Modern day jumps equivalent to Jones/Ruiz. Who and how would they end up?

[Nonito Smoak]

Contemporary equivalents of star fighters moving up and fighting what seems like a ridiculous weight away against a mid top 10 ranked opponent. Think Jones/Ruiz.

Roy Jones went from:
9/27/02 174.75 lbs. vs. Clinton Woods, 174 lbs. to
3/1/03 193 lbs. vs. John Ruiz, 226 lbs. for WBA HW title

Contemporary examples which would be insane, lets hear them.
What are good ones?
How do you think they would turn out?
I want to hear, how much credit would you give them for the achievement, and also how much relative to fighting guys in their division?

Here are some ideas...

-Nonito Donaire jump from 122 to 135 vs. DeMarco

-Floyd Mayweather Jr. jump from 154 to 175 vs. Shumenov

-Adrien Broner jump from 135 to 154 vs. Kirkland

-Sergio Martinez jump from 160 to CW vs. Lebedev

-Yuriorkis Gamboa jump from 130 to 147 vs. Malignaggi

-Manny Pacquiao jump from 147 to 168 vs. Oosthuizen

-Chad Dawson jump from 175 to HW vs. Adamek II

-Kazuto Ioka jump from 108 to 118 vs. Kameda

-Anselmo Moreno jump from 118 to 130 vs. Diaz

-Orlando Salido jump from 126 to 140 vs. Rios

-Brian Viloria jump from 112 to 122 vs. Darchinyan

-Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. jump from 160 to CW vs. Arslan

-Saul Alvarez jump from 154 to 175 vs. Murat

[homebrand]

Pacquiao beats all heavies on points or knockout.

[FloydPatterson]

I did imagine Dawson being able to compete at HW.

[mick557]

I would favour Ward to beat most heavyweights outside of the Klitschkos.

[leocouture]

Originally Posted by Nonito Smoak

Contemporary equivalents of star fighters moving up and fighting what seems like a ridiculous weight away against a mid top 10 ranked opponent. Think Jones/Ruiz.

Roy Jones went from:
9/27/02 174.75 lbs. vs. Clinton Woods, 174 lbs. to
3/1/03 193 lbs. vs. John Ruiz, 226 lbs. for WBA HW title

Contemporary examples which would be insane, lets hear them.
What are good ones?
How do you think they would turn out?
I want to hear, how much credit would you give them for the achievement, and also how much relative to fighting guys in their division?

Here are some ideas...

-Nonito Donaire jump from 122 to 135 vs. DeMarco

-Floyd Mayweather Jr. jump from 154 to 175 vs. Shumenov

-ADRIAN BRONER jump from 135 to 154 vs. KIRKLAND

-Sergio Martinez jump from 160 to CW vs. Lebedev

-Yuriorkis GAMBOA jump from 130 to 147 vs. MALIGNAGGI

-Manny Pacquiao jump from 147 to 168 vs. Oosthuizen

-Chad Dawson jump from 175 to HW vs. Adamek II

-Kazuto Ioka jump from 108 to 118 vs. Kameda

-Anselmo Moreno jump from 118 to 130 vs. Diaz

-Orlando Salido jump from 126 to 140 vs. Rios

-Brian Viloria jump from 112 to 122 vs. Darchinyan

-Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. jump from 160 to CW vs. Arslan

-Saul Alvarez jump from 154 to 175 vs. Murat

the broner vs kirland sounds like a damn good fight

gamboa would prolly ko paulie tho

[leocouture]

ward vs james toney

donaire vs ortiz

berto vs holyfield

paul williams vs chris byrd

broner vs dawson

dirrell vs chris byrd


just think about these for a minute

[Low blow]

Originally Posted by mick557

I would favour Ward to beat most heavyweights outside of the Klitschkos.

This.

[igor_otsky]

I would favor Haye beating all lightweights. that's a crazy jump.

[Espin88]

Originally Posted by mick557

I would favour Ward to beat most heavyweights outside of the Klitschkos.

[Hands of Iron]

Modern Day?

[mick557]

What's so funny?

[mike_bngs]

Cool story

[nick6]

to be fair Julio Cesar Chavez Jr is big enough to fight at CW already

[Boxed Ears]

Darchinyan VS Taylor has got to be up there.

[welsh_dragon83]

Originally Posted by homebrand

Pacquiao beats all heavies on points or knockout.

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