I didn't even recognize Mayorga in that bottom photo when it was posted in another thread.
I think Monzon was better within his prime weight class than Jofre was within his, but I think a case can be made that Jofre ranks higher P4P...
I don't think Laguna can do a whole lot with Pac - Pac brings about as much speed and much more firepower. It also doesn't bode well for Laguna...
It comes down to whether Pac's firepower and intensity alone are sufficient to overwhelm Pedroza like they did to Barrera, or whether Pedroza can...
As I recall, he didn't look good in his fight just before Hatton. I think outgrowing 135 pretty much spelled doom for him, since he had always...
I know the thread topic emphasized declines that we've actually seen, but here are a few steep ones from decades past. -Gunboat Smith won a...
Or maybe... he WAS Whitaker. [IMG]
There was a story that, in the dressing room just prior to one of his non-title fights, Monzon was told that one of his brothers had been killed....
Merqui Sosa vs. Prince Charles Williams. Their 1st fight was so brutal that both fighters were stopped simultaneously. [MEDIA]
Nino Benvenuti fell off rather sharply over the last year of his career, but I'd say that there were warning signs that preceded it - he had been...
Jeff Chandler had one of the most sudden and shocking declines of all time, even moreso than Roy I'd say. He entered his fight with unheralded...
Cintron "falls" out of the ring after 4 rounds and then complains when he isn't awarded a TD.
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Two things that I've always felt could be deciding factors in favor of Monzon here: -Duran and Leonard were both able to limit Hagler's...
ESPN supposedly has this fight in their archives (they bought it from Bill Cayton along with the rest of his collection) but hasn't done sh!t to...
Another issue Toney would have is that he often had trouble maintaining a consistent pace down at 160 (likely due to the effort to make weight),...
Tiger-Hank is probably one of the best examples at a world class level. [MEDIA] The 1st Rungvisai-Estrada fight featured a lot of loading up on...
Really? I would've thought Lopez matches up with Saldivar similar to how Ramos did.
I think so. I wouldn't trust Brewer's chin to hold up in this one.
This. :cheers:
1. Galindez-Kates I 2. Chavez-Taylor 3. Corrales-Castillo I 4. Holmes-Weaver 5. Sanchez-Nelson 6. Barrera-Morales I 7. Arguello-Olivares 8....
I disagree, I think the Kenty win was the biggest win and best performance either fighter had in their careers.
I always thought McGuigan was a good-looking fighter, but the abrupt and anti-climactic end to his career prevented us from knowing what his...
Agreed, the same counterpunching approach that Bramble used to beat the short, stocky Mancini isn't necessarily going to work against the tall,...
Paez had been a legit contender up at 135, and had never before been bombed out in that manner at any weight (his only previous stoppage loss was...
The question that's raised is whether one of the mobile boxers like Laguna or Famechon could potentially outbox him. However, I don't see...
Did we ever see Nazarov tested in a real battle? I'd be leery of favoring anyone over Castillo who hadn't been.
I think there's reason to at least question how well Pedroza handles someone with the firepower of Esparragoza. Across his career, from Zamora to...
The most obvious answer is that Ali (and his mouth) personified the chaos of Vietnam-era '60s and 70s. It's often been said that the round robin...
Paez could be beaten by fighters who put sustained pressure on him and didn't let him rest/play around - think Dorsey(unofficially), Lopez, and...
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