Donny Lalonde vs Golden Age Lightheavies

Donny doesn't last the distance with a single fighter you mentioned... not even Rossman.

 

"murderers" like galindez?? who did he ever "murder" ?? outworking his opponents to get a close decision is as far removed from "murdering" your Opponent as you can get.

 

He loses to all of them.

Donny had heart and a big right hand

It was enough against an ancient Eddie Davis and a jaded Leslie Stewart. It was not enough against the hard punching but limited Willie Edwards. In the golden age of 70s early 80s Don goes titleless. He may get a shot or more than one, but there's no champ from that era he can beat.

 

He wouldn’t have beaten Vonzell Johnson or Jessie Burnett, let alone the likes of Saad, Galindez and EMM.

 

Lalonde was basically a one-armed fighter due to an injury he suffered playing hockey. He did well considering his limitations, but that had a lot to do with his manager Dave Wolf. Lalonde could not beat any of these guys.

 

im not so pessemistic. yes, Lalonde was limited...……..but lets not Forget that "the golden age" of the light heavyweights was "golden" because it was so competative. all the top fighters were beatable…..thats what made it so much fun cause you didnt have Routine/uncompetative defenses. every fight was just that…….a fight.

sure, most of the top guns would have been favored……..but Lalonde would have been dangerous for every single one of them. lets not Forget, galindez was taken to hell and back by guys like the light hitting fourie and beaten once by rossman.
and i dont see rossman as a favorite over Lalonde at all. rossman was as ordinary a champ as there was.

so yes, he´d lose to most…….but this isnt a slam dunk by any stretch of the Imagination.

 

Disagree.

Holding your left hand at your kneecap is all wrong against that grouping of fighters. They are simply too good and will badly expose a defense like that. That defense won't provide success at that level.

 

Wouldn't do very well against this bunch, Lalonde was virtually a one armed fighter if memory serves because of a shoulder op, he had a very visible scar on his left shoulder.

 

Before he became the connsumate 15 round counter puncher we came to know in his lightheavy title defenses, Galindez did put Len Hutchins in the hospital after stopping him for the WBA lightheavyweight crown. That was when he fought like a caveman...with just brute strength..no finesse at all.

 

If he doesn't end up spending a night under observation in hospital after each fight he should celebrate a moral victory

 

He has a punchers chance if he connects-he had good power in that righthand.
Outside of that almost no chance.