If you could make any two boxers from history fight who would it be and who would win

Tyson would have been too easy a choice.

FYI...using modern rules in a 12 rd bout, Boncrusher Bolivianizes Sullivan.

 

Benny Leonard vs Roberto Duran
Sugar Ray Leonard vs Floyd Mayweather
Thomas Hearns vs Floyd Mayweather
Liston vs Frazier
Jim Jeffries vs George Foreman

 

Benn v Jackson 1990. Hoped and prayed it would happen .Benn I think .don't blink.

 

Dempsey vs. Marciano
Duran vs. Armstrong/Benny Leonard
Johnson vs. Louis
Whitaker vs. PBF

 

This one is a hell of fight

 

1990 was one of the greatest talent pool years for mw"s for the last 50 years ....

Just think of the matches we didnt see!!


Srl v nunn
Mccallum v hearns
Nunn v mccallum
Duran v benn
Rjjnr v jackson
Benn or barkley v jackson
Norris v mccallum


Look at the mid level matches

Curry or mugabi v duran
Hilton v barkley
Graham v toney
Curry or collins v watson
Duran v dewitt
Olajide v eubanks

 

Good list, but I think 3 of these fights are whitewashes.

Starling beats any version of Honeyghan.
Holyfield beats any version of Tyson. He is just too mentally tough for Tyson.
Benn destroys Norris. He’s just too big and too tough for Terry.

My 2 cents

 

Wow! This is the type of fight you need a good lady in your life for. Butt glued to the couch, eyes wide open, drinks and snacks on hand or brought to the couch by said lady.

No idea who wins this.

 

Ezzard Charles/Holyfield

Be a pretty good scrap.. Why not throw BigCat Williams/Mike Weaver in as well

 

I dont think its a fight benn would have taken unless it was a mandatory .he would have said too little money too much risk.

Atho benn had rapidly improved in miami adding stamina,movement,boxing snd defensive skills...he was still primarily a fast handed power puncher swinging with both hands....he was still always getting caught and with jackson it was really only going to take one good punch...

The question is could benn take him out before than...yes he definetly could....

Thats what makes it unmissable...the prospect of seeing either of these powerpunchers knocked out themselves

 

Your analysis is spot on.

I could see Jackson blitzing Benn in a round or 2. However, Benn isn’t throwing marshmallows in there. If his durability stays true to form and he can survive the early rounds, I can see him stopping Jackson in 4 to 7 rounds.

One thing’s for sure. You can get the inept (corrupt) Adelaide Byrd and 2 judges of her choice to score the fight and it won’t matter. This fight will never go the distance, even if they fought 10 times.

 

I think the fast slick moving defensively adept honeyghan of the shufford fight beats starling....

 

Moochie was a bad man who could’ve fought in any era. How do you propose that version of Honeyghan beats Starling? Also, given the bad blood between the two, are you certain Honeyghan sticks to a fast slick moving defensively responsible game plan?

 

Nice list. I pick Holmes vs. Foreman. Holyfield over Dempsey. Duran Chavez? I do not know. Hagler over GGG.

 

I think Honeyghan had a chance to beat Starling.. There was a point in the fight, I forget the round he hit the top of Starlings head and Starling was hurt and he admitted to it in the interview. I think aiming for the top of his head might have been the key.. Starling had his gloves up high and was a master at it, but that small space on the top of the head.