Inspired by KMAC'S US .Vs The UK thread. This is a lot more balanced schedule. Puerto Rico versus The United Kingdom. Heavy.- John Ruiz .vs. Lennox Lewis Cruis.- Carlos DeLeon .vs. David Haye L.Heavy.- Jose Torres .vs. John Conteh L.Middl.- Felix Trinidad .vs. Bob Fitzsimmons Welt.- Miguel Cotto .vs. Ted"Kid" Lewis Lt.Welt.- Wilfred Benitez .vs. Ricky Hatton Light.- Carlos Ortiz .vs. Ken Buchanon Jr.Light.- Hector Camacho .vs. Freddie Welsh Feath.- Juan M. Lopez .vs. Naseem Hamed Jr. Feath.- Wilfredo Gomez .vs. Owen Moran Fly.- Ivan Calderon .vs. Jimmy Wilde A couple aren't exactly in thier ideal weights. Fitzsimmons & Moran a little lower than usual. but all good match ups, evenly balanced. Battle of the Islands!
Some very good match-ups; Lewis vs Ruiz is a total mis-match imo. Lewis totally dominates behind his jab, possibly stopping Ruiz.
I'd favour Fitzsimmons over Trinidad, Wilde over Calderon, Lewis over Cotto and Hamed over Lopez, as well. The Puerto Rican fighters by no means dominate these match-ups.
Hard pressed to find any Puerto Rican Heavyweights. Just Ruiz or Fres Oquindo come to mind. Also drew a blank at Super middle. & Middle. Thought about putting Calzaghe at 175 against Torres. but he would be at a disadvantage. Conteh would be up to the challenge.
Heavy.- John Ruiz .vs. Lennox Lewis = Lewis Cruis.- Carlos DeLeon .vs. David Haye = Haye L.Heavy.- Jose Torres .vs. John Conteh = Torres L.Middl.- Felix Trinidad .vs. Bob Fitzsimmons = Trinidad Welt.- Miguel Cotto .vs. Ted"Kid" Lewis = Lewis Lt.Welt.- Wilfred Benitez .vs. Ricky Hatton = Benitez Light.- Carlos Ortiz .vs. Ken Buchanon = Ortiz Jr.Light.- Hector Camacho .vs. Freddie Welsh = Camacho Feath.- Juan M. Lopez .vs. Naseem Hamed = Hamad Jr. Feath.- Wilfredo Gomez .vs. Owen Moran = Gomez Fly.- Ivan Calderon .vs. Jimmy Wilde = wilde
lewis, haye, conteh, buchanan, and wilde are the definite british winners. lewis and conheh being big favourites
