Boxing History With No Weight Classes

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  1. Pachilles

    Pachilles Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'm not here for your entertainment, Robertard
     
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  3. Pachilles

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    ...let this thread run 3 or 4 pages and see how many people quote me, agreeing that Montreal Duran is the most likely candidate
     
  4. Boilermaker

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    I am not sure if this is a joke thread, but i will answer with a serious but controversial answer. this is not what i think would happen but it is plausible and would certainly change the way we look at things now.

    I will start with the 90s and Larry Holmes as the one and only champion. AFter a few defences, he fights Michael Spinks, a couple of years earlier. Spinks, who is a light heavyweight wins the title from a Larry Holmes who underates him. WE have our first light heavyweight title. Spinks defends against some other light heavys and eventually rematches and beats an older HOlmes (like he did). After beating Cooney & Tangsted and maybe some other light heavys, he eventually runs into Mike Tyson and is KOd. Tyson incidentally is not a big heavy and is less than six foot tall. Tyson dominates some big heavys but in Tokyo Japan, he faces his biggest challenger in the undefeated 190lber Evander Holyfield. An underprepared Tyson is KOd! instead of fighting Bowe, Holyfield defends against some cruiserweight/light heavy types. And starts to gear for a defence against Bowe, but before he can, Bowe loses his shot by struggling with Golota. Holyfield instead fights the hard hitting light heavy Michael Moorer and loses. Moorer Holds the title until he is KOd by the Big Hitting George foreman. Foreman beats a couple of big guys but then faces a fast moving little guy, in Roy Jones Jr. Foreman was just too big and slow and couldnt connect at all, and lost every single round. Roy defends against John Rouiz who had just come off a win over holyfield, before eventually fighting and losing to Holyfield. Holyfield looks at defending against Lewis, who despite a shaky chin (2 KO losses to nobody fighters) is gaining momentum, but instead he loses to Chris Byrd. Byrd defends a couple of times including a win over what many thought was the best big man ever in Vitali Klitchsko, but his progress is interupted by a loss to Shaun George, the Light heavy. George then in turn loses a middleweight title to Bernard Hopkins. Hopkins defends against Tarver and others but loses to Joe Calzaghe, who defends a couple of times and eventually retires as one of the greatest ever World champions, undefeated - Just like Rocky Marciano. The ensuing tournament is fought out between guys like Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquia, David Haye, Thomas Adamek who repreasent champions fighter from each corner of the globe.

    How would such title reigns effect the view that one must be a super heavy to compete with todays fighters?