when there’s a lot at stake and emotions
are running high
sometimes things boil over welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 biggest
sports brawls
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
looking specifically at the biggest
fights in sports involving multiple
players from both sides number 10 the
Colorado Avalanche versus the Detroit
Red Wings work away from the play Peter
Forsberg took a swipe at Igor Larionov
back in the late 90s the ABS and Wings
had one of the best rivalries in all of
sports many remember the classic Patrick
rawa and Chris Osgood fight from 1998
but it’s the previous year’s brawl that
earns a spot on our list the Red Wings
were furious because of an incident
involving Avalanche forward clothes
Lemieux during the 96 playoffs and that
prompted the brawl nicknamed bloody
Wednesday the game featured a total of
nine fights the most memorable of which
was the one between Rua and Red Wings
goalie Mike Vernon who traded blows at
center ice
number 9 Athletic Bilbao vs. FC
Barcelona there was no love lost between
Athletic Bilbao and FC Barcelona when
the two teams met in the 1984 Copa del
Rey final the game was nasty from the
outset with rough tackles on both sides
eventually after being taunted
throughout the game barsa star Diego
Maradona snapped and got in the face of
Bilbao of Miguel Zola this triggered a
massive brawl during which Maradona
head-butted Sola and attacked several
other players ballers from both sides
began kicking and punching each other in
what was ultimately Maradona ‘s last
game at Barcelona in total 60 people
were injured number 8 the Georgetown
Hoyas versus the by E Rockets share
started flying
there were services all over the chorong
it was just a complete complete disaster
while several entries on this list are
fights between rivals this one is just
plain strange the Hoyas travelled to
China to help strengthen Georgetown’s
academic link with the country playing a
series of friendly exhibition basketball
games there unfortunately this one did
not go off as planned
the bayi Rockets were eight time Chinese
Basketball Association champions and
played aggressively from the start at
the beginning of the fourth quarter a
series of multiple fouls sparked an
all-out spike between the two sides with
fans even getting in on the action not
exactly the kind of diplomatic bonding
everyone had hoped for this and feet
flying on the court water bottles flying
from the stand as the Georgetown Hoyas
and the Chinese Army’s professional team
the baiii Rockets through down number
seven the new york knicks versus the
denver nuggets
what’s robertson doing hey Rob
here the Nuggets led the next by 19
points with just over a minute remaining
when a hard foul by the Knicks Marty
Collins on junior Smith instigated a
full-scale brawl after some initial
pushing between the two sides Smith
broke free and charged at Nate Robinson
tackling him into the front row just
when things seemed to calm down carmelo
anthony confronted collins and punched
him in the face after initially being
knocked down collins retaliated by
chasing anthony down the court total
damage seven players were suspended for
combined 47 games so everybody that was
involved in the game everybody was on
the floor at the time are all ejection
number six the Boston Red Sox versus the
New York Yankees a highly competitive
environment featuring two bitter rivals
it was only a matter of time before the
two sides came to blows and it happened
in Game three of the 2003 ALCS it all
started when a Pedro Martinez fastball
hit Kareem Garcia Martinez then
proceeded to make a threatening gesture
to the Yankees dugout Martinez now
pointed that’s the wrong thing to do
[Applause]
excited right there the next inning many
Ramirez grew angry at a high pitch by
Roger Clemens and had to be restrained
but by that point the dugouts had
already emptied with Yankees coach Don
Zimmer immediately going after Martinez
who threw the 72 year-old to the ground
[Applause]
the Yankees got the last laugh however
defeating Martinez and the Red Sox in
game 7 to win the series number five the
Texas Rangers versus the Chicago White
Sox
watch out Nolan Ryan is famous for many
things
throwing seven no-hitters striking out
more than 5000 batters and also for
beating up Robin Ventura the Rangers and
White Sox had a history of hitting each
other’s players for several years
leading up to this incident and after
getting beaned by Ryan then shura took
exception and immediately charged the
mound
unfazed however Ryan put Ventura in a
headlock and began pounding the helpless
Ventura with consecutive right-handers
the most remarkable part about it
Ryan was 20 years older than Ventura and
here we go yeah number four the Boston
Bruins versus the New York Rangers wait
almost like a rot got the problem going
here here’s another incident between a
Boston team and a New York team to make
our list and this one also happened to
involve fans what started as a small
skirmish between the players quickly
escalated into a scary scene at the
Garden or they got sick so an angry
Rangers fan assaulted Stan Jonathan of
the Bruins with a rolled-up program and
some fans reached over the glass to
punch Bruins players who responded by
going into the stands
one such player was Bruin Mike Milbury
who beat a fan with a shoe and was
remarkably only suspended for six games
they’re gonna pull that guy apart
[Applause]
number three the Miami Hurricanes versus
