Very doubtful in my opinion. He'd eventually get ko'ed by my top 8, some very early.
Dempsey is overrated in my opinion. There's nothing in his career that suggest he'd be a serious challenge for a fighter like Liston. Especially...
#1 Charles #2 Spinks #3Moore #4Foster #5 Franklin (Saad Mohamed) #6 Gregory (Mustafa Mohamed) #7 Braxton (Qawi) #8Bivins #9 Jones Jr. #10Hill...
I'm sure if most of the fighters of this era had to take the hard road as I'm sure he did. Their records would be similar. A great boxing record...
On a different note. For all the "Size Kings" On the site that insist and have the uneducated opinion of their were no big athletic...
I can think of about ten locks...... None named Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Rafeal "Bazooka" Limon........ Poster Child!!!! Especially with the wild round house punches.... He was also a south paw.
Any fighter that comes at Hagler in a straight line , and without much offensive or defensive creativity would get chewed up by him. A fight...
That "journeyman" demonstrated better skills than any of the current champs.
In fact if Leonard had loss to Hagler in a close fight, it may have enhanced his stock a tad the way it did for Duran, especially considering...
In My opinion...... No. Most of the fighters considered great the last 20 yrs or so actually began their careers in the 90's...... Fighters like...
Ray Leonards career was short by most standards. But his will to fight the best available competition is what's the difference between him and...
From the 1930's through the 1990's I'd pick any fighter considered "great" to beat any fighter of the last 20yrs at all the weight classes with...
Most boxing fans truly educated in the sport know that a loss will happen if their favorite fighter is fighting top competition consistently....
And he ( Gomez) was much better skilled. But as you noted shot for shot " Little Red" over the " Bazooka ".
