Top Modern fighters who were handicapped by the 12 round limit?

Chavez would have been a real monster over 15. Roy Jones had tremendous stamina and could go 12 easily, he could probably do the same with 15, but most times he didn't need it because he was so far ahead already at the end of 12. For JM Marquez, he probably could have won a number of the bouts that went against him with those extra rounds.

In his prime, quite possibly, but around the time he first fought Mosley, De La Hoya's stamina started dropping off. I think a couple of his losses like his first bout with Mosley and the Mayweather fight would have been more definitive and clear over 15.

 

suppose your right when you take the tempo of the fight from hopkins he dosent like it

 

Especially at the age he fought Joe.

 

I think there's a good possibility. Not so much in a Hopkins-being-hurt-sense, but in the sense that he simply can't keep him off him. He was already desperately buying time by faking low blows, constantly holding, etc, whereas Calzaghe was just getting warmed up and could easily go another 3 if necessary. Jeff Lacy would've probably been murdered if the fight went on.

 

hopkins would have defeated taylor twice had it been a 15 rounder...i do not know about jcal vs bhop. it seems that bhop is really running out of gas in the 11 and 12th round

 

Hopkins fought at and could handle a much different pace during his peak years. He's been over the hill physically/endurance wise for years. It's greatness and tactical genious pulling him thru now.

 

Definitely, but I have to admit I was very suprised by how offensive minded he was against Pavlik. I suppose he could do that against a plodder though.

 

Lennox Lewis
Bernard Hopkins
Oscar De La Hoya
Manny Pacquiao.
Johnny Tapia.
Mike Tyson.

 

Hopkins had much better stamina in his younger years.

Old Man had limited stamina by the time Calzaghe got to him. After a certain point, his tank got a hole and He had been running on a tank that was leaking (which forced him to pace himself and even become a slow starter to preserve for the later rounds).

Tell me this is the same Man that Calzaghe fought

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A random thought...the version of Willie pastrano that outpointed Harold Johnson would have trounced Hopkins.

 

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Lewis would not of been harmed in his fights that went 12, being 15 rounders; but I do not see it benefiting him.

Tyson could only lose if his 12 rounders became 15 rounders. Tyson would of benefited from 6 and 8 round title fights; I did not see him stop anyone outside the first half of a title fight, with the exception of Biggs, who he had very badly hurt after six.

 

Arbachakov

 

Margarito