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This is my continuing list of fights I watched on HBO through the years. 101. Vitali Klitschko vs. Kirk Johnson. December 6, 2003. Klitschko was making his first appearance in the ring since his loss to Lennox Lewis in June. His opponent from Madison Square Garden in New York City was Kirk Johnson, who I […]

I continue my list of fights I watched on HBO over the years. 96. Roy Jones Jr. vs. Clinton Woods. September 7, 2002. The bout from the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon saw Jones take on the WBC’s number one contender from England, Clinton Woods. The most memorable thing from the one sided six round

I continue my list of fights I have watched on HBO over the years. 91. Vernon Forrest vs. Shane Mosley 1. January 26, 2002. I sat on my recliner on a cold night in south Jersey, glad that I was alone to tune into the fight from the Theatre at Madison Square Garden on HBO.

This is my continuing list of fights I have watched on HBO over the years. 86. Roy Jones vs. Richard Hall. May 13, 2000. This one from the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis was another run of the mill title defense for Roy, which was hardly exciting. Jones won every round, and finally stopped Hall in

I continue my list of fights I watched on HBO over the years. 81. Michael Grant vs. Lou Savarese. June 19, 1999. As I watched this bout from Madison Square Garden on a stormy night in south Jersey, I was curious to see how Michael Grant would perform against a solid professional like Lou Savarese.

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