When I watch some of the old fights, like Nelson vs Wolgast or Ketchel vs Papke, I see plenty of clinching, with lots of pushing and showing. Not...
And Usyk would show Johnson a tall, fast, mobile, 200+ SOUTHPAW, with an excellent gas-tank... who would keep a long jab in his face all night. I...
In fantasy fights, there's of course no "right" or "wrong". All we can do, is use our knowledge and common sense. You score very high on...
You believe Corbett would beat prime Tua, that Rex Layne would defeat Joseph Parker, and that Burns should be favoured to beat 31(31)-0-0...
Excellent post!
"Usyk moves in straight lines like a lot of guys with extensive amateur careers" "Usyk has a bad habit of circling his opponents, which would put...
Tommy Burns?? Look at the Burns-Johnson fight... and then imagine we replace Johnson with an Usyk that is 15 lbs heavier, 2½" taller and with a...
As a Dane, I second that!
Ok, we're talking about a heavyweight version of today's Usyk… who will surely not have any trouble with the small heavyweights of the first half...
This is actually a very interesting match-up! Normally, in a fantasy fight between a modern boxer, and someone whose prime was in the first...
As I see it, the only boxer from the 1900s, who would be a problem for Usyk is Johnson. I find it very difficult to rate Johnson, because he was...
Today he's a cruiserweight - whereas in the 50s, he would of course be fighting as a heavyweight. So when you say "as he is today"... do you...
Great stuff! I really enjoyed it... as I have the whole series. Do you plan to make similar top-10s with other divisions?
Olivares is of course #1... so I guess, I'm now officially a savant?
The first I thought of was Jimmy Ellis.
