What was the wildest bout you ever saw?

[steamboat brand, palooka]

I'm an old codger, at 52, so I have an advantage there, but there are two I can think of immediately, and you can tell right away I'm not leaning towards the science end of the sport, in my selections:
1. George Foreman vs. Ron Lyle. George was almost out..Then Ron...Then George...Then Ron. George by a Kayo, round 4(5?). Foreman probably didn't know who won for a day or so.
2. George Chuvalo vs. Jerry Quarry. Toe to toe, swinging from the heels for ten rounds, with very few clinches. This fight is famous because Jerry was kayoed in the tenth when, after being decked, and as he knelt for the referees count, he stood up at "10" rather than "9"! Sort of a twisted relative of the second Tunney-Dempsey fight, but with much less skill present.
Others I thought of were: Pryor vs. Arguello(Arguello would land shot after shot on the button, and Pryor didn't even notice. In the end, down went Arguello
Hagler-Hearns. For what it lasted, it may have been no.1, but it was too short for me to rate it over the others.
Benvenuti-Griffith 1. I Being 1/2 Italian, I was a giant "Nino" fan, so I have to include it here. It may only have been wild in the second, fourth, and a couple of other rounds, but it was a great fight(which is actually a completely different category, and therefore disallowed)

Which are your favorite wild fights?

[Bam Bam]

Originally Posted by steamboat brand, palooka

1. George Foreman vs. Ron Lyle. George was almost out..Then Ron...Then George...Then Ron. George by a Kayo, round 4(5?). Foreman probably didn't know who won for a day or so.

Wow, that was a great one, I think it would have received more attention if Foreman hadn't lost to Ali in his previous fight. Big George showed more heart in that fight than in any of his other bouts.

[CONN CHRIS]

It may not have been 'wild' but it left the biggest, earliest boxing impression for me.

I was 12 or so and saw a Sean O'Grady knockout that was jaw dropping. He had set the guy up a little but it was mainly one upper cut that did it when O'Grady backed him up to the ropes. It was like a sniper had shot the guy, I had never seen anything like it to that point. My memory is fuzzy, but I think it was on ABC's old Wide World of Sports show and I haven't a clue who the opponent was.

The only Saturday bout in that timeframe that I could find was O'Grady v. some guy named Ramiro Hernandez in December of 1979. That may have been it or it could have been a replay - Wide World of Sports used to do re-runs from time-to-time.

Does anyone remember the bout I'm thinking of? I may have built it up in my mind's eye over the years but it still rivals any one punch I've seen and I did catch some of Shavers' fights

Christopher

[Cap]

The wildest fight I ever saw was between two club-fighters on a small card in Halifax many many years ago. I can't even remember their names, but I do recall they were light heavies and I think it was a six-rounder. Those two went at it hammer-and-tong from the opening bell and knocked each other down a couple of times before one wore the other down and he just collapsed after a couple of shots to the belly.

Cap

[javier_83]

i have here a brutal match with a stupid referee just take a look



the best thing is that my figther won

[Shaft081]

Caveman Lee vs. John Locicero

Honarable mention
Marvin Hagler-Thomas Herns
Foreman-Lyle

I also really enjoyed Tommy Morrison-Joe Hipp

[jeffbakker]

Bobby Chacon v. Corny Boza-Edwards
Bobby Chacon v. Bazooka Limon
Lupe Pintor v. Wilfredo Gomez

[maxx]

I'd put in a second vote for the Caveman Lee/John Locicero fight.

And that final round -- I think it was the fifth -- has to go down as one of the wildest rounds. 9 out of 10 refs would have stopped the fight during Locicero's barrage of unanswered punches after Lee put him down. I don't know how many shots he landed, but it had to be over 20.

I believe it won fight of the year honors as well.

[wanderer]

Although not in the same class as Foreman vs Lyle or Hagler Hearns

**Nigel Benn vs Anthony Logan**

Short bout but very "wild".
Benn in ,his early career, attacking mode. But when Logan starts hitting him back, it looks like Benn won't last. At the moment when it looks like Benn is gonna fall over to the ground, he straightens up with his glove coming from almost of the canvas to knock Logan out with a hook/uppercut.

(it doesn't read half as wild as it looked to me, when I was watching)

[boilermaker]

I'm pretty young, I didn't get into boxing until very recently. In fact, I'd say the first two fights I sat down to watch were so incredibly wild that they're why I like the sport at all.

Unfortunately, I cannot recall the specifics of my very first fight, but I do remember that it involved Johnny Tapia and he was fighting in his hometown. Looking in boxrec.com, I'm going to have to guess it was Tapia vs. Rodolfo Blanco on 2/13/98. A tough fight that pretty much summed up Tapia in the ring as someone who actually liked being there. I think I was struck by the idea that anyone could actually like getting punched in the face, and maybe that's what drew me in...

Also, looking at boxrec.com, I'm pretty sure the fight that cinched the deal for me that boxing was a great sport to watch was much later that year, and it was Stephane Ouellette vs. Dave Hilton. You could sense over the television that there was a lot of tension in the air, and Ouellette seemed to have the fight stitched up easily on the cards when he was unexpectedly knocked out with probably 30 seconds left in the final round. I mean, it was just so dramatic that you couldn't believe your eyes. I wasn't really a boxing fan before that year or even before that fight, but I can say that I became pretty hooked after that dramatic event.

Of course, all three Gatti/Ward fights...? Those weren't too bad.

[awhicks]

I would have to agree that Foreman-Lyle was the wildest I've seen. I caught it on a Saturday afternoon in the 70s. Both guys went down but Foreman outlasted Lyle. After fighting Gerry Cooney, Foreman said that Cooney hit harder than anyone he had fought. Then he added, "Ron Lyle might have hit harder because when he hit me, I didn't feel anything."