Fantasy Fights

Mosley KO Hearns late (I will be in the minority)
Toney 8-4 decision
taylor on pts, but Hatton will keep it more interesting than most will pick
RJJ on pts
Tho ole mongoose KO 8
Robinson by close decision

 

Hearns dec or late tko .Forrest proved tall man ,good jab ,sharp right hand = victory.

Calzaghe ,dec ,work rate, and fitness, too much for the better man.
Taylor dec speed kills.
Jones at this moment in Chambers career, dec.
Moore by late ko.
Robinson by dec.[Welterweight][ by ko Middleweight].

 

147 - Shane Mosley vs Thomas Hearns = Hearns TKO rds 8 - 10...Hearns is too imposing at 147, i dont think Shane matches up well will guys who hold the pure physical advantages
168 - James Toney vs Joe Calzaghe = Calzaghe wide UD...I believe Calzaghe is severely underrated and his speed and volume would overwhelm the slick but not so busy counter puncher
140 - Meldrick Taylor vs Ricky Hatton = Taylor UD or KO....Hatton is a real stylist and his style does not match up well against fighters who have a spring in their step and tendencies to brawl
HW - Roy Jones Jr vs Eddie Chambers = Jones KO...Chamers is not on his level
175 - Roy Jones Jr vs Archie Moore = Jones UD...Again i see speed being the winner here, though Archie was tough and Jones not busy enough to cause a KO, but would outclass him with his speed, timing and elusiveness
147 - Sugar Ray Robinson vs Sugar Ray Leonard = Robinson KO...Could match leonard technically, and at 147 with Robinson's power is just sickening,
like Hearns vs Mosley, Robinson is just too much physically, at this weight

 

Hearns Decision 115-112
Toney Ko 11 Close fight pretty even until Toney kos him. But if Toney gets lazy Calzaghe could win a decision
Taylor w 12 117-111 or maybe late stoppage.
Jones W 12 114-112 in a controversial Decision
Jones W12by decision 116-112 if they go 15 im taking Moore KO 14
Robinson by very close decison 144-142 or 115-114. At Middle he stops Leonard in the late rounds.

 

118 - Orlando Canizales vs Miguel Lora
126 - Marco Antonio Barrera vs. Vicente Saldivar
130 - Alexis Arguello vs. Juan Manuel Marquez
135 - Roberto Duran vs Julio Cesar Chavez

 

Canizales by close and somewhat controversial decision 114-113
Barrera stops Saldivar in 10 awesome rounds very close fight up until then

Arguello is slightly behind on the cards when he kos Marquez in the 13th
If it goes 12 Marquez might win in a squeeker.

Duran wins a close but convincing decision 144-141 the difference being Durans superior speed, but CHAVEZ DOES SCore alot with his accurate shots.

 

Draw..I mean it.. hard to split them, I probably give the edge to Lora.

Pass.

Arguello decision...overcomes an early deficit to deck Marquez once or twice later on and pull it out by a couple of points.

Duran extremely hard fought but wins it clearly by a few rounds.

 

How about these fights

Alfredo Escalara vs Joel Casamayor
Jeff Chandler vs Johnny Tapia
Marlon Starling vs Shane Mosley
Jeff Fenech vs Yurikois Gamboa

 

There is a **** hair between the first three anarci.

Id probably go with Escalara, Tapia and Mosley though.

I think Jeff takes out Gamboa...at this stage Yurk isnt proven enough to deal with a truly elite swarmer with the physical strength of Fenech.

 

Yey i agree thats why i posted them. Id take Casamayor over Escalara,Tapia by a razor close decision, ID say Mosley beats Marlon by a close but convincing decision, higher work rate gets it for him.

Wow that Gamboa Fenech is a tough one:huh I was a big fan of Fenechs and think he is underrated however he comes straight in and is very aggressive that could be all wrong against Fast and big punching Gamboa. Although i do agree Gamboa is unproven he also looks like hes the real thing. Possible future PFP guy?

 

Ive rated him since the start and believed he could have easily picked up a title in his first 4 or 5 bouts...against the right opponent of course.

But you dont know with these 4 rounder legends...they could fall apart in a long fight especially if they have to deal with adversity.

But I do like Gamboa and reckon he can clean out the divvy in the coming year.

 

ivan calderon vs rosendo alvarez
salvador sanchez vs alexis arguello
winky wright vs oscar dela hoya
nigel benn vs andre ward
rocky marciano vs mike tyson

 

Calderon wins a technical decision after 9 close rounds
Sanchez outboxes and outmanuvers Arguello to take a decision
De La Hoya outworks Winky early but Winky rallies late a takes the decision
If Ward sticks to his gameplan and doesn't get caught by a shot I can see him outboxing Benn
Tyson overwhelms Marciano


Luis Rodriguez-Sugar Ray Leonard
Dick Tiger-Mike McCallum
Jeff Fenech-Brian Mitchell
Sung-Kil Moon-Danny Romero

 

Hearns will outbox Mosley....too mobile, Mosley is in effect just an athletic slugger, and won't have the footspeed/footwork to keep up with him. Mosley is hittable though; if anyone is gonna' flatten him for keeps its The Hitman.

Toney vs Calzaghe is interesting; Calzaghe has 0% chance of hurting Toney, and Toney is the cleaner more effective puncher. Might be a 'better' version of the Jirov fight, except Calzaghe's adaptibility may see him win more rounds and the fight. I have no worry with any outcome being predicted in this fight.

Hatton vs Taylor-Not in the same class IMO as fighters. Styleswise they both come to fight-Taylor stops him late, too many punches. hatton may survive due to stunting Taylors workrate with his mauling, but doesn't have the variety/technique of Chavez to slow Taylor down and bust him up.

Jones is a rhythm breaker, but Chambers is fast too. I wouldn't want to say. Chambers is no Ruiz (in terms of style) but I have no idea how Roy would deal with a fairly fast guy. I'll go with Jones to pull off a close decision, but Chambers has some pop. I just think Roy can outmanouver him, but I really rate Chambers. Real hard one to pick as one guy might not have hit his prime yet and the other one only had one fight at Heavy, against someone as far removed from Chambers as I can think of.

Jones vs Moore; Again, if Jones can use his foot speed and movement to keep Moore from throwing his bombs he can win a decision. HOWEVER; Moore was such a fluid boxer himself I fancy him to pull the shots out and stop Jones, and it can happen at any time. Thing is, I'm not going to be swayed by Roy post-Ruiz. His chin was probably never great but when his legs/reflexes were still with him he was nigh on infallible. I'd go with Moore though; He was unlike anyone Roy had ever fought and I'd fancy him to figure out a way to land the telling shots.

Robinson and Leonard has been done too many times. I go for Robinson.