The 10 best beatdowns ever in sports

Fox Sports ^ | 06/07/06 | Kevin Hench

[misterrob]

Anyone have any other good beatdowns to share?

[Huck]

Nolan getting Ventura in a headlock and pounding him is a classic. I gotta go find that video online. I'll post a link.

[AmishDude]

Philadelphia Eagles' fans vs. Santa Claus.

Well, not a beatdown per se, but it is always worth remembering.

[cripplecreek]

Gotta love Farnsworth.

[Argh]

How informative! Especially numbers 5 and 7.

[Huck]

cant find video.

[SamAdams_Lite]

Robert Parish against Bill Lambier.

Parish finally had enough of Lambier's act and in the middle of a playoff game put him down with a karate whack in the face. He could have caved his face him if didn't pull the punch. This was done in Boston Garden in front of the ref who swallowed his whistle.

[misterrob]

I saw a clip of a basketball player cold cock the ref who called a foul on him in some league in South America. Almost killed the guy.

Kermit Ross nailing Rudy T with a perfect punch

Whenever Cam Neely fought pretty much meant the other guy was going to get an ass kicking

Stan Jonathan landing that hay maker on the Montreal Canadians goon

[Jemian]

The Auburn-Bama game in 1972. They were winning 16-3 at the beginning of the fourth quarter. In the final minutes of the game we blocked two of their punts and scored twice. We won 17 - 16!

Punt, Bama, Punt!

[misterrob]

Interest point for baseball fans

[dfwgator]

I like this one from the last UF-FSU game.

[Holicheese]

A couple:
Marvin Hagler Vs. Tommy Hearns. Hearns came out flying and cut Hagler early in the first round. Hagler managed to take over from there and proceeded to beat Hearns to a pulp.
My favorite was because I was there:
Lyndon Byers v. Wayne Van Dorp Boston Garden. Byers had beaten up Van Dorp twice already. In the 3rd period, at the face off circle, Van Dorp was jawing and smacking Byers stick but the commercial light was on. Byers just stared at the commercial light he was not going to waste this during a TV timeout.
As soon as the light went off, Byers dropped the gloves and his stick in one motion and hit Van Dorp square in the nose. Van Dorp just crumbled to the ice. Van Dorp refused to step back out onto the ice because the Boston Garden fans were just going nuts.

[SamAdams_Lite]

I saw the Hearns-Hagler fight on closed circuit at a theatre in New Bedford. Probably the best early round fight ever fought.

[TexasCajun]

Classic! "How 'bout a knuckle-sandwich knuckle-head!"

[Holicheese]

I agree. I have watched it over and over... love it each time. I am amazed that they didn't stop it early because of the cut that Hagler had.

[So Cal Rocket]

Pedro Martinez vs. Zimmer?

[pookie18]

[rintense]

Missing:

Any Red Wings vs. Avalanche hockey game in the late 90s.

[AmishDude]

What about Pedro Martinez vs. the elderly Don Zimmer?

[AmishDude]

The 80s Philadelphia Flyers vs. the world!