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This is a list of the fights I watched on HBO over the years. 76. David Tua vs. Hasim Rahman. December 19, 1998. I watched this one from Miami, Florida between two heavyweights, pulling hard for David Tua. I never liked Hasim Rahman, and when David stopped him in the tenth, I was happy. Tua […]

This is a continuing list of the fights I watched on HBO over the years. 71. Lennox Lewis vs. Shannon Briggs. March 28, 1998. I watched this one from Atlantic City Convention Hall, rooting hard for Lennox to exact some revenge for me. Briggs had been given a gift decision over George Foreman the previous

This is my continuing list of the fights I watched on HBO over the years. 66. Roy Jones Jr. vs. Montell Griffin. March 21, 1997. What was expected to be a routine title defense for Roy, turned out to be anything but. Griffin had earned the title shot at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic

This is my continuing list of fights I watched on HBO over the years. 61. Roy Jones Jr. vs. Eric Lucas. June 15, 1996 The most memorable thing about this fight was the fact that Roy had been the first boxer to play in a professional basketball game on the same day he fought in

This is my continuing list of the fights I’ve watched on HBO over the years. 56. Lennox Lewis vs. Tommy Morrison. October 7, 1995. I didn’t have to travel anywhere to watch fights anywhere, and could watch them on my new 46 inch projection TV. The HBO buildup called this one a ‘Tossup’, but I

I continue my list of the fights I watched on HBO over the years. 51. George Foreman vs. Axel Schulz. April 22, 1995. I went to see this fight live at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, mostly because I had bet a lot of money on George to win. I’m not going

This is my continuing list of the fights I watched on HBO over the years. 46. Pernell Whitaker vs Buddy McGirt 2. This bout was a rematch from 18 months earlier, and this time it wasn’t close at all. ‘Sweet Pea’ was dominant in a masterful performance at the Scope in Norfolk, Virginia. His hometown

even This is my continuing list of the fights I watched on HBO over the years. 41. Lennox Lewis vs. Frank Bruno. October 1, 1993. The ‘Battle of the Brits’ took place on a chilly windy night in Cardiff, Wales. I certainly was rooting for Lennox, but it seemed the crowd was more on Bruno’s

Here is my continuing list of fights I watched on HBO over the years, 36. Riddick Bowe vs. Michael Dokes. February 6, 1993. Over to Lisa’s house again to catch Riddick Bowe’s first defense of his heavyweight championship at the Garden in New York. His opponent was the worn out Michael Dokes, who had a

This is a continuing list of the fights I watched on HBO over the years. 31. George Foreman vs. Alex Stewart. April 11, 1992. The night of this fight, I went to see the singer Anne Murray in concert. I asked my sister to tape it for me, so I could pick it up afterwards.