I see the top 4 being in no order: Riddick Bowe, Lennox Lewis, Mike Tyson, and Evander Holyfield. The final would most likely be Lewis and Bowe. Tyson really was a shadow of his former self just during these times, Bowe and Lewis would have both had the size and reach to beat him I feel. Ruddock vs Mercer would have been fun as hell. Mercer would take heavily artillery and still come forward, he always did.
WOW !!!! :thumbsup THEY CAN STILL DO THIS! C'MON HBO! can entice de la hoya in there but dont know who to take out.
every1 is geting super-6 fever! GOOD INVENTIONS FROM SHOWTIME !!! :good :good :good hope it catches on.
And with HBO's production team? This could put boxing back on the map for REAL. But it will never happen.
Cruiserweight Super Six (since nobody has made one yet): Roy Jones Jr Bernard Hopkins (since he already plans on fighting RJJ @ CW anyways) Tomasz Adamek Steve Cunningham Chad Dawson (if he could make it up) David Haye
I would ask why u guy would torcher yourselves. But hay Pac has a win over Hoya and will be fighting Cotto next. So anythings possible. Forget the welterweight, too much money in that division. I think HBO would have a chance at cruzer weight or any of the 130 & down division to creat a tournament.
It's all about fantasy and having fun, ekar. But yes, what you said about a 147 tournament not being likely, given other alternatives, is likely true. At least, if the tournament were to involve Pac and/or Mayweather.
135 1.Marquez 2.pac 3.floyd (as u said past fighters and he was a lightweight) 4.juan diaz 5.guzman 6.valero
I always thought Hamed was a touch below elite. Using the same Featherweights in 2002 rubric, I'd substitute Hamed for the other Marquez brother (try to get em both in there, if they're willing and able to make weight), and Injin for.. well, frig. I'll cheat and say one of the up and coming Japanese boxers of today =)
How do you feel Rafael would have dealt with Hamed at Featherweight? I've not got a lot of great things to say about Naseem Hamed, but he would have surely destroyed Rafael Marquez up at 126lbs. He gets hit to often, has never campaigned above 122lbs, and Hamed was one of the hardest hitters to ever campaign at Featherweight. It's a bad stylistic match-up for Rafael, and I know you weren't pitting the two against one another, just an interesting discussion. Featherweights - 2001 - Naseem Hamed - Marco Antonio Barrera - Erik Morales - Juan Manuel Marquez - Manny Pacquiao That's the tournament I would like to see, Manny wasn't campaigning at 126lbs at this time - but I've cheated just to make the tournament better.
154-160 Pter Quillin Fernando Guerrerro Lara Omar Henry Anotonio Margarito Daniel Jacobs Paul Williams Featherweight Juan Manuel Lopez Chris John Gamboa Guillermo Rigondeaux Abner Mares Iresal Vasquez Roberto Benitez