Most boring fight you have EVER seen?

[Axe]

HW: Any ruiz fight.

Below HW: Curtis Stevens vs Andre Dirrell.

[dave82]

Most recently De La Hoya vs Mayweather....and that was after a few beers 2

[brooklyn1550]

Stevens-Dirrell

I've NEVER seen a more boring fight. You had a short pressure fighter (Stevens) and a real fast kid with good reflexes (Dirrell). The problem was that Dirrell wasn't willing to sit down on his punches, show any class, or stand still for one second while Stevens showed that he was so limited, he couldn't even throw a body punch or effectively cut off the ring. Neither guy is going to be on HBO anytime soon.

[Napoleon]

Mayweather vs. Baldomir

[myk]

Mab-Juarez 2
PBF-Baldo

[PJD3]

maywether bald
maywether ODH
maywehter chop chop corley
I have a really hard time watching any of his fights. :-(( :dead :huh

[theunderdog]

zahir raheem vs ..... welll, .... pick any fighter he was against with. i though that a match involving el terrible could not be boring but i was proved wrong.
raheem is the anithesis of excitement

[compukiller]

Spinks vs. Taylor was absolute torture.

[codeman99998]

I've never seen a Mayweather fight as boring as Taylor-Spinks. Don't be hating on Mayweather. He may be very defensive and land only one punch at a time, but none of his fights were TAYLOR-SPINKS. My god that was a terrible fight.

[Illmatic]

Ruiz-Rahman
Byrd-Williamson
DLH-Hopkins

[Jose FM]

Mayweather vs. Baldomir
:zzz

[BeReal]

Taylor/Spinks

Wright/Hopkins

[cuchulain]

Ruiz - Golata

[stillafan]

JOHN THE BORING MAN RUIZ vs__________________


U FILL IN BLANK!

[Illmatic]

Ruiz - Golata

how was that boring? Ruiz got knocked down twice, his trainer had a tantrum, was ejected and Ruiz pulled out the win...very exciting.

[Snakefist]

maywether bald
maywether ODH
maywehter chop chop corley
I have a really hard time watching any of his fights. :-(( :dead :huh

The chop chop fight, are you kidding me? That was like a 12 round brawl sort of. He traded power shots with the guy. youre nuts.

[cuchulain]

how was that boring? Ruiz got knocked down twice, his trainer had a tantrum, was ejected and Ruiz pulled out the win...very exciting.


Stoney is always amusing.

I wouldn't call him exciting.

I'm surprised the Russians didn't toss him into some gulag in Siberia after his antics with Valuev.

Despite the KD's the fight was boring and the result a robbery.

[unclepaulie]

Klitchko-Brewster 2, Briggs Ibragimov. And you couldnt pay me to watch Taylor Spinks again, what a waste of my time.

[carras]

Ruiz/oquendo is the worst ever

PBF/Baldo

Taylor/Spinks

[Napuis]

hmm Leonard Duran I

[Napuis]

Skelton v Sprott...that was atrocious.

[Jimbo]

Skelton v Sprott...that was atrocious.

Just beat me to it.

Also Ward v Sanchez. For an exciting fighter this was an atrocious fight. Ward did absolutely nothing until a (as I remember it - not going to put myself through it again to check) one punch body shot ko late in the fight.

[Words]

Skelton v Sprott...that was atrocious.

An absolute joke of a fight. Never seen a display like that before.

[UKITAZ]

Audley Harrison vs Danny Williams 1

Was absolute garbage. The only good thing weas Audley getting put on his arse, apart from that incident ive seen more exciting fights in a school playgorund.

[theHawtness]

any zahir raheem fight

[Claypole]

Carlos de Leon v Johnny Nelson was easily the worst and most boring fight anybody could ever have possibly seen. It made Skelton v Sprott look like a thrilling high octane, edge of seat slugfest.
Some of the fights mentioned so far may not have been good to watch, but this was in a different league.

[PIPO23]

Juarez vs Mab2
Gonzales vs Montiel.

[Robot16]

I was at this pretty high class bar watching the fight wasted and I was screaming at the TV, it sempt so exciting at the time, I was wondering why everyone was looking at me instead of the fight. Then two days later when I was scoring the fight I felt so foolish getting excited over that bullshit, I realized I was prolly more entertaining to the people than the fight.

