Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Tommy Burns

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  1. LittleRed

    LittleRed Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    12 rounds. Mayweather 150, Burns 167. 10 oz gloves. We'll give Mayweather the era edge since he is giving up nearly 20 pounds. Who wins this bout and how?
     
  2. LittleRed

    LittleRed Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    You can vote for multiple options.

    Also physics disagrees with you. Take that logic!

    I also don't know what a Bitman is.
     
  3. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    Tommy "The Halfman" Burns :think
     
  4. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    You're missing the apostrophe before the "A". Along with being preternaturally short, Burns affected a London East End accent.

    A great right-hand puncher to be sure, but, alas, less accurate with his voiceless glottal fricative.
     
  5. LittleRed

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    We're off topic. Is Helen Mirren the greatest twerker of our generation?
     
  6. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    Guilty as c'arged.

    ...Er, wait. That doesn't work...
     
  7. cross_trainer

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    Speaking of Helen Mirren, I think that Floyd has the tools to defeat Burns under modern rules. Burn's sharpshooting looks very reminiscent to me of similar stuff under rulesets with small gloves (Shotokan, WKF karate, MMA). I think that he needed those tiny gloves -- and the threat they represented -- to work his lead rights effectively.

    Basically, I asked myself whether Floyd could squeak by one of the top modern fighters at 160-ish. I think he could (barely) so I suspect he could do the same to Burns.

    And that's all I have to say about Helen Mirren.