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

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  1. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    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
     
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  2. homebrand

    homebrand Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Pacquiao beats all heavies on points or knockout.
     
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  3. FloydPatterson

    FloydPatterson Boxing Addict banned

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    I did imagine Dawson being able to compete at HW.
     
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  4. mick557

    mick557 Well-Known Member Full Member

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

    leocouture Chinchecker KILLA!!!!!! G Full Member

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    the broner vs kirland sounds like a damn good fight

    gamboa would prolly ko paulie tho:deal
     
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  6. leocouture

    leocouture Chinchecker KILLA!!!!!! G Full Member

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    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
     
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  7. Low blow

    Low blow Member Full Member

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    This.
     
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  8. igor_otsky

    igor_otsky Undefeated Full Member

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    I would favor Haye beating all lightweights. that's a crazy jump.
     
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  9. Espin88

    Espin88 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :lol:
     
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  10. Hands of Iron

    Hands of Iron #MSE Full Member

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    Modern Day?




    :-(
     
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  11. mick557

    mick557 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    What's so funny?
     
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  12. mike_bngs

    mike_bngs Active Member Full Member

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    Cool story
     
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  13. nick6

    nick6 Active Member Full Member

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    to be fair Julio Cesar Chavez Jr is big enough to fight at CW already :lol:
     
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  14. Boxed Ears

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    Darchinyan VS Taylor has got to be up there.
     
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  15. welsh_dragon83

    welsh_dragon83 Active Member Full Member

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    :****:
     
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