Yeh it was exciting watching it live. Exciting cos you didnt know if floyd would catch a left hook flush.
Especially seeing floyd rock oscar in round 5:D.

[eze]

maywether bald
maywether ODH
maywehter chop chop corley
I have a really hard time watching any of his fights. :-(( :dead :huh


This guy is a dumb fuck, he just proved how much of a hater he is. He just listed PBFs fight with chop chop, go fuck urself, you stupid hater.

[Robot16]

One of the most boring was watching yuri foreman vs anthony thompson on the undercard of cotto vs judah.
Especially after hearing that they were two good prospects.
The most entertaining thing was thompson tape in his hair:tired.
Also my family was watching it too so i wanted them to get into boxing more, then they didnt even watch cotto-judah.

[knockout]

Floyd/Baldo
Briggs/Ibragimov
Juarez/Hernandez

[Sizzle]

In terms of a high-profile fight, I'd go for Roy Jones Jnr Vs Hopkins. That was a snoozer.

Jones Jnr had by far the superior power of the two but was still reluctant to take a chance at any point.

I'm surprised people vote for De La Hoya Vs Mayweather - I thought it was an excellent tactical masterpiece, if not a breathtaking encounter.

[box_fan_uk]

Johnny Nelson v Carlos de Leon,

there were some rounds that a punch was not landed , and another where none were thrown,

i dare anyone to watch it all, and not say it is the most boring fight ever

[knockout]

Hopkins/Taver suck as well.

[DamonD]

Roman Greenberg UD10 Julius Francis.

[nervousxtian]

briggs-lyakobitch

We have a winner!

[DamonD]

No way, at least that had an exciting last round.

[kurt2006]

The Johnny Nelson - Carlos De Leon fight was one of the most boring fights ever. Nelson ran round and round the ring for most the fight.

[kurt2006]

Johnny Nelson v Carlos de Leon,

there were some rounds that a punch was not landed , and another where none were thrown,

i dare anyone to watch it all, and not say it is the most boring fight ever

Totally agreed. This fight is the biggest bore of all time.

[Carlos Primera]

morales fights are exciting, but zahir raheem proved other wise. spinks-mayorga was an awful stinker+robbery as well. it just consisted of spinks running from matorga. his crying to the ref to call Knockdowns to slips was disgracefull as well

[Dorfmeister]

Lennox Lewis vs Henry Akinwande - even Mills Lane got fed up with the rub-fest between the two British Lions and called the erotic-pugilistic scene off after 5 stanzas!
Any Henry Maske fight - the closest things to non-human robotic performances...

[joe33]

Sprott vs Skelton

[The Hitman]

I was at Skelton-Sprott live, and by the 5th round i wanted to eat my own skull.

[Zhaakal]

Hopkins vs. Wright was disgusting.

[Napuis]

I always found Corrales Castillo boring, completely overrated. People were saying it was one of the best fights of all time, I fell asleep by round 6.

[TanstA]

Mayweather vs. Baldomir

OH hell yea.... and it was PPV too right? :twisted:

[Ilesey]

Skelton v Sprott...that was atrocious.

Bingo!

[Ilesey]

I was at Skelton-Sprott live, and by the 5th round i wanted to eat my own skull.

:lol:

[Ilesey]

Carlos de Leon v Johnny Nelson was easily the worst and most boring fight anybody could ever have possibly seen. It made Skelton v Sprott look like a thrilling high octane, edge of seat slugfest.
Some of the fights mentioned so far may not have been good to watch, but this was in a different league.

Another great choice!

[ron u.k.]

Carlos de Leon v Johnny Nelson was easily the worst and most boring fight anybody could ever have possibly seen. It made Skelton v Sprott look like a thrilling high octane, edge of seat slugfest.
Some of the fights mentioned so far may not have been good to watch, but this was in a different league.spot on. it was in a league of it's own.i fall asleep just thinking about it.

[Dr Gonzo]

Wright/Hopkins
Floyd/Baldomir
Holyfield/Oquendo

[Claypole]

spot on. it was in a league of it's own.i fall asleep just thinking about it.The ref should've stopped the fight to save the fans from further punishment. Anybody who names another fight as the most boring either never suffered this one, or they've had the memory of it removed somehow. I don't recall one punch actually landing.

[Deslizer]

Hmm ... Byrd-Williamson and Taylor-Spinks

[pipe wrenched]

HW: Any ruiz fight.

