Bad Bennie Brisco vs Julian Jackson @ MW

Bennie wins this in the 11th, in a hard fight.

 

I’m leaning towards Bennie, but Jackson has a puncher’s chance against any middleweight in history, Briscoe included.

Intriguing match up.

 

That's where i am sitting.

TBH i don't think Jackson has a puncher's chance against Hagler. He's one of those rare guys that virtually nullifies the description of puncher's chance. At least we saw a guy like Monzon dropped against Valdez and badly hurt against Briscoe himself but Hagler? He didn't ever show much of anything let alone being hurt or dropped.

 

Well, Jackson cracked McCallum pretty well and wobbled him a bit but then Mike went to work and got Jackson out of there in quick time. Hagler might do something similar, like he did with Hearns, even though that wasn’t his usual style.

But, you’re right, John, if anyone could take a Jackson punch flush and shake it off without a flinch, it would be Marvin. He took plenty of the best Mugabi had to offer and didn’t show any effects (although I think he acknowledged later that he was hurt - can’t find where I saw that, though). But Hagler had as close to a bomb-proof chin as any fighter has ever had.

 

Curry also wobbled McCallum as did Toney among others. Of course Mike had superb recuperative powers.

It would still be a juicy matchup. I do remember Hagler saying he'd been hurt quite a bit in an earlier fight and perhaps it might have been the Monroe loss. I wish i could find it again.

 

Not a good style match-up for Jackson and so, I think he would have to stop Briscoe to win - earlier, the better.

As suggested by others, Jackson looked less impressive when forced to fight at mid-to-short range, off the back foot and Briscoe's pressure would likely force this scenario. I also think that, as one-paced as Briscoe could be, it was a pace that wouldn't favor Jackson at all well and I can envisage him being worn down by a fearless, relentless Briscoe and looking quite vulnerable by the mid-to-late stage of the bout.

And, let's not forget that Briscoe could bang a bit, as well.


Briscoe W TKO 9

 

Gonna have to agree with the overwhelming sentiment that a prime Bad Bennie Briscoe, on his finest night, would not be denied by a fighter the caliber of The Hawk, who while great and certainly prolific…was still a mere mortal.

No, it would take a generational champion with the skill and pedigree of a Hagler, a Greb, a Robinson…or a Monzon to turn Bennie away. And even then…just barely.

It’s one of the toughest, most unfortunate breaks that comes to my mind when I think of a fighter who really had the goods. I mean a guy that was the real deal. He walked the walk. But for whatever reason…he never could get his hands on that elusive title.