the FIU Golden Panthers that after the
point after coming both teams going at
it the campuses of Florida International
University and the University of Miami
are just nine miles apart so this game
was supposed to be the first in the city
line series in an attempt to create a
friendly rivalry between the two schools
what happened in this game however was
anything but friendly in the third
quarter
FIU safety Chris Smith tackled and
punched a Miami player and it escalated
into a bench-clearing brawl one injured
FIU player stepped onto the field and
began using his crutches to swing at
players the team’s needed the FIU police
and Florida Highway Patrol state
troopers to break up the fight all in
all a total of 31 players were suspended
I mean this is just unbelievable number
two Canada versus the USSR better known
as the punch up in PS Danny this brawl
got so bad that the officials resorted
to turning off the lights in an attempt
to stop the altercation Canada was
leading the Soviets four to two at the
time and had a legitimate shot at
winning the world junior gold medal the
Soviets already out of metal contention
played an aggressive game from the
get-go and the Canadians responded with
607 left in the second period a scrap
erupted into a line brawl before players
from both benches jumped onto the ice to
join by the time it was finally over the
IIHF had canceled the game and kicked
both teams
out of the tournament but something like
this has just never happened an
International Hockey before we unveil
our number one pick here are some
honorable mentions Stevens wants one man
and it’s Manson
and now pitcher gets into it we’re gonna
call folks one now have gotten old
forever the fasting is one of them here
we go hopefully more you have any choice
number one the Detroit Pistons versus
the Indiana Pacers and while it’s the
south and Wallace to try to attack
things took a dark turn one November
night at the Palace of Auburn Hills
during a game between Indiana and
Detroit with 46 seconds to go
a scuffle broke out on the court after
Ben Wallace took a hard foul from the
Pacers Ron Artest dings appeared to be
settling down until our test who was
laying on the scoring table was hit with
a drink thrown by a fan in the stands
our test then charged into the crowd
inciting a major brawl as several other
players joined him
[Music]
a simple design is very scary right now
following the malice of the palace nine
players were suspended for a total of
146 games and five fans faced assault
charges and were permanently banned from
Pistons home games short there’s no
winners dismiss sources says at all do
you agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and
subscribe for new videos every day
[Music]
are running high
sometimes things boil over welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 biggest
sports brawls
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
looking specifically at the biggest
fights in sports involving multiple
players from both sides number 10 the
Colorado Avalanche versus the Detroit
Red Wings work away from the play Peter
Forsberg took a swipe at Igor Larionov
back in the late 90s the ABS and Wings
had one of the best rivalries in all of
sports many remember the classic Patrick
rawa and Chris Osgood fight from 1998
but it’s the previous year’s brawl that
earns a spot on our list the Red Wings
were furious because of an incident
involving Avalanche forward clothes
Lemieux during the 96 playoffs and that
prompted the brawl nicknamed bloody
Wednesday the game featured a total of
nine fights the most memorable of which
was the one between Rua and Red Wings
goalie Mike Vernon who traded blows at
center ice
number 9 Athletic Bilbao vs. FC
Barcelona there was no love lost between
Athletic Bilbao and FC Barcelona when
the two teams met in the 1984 Copa del
Rey final the game was nasty from the
outset with rough tackles on both sides
eventually after being taunted
throughout the game barsa star Diego
Maradona snapped and got in the face of
Bilbao of Miguel Zola this triggered a
massive brawl during which Maradona
head-butted Sola and attacked several
other players ballers from both sides
began kicking and punching each other in
what was ultimately Maradona ‘s last
game at Barcelona in total 60 people
were injured number 8 the Georgetown
Hoyas versus the by E Rockets share
started flying
there were services all over the chorong
it was just a complete complete disaster
while several entries on this list are
fights between rivals this one is just
plain strange the Hoyas travelled to
China to help strengthen Georgetown’s
academic link with the country playing a
series of friendly exhibition basketball
games there unfortunately this one did
not go off as planned
the bayi Rockets were eight time Chinese
Basketball Association champions and
played aggressively from the start at
the beginning of the fourth quarter a
series of multiple fouls sparked an
all-out spike between the two sides with
fans even getting in on the action not
exactly the kind of diplomatic bonding
everyone had hoped for this and feet
flying on the court water bottles flying
from the stand as the Georgetown Hoyas
and the Chinese Army’s professional team
the baiii Rockets through down number
seven the new york knicks versus the
denver nuggets
what’s robertson doing hey Rob
here the Nuggets led the next by 19
points with just over a minute remaining
when a hard foul by the Knicks Marty
Collins on junior Smith instigated a