Below HW: Curtis Stevens vs Andre Dirrell.

Indeed Dirrell vs Stevens was god awful. I also thought Winky/Bhops was awful damn hard to look at.

[box_fan_uk]

The ref should've stopped the fight to save the fans from further punishment. Anybody who names another fight as the most boring either never suffered this one, or they've had the memory of it removed somehow. I don't recall one punch actually landing.


you are right, i don't remember any punches landing, think i might still have it on video somewhere, don't all rush to buy it..lol

[Claypole]

Whenever there is an Hopkins fight shown live in the UK, it's always on around 3am. There's no way I can watch 12 rounds of Hopkins at that time of morning without dozing off before the end of round 4.
I always record it and watch it next morning with a pot of strong coffee. This ensures I last until about round 9 before dozing off. By then I've got the general idea.

[Max Molyneux]

Any fight with Audley Harrison.

The Sprott KO was cool though.

[etong_08]

I'll have the most recent entry;


Wright vs Hopkins

[MacManJr.]

briggs-lyakobitchWorst fight ever until the knockout!:deal

[Guru_Too_You]

Nothing touches Byrd-Williamson or Rahman-Barrett in this decade.

[sean]

ottke v larson.

doubt there were 100 punches landed combined.

i was scoring rounds by 2 punches to 1.

[nrgetic]

I always found Corrales Castillo boring, completely overrated. People were saying it was one of the best fights of all time, I fell asleep by round 6.

What can I say, if this fight doesn't excite you I really think you should develop other interests

[English Nutter]

Skelton v Sprott...that was atrocious. agreed

[Claypole]

ottke v larson.

doubt there were 100 punches landed combined.

i was scoring rounds by 2 punches to 1.I scored the whole Leon v Nelson fight by this amount.

[Brickhaus]

Byrd-Williamson. Dirrell-Stevens is a close second.

Can't say I saw Leon v Nelson or Sprott v Williams, and by the sounds of it, I'm glad I didn't. People who are saying PBF/Baldomir are just bitter that they paid for the blowout, but while that was somewhat boring, it wasn't even close to Dirrell-Stevens, Taylor-Stinks, Foreman-Thompson or even Hopkins-Taylor I.

Briggs-Lyakhovich would take the cake if not for the 12th round. Same for Ruiz-Oquendo if not for the 11th.

[ron u.k.]

The ref should've stopped the fight to save the fans from further punishment. Anybody who names another fight as the most boring either never suffered this one, or they've had the memory of it removed somehow. I don't recall one punch actually landing.that was before johnny became exciting!:lol:

[koko of phil]

Mayweather - Baldomir. Though only the replay I saw and it went air late at night, I took a nap right after the 3rd round. Usually if it so exciting I would have gone loco all over my room.

[Holmes' Jab]

Skelton vs Sprott* :dead



*although to be fair you shouldn't exactly expect a great fight between these two muppets.

[PH|LLA]

Wright/Hopkins
wtf

that was a good fight

[ayala]

ward vs sanchez well until ward landed the devastating body shot

[john b]

Skelton vs Sprott* :dead



*although to be fair you shouldn't exactly expect a great fight between these two muppets.

very true that fight sent me to sleep.:nono

[sues2nd]

Stevens - Dirrell
Ruiz - Oquendo

[Gunnar]

Briggs - Lyakhovich

[thewoo]

Spinks vs Taylor

[Thread Stealer]

Here's a quick lost of a few dreadful fights:

Zab Judah-Junior Witter
Roy Jones-Eric Harding
JM Marquez-Derrick Gainer
Zahir Raheem-Popo Freitas

Imagine if Gainer and Raheem fought.

Or if Raheem was the same size as Cory Stinks and they fought.

[MacManJr.]

Nothing touches Byrd-Williamson or Rahman-Barrett in this decade.Yeah those were awful too!

[trac209]

winky vs B Hop

[The Kurgan]

Ruiz-Oquendo. The worst of the worst, and by "the worst" I mean Ruiz's fights.

Fraudley VS The Brixton Bhiriani-gobbler was terrible until the 10th, after which it was passable.

The worst fight of my favourite boxer (Lewis)? Lennox Lewis VS Dan Murphy. Murphy threw about 3 punches a round, and because of his chin/footwork he was just about impossible for Lewis to stop. The ref basically stopped it because he was bored of watching Lewis hit Murphy in the body followed by Murphy running away.

