Close Calls - What Fighters Resumes...

chavez wouldnt have taht amazing streak

 

Peter Buckley has another 40 wins to his record, if the hometown decisions were reversed.

Ali losing to Norton (fight three), Shavers or Young makes little difference IMO, but Ali (Clay) losing to Jones may of put an interesting spin on things.

Bowe dropping the Tubbs fight, perhaps sets up Holyfield/Ruddock or Holyfield/Lewis in late 92.

Arguello decisioning Fernandez probably sets up a Duran fight, and it may of even led to The Hands of Stone making one final Lightweight defence.

 

Marciano/LaStarza I comes to mind right away. I understand that LaStarza has always maintained he won that initial meeting. If Marciano had not decked him in that one, boxing history would have changed that night.

 

If New York had not had that silly supplementary points system in, history would of been different. An undefeated record with one draw, just does not look so pretty, and you do no get so much kudos, eh Ricardo.

 

Got that right!

 

Read about that fight a few years ago.By all accounts Lastarza was a very good fighter an d pushed Marciano very hard.

 

What if Hagler got the decisions against Antufurmo,Watts,and Leonard?
He would of finished his career at 66-1-1

 

Emile Griffith and Kid Gavilan both had a lot of close calls in their careers, going either way.

Gavilan was actually on the wrong end of most close decisions in his career, but he got the benefit of the doubt in some of his most important fights (ie: Graham, Basilio).

 

Ike Quartey would've ended up with wins over DeLaHoya and Forrest.

Robin Reid would've beaten Calzaghe and Ottke when both were the two top super-middles in the world - and if that had happened, neither Calzaghe nor Ottke would've been able to retire with unbeaten records.

Speaking of Ottke, he had a number of decisions that could've easily gone the other way.

Going back in time, Kid Chocolate would've had Tony Canzoneri and Battling Battalino on his resume (and their titles) if his close decisions losses to them had gone his way.

Henry Armstrong would've been a five-division champion had he not been robbed in the rematch with Garcia.

 

If Harry Greb would have gotten the decisons most felt he desreved over Tiger Flowers...

 

Some people thought the FOTC was close,[ I didnt think it was particularly close], but if Frazier had lost it he would have been 5- 0 against the 2 ATG's he fought, that would have hurt his standing imo.
I dont really count Ali's fights after Manila he was essentially done by then imo.So he had close ones with Young and Norton ,possibly Shavers too ,so what ? By then he was about 70% of what he had been, and they were top rated guys,,it would have been no disgrace either way imo.