full-scale brawl after some initial
pushing between the two sides Smith
broke free and charged at Nate Robinson
tackling him into the front row just
when things seemed to calm down carmelo
anthony confronted collins and punched
him in the face after initially being
knocked down collins retaliated by
chasing anthony down the court total
damage seven players were suspended for
combined 47 games so everybody that was
involved in the game everybody was on
the floor at the time are all ejection
number six the Boston Red Sox versus the
New York Yankees a highly competitive
environment featuring two bitter rivals
it was only a matter of time before the
two sides came to blows and it happened
in Game three of the 2003 ALCS it all
started when a Pedro Martinez fastball
hit Kareem Garcia Martinez then
proceeded to make a threatening gesture
to the Yankees dugout Martinez now
pointed that’s the wrong thing to do
[Applause]
excited right there the next inning many
Ramirez grew angry at a high pitch by
Roger Clemens and had to be restrained
but by that point the dugouts had
already emptied with Yankees coach Don
Zimmer immediately going after Martinez
who threw the 72 year-old to the ground
[Applause]
the Yankees got the last laugh however
defeating Martinez and the Red Sox in
game 7 to win the series number five the
Texas Rangers versus the Chicago White
Sox
watch out Nolan Ryan is famous for many
things
throwing seven no-hitters striking out
more than 5000 batters and also for
beating up Robin Ventura the Rangers and
White Sox had a history of hitting each
other’s players for several years
leading up to this incident and after
getting beaned by Ryan then shura took
exception and immediately charged the
mound
unfazed however Ryan put Ventura in a
headlock and began pounding the helpless
Ventura with consecutive right-handers
the most remarkable part about it
Ryan was 20 years older than Ventura and
here we go yeah number four the Boston
Bruins versus the New York Rangers wait
almost like a rot got the problem going
here here’s another incident between a
Boston team and a New York team to make
our list and this one also happened to
involve fans what started as a small
skirmish between the players quickly
escalated into a scary scene at the
Garden or they got sick so an angry
Rangers fan assaulted Stan Jonathan of
the Bruins with a rolled-up program and
some fans reached over the glass to
punch Bruins players who responded by
going into the stands
one such player was Bruin Mike Milbury
who beat a fan with a shoe and was
remarkably only suspended for six games
they’re gonna pull that guy apart
[Applause]
number three the Miami Hurricanes versus
the FIU Golden Panthers that after the
point after coming both teams going at
it the campuses of Florida International
University and the University of Miami
are just nine miles apart so this game
was supposed to be the first in the city
line series in an attempt to create a
friendly rivalry between the two schools
what happened in this game however was
anything but friendly in the third
quarter
FIU safety Chris Smith tackled and
punched a Miami player and it escalated
into a bench-clearing brawl one injured
FIU player stepped onto the field and
began using his crutches to swing at
players the team’s needed the FIU police
and Florida Highway Patrol state
troopers to break up the fight all in
all a total of 31 players were suspended
I mean this is just unbelievable number
two Canada versus the USSR better known
as the punch up in PS Danny this brawl
got so bad that the officials resorted
to turning off the lights in an attempt
to stop the altercation Canada was
leading the Soviets four to two at the
time and had a legitimate shot at
winning the world junior gold medal the
Soviets already out of metal contention
played an aggressive game from the
get-go and the Canadians responded with
607 left in the second period a scrap
erupted into a line brawl before players
from both benches jumped onto the ice to
join by the time it was finally over the
IIHF had canceled the game and kicked
both teams
out of the tournament but something like
this has just never happened an
International Hockey before we unveil
our number one pick here are some
honorable mentions Stevens wants one man
and it’s Manson
and now pitcher gets into it we’re gonna
call folks one now have gotten old
forever the fasting is one of them here
we go hopefully more you have any choice
number one the Detroit Pistons versus
the Indiana Pacers and while it’s the
south and Wallace to try to attack
things took a dark turn one November
night at the Palace of Auburn Hills
during a game between Indiana and
Detroit with 46 seconds to go
a scuffle broke out on the court after
Ben Wallace took a hard foul from the
Pacers Ron Artest dings appeared to be
settling down until our test who was
laying on the scoring table was hit with
a drink thrown by a fan in the stands
our test then charged into the crowd
inciting a major brawl as several other
players joined him
[Music]
a simple design is very scary right now
following the malice of the palace nine
players were suspended for a total of
146 games and five fans faced assault
charges and were permanently banned from
Pistons home games short there’s no
winners dismiss sources says at all do
you agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and
subscribe for new videos every day
[Music]
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