What were the most dramatic action packed, thrilling fights you have ever watched?

Question

What were the most dramatic action packed, thrilling fights you have ever watched?

Answer 1

Muhammad Ali VS Joe Frazier 3

Rocky Marciano VS Jersey Joe Walcott

those are my favorite classic battles.

as of recent times i really enjoyed Amir Khans recent fight against Micheal Gomez, with gomez being knocked down and beaten to the ground in round 1, then out of nowhere gomez knocks khan down in round 2, then round 3 is all trading punches, then by round 5 after the beating khan dished out the ref stops it.

Answer 2

the most action packed fights i have seen ummm? there are many that come to mind

Foreman vs Lyle: this was a brutal slugfest between two extremely hard hitters, neither fighter worried to block, they just went hard at it and punched each other till one of them dropped permanently, it does not get any more brutal than this.

Ali vs Frazier 3: both fighters knew that this was probably going to be their last fight against one another and they each gave it all they had, it was brutal, we witnessed the best of both fighters,two very different styles, two very different personalities and two fighters who did not like each other, this was a classic fight,one of those that you rarely come by in boxing, a battle between two of the sport's best, it was really a great fight.

Manny Pacquaio vs Barrera 2 and 3: Classic Pac Man boxing, extremely exciting and action packed these guys went hard at it in all of their encounters and personally i think this was manny's best performance so far.

Hearns Vs hagler: the WAR will go down as one of boxing's best bouts and what a bout it was! both hearns and hagler were already considered sure hall of famers when they met and people knew that something special was going to happen that night, two very hard headed fighters who like to mix it up and get down and dirty, they both displayed great courage and boxing skills and the brutality of the match was intense, although the fight lasted only three rounds i can say that these were definetely the best three rounds a fan could ask for!

there are many other fights but i can't remember all of them at this very moment, but these fights to me were memorable and definetely action packed.

Answer 3

Hard Boiled

Genre: Action

Year Released: 1992

MPAA Rating: R

Director: John Woo

Starring: Chow-Yun Fat, Tony Leung

Overall Critics Rating: N/A

Oscars: None

John Woo's American debut film was one for the ages. Not only did it wow audiences everywhere, but it beat out almost every action movie to this point, and remains one of the best action movies to this day. While not only featuring gun fights with dead-on timing and precision, but a story and value to back it up, Hard Boiled became a must-see action movie. Hard-Boiled follows two agents trying to infiltrate the arms-smuggling groups in the area. One is a maverick cop, a modern-day Dirty Harry, while the other is an undercover agent. The two soon become unlikely allies, beating the c**p out of anyone in their way. The movie has the signature Woo-style action, with a great story, and some funny material as well. 5 minutes into the movie and a gunfight ensues. The ending is a 30 minute hospital action sequence. Between this is full out action as well. What can I say? Hard-Boiled is one tough cop movie, and shouldn't be missed by any action fans.

Hitting #9 on the list, this movie is always on the move...literally...

Speed

Genre: Action

Year Released: 1994

MPAA Rating: R

Director: Jan De Bont

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Dennis Hopper

Overall Critics Rating: * * * 1/2

Oscars: Best Sound Effects Editing (Stephen Hunter Flick), Best Sound (Gregg Landaker, Steve Maslow, Bob Beemer, David R.B. MacMillan)

A long time sidekick of director Paul Verhoeven, and a temporary sidekick of John McTiernan, it's no surprise why Jan De Bont is one of the most respected cinematographers of the present. But, when he was slated to direct his own movie, doubts began to pile up. With a young lead cast, played by the ever so unliked Keanu Reeves, and the relatively unknown Sandra Bullock, many believed the movie would flop. Even the premise, although original, sounded a bit unusual. And Dennis Hopper's transition from Hoosier to Hater was also somewhat strange. But everything fell together in one of the fastest, and most action packed movies of the 90's....namely Speed. Following a mad bomber, Keanu Reeves soon comes into an ordeal: a bus is loaded with a bomb. Should the bus go under the 50 mph mark, boom! From the taut direction, stunning camerawork, and adrenaline pumped, superfast pacing, Speed again reinvented the action genre, upping the ante in the fields of pacing, camerwork, and premise. It's loads of fun, and even Keanu and Bullock hold their own on a bus.

Hitting the 8th spot, from the director of back to the future, but this time it's not about McFly, it's about...

