Biggest mismatches you can make between ATGs

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  1. Joeywill

    Joeywill Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I dont consider Floyd Patterson an all time great but obvously he has no shot at Prime Mike Tyson

    As far as 2 ATG that we saw Foreman and Frazier

    Non Heavyweights are more difficult because the size difference isnt so glaring. As far as 2 that were within 40 years of eachother

    Roy Jones beating Canelo

    Thomas Hearns Beating Floyd Mayweather
     
  2. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Hearns against Floyd isn’t a mismatch. There’s little reason to expect him to not at least match Benitez. Pacquiao would pretty obviously do worse.
     
  3. janitor

    janitor VIP Member

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    Conn is undoubtedly great that light heavy if that counts.
     
  4. Joeywill

    Joeywill Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I disagree. Benitez was better at taking the jab away than Mayweather and Mayweather is better at taking away the right hand.

    I don't see how Mayweather would be competitive vs Hearns
     
  5. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Nobody ever controlled Mayweather with a jab. Mayweather’s counter punching was also way sharper than Benitez’s.
     
  6. FrankinDallas

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    Jimmy Wilder vs Tye Fields.
     
  7. KasimirKid

    KasimirKid Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Patterson an ATG?
     
  8. JohnThomas1

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    On the contrary you are in the VAST majority :lol:
     
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  9. JohnThomas1

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    "Destruction", unless I've read wrong, isn't a necessity. A one sided clinic would fit.

    Here's a controversial possibility -

    Whitaker clearly outboxes Arguello over 12.
     
  10. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s banned Full Member

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    Got it, Canelo belongs at LHW and Ezzard Charles would win every second of their fight. I don’t think it’s even unreasonable to say Charles will lose about 6 minutes of the entire fight spread out over 15. I’d favour Charles if you gave Canelo brass knuckles.
     
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  11. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    Yeah I agree, but it would almost certainly not be a 1 round blow out ala Liston-Patterson. I see nothing to suggest it would a be a mismatch, let alone one of the biggest mismatches you can make.
     
  12. Lankykong

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    This would be fouling masterclass!
     
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  13. Blofeld

    Blofeld Active Member Full Member

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    I don't feel Beterbiev is an ATG yet is he?

    I also see many ATGs at LHW being able to overpower Hearns at this weight like Spinks, Qwai, Galindez or Saad Muhammad.

    But I think the only one which could be a possible mismatch would be Bob Foster vs Hearns you think?
     
  14. Terror

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    Duran vs. Hearns
     
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  15. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Hearns would get smoked by a lot of 175s. I think Beterbiev would be the most comical due to the difference in strength.
     
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