I think, because much of Hispanic culture is macho-oriented (no stereotype intended), Latinos love a sport that is man-to-man, toe-to-toe, and...
He would lose to Hagler in a hard-fought decision. Would KO Hearns, though.
Hagler. He worked his way up the MW "food chain", and the fruits of his labor came in the form of a 7-year reign at MW. In his prime, Marvelous...
This is one where Monzon's one glaring weakness is exposed. Speed...in Monzon's case, lack of it. Jones would only be too adept at exploiting it.
A competitive slugfest for much of the fight. But, Pryor turns it up a notch and takes it late through nonstop aggression. UD Hawk.
Toney certainly had his moments, but I don't see him being able to solve Monzon. Close but no cigar.
Benn fares no better than Valdez or Briscoe. Or not as good...Benn has a strong, aggressive punchers chance, but not against the impenetrable...
Nunn would've been too much for Ray, plain and simple. He had every conceivable advantage here at 160, most esp. speed.
Hearns with a strong chin would've been nothing less than invincible. Add that to heighth, range and power, and it equals steamroller. Norris,...
Hearns has the range and the power, but because he liked to war a little too much, his chin could get caught. I pick Hearns, but only tentatively.
Monzon trombone-jabs and octopusses Eubank en route to a clear UD.
James Toney will make it close...but the cigar goes to Monzon. As mentioned, Monzon too cool... and too hard to reach consistently.
This one inevitably comes down to speed. Rather, Monzon's lack of it. Hence Jones taking a resounding UD.
Leonard's quickness and athletic ability was truly awesome, but Napoles takes it for pure skill. Cut-prone skin aside, Mantequilla had it all.
As previously mentioned, lots of brutal inside fighting. However, Duran just has a little too much of everything for Chavez to overcome.
