Yeah, Spinks-Lopez was a great scrap. Shout out to the long-gone Kid Dynamite - he sent me a VHS of Spinks versus Lopez, Pops, and EMM some 16-17...
Mike Spinks vs Jim McDonald is the exact same as Jones-Hall - one sided ass whuppin, but action packed because McDonald kept trying, despite...
Here's a hot take one, and no, I'm not saying it's top 10, but it was a fun light heavy fight.... Jones-Hall. Totally one sided ass whuppin, but...
Conteh vs Ahumada was a great fight. An action chessmatch.
Charles Williams vs Bobby Czyz 1 was a great fight.
Consensus usually has Chavez as the Mexican GOAT, and in second place many have either Olivares, Sanchez, or Saldivar. But let's just deal with...
Andries-Harding 1 has gotta be up there. Top 5 imo. Overall though, yeah, Saad-Lopez 2 is probably the GOAT light heavyweight fight. I just...
I see Hector getting out to an early lead behind his handspeed, but Ken figuring him out and outboxing and outfighting him down the stretch....
Who wins?
Agreed with every word. Ortiz would push him close, though. He was highly adaptable and intelligent, and he was effective against southpaws. So,...
Yeah, Saad doesn't really get enough credit for his power. He's a top 4 puncher in light heavyweight history, with the other three obviously...
He figures to be too much for all three. Stevenson is a pretty easy call. Pops would beat the shit outta the pimp.
Mike was a largely disliked figure in 02. The urban black American community is probably the only place where Mike was still loved in 02. The...
To be fair, Beterbiev isn't iron chinned himself. But I agree with you. Prime Kov is the favorite here, with Beterbiev a very live dog.
Yup. Frietas all day. Valero was garbage. The pre-Oscar Suarez Freitas would execute that sloppy, chinny bum.
Sure did. And stunned him at the end of round 1 with a right uppercut to the body. And both his jab and check-hook were on point.
Frampton dislikes McGuigan, so let's say he gets a chance at him, prime for prime?
Chacon at his best was way better. He'd beat the shit outta Paez. Paez would never in 2 million years beat Danny Lopez.
Have always felt that Alexis gets Saldivar out late. Both had among some of the greatest stamina ever, but I feel the difference down the stretch...
I think Arguello would body Esparragoza.
I think 126 & 130 were his best weights. He was an ATG at both those weights. Not quite at 135, though still excellent at 135.
Great thread! All tremendous talents, with Laguna, Pedroza and Marcel a cut above the rest in overall skill, excluding Duran of course. Zapata...
Resume is the only way to distinguish quality. Chacon would have hammered Cruz as well. When Chacon was focused at 126 against Lopez and...
I think you overrate Esparragoza considerably. His resume is just too thin to say he's a level above Chacon, when Chacon has better wins by MILES....
Oh for Christ Sake.
The Olivares KO was the shortest left hook ive ever seen.
Chacon was a better fighter than Tony Lopez, but still, I feel Mitchell most likely outboxes him... it would be pretty close though.
The Leonel Hernandez and Royal Kobayashi fights are perhaps the two best examples of Arguello at his devastating peak. He was wicked fast in both...
But Olivares gave Arguello Hell and was up on the cards, and Esparragoza was no Arguello. I think Olivares wins big if its say the version that...
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