It's too bad Chavez & Sanchez didn't meet. That could've eventuated, had Sanchez's career taken its natural trajectory. Of course, Sanchez had...
^^^Plausible. Shavers just does not have the strength of jaw, or the defensive savvy, to withstand Frazier's assault, or effectively hold him off....
I would like to see how Marquez fares in the up-coming fight with Vazquez before answering.
My five top dogs of Mexico... 1. Ruben Olivares 2. Ricardo Lopez 3. Julio Cesar Chavez 4. Sal Sanchez 5. Carlos Zarate [img]
My inaugural thread here. I think it's a great, great fight at Bantamweight. Whose hand will be raised in a clash between two of the better...
I'm surprised a great brawl like this hasn't attracted more attention. Perhaps people see them as too far apart in ability? It's a great...
I mentioned a moment ago in the Forrest-Margarito thread how I have sometimes seen Forrest as a poor man's Hearns. I thought Benitez deserved a...
I agree. Margarito wasn't quite as offensively-explosive as Mayorga, nor was he as wildly unpredictable, but what he does have is the ability to...
I see this as a see-saw, buzzsaw, can't-believe-what-you-just-saw kind of battle, for two reasons. 1. These two are all-heart, all-offense....
I agree with you. Benn is more problematic than some might think, here. Wright does enough on my card for a semi-competitive, but still clear,...
It would be a terribly difficult assignment for Cotto --- I honestly don't know how he'd cope with the shoulder rolls, left-right feints,...
Foreman would blow out most of the best Heavyweights of all-time, for mine. Difficult to hold it against Frazier, with that thinking.
All pretty plausible. I think Moorer, on his game, was too well-rounded for Shavers, & hit hard enough at Heavyweight to stop him. Shavers' power,...
In fairness to De La Hoya, he had yet to mature at those weights. He was still a pretty green fighter, whereas Jr. Light & Lightweight were...
Olivares, to me, is ahead of Chavez, Lopez & Zarate, as Mexico's greatest ever.
Highlights of his triumph against Ruben Olivares were on TV a few nights ago. Two brilliant fighters. Olivares really soaked it up when it got...
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Thanks to you both, Hut-Hut & Feebles.
Shavers had a big right hand, but that's it. Qualities absent from Shavers' game, which were present in Foreman's, were... A strong chin A...
It says a lot, to me, that De La Hoya --- such a classy fighter --- only wins a fairly competitive decision against Arguello, when they meet at De...
Good points made by all. I think Fenech eeks out a decision. It's very tight --- you need a buzzsaw attack against Morales, & who better at the...
Moorer beats Shavers, McCall, Bruno, & possibly Byrd --- in a very close fight. He was better than Tua, but it's just a very tough fight. I think...
I'd agree with that. De La Hoya was just such a beautiful blend at Jr. Welter --- I don't think he was ever better than here. My head says he...
They can, & would, IMO. Arguello has the tools, physically, to get him out of there --- & that's saying a whole lot. However, I think Saddler's...
I have to give it to Vazquez --- I never thought of him as being the classiest fighter, but he's gone beyond what I anticipated in his fights with...
Even on his night of nights against Holyfield, Bowe could lull, & Douglas had a perfect jab that night --- better than the one Holyfield used, to...
It's a very difficult match for both men. I would have to favour Morales, though reluctantly. He was just superb at so many things, & I think what...
I have to disagree strongly about Benitez being boring --- while it's a subjective issue, he was magic, for mine, to view. I marvel at some of...
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