What Is The Most Controversial Fight Ever.

[truewarrior]

IN THE HISTORY OF BOXING :bbbWHAT FIGHT HAS TURNED OUT TO BE THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL?

[Russell]

Taylor/Chavez or Hagler/Leonard.

[PH|LLA]

Taylor Chavez is one of the most popular controversial fights ever.

Alot of more controversial fights go unheard of all the time

[H .]

Trinidad/De La Hoya has to be up there

[compukiller]

Hopkins vs. Taylor I was very controversial.

Arguello vs. Pryor I was extermely controversial..

[McGrain]

Ali-Liston of course. Maybe by a mile.

You also have LaMotta-Fox (the only fight to have been found a fix under oath) and Fitzsimmons-Sharkey (fixed by no less a person than Wyatt Earp!).

[mrplow182]

Henry Cooper vs Cassius Clay when Clay has his ass handed to him by Henry's Hammer and Angelo Dundee slashed his glove open to buy time.....so so dodgy

[dan-b]

Lewis v Holyfield. A scandalous decision of epic proportions.

[The Guvnor]

pacquiao marquez I: one judge only marking round 1 as 10-7 rather than 10-6, costing pacquiao the win.

barrera juarez I: one judge decides after it's been called a draw that they've not added their card correctly.

both highly controversial.

[Addie]

Henry Cooper vs Cassius Clay when Clay has his ass handed to him by Henry's Hammer and Angelo Dundee slashed his glove open to buy time.....so so dodgy

Ali demolished him in the next round and made him look stupid in the return bout. Ali is a true champion.

I think Chavez vs Taylor I was very controversial.

Leonard vs Hagler wasn't.

[Mikey]

Mosley vs De La Hoya

Lesser scale: Forbes vs D. Hopkins.

[ripcity]

Chavez-Taylor I Bad stopage but there is no way Richard Steel could have known exactly how much time was left.
Whitaker-Chavez Whitaker was clearly the better man in this fight.
Hagler-Leonard I scored it 115-113 for Leonard.

[Shane]

Roy Jones vs Park Si Hun 1988 Olympics.

[BigBone]

Sturm-De La Hoya was so bad that fight fans and (US experts) are rarely mentioning it. :)

[cdub1012]

dlh trinidad has to be top 5 because alot of ppl have DLH winning 9 to 10 rounds.. an it was a huge fight also mosley dlh 2 i had dlh winning by 5 rounds...... that D hopkins an steve forbes fight was bad.... casmayor an santa cruz

[DanePugilist]

Tyson-Buster Douglas; the 12 count thingey.

[DanePugilist]

Roy Jones vs Park Si Hun 1988 Olympics.This one wins - that was just awful. Haven't seen amateurs since then.

[Beebs]

Bowe - Holyfield 2 deserves mentioning, fanman and all that.

[Gavin]

Klitschko-Lewis.

[msrkmsr]

Many Don King cards!

[joeboxer]

Dempsey vs Tunney and the long count followed by Clay Liston and the phantom anchor punch.I agree with Tunney v. Depsey. I might also add Willard v. Johnson...although most agree it was on the level including myself. Other candidates could be Seldon vs Tyson (2 phantom punches) and Lewis Holyfield I.

[Goggz]

emanuel augustus vs. courtney burton 1 has to be mentioned. i dont think i ever saw teddy atlas that upset.

[JMP]

i think that chavez whitaker was the most controversial

[faisal]

SVEN OTTKE VS ROBIN REID BIGGEST ROBBERY IN THE LAST 7 YEARS
i think that chavez whitaker was the most controversial
ooh bugger u beat me to it

[Asterion]

Chavez-Taylor I

Dempsey-Tunney

Clay-Liston II

De la Hoya-Trinidad

De la Hoya-Sturm

[shelterr]

Chavez-Taylor I

[sthomas]

Henry Cooper vs Cassius Clay when Clay has his ass handed to him by Henry's Hammer and Angelo Dundee slashed his glove open to buy time.....so so dodgy

I think he got an extra 3-4 seconds

[sthomas]

Chavez settled any controversy the next time they fought.

