I’d favor both clearly. In fact, I think Conteh may stop him down the stretch. I’ve never seen Torres as anything special. Being a D’Amato fighter...
Scott was going on 31 years old when he had his big shot against Gregory. If he’d just robbed and murdered that guy earlier in his life he...
I don’t really think that qualifies.
Not a viable criticism for Gregory, I’m afraid. He looked like that in every fight. He also won the first round against Scott with grace and ease.
Scott was also a really good fighter, and that was the best performance of his career.
I think the majority of Conteh’s best work was done before ‘75. The two years prior to that cutoff, to be exact. That was the best version of...
The Finnegan fights, the Schmidtke fight, and the Ahumada fight are essential Conteh, George.
I agree with this. If a fighter’s mindset or conditioning or what have you is a flaw, it makes no sense to ignore it. That’s handicapping one...
I just don’t think Floyd faced a style as troublesome as Castillo at those weights. Had he faced a Castillo type stylist on the elite level at...
I completely disagree on Smith. He might’ve been one of the worst Lightweight champions of all time. Arguably the worst prior to the past 30+...
I’ll take Pedroza for both as well. One reign of 19 consecutive title defenses vs two reigns combined for 16 total. Pedroza had some tougher...
Napoles had one fight at Middleweight. I don’t see the need to involve him in fantasy matchups there. He was a small Welter who only moved up that...
Good post. I’ve never watched the full Saxton fight myself. Too depressing. The only fight involving Johnny Saxton that I’m a fan of is the...
I’d favor Chavez based on durability.
One thing to consider is that southpaws were still a very rare commodity even in Napoles’ time. They were still primarily converting lefties. I...
I went through a lot of Gavilán’s close fights back in the day and remember giving him the edge in almost all. Particularly the...
I think Nunn was the one guy on Roy’s level talent wise. He just wasn’t on the same wavelength mentally. Anyways, I also think Roy had hit his...
I have Napoles for both. The “better” is obviously based on his dominant Welterweight reign. This despite being only marginally bigger than Ortiz,...
Greater: Foster Better: Tough to compare a Lt. Heavy with a Bantam. Consider me on the fence.
Armstrong and Frazier take a steaming dump on your entire list.
I still think a slip of the tongue is more logical than jumping to the conclusion that Arguello’s age was top secret info that had to be withheld...
I feel like I heard this a few times back in the day. Arguello being 19 and all. Nothing ever came of it, though. Then again I’m not sure anybody...
Woah, hold on now. Are you sure Alexis wasn’t simply mistaken about his age when the match took place?
Yeah, it was a fun theory to type up, but you cut through the BS in quick fashion, didn’t you? I do think Viruet had Duran’s number to an extent,...
Duran/Muniz is another one which reaffirms my position that Lightweight Duran was at his best in the first half of the 70s decade. The ferocity...
We saw Barkley smother Tommy at a much higher weight with good results. Then again, the bulk of that success came from Barkley’s great size,...
I don’t recall that happening at all. Then again the KO is about all I recall with any clarity. That’s a good short one to rewatch. Edit: After...
I don’t see why he’d be overmatched in that one. To be honest, I’ve turned a page on my rating of Flyweight Harada. He was still a physically...
Frazier is an obvious one.
I agree more with Xplosive on the Chang/Arbachakov matchup, though not as heavily. Chang has the talent/style edge, Yuri a notable edge in...
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