Forrest Gump

Genre: Drama

Year Released: 1994

MPAA Rating: PG-13

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Starring: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright

Overall Critics Rating: * * * 1/2

Oscars: Best Actor (Tom Hanks),Best Visual Effects (Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, Allen Hall), Best Picture, Best Director (Robert Zemeckis), Best Film Editing (Arthur Schmidt), Best Adapted Screenplay (Eric Roth)

A quirky, odd, but overall excellent drama/comedy from the director of Back to the Future, Robert Zemeckis's Forrest Gump is a larger-than-life, but uplifting and fascinating coming-of-age movie, if it is that. Told by a man named Forrest Gump with an I.Q. of around 50, his life story is shown through vivid flashbacks. From his beginning as a cripple (he overcomes this), to his football days, following his Vietnam experience, and moving through his life, this wonderful tale is both moving, funny, and entertaining. Tom Hanks is excellent as the dull but loveable Gump. Also, through this whole story is a well acted love story that spans the movie. Even becoming one of the most famous men in America at a time, Gump always looks for his childhood love, Jenny. Although love stories can ruin a movie, this one is done just right, to keep the movie still entertaining without ruining it. The scenes with Gump and the president were technical marvels of the time, and still are quite funny today. Overall, a great feel-good movie, Forrest Gump is one that everyone should see.

I am Jack's #7 Pick...

Fight Club

Genre: Drama, Dark Comedy

Year Released: 1999

MPAA Rating: R

Director: David Fincher

Starring: Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter

Overall Critics Rating: * * *

Oscars: None

A cold, hard slap in the face to typical movies, Fight Club is as unusual a movie as you can get. It's also a 139 minute movie that's full of raw energy and adrenaline, and always on the move. It's a bold message towards the degradation of human society, and it's both visually and dramatically stunning. Edward Norton is perfect as the unnamed main character of the story, a guy who lives in an apartment, working a desk job to buy Ikea furniture, which is his life. He's also an insomniac, and drifts through life feeling nothing. Our main character begins attending 12-step meetings and help programs, where although not inflicted with anything, begins to let out his feelings, which allows him to get some rest. But, a woman by the name of Marla begins attending these meetings as well, also lying about her inflictions. This ruins the effect of the programs, but confronting Marla, he fixes a schedule. On a business trip, our main character meets a man by the name of Tyler Durden, a soap salesman, a guy who thinks life is nothing, and that we're all just social a*sholes pretending to really be living. Our main guy returns home to find his apartment burned to a crisp, and calls up Durden to stay at his place. But, Durden asks for a favor. "I want you to hit me as hard as you can". And thus begins Fight Club. The movie serves as both a dark comedy, and a movie with undertones and underlying meaning. It does get odd, but is always entertaining, and is an adrenaline rush of a movie, as stated before. Brad Pitt is wonderfully ecstatic as Durden, while Norton's narration is perfectly monotonous. The movie was one of the best of '99, filled with excellent CGI effects, awesome cinematography, and a new take on philosophy. It's therefore a shame that the movie took home no awards, and was only nominated for one Oscar. Still, an amazing movie. It's one cold hard smack in the face, and it's one that you'll enjoy, just like everyone in Fight Club does.

#6, from bad guy to good guy, from the director who's formed a nasty habit of turning in better sequels than the original...

Terminator 2: Judgement Day

Year Released: 1991

MPAA Rating: R

Director: James Cameron

Starring: Arnold Schwarzenneger, Robert Patrick

Overall Critics Rating: * * *

Oscars: Best Visual Effects (Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Gene Warren, Jr., Robert Skotak), Best Sound (Tom Johnson, Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Lee Orloff), Best Makeup (Stan Winston, Jeff Dawn), Best Sound Effects Editing (Gary Rydstrom, Gloria S. Borders)

