Evenly Matched Boxers From Different Eras!

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  1. Shay Sonya

    Shay Sonya The REAL Wonder Woman! Full Member

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    List your boxers from different eras, who are so evenly matched (in your view) that picking a winner would be very difficult or impossible for you!

    I'll start with one match up that would be almost impossible for me to predict: The Best Version of Oleksandr Usyk vs. The Best Version of Jack Sharkey.

    And I could also replace either of the above with The Best Version of Jersey Joe Walcott, and I would still be hard pressed to pick a winner.

    I want to see yours!
     
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  2. HomicideHank

    HomicideHank I believe in the transmigration of souls Full Member

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    George Foreman v Sonny Liston
    Jack Johnson v Sam Langford (prime)
    Max Schmeling v Joe Jeanette
    Evander Holyfield v Ken Norton

    Just to name a few
     
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  3. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Rocky Marciano and Artur Beterbiev
     
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  4. surfinghb

    surfinghb Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Igualmente !!!!

    ohhh ummm , ya I think Monzon vs Roy Jones would have been very interesting
     
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  5. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak banned Full Member

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    Rocky Marciano vs. Bobby Crabtree
     
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  6. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Terry Norris vs Lamar Parks would've been crazy.
     
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  7. Ney

    Ney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Holyfield-Norton that’s a good one.

    Whitaker & Mayweather my pick.
     
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  8. BCS8

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    Gerasimov vs Goering
     
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  9. ikrasevic

    ikrasevic Who is ready to suffer for Christ (the truth)? Full Member

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    Sonny Liston Vs. Mike Tyson
     
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    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Rocky Marciano v Joe Frazier - a ring may not be necessary, only a phone booth. This fight is scary!
     
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  11. HomicideHank

    HomicideHank I believe in the transmigration of souls Full Member

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    Some none HW picks:
    Roberto Duran v Ike Williams
    Benny Leonard v Joe Gans
    Ray Robinson v Barbados Joe Walcott
    Tommy Loughran v Billy Conn
    Kid McCoy v Stanley Ketchel
    Jake LaMotta v Marvin Hagler
    Salvador Sanchez v Alexis Arguello
    Eder Jofre v Ruben Olivares
     
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  12. Clinton

    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Duran v Chavez
    Duran v Ortiz
     
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  13. Ney

    Ney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Chavez not on Duran’s level for mine. Still a great clash, though.
     
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  14. thistle

    thistle Boxing Junkie

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    Robert Villemain vs Roberto Duran

    yes Duran started at Lightweight, but he was every inch a Welter cum Middleweight as was Villemain, and Villemain made good with some of the greatest fighters, from arguably the Greatest Division & Era in Boxing History...

    a Sellout at the Gardens!
     
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  15. Blaxx

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    - Marvin Hagler vs Carlos Monzon vs Sugar Ray Robinson (at 160)
    - Roberto Duran vs Henry Armstrong (at 135)
    - Kid Gavilan vs Jose Napoles vs Sugar Ray Leonard (at 147)
    - Lennox Lewis vs Larry Holmes
     
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