Randolph Turpin - If Fighting In The 1990 s?

I only ever saw clips of Turpin from the first Robinson fight, and a few clips from the rematch.

He was ok I suppose, nothing too spectacular. Not sure about the UKers, may be Calzaghe and Benn would take him.

I think the American fighters of the 1990s would have absolutely no problems with him.
Take your pick, Toney, Liles, Littles, B Hop, Keith Holmes, Segundo Marcado, I think they all would defeat him

 

Don't dismiss him too quickly, he was a real strong middleweight. Hopkins could take him but it wouldn't be a rout.

 

His thighs were tree trunks.

 

They weren’t in round 11 against SRR in their second fight. He was strong but look at the 90’s class. Toney, Nunn, RJJ just to name a few. He would be a handful for any middle weight but would most likely be British/European/Commonwealth champion type at most. No world title I feel.

 

Are you including the WBO title in that?

 

Maybe he might have got that one. A big maybe. The thing with the WBO is at that time it wasn’t recognised as much. But going by your question and even my own statement Turpin has a chance of winning any of the Alphabet titles depending on who holds it. But the majority of the 90’s Middleweights were solid.

 

They'd destroy him. Way too big and ferocious for Turpin, but I think he would do well at a lower weight class.

 

I'd fancy Turpin's chances against Benn and Eubank.

 

Even if you put counselling to one side, better financial guidance and a more rigid taxation system would certainly have helped.

 

I don't see how any middleweight would be too big for Turpin, considering that he pretty much fought right at the 160 limit and later moved up to light-heavyweight.

He would never have fought in a lower weight class. In fact, he never weighed in at less than 156lbs.

I'm not saying (by any means) that he would have beaten all the middleweights in the 90's but I think that, in his prime, Turpin's unbelievable physical strength would have been an obstacle for any middleweight in history.

 

Yes, in an era where cutting weight was not even nearly as frequent. Some dudes at 160 and 168 nowadays are almost 200 pounds.

 

You mean that some boxers competing in a middleweight bout nowadays actually enter the ring as cruiserweights?