The worst fight between usually entertaining boxers I've ever seen was Tito-DLH.

The most consistently boring fighter I've ever seen is Jermain Taylor. I've never enjoyed one of his fights because of him; Wright-Taylor was passable because Winky pressed the action and threw punches for the both of them. Hopkins and Taylor disgraced the sport in their fights. When Corry Spinks is making the "fight", you know he's facing an outrageously boring boxer.

[The Kurgan]

You call throwing one punch then holding a good fight?

It would have been a good fight if it hadn't been for Hopkins adopting a punch/butt/grab/wrestle strategy. I think Winky did enough for the fight to only be a dirty and boring disappointment.

[jexdd]

Hopkins / Hakkar ... that was a PPV in Philly!!!!!

:D

[Axe]

Zahir Raheem and Fraudley have got to be up there, no doubt.

Ottke deserves honorable mention as well.

Williamson vs Byrd was downright atrocious! In fact I think it's my new #1.

[El Presidente]

Steves vs Dirrell

[codeman99998]

The ref should've stopped the fight to save the fans from further punishment. Anybody who names another fight as the most boring either never suffered this one, or they've had the memory of it removed somehow. I don't recall one punch actually landing.

I know no one can link to full fights but can someone PM me or something a link for Johnny Nelson v Carlos de Leon. I HAVE to see it if it is as bad as you guys say.

[Claypole]

I know no one can link to full fights but can someone PM me or something a link for Johnny Nelson v Carlos de Leon. I HAVE to see it if it is as bad as you guys say.I've tried finding clips of it before (I have trouble sleeping), but had no joy. If anybody ever taped it, they would've recorded over it or destroyed the tape just to be sure. It's possible that all footage of this fight has been destroyed, like they did with books in the Middle Ages in England.
If you get a chance to see it, my advice is DON'T. I made the mistake back in 1990 and it will haunt me 'till the day I die.

[codeman99998]

I've tried finding clips of it before (I have trouble sleeping), but had no joy. If anybody ever taped it, they would've recorded over it or destroyed the tape just to be sure.
It's possible that all footage of this fight has been destroyed, like they did with books in the Middle Ages in England. I saw the fight at the time (1990) so innocent people like you don't have to.

A damn shame. I looked for any clips of it and could find nothing.

It's too bad, I planned on watching it before the next Mayweather fight just to artificially amp up the excitement.:yep

[Toopretty]

That fight with Yuri Foreman and the other dreadlock black guy that is a fellow israelite...Forgot his name..that was the most eye poisoning experience. The commentators were cracking jokes the whole fight..

[Ramshall1]

Stevens - Dirrell actually made me stop and wonder if I really wanted to continue following boxing.

[paulinchen_]

Ibragimow vs. Shannon Briggs

[gallagher430]

Stevens v Dirrell is tops, then i just watched the Ward v Judah fight the other day which was pretty lame. I like ward a lot but he threw very punches and landed basically none.

[heerko koois]

Tyson- Smith.......awful

[divac]

For the Heavyweight championship of the world, both fighters pawing with the jab, and neither daring to get close enough to even land with those pawing jab.
Not only was it boring, it was embarrasing to sit through and watch.

Byrd vs Williamson!:-(

You dont know what boring is until you sit through and watch that
non-fight!

[Lance_Uppercut]

Rahman - Ruiz so far.

[Robot16]

That fight with Yuri Foreman and the other dreadlock black guy that is a fellow israelite...Forgot his name..that was the most eye poisoning experience. The commentators were cracking jokes the whole fight..

Yeh i am glad you have mentioned this too.
It was Yuri against anthony the messenger thompson.
It was massively boring.
Also anothe one is Juan manual marquez vs Orlando Salido.
Damn at the time i thought that was slow as.

[Ambition_Def]

Nope, it doesn't even involve John Ruiz.

Williamson vs Byrd was by far the worst recorded heavyweight fight on record. And I'll stand by that statement. :good

[MrSmall]

JCC vs Tszyu, that shit was boring as fuck.

[DanePugilist]

Briggs-Ibragimov.

[samson_323]

Marquez Vs Gainer

[Axe]

Briggs-Ibragimov.

This has been mentioned a few times now. Was it really that bad? After reading Novisasputin's article I had the impression that it was a decent fight. :huh