Fighters you’ll never pick against?

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  1. Lankykong

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    I'll always bet the house and everything in it on Saad! Miracle Matthew at his peak always finds a way.
     
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  2. Flash24

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    I felt that way about prime Ray Leonard, then came Montreal
    Duran, felt that way about Thomas Hearns, then came Ray
    Leonard fight #1.
    The lighter weights have been much more competitive
    than the heavyweights, and have many more ATG's that
    probably could beat beat another ATG prime vs prime
    at any given time.
    So the only one I'll lean to as almost undefeatable in his
    prime was Ali between 1965-1968.
    There hasn't been a heavyweight yet I believe beat that
    version of Ali.
     
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  3. Greg Price99

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    I meant of those fighters who fought in the SMW divison.

    I don't engage in cross era fantasy fight predictions, way too many unknown variables, in this instance including, but not limited too - Do we give these guys the benefits of PEDs too? If so, how effectively will they take to them? How will they react to dehydrating for the day before weigh in and rehydrating for the fight? We have no way of knowing. How will fighting twice a year only impact their performances? How will much greater wealth and fame, much sooner in their careers affect them? That's enough to make predictions pointless, imo.

    For what it's worth, based on what they achieved in their own era, Charles, Moore and Tunney appear higher on my all time p4p rankings than RJJ.
     
  4. Reinhardt

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    Hmm? Ezzard Charles?
     
  5. Greg Price99

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    See my post above yours, mate.
     
  6. Reinhardt

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    Charles could make 168 easily
     
  7. Seamus

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    Jones would pummel Conn and Tunney unmercifully. Likely Foster, too. He was so much quicker to the target.
     
  8. Seamus

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    Julio Cesar Chavez at 135lbs.
     
  9. Journeyman92

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    You know he wouldn’t he is one of the most overrated fighters of all time next to Salvador Sanchez.
     
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  10. Seamus

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    Ye Shall Know Them By Their Fruits.

    And now we know.
     
  11. Journeyman92

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    Not only would Foster stop RJJ but he’d never fight again in that division.
     
  12. Seamus

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    That giraffe would just be starting his left hook at the moment Jones knocked him cold.

    Speed kills.
     
  13. Journeyman92

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    Meldrick Taylor
     
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  14. White Bomber

    White Bomber Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Mike Tyson, RJJ, SRR - in their prime
     
  15. Melankomas

    Melankomas Prime Jeffries would demolish a grizzly in 2 Full Member

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    Thong-donning Corbett
    Monthless shower Galento
     
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