When The Terminator became a sci-fi cult hit in 1984, Arnie became known as one of the greatest movie villains of the decade. So what happens when one of the greatest on-screen villains becomes the sequel's hero? Well, T2: Judgement day that John Connor is born, it seems the world is safe. Wrong! It seems that Arnie's T-800 model failed to kill the mother of John Connor, so now the new, improved T-1000 is sent to 1991 to kill John Connor himself! But, the reprogrammed T-800 model is sent to protect John, at all costs. If you go by the mentality of Terminator on steroids, ysucessfully transverted Arnie from a bad guy into a good guy, and created a sequel that outdid it's predecessor. Directed by the king of sequels better than the originals, James Cameron, the movie is essentially more of the same of what Terminator was. Now you'll get the idea of what T2 is. No longer a low budget film, T2 became a sort of Terminator Redux, as it used over $100 Million dollars, and focused on thrills with loads of action. But, it still somehow keeps it's brains through all this frenzy, and remains one of the classic action movies of the 90's. The smart move was even made for Arnold to talk like a robot (since he fails at trying anything else). While the performances aren't anything amazing, the action and overall fun in the movie are at very high levels, and the movie is a pure adrenaline rush from start to finish. Even today, the scenes hold their own. The movie is packed with surprises, and whatever typical action sequences you think you'll see, well, you won't. Most of these action sequences are quite new, and most of all, very crazy and wild. While not at the level of Hong Kong films, it's still got quite imaginitive action sequences. The movie does have a brain, and remains above those so-called popcorn flicks. A definite must-see for any movielover.

At the 5th spot, it's black, white, and read all over, and I'm talking about the tabloids. You know reads them? Of course it's the...

Men In Black

Genre: Sci-fi, Comedy

Year Released: 1997

MPAA Rating: PG-13

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld

Starring: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Vincent D'Onofrio

Overall Critics Rating: * * *

Oscars: Best Makeup (Rick Baker, David LeRoy Anderson)

The Ghostbusters of it's decade, Barry Sonnenfeld's Men In Black is a sci-fi comedy with the wit, charm, and action to make even the most jaded moviegoer give a slight chuckle, and those like me laugh their brains out. Based on the comic book, Men In Black is mostly original story, with a few drops of satire mixed in for a smart and funny movie. While I won't delve into the plot, the movie focuses and makes fun of our take on aliens. The movie makes aliens what we take for granted, or makes those dirty jokes we wispered about our 3rd grade teachers come true.

Answer 4

Gatti vs Ward, Barrera vs Morales, Corrales vs Castillo

Answer 5

talking about watching it live, Id say Tyson vs Lewis, but in history it has to be Joe Louis vs Max Schamlling

Answer 6

We can't forget The "G" man, "Gerald McClellan vs. "The Dard Destroyer", Nigel Benn... That was pretty intense, to say the least!

Answer 7

Marquez vs. Vazquez (I, II, and III)

Diego Corrales vs. Jose Luis Castillo (I)

Gatti vs. Ward (I)

Answer 8

The best ever? A tie between mickey ward and arturo gatti first fight and diego corrales and juan castillo first fight. I doubt you'll ever see two fights like this ever again. I hope i'm wrong!

Answer 9

One that doesn't get a lot of mention is the first Holyfield-Tyson fight.  Not necessarily a Rocky movie, but good hard fighting, round after round.

Holmes-Norton was crazy thrilling.  After losing the first round, Larry carefully boxed his way to winning the next 7 rounds.  Then Norton rallied from way back to make it even after 14.  Then both put it on the line in the 15th.  You dont see that kind of crazy ebb and flow in a fight anymore.

Answer 10

You know there have been over hundreds of fights that I witnessed on TV and can say it was outstanding, but I will name three that I enjoyed. Rafael Marquez vs Israel Vasquez gave me three good fights where they traded KO wins and a comeback decision for Vasquez. Awesome!

Answer 11

Paquiao vs. Morales

Jet Li vs. Jackie Chan

Bruce Lee vs. Chuck Norris

Muhammed Ali vs. Mike Tyson

Holyfield vs. Bowe

Tyson vs. Lewis

Goku vs. Vegeta

Answer 12

holyfield bowe 1 & 2

gatti ward trilogy

Answer 13

Firstly respect to Devon P straight away i am a massive Rafael Marquez fan and the trilogy against Vasquez is another Trilogy that stands out amongst the great trilogys of the last 10 years i just wish my man had the upper hand as i still think he is the better boxer but it seems in this case Vasquez has Marquezs number.

Others are, and this has got my mouth watering as i answer

Hagler Vs Hearns

Pryor Vs Arguello

Hearns Vs Leonard

Gatti Vs Ward

Castillo Vs Corrales

Benn Vs McClellan

Holyfield Vs Bowe

Barrera Vs Morrales

Carbajal Vs Gonzalez

Lewis Vs Tyson

Again i have come home drunk i have more to add tomorrow.