Luis Manuel Rodriguez vs Mike McCallum 154lb

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  1. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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  2. bcr

    bcr Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Close fight, Luis was an awesome technician, Dundee used to rate him as high as Ali and Leonard, but McCallum is another great technician, due the fact that Kalambay outboxed McCallum and i believe that Luis is better than Sumbu, i'll pick LMR by 15 close ud.
     
  3. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member Full Member

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    I agree.
     
  4. natonic

    natonic Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Agreed. The Middleweight off the top of my head with equal or better lateral movement than Kalambay is LMR. I think LMR would edge this.
     
  5. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    I rate Luis as a better boxer than Mike. Not a huge amount in it though.

    It's very hard to say who would take this because of how tactical the fight would be. Part of me thinks LMR would win the rounds but Mike would catch him at some point.

    Although I think that's a copout. LMR has beaten bigger men though in Rondon and Briscoe but Mike is a better man than those.

    The very 50/50. Good match up.
     
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    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    I agree.:good
     
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    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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  8. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Bump. I think Rodriguez outboxes McCallum to a decision win due to his greater workrate.
     
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  9. Jel

    Jel Obsessive list maker Full Member

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    Rodriguez is one of those fighters who was underrated for so long that it’s possible to swing a bit too far the other way at times. Doesn’t mean he wouldn’t win this but I wouldn’t count McCallum out - this is a close matchup, particularly at The Bodysnatcher’s best weight. I pick McCallum by a razor-thin decision.
     
  10. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I'd take Rodriguez to comfortably do what Kalambay did.