Dream Team

OK. You're a promoter. And you need 6 fighters:

Heavyweight
Light Heavyweight
Middleweight
Welterweight
Lightweight
Featherweight

But each one has to be taken from a different decade - either the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's or 00's. You can't have multiple fighters from the same decade.

Who's on your team?

 

Heavyweight - Ali 60's
Light Heavyweight - Jones Jr - 90's
Middleweight - Hagler - 80's
Welterweight - Robinson - 50's
Lightweight - Duran - 70's
Featherweight - Pac 00's

 

Damn. That was easy. Shit.

 

I would switch Hagler to Monzon and Duran to Whitaker (changing their decades too), otherwise spot on.

 

Wasn't SRR primarily a middleweight in the 50's?

 

Yes, but even though past his prime still considered the best.

 

If you're a promoter, you're in the business of making money. In which case, Joe Louis or Jack Dempsey (or even 1970's Ali) would be a better choice than 60's Ali. Mike Tyson, too. Jones wasn't an especially big draw at Light-Heavy, but few were. Pacquiao & Robinson alone would net you a fortune, though.

 

I was looking moreso as the "Dream Team" aspect in trying to pick the best fighters from each decade without using any twice.

If you're talking from a promoter's angle as in purely on drawing number,s you'd of course want Tyson and De La Hoya. Hell, i'd leave Oscar at lightweight and take Ray Leonard at welter.

 

Well, maybe I misunderstood the thread then.

 

Tough to choose between Leonard & Robinson. Both would make your kids retired before their birth.

 

Yeah. I guess as a promoter you wouldn't necessarily care about who the best fighters are. For the sake of the thread, let's pretend you want to assemble to best team possible.

 

It might also be interesting to make a second best team and then decide who would win the match-ups if the two teams fought.

 

Heavy: Muhammad Ali (1960's)
Light-Heavy: Michael Spinks (1980's)
Middle: Carlos Monzon (1970's)
Welter: Carmen Basilio (1950's)
Light: Pernell Whitaker (1990's)
Feather: Manny Pacquiao (2000's)

I do not consider Ray Robinson a legitimate choice for Welter in the 50's, myself.

 

Here's a couple:

Heavyweight: Lewis (00's)
Light Heavyweight: Foster (60's)
Middleweight: Toney (90's)
Welterweight: SRL (80's)
Lightweight: Duran (70's)
Featherweight: Saddler (50's)

 

Not bad.

 

I like this, fun idea, only 50s-the present, right?

here goes?

Heavyweight- Ali (1960s)
Light Heavyweight - Spinks (1980s, better comp than Foster)
Middleweight - Monzon (1970s)
Welterweight - Robinson (he was still a welter in 1950, good enough for me)
Lightweight - Whitaker (1990s)
Featherweight - Pacquiao (2000s)

 

Ali(60s), Jones(90s), Mayweather(00s), Robinson(50s), Duran(70s), Leonard (80s)

 

Mayweather's a featherweight?