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I think his best performances were against Caldwell, Caraballo and Ramon Arias (from what I read, there is no footage against Arias and incomplete footage against Caldwell and Caraballo)...
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The win over Cuevas for me ranks higher than the execution of Duran.
Duran knew what he was in for that night and in fairness took his licks like a man, but I can't over-credit Hearns for that, tbh. I'd rate the win over Hill as his best, then Cuevas, though I think the performance of his career was the loss to Leonard in 81. |
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It certainly wasn't a prime duran, but a past prime duran was still better than most boxers out there. His win over hill is ridiculous. A past prime ww has no right outboxing the best lhw in the world. |
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Plus medel has the ko victory over harada. |
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So vic, if you could somehow use a time machine to say put a 1962 version of jofre in there with the harada, do you think jofre could do it?
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I think he was a bit faster some years ago....and other important point is : If at least one of the fights was outside Japan would be different..... And I´m not talking about judges......but I think Jofre would feel much more confortable and at least would win more of these close rounds...... Put the two bouts in Brazil and I think Eder would win both...he would fight better and I don´t have doubt that Harada would feel uncomfortable to fight away from home against passionate and intense fans as the Brazilian are.... And then.....with two wins against Harada I think everything would be different today rating him in an ATG ranking ! |
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The irony is, had he twice beaten harada, fighting himself would not be seen as a great bw and jofre would probably have just lost to rose instead. He'd still be the greatest bw in history, he'd just have two extra defences
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you might change your mind when you watch something like Minchillo Not that Hearns is a bad pick, he's probably in the top 2 for most, as far as actual modern jr middle fighters go, but just the Duran fight doesn't tell the whole story |
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As I say, LMR>McCallum, especially as a possible pick to beat Hearns IMO.
I would say they are the two best picks though. You'd need a solid technician at range and in close with a bit of pop and a stout chin. In that respect, Rodriguez and McCallum are not dissimilar. |
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