Submitted as a referential tool to aid in classifying some of the clashes and competitors we see in these forums:

Type 1/The Rocky--A moral victory:

Rocky Balboa vs Apollo Creed - YouTube

Type 2/The Apollo--A phyrric victory (same video):

Rocky Balboa vs Apollo Creed - YouTube

Type 3/The Sonny Corleone--Dominant Beatdown:

Sonny - YouTube

Type 4/The Bruce Lee--Mortal destruction, never close, never in question:

Enter The Dragon - Fight With O'Hara - YouTube

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