Archie Moore v Oscar Bonavena & Gerry Cooney?

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  1. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member

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    2-0? Or is there an upset here?
     
  2. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    Moore beats Bonavena...cooney has a really good chance with that left hook 50-50 type fight
     
  3. Unforgiven

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    Beats Cooney. Knocks him out.

    Bonavena, I don't know. Bonavena had a weird style, it's hard to say how certain boxers would do against him.
     
  4. Grapefruit

    Grapefruit Active Member Full Member

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    Honestly here, I'd favor them both to knock out moore, Cooney would probably take him out in round 3 and oscar would around the 6th. Moore was a legend, but he did get knocked out alot
     
  5. Unforgiven

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    He was stopped just 7 times in 220 pro fights.
     
  6. Longhhorn71

    Longhhorn71 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Oscar was involved in some "controversial" fights. Moore would probably weigh in the 192 lb range like Floyd did.
    Going with Moore by SD.

    1972-02-11 : Floyd Patterson 191¾ lbs beat Oscar Bonavena 206 lbs by UD in round 10 of 10


    "Floyd Patterson, 191 3/4, said he was elated with victory but disappointed at his performance, after a two-fisted rally in the final two rounds earned him a unanimous 10 round decision over brawling Oscar Bonavena at MSG. The bout was marked by few sharp exchanges and neither fighter appeared in trouble, although Bonavena, 206, decked Patterson in the 4th round with a left hook to the top of the head. Bonavena bulled Patterson in the 8th, landing a couple of shots to the face of his tiring oppoenent. But Patterson appeared fresh at the start of the 9th, landing a body barrage and then scoring with a sharp left hook to the head and a flurry to the body in the 10th and countering a hard Bonavena left with a right to the jaw." -Associated Press

    Unofficial scorecards

    • AP - 6-4 Bonavena
    • Ringside poll of nine reporters - 5 scored for Bonavena, 4 scored for Patterson
    • Purses: Patterson - $85,000, Bonavena - $70,000
    • This bout was originally scheduled to take place on November 19, 1971. However, Bonavena sustained a broken left index finger in his October 4th bout with Al "Blue" Lewis and was medically forbidden to do any boxing for 45 days. Thus, postponing the bout.

    Post fight comments

    • "I think I won. I did everything I was supposed to. Patterson got the decision because he finished on his feet. I knocked down Frazier twice and still lost. You can't win." -Oscar Bonavena
    • "I've been down before, more than any other man who held the championship. I consider it a compliment that I keep getting up." -Floyd Patterson
     
  7. Fergy

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    I think he loses to both but may actually give both harder fight s than expected. But ultimately I see him getting stopped by Cooney and losing on points to Oscar.
     
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