Best battle of skills

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I just watched Toney-McCallum 91 again. I cannot think of another fight with fighters who are so insanely skilled. BOTH of them.

and James Toney at 23 could hang in there with a 35yo body snatcher in terms of smarts.

and a 35 years old mccallum was fighting a young lights out at an unbelievable pace.

awesome fight

other fights with great displays of skills off the top of my head:
walcott-charles
jones-hopkins
jones-toney (but jones spoils both matchups because of his being so unorthodox)
Barrera-Morales 1&2 (not quite there, but i was always impressed)
Benitez-Leonard
Chavez-Rosario (for inside fighting but chavez was just too much)
Monzon-Napoles (but I still dont know if monzon is skilled at his weird style, or just a freak of nature)
louis vs walcott, charles, conn

go on
to qualify both fighters must be skilled and give a close fight (ok take jt-rj off the list)

[K-DOGG]

I just watched Toney-McCallum 91 again. I cannot think of another fight with fighters who are so insanely skilled. BOTH of them.

and James Toney at 23 could hang in there with a 35yo body snatcher in terms of smarts.

and a 35 years old mccallum was fighting a young lights out at an unbelievable pace.

awesome fight

other fights with great displays of skills off the top of my head:
walcott-charles
jones-hopkins
jones-toney (but jones spoils both matchups because of his being so unorthodox)
Barrera-Morales 1&2 (not quite there, but i was always impressed)
Benitez-Leonard
Chavez-Rosario (for inside fighting but chavez was just too much)
Monzon-Napoles (but I still dont know if monzon is skilled at his weird style, or just a freak of nature)
louis vs walcott, charles, conn

go on
to qualify both fighters must be skilled and give a close fight (ok take jt-rj off the list)

Great match-ups. The first Toney-McCallum clash is one of my favorites.

[Gerry M]

You can't beat the first Toney-McCallum fight for a boxing 101.

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i am glad i am not the only one,

when i first saw that fight i never boxed, now i am mesmerized by it, every time i watch it i notice something: this time i was star struck by those split second pauses they take, to take each other's timing off (I guess). but they both do it, so the effect is not what expected. awesome fight.

[QueensburyRules]

i am glad i am not the only one,

when i first saw that fight i never boxed, now i am mesmerized by it, every time i watch it i notice something: this time i was star struck by those split second pauses they take, to take each other's timing off (I guess). but they both do it, so the effect is not what expected. awesome fight.

- -Best Callum BTFO Toney.

Best skilled most awesome fight I ever saw was Pryor/ Arguello I.

They both had to make tactical shifts throughout the fight fought at an impossible pace.

I humbled just to recall it.

[The Old LefHook]

I just watched Toney-McCallum 91 again. I cannot think of another fight with fighters who are so insanely skilled. BOTH of them.

and James Toney at 23 could hang in there with a 35yo body snatcher in terms of smarts.

and a 35 years old mccallum was fighting a young lights out at an unbelievable pace.

awesome fight

other fights with great displays of skills off the top of my head:
walcott-charles
jones-hopkins
jones-toney (but jones spoils both matchups because of his being so unorthodox)
Barrera-Morales 1&2 (not quite there, but i was always impressed)
Benitez-Leonard
Chavez-Rosario (for inside fighting but chavez was just too much)
Monzon-Napoles (but I still dont know if monzon is skilled at his weird style, or just a freak of nature)
louis vs walcott, charles, conn

go on
to qualify both fighters must be skilled and give a close fight (ok take jt-rj off the list)

You're ****** Your matchups are dumb. What are you on, meth? Monzon belongs on no such list. Neither does Chavez. Go home. Jones never had any skill but his reflexes. As soon as he lost those he got KO'd every other fight. YDKSAB, son.

[Rusty Tromboni]

Loma-Rigo was the most skilled combatants.

Duran-Leonard I was the best display of complete skill, where the more skilled man won the day.

Jofre-Harada was the best show if skill between different stylists.

The Archer-Griffith fights were the best show of skill between a pure boxer and a pressure fighter.

Louis-Conn was the best show of skill between two naturally gifted fighters.

[Willie Pep 229]

You're ****** Your matchups are dumb. What are you on, meth? Monzon belongs on no such list. Neither does Chavez. Go home. Jones never had any skill but his reflexes. As soon as he lost those he got KO'd every other fight. YDKSAB, son.

Meth doesn't make you dumb, it makes you horny.

[NChristo-]

Couple of obvious ones which have been missed -
Ray Leonard - Tommy Hearns I
Ray Leonard - Roberto Duran I

Some maybe not so -
Vicente Saldivar - Howard Winstone II
Emile Griffith - Luis Manuel Rodriguez I,II,III
Humberto Gonzalez - Michael Carbajal I

Marco Antonio Barrera - Juan Manuel Marquez, although probably a little too much respect for each other, great fight and chess match though. Also the MAB - Morales bouts, of course.

JCC - Jose Luis Ramirez for an infighting masterclass, probably some better examples but that was first to come to mind.

Paul Banke - Daniel Zaragoza trilogy are a great set of skilled bouts