Decade tourney Rnd 2 - 70s v 2000s

Haven't seen you on here for a while Mante.

 

Cat got your tongue ChrisPontius?

 

Heavyweight: Muhammed Ali vs Lennox Lewis
Light Heavyweight: Bob Foster v Roy Jones Jr
Middleweight: Carlos Monzon v Bernard Hopkins
Welterweight: Ray Leonard v Shane Mosley
Lightweight: Roberto Duran v Floyd Mayweather Jr
Featherweight: Eder Joffre v Manny Pacquia
Bantamweight: Rueben Olivares v Rafael Marquez
Flyweight: Miguel Canto v Wonjongkam

sorry 00's....

 

Great.:good

 

Ali-Lewis Early 70s Ali wins competetive but convincing Ud Lewis beats late 70s version somewhat decisively. Ali ud

Foster-Jones Foster kos him more times than not but could also see a Jones Decision. Final Answer Foster late ko

Monzon-Hopkins Monzon by very close decision

Leonard-Mosley Leonard wins this by competetive but convincing decision.

Duran-Mayweather Duran by close decision possibel stoppage but. Ill go with decision.

Pac-Jofre This is a tuff one:think Pac not quite at as peak yet,but still a super fast and very hard hitting fighter. Jofre had slowed down a little, ill go with Pac but its almost pickem.

Olivares-Marquez A in shape well prepared Olivares kos Marquez in 7. A out of shape party out Olivares gets stopped late.

Canto- WOnjank Canto by clear decision.

 

Heavyweight - Ali
LHW - Jones
MW - Monzon
WW - Leonard
LW - Duran
FW - Pacquiao
BW - Olivares
FLW - Canto

 

Heavy-----Lewis over Ali by decision

Lightheavy-----Jones over Foster

Middle-----Monzon edges Hopkins (toss-up)

Welter-----Leonard or Napoles too good for Mosley

Light-----Mayweather outboxes Duran

Feather-----Manny too good for aging Jofre

Bantam-----Olivares over Marquez

Fly-----Canto over Wonjongkam

 

Bob Foster would decapitate Roy Jones

 

I'm trying to be sensitive here. Duran at 28 was shot, unmotivated, etc, otherwise he can't be immune to scoring the most blatant, embarrassing and disgraceful quitting job in the history of boxing. He showed all his best stuff against Buchanan, how the heck is that not his prime? I guess the army even needs excuses for his wins.

Explain again how Duran really beat Hagler and how he would've beaten Hearns if he was motivated and choose a different strategy

 

So you don't see a difference between the 27-year-old that fought De Jesus III and the 21-year-old that fought Buchanan?

Was Duran also in his prime when he was having street fights in Panama at the age of ten?

 

Roy Jones Senior maybe.

Roy Jones Junior would have given the Hunchback of New Mexico a ****ing horrifying smashing.

 

I almost picked Lennox Lewis... but I didn't. That could very well be a 50/50 fight I think.

 

Very intriguing coming from you. Mayweather has a good chance, no doubt. I won't dismiss that.

 

:-(

 

In both cases Duran was clearly in his prime.

No, that was when he knocked out a horse.

Get with the program. It's not allowed to pick Mayweather, or any lightweight over DURAN. DURAN never lost and if he did he was green/fat/shot/unmotivated/had stomach cramps/didn't to win, so he never really lost.