I'd pick Cooney prior to Holmes.
For some reason perhaps I'm mistaken because it's almost 40yrs now, I remember Snipes as being a "headcase" and was seen as difficult to work with...
Hearns wouldn't use as much energy as Robinson did because of his ability to control distance with his jab. I see this looking a lot like Hearns...
And a brilliant post.
I saw prime Frazier slip the jabs and right Hands of the fastest boxer in history at heavyweight. A boxer who knew how to throw a proper jab, and...
Ok, I'll go along then. Jones would give Hagler hell without the" restrictions ", with the restrictions Jones Jr. Probably wins easily. The...
Why are we handicapping Hagler ? It's like taking away prime Ali's jab and putting him in with Tyson. Or placing Whitaker in with Chavez, but...
Without Ali and FOTC we can assume Frazier reign would be much longer. He wouldn't have taken the beating he took in that fight, and probably...
Personally I feel he was at his very best between 90' - 94' at heavyweight. When he still had hair. ( Before the " juice"? ) with his absolute...
Fghters from the past , especially from the 60's up intil the 90's would do fine in today's era. And the great ones would dominate. World class...
A great read Saintpat, and what I've said for years . Thank you.
And Mugabi was done after Hagler.
The only one I can think of is Wilfredo Benitez at Jr. Middleweight. His one shot ko of Maurice Hope was a thing of beauty.
Duran , after hiss win in Montreal lost to Leonard, Benitez, Hearns Hagler, and Leonard again.
I don't know what's your take on "proper way" is. But the majority of Leonard's wins were knockout's . Some were quite brutal and ruthless....
