Imagine if Emmanuel Steward had gotten ahold of Ruddock...

Razor Ruddock fights were always exciting to watch. That smash shot was devastating. Tyson ate a lot of great shots from him that would render other fighters to be out cold.

Great corner for Bonecrusher Smith. One Classic remark from that corner was when Joe Frazier asked, "Do you want me to fight him for ya !!" Classic.😂 The shot that put Razor down early was definitely in Bonecrusher's game plan, not a prolonged slugfest. The longer the fight went, the more detrimental it was for the Bonecrusher.

Poor James...he had Ruddock on queer street in round 2 but he rushed the huge Jamaican without throwing effective punches allowing Razor to clinch and clear his head. He threw one straight and lethal right hand about 30 seconds after the knockdown that would have ended it but he missed by a couple of inches. If he had given himself some distance and jabbed before throwing combinations, he would have been much more effective. He shot his bolt in the round and looked tired and vulnerable the rest of the way. The wonderful and frustrating thing about boxing is a fighter's fortunes can be changed by a missed punch. The right hand Bonecrusher threw in round 2 was the turning point. Missed a spectacular victory by inches.

These Heavyweights were Monsters!!!! Nonstop action.

Back when fighters actually fought like their nicknames. "Bonecrusher" vs "Razor". It also seemed like anyone named James had a nickname...James "Bonecrusher" Smith...James "Buster" Douglas...James "Quick" Tillis...James "Broad Axe" Broad...James "Lights Out" Toney..."Gentleman" James J. Corbett...James "The Beast" Wilson...

Bonecrusher was completely out of gas. I think he stayed down more out of fatigue than anything else.

I remember when razor ruddock used to train in Detroit Michigan at Adam Butzel Recreation Center Sammy Port used to train razor ruddock

The good old days

Smith was not able to grab Ruddock like he was Tyson.

I love razor ruddock. 9:57 He raised his hands and he walked to the wrong Corner that was awesome!! 👊

Shame Bonecrusher Started his Career in his 30 s . Folks forget. He was a lot Older than his opponents. Tough Cookie

"this young man" and Bonecrusher was 35.

Great performance by the "Razor"! But the look of embarrassment was evident as "Bonecrusher" knocked him down. Sad how Ruddock's path to being the heavyweight champion was derailed,he certainly would've been one of the most deadliest champions there's ever been! Ruddock had one hell of a punch!!

Ruddock was one of the most dangerous heavyweights ive ever seen in the ring, what a pure punching heavyweight machine he was! I sure wouldve loved to have seen him become heavyweight champion!

I thought Razor was a Big guy...Bonecrusher was built like a stallion!

Ruddock was such an exciting fighter..win or lose

Boncrusher Smith was an amazing fighter. Real heart!!

James was better than that! Something wasn't right with him that night

This fight has a lot of similarities to Ron Lyle vs Earnie Shavers. Knocked down early, Ruddock rallies to KO Smith who, like Shavers, lacked stamina.

Ruddock had a heck of a left uppercut-hook.

Stamina for Smith boiled down to age difference. Smith was 11 years older that Ruddock. Smith looked tired from the early rounds, and Ruddock was just getting warmed up. Age 36 is not old, but it is old for a boxer.

Smith wasn't ready for that fight. He didn't train properly for Razor.

battle of the 2 best nicknames

Ruddock in this thin athletic weight was potentially a champion When he got so big muscular he got set in his ways throwing haymakers and missing most of the time.

The final left hook of Razor was magnificent....

Bonecrusher was an absolute bull. Kudos to Ruddock for working out how to deal with him after the early setback.

This is the fight that I pinpoint as the one where Ruddock began to rely on his power and where his boxing skills took a permanent backseat. I figured he would beat Bonecrusher but not by knockout. Bonecrusher had a tendency to masquerade as BoneHUGGER, and that’s what I expected. Smith came to fight, though, and dropped Ruddock early, and I remember thinking, “The Razor is in over his head.” The Razor showed heart, though. He fought back. As listless as he could be, when Bonecrusher was ON, he was one of the more devastating punchers in the heavyweight division (see the fights with Bruno, Weaver and Witherspoon). Considering how early he got decked in the 2nd round, The Razor showed incredible fortitude. Ultimately, his youth and conditioning helped him prevail.

Word on Bonecrusher's eye: "Yes - it's just below his forehead - and above his nose."

Riddick great work finally on bone crusher thank you😂😂

Ruddock after getting some beating in initial rounds gathered himself up and finished the game with his famous left hand which hit like a mule kick as was acknowledged by even Tyson. Two gentle men boxers were a treat to watch.

The best Ruddock ever looked light fast and accurate people rave about him but when he got heavier he missed a lot of punches

The crowd started yelling razor razor razor Bonecrusher turned and looked out into the crowd in the middle of the the fight, bwhahahhahaha !!!!!!!....I can't stop laughing 😂 😂

I've been looking for this fight for YEARS. I couldn't remember who it was that knocked down Ruddock, and Ruddock was laughing. I figured it was Jaco, but no. I remember before the Tyson fight Roy Firestone interviewing Razor and asking him why the hell he'd be laughing and he said, "it's better than crying!" lol. Today I was watching Tyson-Razor pre-fight stuff and someone mentioned he had been hurt pretty bad by Bonecrusher, and wa-la, here it is. Thanks!

