[Yiddle]

Best performance by a boxer under immense pressure . Mine is joe Louis in the second schmeling fight

 

[JamieC]

Good shout, maybe Froch-Bute domestically, his career and legacy both on the line

I've always thought Joe Frazier in the fight of the century, a real make or break fight under a massive spotlight and he delivered his career best performance imo all things considered

Maybe Tyson-Spinks is most shocking, meant to be a real test and he makes it look like champ vs journeyman

 

[bask]

Can't recall too many that were as big as Louis-Schmeling II...

... but Jack Johnson vs. any white hope - he was vilified. Perhaps the pressure was on his opponent, but Johnson is worthy shout just for abuse he constantly received.

 

[Boxed Ears]

I've sung the praises of Frazier in FOTC many times as far as spotlight is concerned. As far as being under pressure in the fight, offensive fire power, my favourite recent one is JMM VS Pacquiao I. JMM's always been a gem as far as fighting under pressure, in my opinion. But an all-time great, greatest offensive force of his time, he's knocked you down three times, bloodied you, come with in a cunny-hair of getting the kayo, and it's the first round, and you pull it together to make your pugilistic lesson plan for him and teach him something for the rest of the fight and manage a draw under the 10 point must system? Stunning. Stunningly cool, intellectual tide-turning performance. You've got to have nerves of steel not to be ripped apart and blown out early after this.

 

[TBooze]

Best performance by a boxer under immense pressure . Mine is joe Louis in the second schmeling fight

Yes, I think you are right. Other than a different kind of pressure (a fighting defying an order to fix a fight), I cannot think of better example. A mention could go to Buchanan winning in Puerto Rico against Lugana.

 

[Chatty]

hard to top some of the ones mentioned so I'll throw Sugar ray Leonard v Roberto Duran II into the mix. If he had lost it would have been far from game over and no shame losing to Duran but a second loss would have took away a fair bit of the hype around him. Plus he was out-brawled, out-boxed and out-thought in the first fight so the pressure was on for him to pull out a quality performance - which he did (and probably gets less props for due to the No Mas debacle).

 

[nufc_jay]

Is this the pressure of a "big fight" orperformace whilst under physical pressure whilst in the ring - 'coz I'd want to lump Benn in the latter category

 

[Teeto]

I have to give it to Leonard against Duran in the rematch. What actually happened in that fight as been over exagerated just a bit but considering that Leonard was so good and had just lost his unbeaten record I give him huge props just for winning, never mind the performance.

Azumah Nelson vs Jeff Fenech in the rematch too.

 

[Burt Brooks]

In July, 1951 the great Ray Robinson suffered a humiliating defeat to Randy Turpin in London. His god-like myth was shattered by that defeat
so a rematch was booked for Sept 12, 1951 in the old Polo Grounds in NYC. I luckily had great seats for that match sitting about ten rows
in back of Gen. Douglas MacArthur...There was so much anticipation in the crowd, and so much tension put on Robinson who suffered a terrible cut eye
in the 9th round causing the ref and ring doctor to check it out. They allowed the bout to continue in the 10th round and Robinson cut and truly exhausted
unleashed a violent attack on the rugged Turpin dropping Randy and hurting him so bad that the referee stopped the bout, and Ray Robinson
once again ruled supreme and regaining his reputation as the truly greatest fighter in his times...Ray would always rise to the occasion....

 

[TBooze]

Running with Burt Brooks' narative; Marciano being told he had one more round to get the job done against Charles...

 

[Teeto]

Ok, carrying on with that theme, I'll mention the tragically ending Benn vs McLellan

Lamotta vs Dauthille and Chavez vs Taylor obviously too.

 

[084]

Froch Vs Taylor

1st Defence, in america, behind on 2 of the scorecards and was put down for first and only time in his career, ad to that how nervous he was walking to the ring and to pull out the stoppage like he did, class