter is proven by the twin agencies of age and and a younger and hungry opponent to be the latest inductee into the ’shot fighters club, Always sad and almost always inevitable.

Once, while visiting the Hall of Fame, Johnny Tapia was busy signing autographs in the Museum when his publicist said, “Come on, Johhny, we’ll be late for the plane.” Johnny apologized to the other people who were waiting and then started to leave. All of a sudden, he spotted this young fellow in a wheel chair who wanted his photo taken with him. When Johhny went over to accommodate him, his publicist got shrill and said “dammit, we will miss our plane.” Johhny’s reply was “beep the plane. First things first.” I’ll never forget the look on that young fellow’s face. For that moment in time, he was the most important person alive. Wow!
  

“One of my favourite fights for sheer sportsmanship was Tapia agianst Barrera.”
Yep..
“I say Marco… You Sir.. you’ve just hit me in my bollocks, therefore I fully intend to return the compliment !”
it was a great fight though. :-)

You’re dead right, it realy was.
Speaking of Barrera..remember the job he did on both Paul Lloyd and Richie Wenton?
Painful to watch. Darkie described “Livewire” as looking like the survivor of a horrible road trafic accident.

I had recently interviewed former champ Mike Anchondo for an on-line boxing
site and was rooting for him against Darling Jimenez when they squared off in
Washington on April 27, 2007. Jimenez proved too fast and tough for Mike and
took him out with a devastating KO in the ESPN main event. The affable Mike
crashed to the deck face-first unconscious and was counted out by referee Joseph
Cooper at 2:05 of the third round. It was painful to witness but what was far
worse was that he was left on his stomach in a prone position and unattended for
about 30 seconds before he received medical attention. That was ugly and inexcusable.

In keeping with the bizarre events taking place that night, there was the issue
of the timekeeper. After Mike had been decked for the first time and Jimenez was
poised for the kill, the bell rang cheating Jimenez out of one full minute.

I also noted that the referee was wearing no gloves in the co-feature. Then, in
an under card, a fighter suffered a cut around the eye and the doctor in charge
checked out the cut from several feet away. "Is that incompetence or something
else?" Teddy Atlas asked during the televised fight

I was 13 years old and I knew exactly where I was when Jake Lamotta knocked out Laurent Dauthuille with 13 seconds to go and Jake behing on all the scorecards. I listened to it on the radio in Chicago. Don Dunphy almost went crazy when Jake pulled that one out. I have a photo of the end of that one on the Classics page on my site at www.tedsares.com

The fights that will always stick with me – Benn / McCellen , Hatton/ Kostya , Watson / Eubank , Calzaghe /Lacy , Gatti/ Ward 1 , Tyson/ Douglas , Tyson /Bruno 1, Roy Jones / Vinney Paz , Roy Jones / Bhop 1 , Marco B/ Morales 1 , Marco B. / Hamed ( a personal joy )
Other things – Terry Marsh (allegedly) shooting wank Warren then getting away with it (but he didn’t do anything anyway , cough ) , Fan Man crashing the party , Tyson / Lewis press call punch up , any of Tyson’s mad , mad interviews , Don King waving flags and praising Benn in front of camera while his fighter (Gerald) lapses in coma (like the first class c**t King is ) Nigel "they only brought hin over here to bash me up " rant after the same fight – unknowing how much this fightt would haunt him and change him . Finally the Naz Hamed interview after Marco took him to school . From big mouth , egotisical , arrogant( beyond even Mayweather) champion to humilliated schoolboy – fking great . God I’d forgotten how much I hated Naz . Biggest wanker the sport has produced in my view .
A 20 stone Larry Holmes turning into superman and bounding over a car in a nightclub car park to brawl with Berbick was also a classic . Theres so much more but my fingers hurt now ……..nice one

I’d forgotten about Vinnie Paz v Jones, I remember watching that fight purely by fluke while on holiday in th States, I ithink it was around 1995. I recall seeing Paz training while wearing a neck “scaffold” and I though WTF!!!
Don “flag waving” King… enough said. I remember Rosenthal getting Gerald’s name wrong in the bedlam that followed too.
Cheers>

“A 20 stone Larry Holmes turning into superman and bounding over a car in a nightclub car park to brawl with Berbick was also a classic " gOOD ONE.

Phil – Yes Paz broke his neck in a car crash I think- I remember watching him bench press with that scaffold on . Much was made of his toughness at the time . My mate ( a part time boxing fan) bet me a whack that Vinney would do Jones. I knew what would happen though. It was a slaughter . There was a round when Vinney failed to hit Roy once .
I liked Paz . Even when it got stopped he was telling the ref. " I’m OK " – He was not ok .

I was lucky enough to get a photo with him at the JC/Bhop weigh in! Top man.

Phil – Ya lucky bugger . I bet he’s great entertainment . I read he fell on tough times a while ago . Hope he’s doing ok .

Me n the missus were taliking to Richie Woodall and we spotted Roy Jones and got our pics taken with both of them. Me being a bit stupid was dying to walk up to Roy and ask him to … take a picture of me n the wife with Richie, but I thought that type of humour might have been lost on him. What do you reckon!!

LOL !!
Totally lost on him I reckon mate .
Only one thing that interests Roy – Roy !
He aint got time for humour – only got time for Roy .

Nah Roy aint ko’d anyone in years ! He musta forgot ( how)! hehehe

in a completely inconsequential fight jose hernandez threw down with jason litzao on HBO’s Boxing After Dark series. I hadn’t been into boxing for too long, and i wanted to watch as much boxing as possible so i tuned in to this fight. jason litzao was described by max to completely ignore defense, and boy did that end up being right on the spot. in between the rounds in the litzao corner the trainer was yelling, “YOU’RE ON FUCKING HBO, NOW LET’S GO DO THIS”. in the round right after that litzao proceeds to get KTFO by the little mexican dude. that was so goddamned hilarious, that i’ll never forget it

Anyone see him interviewing Zaragosa, and a fan hijacks the interview, Merchant starts to hit the opposing fan.. !! Unreal.