*(**13:15**) ..This is the exact stance against Bonecrusher, that Ruddock never corrected.. he bends over to the side and leaves himself wide open; which eventually led to him getting K.O.D by Lennox Lewis in their bout in '92!* WHAT WERE THEY THINKING.???.. his trainers should have known better than to ignore such a flagrant lapse in judgement and Ruddock should have sharpened his skill's after this fight. Lennox would take note of this and eventually would later expose Razor's weaknesses and dominate him in spectacular fashion!

Bonecrusher didnt train to last ...he looked tired and just kept waiting to get hit instead of going on the offense

Bonecrusher Looks Like Jersey Joe walcott

Whenever Ruddock gets knocked down it looks like he got shot by a shotgun how violently he falls lol

Ruddock was very tentative with his punches. I waited so long for that one punch knockout.

Razor Raddock. Even Mike Tyson couldn't knock Bonehugger Smith out.

Anyone mention Joe Frazier was in James Smiths corner?? Great fight

Old man vs young man.

Razor inevitably telegraphed that left upward smash. That got him in significant problems in his two Tyson bouts. So, it’s interesting to see here that he actually used several straight rights to prevail over James “Boneweary” Smith.

Ruddock has freakishly fast hands.

That was the sorriest knockout in the history of boxing

Introducing the principles.

bonehugger smith was back at it with the hugging.

Tyson dont muck about that's for sure , Bone crusher fight Tyson like a coward

The real "phantom punch" @ 26:11 🤣🤣🤣

Ruddock had horrible defense and a glass chin.. but one the hardest punchers I've ever seen..

Razor Ruddock call it The Smash, must have borrow from The Incredible Hulk!

Smith could have been better if a little more refined. Got his name "Bonecrusher" because he used to break noses fighting in the army. Prime Smith beats Razor.

6:02 Someone should underlay a 90ies HipHop groove to Joes voice, would be cool stuff... ;-D

onde upon of the time of boxning there were boxing fighters who were aware about the boxing very professional and were so professionaly capable and so fast in meanwhile full of stamina with a lot of knowledge about heavyweight title. those gladiators such as M. Ali , J. Freizer , G, Foreman and etcetera

Knocked Bonecrusher out for 7 minutes and knocked out Dokes for 12 but Iron Mike took em all and kept coming!

He's sleeping good!

Round 7 Smith does a funny lunge

The Atomic "Bull"

Took a piss in Shoney’s restaurant in 2000’s…Bonecrusher was leaving out

I like both of these guys but wish James had won .

The RAZOR vs The BONECRUSHER

I'm a Tyson fan that became a fan of Razor Ruddock after watching them fight. Razor got knocked down and out a few times but he was always in there swinging out of his ass.

Bad Ass right hand Bone Crusher "

Bone Crusher lacked a really good trainer. It didn''t help that he started into boxing very late... The irony is, that Razor's style seemed similar to BoneCrusher. Awkward hitting style and poor defense (for both).

People keep talking about how hard Razer hit Bone Crusher hit hard too !!!

If you make a mistake with these guys wooh!

Crazy commentator kept calling Razor "Lennox "

Ruddock TOTALLY let Smith off the hook in rounds 3 & 4. At one point in round 3 Smith is hurt and dazed. Smith looked shot on his stool between 4 & 5. But then Smith gets fired up near the end of round 5. Ruddock was just inexperienced and not a smart fighter.

Smith was unfit for this fight. He was spent after the first round.

Chegou o dia e a hora do grande James Smith, beijar a lona.

Wow was this the old crown coliseum? 😂26 stand up‼️

I think Bonecrusher was just too tired

Bonecrusher with such a so so record became champ?

Razor was a fantastic heavyweight, his fights with Tyson were epic 🥊🥊👍👍

Ali did an ad for Motorcraft batteries.

I've never been for Reddick this was close or tight Reddick took forever to throw and then missed alot glad he won over bone Crusher though

The last shot caused permanent damage

Ruddock VS David Tua would have been an intresting fight..............war of the world class underachievers.

Any reason why you had to add the idiotic camera movement?

Smith was open for straight hands 3rounds ago somebody seen it in razors corner and he finally landed it 😅

Ruddock was the Gerry Cooney of the 90’s. Could eat a lot of damage and had a hard left.

Round 4 at the 47 second mark tim ryan called razor ruddock "Lennox"...!!! .....mandela effect of sorts ?....weird n crazy.....

To bad Smith was not in his Prime either !

Ruddock the good fighter

Bonecrusher looks scared, stage fright

Smith did not appear to train well , did not have a plan to win…size and power of little use !

ruddock was one bad motor scooter

Double invincible Cath West sum wrong geek boy?

Ya estaba noqueado hace rato

Tony Perez. worst ref in history. don't know why he was so well known.

Look what Lewis did to Ruddock.

Tony Perez referred The second Ali-Frazier fight and intervened when Ali was likely to knock Joe out in the second round.

smash!!

Smith was overweight and poor prepared fgor that fight.

Ruddock had no boxing skill just a hard hitter if he had three quarter of Buster Douglass skill he would have easily beaten Tyson

Prime smith would have won

RIP Candlestick park

Bonecrusher Smith was a weak boxer, he was knocked out a lot of times

Bcs was a low tier journeyman who fought poor caliber fighters, Mike did a job on him to the point where all he did was hold all fight, a washed up, nothing happening bum!. Ruddock on the other hand was very complacent, had he let go and fought instead of box he would have probably beat some of the better fighters of his time, just look at the first Tyson fight, it was sooo good and Drew sooo much money that they had to do it again, and Ruddock gave Tyson his best!.

It's at 27:55