Buster Mathis Sr. vs. Henry Akinwande.

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  1. CroBox29

    CroBox29 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Who would win and how?
     
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  2. zadfrak

    zadfrak Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Henry.

    Disputed decision type thing.

    I'm thinking that Buster has problems reaching up and landing on Akinwande. And he was no body puncher in there so lots of swinging and coming up short. Meanwhile, Henry lands some jabs and the occasional right. And sometimes we get decisions where the judges give rounds to guys landing a single nice clean right hand in otherwise a contested round. Too much credit if you will in those non action type rounds and bouts for that matter.
     
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  3. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    50/50 imo but I think Akinwande hits harder
     
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  4. Philosopher

    Philosopher Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Henry was one of the great what ifs, wasn't he...
     
  5. Smokin Bert

    Smokin Bert Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Mathis by decision. Akinwande usually lost all the fights that actually mattered in his career.