Greatest 1st Round Ever

Round 1 of JuanMa-Concepcion got me thinking what was the greatest opening round of a fight.

These are ones I remember off the top of my domepiece.

Hagler-Hearns


Arguello-Pryor 1


Monshipour-Sithchatchawal...Count the uppercuts

Nobody is ever going to top Hearns vs Hagler.

Not just because of the action, but the anticipation of that fight was huge, and the two guys in the ring are both hall of fame fighters.

are we forgetting the dempsey-firpo fight...

1. Hagler Hearns
2. Dempsey Firpo
3. Arguello vs Pryor

just my rankings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoSEEXIe6Gg

to me it is Hearns vs. Hagler and then everything else. I'm not calling any other pick wrong, but being a kid watching that fight was amazing!!!!!

in one round the first.firpo is decked 7 times dempsey 3..the first knockdown of dempsey was in 15 seconds and you barely see jack go down on one knee cus the film jumps.knockdown two jacks both gloves hit the canvas for a flash knockdown and number 3 out of the ring.dam 10 knockdowns in the opening bell..lol soo much for the feeling out process huh.

never saw dempsey-firpo but the one that comes to mind is def. hagler-hearns.

A "Greatest First Round" thread will always come down to Hagler - Hearns and Dempsey-Firpo. If you substitute the word "Dramatic" for "Great" it allows for more fights to be included. For example, Ali - Liston II, not a great first round, but damn dramatic. So was the first round in Tyson - Holyfield I. Evander takes Mike's best shot and ends up driving him back to the ropes. Nevertheless, the word greatness will always bring up Hagler - Hearns because it was at least the 2nd best 1st round in boxing history. Good thread, Slick.

dmar5143 wrote:

are we forgetting the dempsey-firpo fight...

Dempsey-Willard also has to rank up there somewhere, Willard was down five times in the first round, it's no wonder that Dempsey was such a popular champion.

yes indeed.dempsey willard for shear one sided destruction and damage..

No love for Mancini-Frias?

SlickMoneyXL wrote:

Round 1 of JuanMa-Concepcion got me thinking what was the greatest opening round of a fight.

These are ones I remember off the top of my domepiece.

Hagler-Hearns


Arguello-Pryor 1


Monshipour-Sithchatchawal...Count the uppercuts

Three pretty doggone good choices. I'll take Arguello-Pryor

WinstonSmith wrote:

No love for Mancini-Frias?

Poor Art made the mistake of hurting Ray.

Stunned Ray early,but all it did was piss him off.Kind of surprising considering Frias was not much of a puncher.One of the greatest opening salvos in boxing history.

WinstonSmith wrote:

No love for Mancini-Frias?

....indeed a great one.non stop bombs away.

Dempsey v willard is great, also love the first round of prescott v khan