lalonde would use his exceptional jab and his general all round ringmanship to keep the smaller man at bay before tagging graziano with a right hand to the jaw and winning by kayo:think
LaLonde would do ok for a round or so then after getting tagged good by a Graz right hand, would be brutalized for a tko in round 3.
This is a crazy match-up!...But it would be really entertaining. Both are capable of hurting each other. If Leonard could hurt LaLonde then Graziano definitely could...with that said LaLonde would be able to find Graziano too, because Rocky wouldn't hide from a fight... JG said Rocky took out some light heavies in sparring at Stillmans...Crazy fight to ponder...and tough to figure.Have to lean towards the light heavy over the junior middle.
If Lalonde fights at true lt. hvy and not the stripped down model that was ko'd by Leonard, I think Donny is too big and strong for Rocky. Lalonde had a great right hand and not too much else but that should be enough for the ko win.
Lalonde would slaughter graziano. graziano never in hois career faced anyone as big as Lalonde and when he faced guys guys who could punch as hard he either lost outright, or struggled mightily. the combination of size and power would be his undoing.. SRL was better than graziano ever was and had a hell of a time with Lalonde imagine what the more one dimensional, slower, smaller graziano would look like against the 175 lb Lalonde.
Lalonde was too big, strong and powerful for Graziano..... A brutal war that ends with Graziano stopped.... Lalonde TKO 7 Graziano.... Peace... MR.BILL