[dave82]

Whitaker vs Ramirez 1. That was pathetic

[stevexx28]

griffith paret and mancini kim are for obvious reasons
I never understood the logic behind dlh trinidad oscar being the bigger attraction, bigger money maker, in las vegas, and kicking titos ass, to get robbed??!?! at least dlh sturm makes sense, dlh hopkins couldn't have happened without oscar winning.
taylor chavez was messed up and sad, I think nhe was OK to go for 3 secs its not like hed have any worse brain damage if he didnt have it already, but he didnt respond to steele cause of lou duvas stupid fat ass jumping on the ring ropes trying to athletic old as he is.
chavez whitaker also sucked for pernell, julio got lucky twice.
hopkins taylor pissed me off, taylor just throwing looping haymakers all blocked by bhop, getting the crowd exited over nothing, with hopkins landing the more subtle, yet effective shots but all anybody cares about is the nonlanding power punches.
though pryor owned arguello in the rematch, on his offcycle, i think he automatically shouldve been DQd in the first.
jones and park si hun was wrong too, but its been explained, and roy learned the valuable lesson of not letting the fight go to the scorecards when your in another country, fighting the local favorite, showboating in front of the judges in an amateur boxing match.


Question: Why was Ali Liston contreversial?

[BewareofDawg]

Lewis vs Holyfield I

[Pimp C]

Chavez-Taylor I
Pea-Chavez
Pryor-Arguello I

[jaycuban]

chaves/taylor

[ROC]

Chavez/Whitaker and Trinidad/DLH,Mosley/DLH II

[Eubank]

Mayweather vs Big Show, Floyd hit his oponent with a steal chair then knocked him out with brass knuckled. The referee was nearly as bad as Cortez.

[the_churn]

Balboa v. Creed I

[BoxingKangaroo]

fenech vs nelson 1 was pretty controversial imo........dosent rate a mention for a lot of people though. lewis vs holyfield. de la hoya vs trinidad. enough controversy in those 3 fights to last a lifetime.

[Boom_Boom]

Lewis vs Holyfield I

I agree

can you imagine if that fight would of been scored for Holyfield

the sport would probably be government regulated by now.

[bill poster]

For me it was

1 Ottke v Reid
2 Chavez v Taylor
3 Lewis v Holy

[TBooze]

Mainstream: Ali/ListonII; Tyson/HolyfieldII; Jeffries/Johnson

Hardcore fans: #1 by a mile as it sadly to the death of the victim Collins/Resto; Whitaker/Ramirez; Escalera/Everett

[Dirty Bastard]

Not the most contraversial but one of the most disgusting refereeing in history was Benn vs Mclellan......

Benn having been put through the ropes and taking Forever to get back in was techniclly KOed (by standard boxing rules) then the headbutts mclenllen repeatedly PLUS when Benn was put in trouble the referee was grabbing and pushing around Gerald when Benn got an easy ride of things iwith his constant cheating....this fight unfortunately made a once great fighter that had a win over roy jones in the ametures into a cripple....

Benn did what he had to do to win....fair enough

but in my opinion if anyone ever seens the referee of that fight i beg you to cause him harm.......I will personally pay money to punch him!!!

[red cobra]

I'd say Chavez-Taylor I. There's just no way to justify that bs stoppage. It was a case of a monumentally bad decision on the part of the referee. Taylor was royally robbed.

[pelican]

IN THE HISTORY OF BOXING :bbbWHAT FIGHT HAS TURNED OUT TO BE THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL?

ali-liston I and II.
hearns-leonard II
louis-walcot

[ApatheticLeader]

Chavez - Taylor I

and a lot of pre-war fights. There was one where the ref actually had a lot of money on one of the fighters. In the fight both fighters threw a punch and went down simultaneously, and the ref helped one of them up with one hand while counting out the other fighter with the other hand.