Which retired MWs would you favor over GGG h2h?

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  1. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    And with what degree of confidence?
     
  2. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    A fair few tbh.

    He hasn't proven himself a great talent to me yet, just proven himself as someone who can steamroll the 5-10 type MW fighters.

    Hagler, Monzon, Robinson, Jones, Toney, Gibbons, Hopkins, Burley are all men I favour to do the job. Probably more as that's just from the top of my head.

    But if he continues in this fashion it'll be hard keeping him out of those types of lists.
     
  3. reznick

    reznick In the 7.2% Full Member

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    It would have to be one of the legendary bests. Because these normal middleweights are getting mopped.
     
  4. foreman&dempsey

    foreman&dempsey Boxing Addict banned

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    Jake LaMotta Would kiCK his ass
     
  5. HerolGee

    HerolGee Loyal Member banned Full Member

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    anyone higher than post prime Danny geale has a fair chance at least.
     
  6. chocolatito

    chocolatito New Member Full Member

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  7. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    Hard to say. Frankly I think he looks as good on film as just about anybody. Trouble is most of the men he's beaten were limited in one way or another and while they were decent fighters, would probably be fringe types in a Stronger period.. Still when one looks at some of the incredible things he's done in the ring thus far, it's hard to imagine that those skills wouldn't work against even elite boxers. Pretty much everything he does is perfect or near perfect from a text book standpoint. And he had amazing speed for a man in his mid thirties. I'm okay with some of the suggestions thus far thrown around like Toney, McCallum, Hopkins, hagler, etc, to beat him. But I'm not about to get carried away with stock piling a list of every middle weight champion both notorious and obscure.. Because personally I think the list is a lot more slim than most think... Ganandy Golovkin is a solid pro and a master..
     
  8. adokei

    adokei Well-Known Member Full Member

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    this.
    even hearns and leonard defeat him
    wide.