1979 vs. 2011

Hmm...

Holmes (Close UD)
Saad (Come from behind 11th round stoppage)
Martinez (Competitive but clear UD)
Mayweather (hotly disputed SD)
Little Red (6th round KO after a wild fight where both hit the canvas.)
Donaire (MD)
Canto (Clear UD)

 

Gamboa would light Lopez up like a christmas tree,and I say that as someone who really doesn't like or appreciate his style.

 

Holmes
Ward
Martinez
Benitez
Jmm
Gamboa
Donaire
Canto

 

Holmes ko 7
Saad ko 9
Antuofermo close W 15
Mayweather close W 15
Marquez W15
Lopez ko 5
Pintor ko 13
Canto W 15.

 

Holmes
Muhammad
Martinez
Benitez
Marquez
Lopez
Donaire
Canto

 

Vitali Klitschko vs. Larry Holmes
Andre Ward vs. Matthew Saad Muhammad
Sergio Martinez vs. Vito Antuofermo
Floyd Mayweather vs. Wilfred Benitez
JMM vs. Jim Watt
Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. Danny Lopez
Lupe Pintor vs. Nonito Donaire
Miguel Canto vs. Hernan Marquez

 

Vitali Klitschko vs. Larry Holmes - Holmes wide UD
Andre Ward vs. Matthew Saad Muhammad - Ward SD
Sergio Martinez vs. Vito Antuofermo - Martinez UD
Floyd Mayweather vs. Wilfred Benitez- Great match up, Benitez SD
JMM vs. Jim Watt - close fight, JMM MD
Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. Danny Lopez - Gamboa TKO, great fight....too much speed for Danny...
Lupe Pintor vs. Nonito Donaire - close fight, Pintor by TKO.....
Miguel Canto vs. Hernan Marquez - Canto UD

 

Bit early to be picking Ward over Saad is it not?.

Lets wait a while

Same with Gamboa and to a lesser extent, Donaire.They would be in with by far the best fighters they would be fighting to date and we don't have a full career yet to analyse, both haven't exactly fought a murderers row to be giving the benefit of the doubt and i don't see obvious great talent in either that would have me easily overriding caution.


Vitali Klitschko vs. Larry Holmes = Holmes clear UD in an awkward ugly fight.Jab ultimately too much for Vitali as a steady pointscoring weapon, a much better one than any he has in his arsenal and Holmes mobility should let him dictate exchanges for long stretches.

Andre Ward vs. Matthew Saad Muhammad = Saad should be heavily favoured as is.Not interested in Ward hypotheticals yet.


Sergio Martinez vs. Vito Antuofermo= I think Vito is being sold a bit short here.The level of mauling pressure fighting and swarming he showed against Corro and Hagler should be enough to take a decision over Martinez, who is too sloppy and hittable a fighter(and likes his breaks, hell he needed a 2-3 round one against sloooow footed Pavlik)to matador for 12 or 15.Vito 10-5'ish decision pulling away over the last third.Martinez with a much better chance in a non-title ten rounder where his early speed advantage would tell more.

Floyd Mayweather vs. Wilfred Benitez= El radar simply much more active and sharper than todays semi-retired Floyd.This assuming a focused Benitez, as a disciplined Mayweather could still make things very close against a Benitez who doesn't bother to move his feet and just coasts on defence.A fight Benites SHOULD win.


JMM vs. Jim Watt= Not too sure.Marquez would be well-suited to handling Watt comfortably(albeit still getting hit a helluva lot)with both at their peak, as Watt always struggled with busy textbook fighters who threw lots of educated combos and didn't fence him with him.He's older and slower here though and Watt's slow retreat backfoot style and extremely accurate busy jab would frustrate as Juan undoubtably forced to lead.Marquez is still better rounded(and Watt is starting to slow himself at this stage) and should be able to force the issue well enough to take a close- maybe controversial for some -decision; landing enough leads and counter combinations to offset Watt's constant jab.


Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. Danny Lopez= Gamboa might blister the slow starting, easy to hit Lopez and floor him early, but he's a sloppy mess of a fighter with a seemingly low ring-iq as of yet.Lopez gets up and horribly caves his skull in with his efficient accurate straight punches, all that wasted energy and sloppy movement isn't going to cut it over the distance and he's highly unlikely to stop Lopez early.Difficult to imagine Gamboa improving enough to win this.


Lupe Pintor vs. Nonito Donaire= Not too sure about this one.Pintor was a slow burning fighter who was only just starting to come into his own as an overall boxer-puncher, and not just a stalking powerpuncher.Perhaps slightly vulnerable to certain styles at this tage, yet the Zarate bout showed he could fight well against a very tall, great technical punching Bantam(even if Zarate was perhaps not 100% recovered from the Gomez loss mentally yet).Donaire has fought far lesser fighters and stylistically i'd be inclined to Pintor the benefit of the doubt as of yet, though would be less shocked if he lost than if Lopez did.A lot busier and should be able to grind out a win at close-mid range, while faring well on the outside if he opts to fight cautious or gets hurt.


Miguel Canto vs. Hernan Marquez = Canto past his peak should still win handily.

 

Saad would ****ing murder Ward

 

Holmes via close decision, as Vital is now 40


Ward via boring decision. Too much speed.


Martinez via decision, Antuofermo was tough, but not as skilled


Mayweather via close decision. Benitez would not be able to counter punch him.


Can't say I saw much of Watt. No call here.


Gamboa TkO over Lopez with some calling it the fight of the year.

 

wards only chance is that he's too featherfisted to actually hurt saad and provoke a come from behind brutal finish

 

Vitali Klitschko vs. Larry Holmes - I favour Holmes prime to prime but this version of Holmes has big speed/reflex advantages
Andre Ward vs. Matthew Saad Muhammad - close fight, I think Ward is a more complete package
Sergio Martinez vs. Vito Antuofermo - I don't really think much of Antuofermo
Floyd Mayweather vs. Wilfred Benitez - Mayweather is overall the better of the 2 greats
JMM vs. Jim Watt - Marquez is a level above
Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. Danny Lopez - Gamboa far too quick
Lupe Pintor vs. Nonito Donaire - Donaire is an ATG
Miguel Canto vs. Hernan Marquez - Canto is another level

 

Holmes
Saad
Martinez
Benitez
Jmm
Gamboa
Donaire
Canto

 

Gamboa gets hit a lot and Lopez was murderous puncher.

Would Gamboa be focused enough to stop Lopez and not to catch a anything that leaves him on the floor for a long time?