Which Great Fighters Would Lose MORE Fantasy Fights, Than Fans Are Willing To Admit?

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  1. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Not saying they weren't great .Not saying they wouldn't win plenty .
    But realistically and stylistically , across era's , who looks far more vulnerable on paper than their reputation suggests?
     
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    Uh, all of them?
     
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    Okay, after reading your sub-post (or whatever you call that thread maker's first comment) it would have to be a guy who has stylistic loopholes to be exploited, if only they could have been discerned at the time.

    Maybe Jones or Tyson? (Playing devil's advocate.)
     
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    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    How do you come to that conclusion?
     
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    thistle Boxing Junkie

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    Spinks against true HW's, Giants don't count, EVER, and probably a good few TOP L-HW's cum HW's like himself...

    loads of fighters are going to lose if most of your fights are against true Top men, it'll always be win some lose some. The trick part is trying to deduce which fighters would win most... and in that I'd put JJW against most Top True HW's, just as an example.

    but as to your post, it requires more thought than I'm willing to give, leave that to the diehard's and the more informed historian types.
     
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    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Yes That's a possibility.
    With Jones it's such as the heavyweight s they put him against.
    A lot would send him to floor, within rounds.
     
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    Truth be told, by commenting after only having read the title.
     
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    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Yes Spinks is another one like Jones imo, soon as they start fighting at heavyweight they're going to start struggling ( against decent heavy s)
     
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    Ahh, no worries.
     
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    It's usually a great fighter vs another great fighter so one of them has to lose, which explains "all of them"

    Unless it's a draw, but how many fantasy H2H bouts typically end in a draw
     
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    I think Joe Frazier probably gets outboxed more than we'd like to admit
     
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    Hearns
    Canelo
    Floyd
    Rocco
    Tyson
    Holyfield
    Liston
    Tunney
    Duran
    Greb*
    RJJ
    Lennox
    Usyk
    Bud
    Sal Sanchez
    Moore
     
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    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Interesting list, probably right on a lot of those actually imo.
     
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    #1 Mayweather Jr.
    # 2 Loma
    #3 Usyk
    #4 Alvarez
    #5 Pac
    #6 Crawford
     
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    Ibeabuchi and Bakole.