Historical Match Ups
Courtesy of boxrec.com
Through out boxing history some of the greatest matches have featured an Asian fighter (or an Asian venue). We hope to bring you the best of Asia in our "Historical Match Ups" feature which looks at bouts that for, one reason or another, deserve their place in history.
Where possible we try to include all the details, the back story, the action a video and some sort of photograph (be it an action shot, a shot of either fighter or the poster advertising the bout). Unlike our other sections any fighter can be included here regardless of their current activity.
Of course not every bout we feature will be a great fight. Some fights are included due to their historical aspect (for example first fight to see a fighter from a specific country claiming a world title), others for their action and some for their eye catching finishes.
Expect to see KO's of the Year, Fights of the Year, Upsets of the year and more in our "Historical Match Ups".
Bouts covered-
Takao Sakurai v Chung Shin-Cho (1964 Olympic Bantamweight final)
Chartchai Chionoi v Efren Torres (1968 WBC Flyweight title fight)
Muhammad Ali v Joe Frazier III (1975 Heavyweight world title fight and "Fight of the year")
Samuel Serrano v Yasutsune Uehara (1980 WBA Super Featherweight title fight and "Upset of the Year")
Akinobu Hiranaka v Morris East (1992 WBA Light Welterweight title fight and Ring Magazine "KO of the year")
Yasuei Yakushiji vs Joichiro Tatsuyoshi (1994 WBC Bantamweight title fight)
Takanori Hatakeyama v Lakva Sim (1999 WBA Super Featherweight title fight)
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam v Daisuke Naito (2002 WBC Flyweight title fight)
Vassily Jirov v James Toney (2003 IBF Cruiserweight title fight)
Mahyar Monshipour v Somsak Sithchatchawal (2006 WBA Super Bantamweight title fight and FOTY)
Vic Darchinyan v Nonito Donaire (2007 IBF Flyweight title fight and "Upset of the Year")
Jorge Linares v Juan Carlos Salgado (2009 WBA Super Featherweight title fight and "Upset of the year")
Nobuhiro Ishida v James Kirkland (2011 "Upset of the Year")
Where possible we try to include all the details, the back story, the action a video and some sort of photograph (be it an action shot, a shot of either fighter or the poster advertising the bout). Unlike our other sections any fighter can be included here regardless of their current activity.
Of course not every bout we feature will be a great fight. Some fights are included due to their historical aspect (for example first fight to see a fighter from a specific country claiming a world title), others for their action and some for their eye catching finishes.
Expect to see KO's of the Year, Fights of the Year, Upsets of the year and more in our "Historical Match Ups".
Bouts covered-
Takao Sakurai v Chung Shin-Cho (1964 Olympic Bantamweight final)
Chartchai Chionoi v Efren Torres (1968 WBC Flyweight title fight)
Muhammad Ali v Joe Frazier III (1975 Heavyweight world title fight and "Fight of the year")
Samuel Serrano v Yasutsune Uehara (1980 WBA Super Featherweight title fight and "Upset of the Year")
Akinobu Hiranaka v Morris East (1992 WBA Light Welterweight title fight and Ring Magazine "KO of the year")
Yasuei Yakushiji vs Joichiro Tatsuyoshi (1994 WBC Bantamweight title fight)
Takanori Hatakeyama v Lakva Sim (1999 WBA Super Featherweight title fight)
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam v Daisuke Naito (2002 WBC Flyweight title fight)
Vassily Jirov v James Toney (2003 IBF Cruiserweight title fight)
Mahyar Monshipour v Somsak Sithchatchawal (2006 WBA Super Bantamweight title fight and FOTY)
Vic Darchinyan v Nonito Donaire (2007 IBF Flyweight title fight and "Upset of the Year")
Jorge Linares v Juan Carlos Salgado (2009 WBA Super Featherweight title fight and "Upset of the year")
Nobuhiro Ishida v James Kirkland (2011 "Upset of the Year")
