'Flyweight' head-to-head lists: 105, 108, 112 and 115 pounds

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  1. sweet_scientist

    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Jiro was definitely the most talented of the 115 pounders, and probably the one most capable of raising his game if he needed to. In a perfect world with no distractions and a good preparation, he'd be no.1, but he did seem the type that could be distracted. Still has an argument for the no.1 spot definitely.

    You're right about Konadu and Roman. Nana would be hard for Gilberto to deal at the best of times. Mind you I had Moon's and Tapia's beatings of him at the fore of my mind, and kinda down graded him because of that. Obviously he was pretty much done against Johnny.

    Yeah good spot, Guty deserves a place on that list. Another guy that is deservant is Luis Ibarra, who went into Laciar's and Gonzalez's backyards and came out victorious (with unanimous decisions no less!). Didn't have a long career or a particularly consistent one, but those wins speak for themselves.

    He's one I haven't seen much of, but I note that you thought he lost to a past his best Chang. Chang looked pretty much done against Humberto Gonzalez, so I'm not too sure that bodes well for Sot's standing...

    Fair points Mante. I dont think there's a hell of a lot separating many fo the guys i've placed and if they were shuffled rather drastically I'm sure they would still turn out looking rather reasonable.

    Accavallo did have his limitations, but I think his toughness and stamina were assets that served him well and wouldn't make him an easy beat for anyone.

    Yeah I've slotted him down the order. He's clearly a level down on Harada and Ebihara for mine, but maybe not too many of the others. Hard guy to place, as are many of the flyweights...
     
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    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Juan Herrera is another guy that probably deserves a shout.
     
  3. Mantequilla

    Mantequilla Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It's been a while since i watched the second Chang chitalada fight, so i'd like to score it again to be sure.

    I remember it as an awful ugly fight where neither fighter looked that good, but Chang should have won by 2 or 3 points.Chang was better in it and the Kittikassem fight than he was against Gnzalez, where he was also rusty as hell as well as just past it.

    To eb fair to Chitalada he was having a lot of weight making trouble by that point and probably on the way out because of it himself.I doubt you would be that impressed by most of his later defences.the earlier fights would be the ones to go for to check him out.
     
  4. Sweet Pea

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    Pacquiao would get slaughtered by any of those guys, except for the lighter hitters, who'd simply box rings around him and make him look like an amateur. Asero needs to get a ****ing clue or get the **** out of the Classic Forum. Pest.
     
  5. Drew101

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    In fairness, Agapito Sanchez was just a ***** to fight based upon his toughness, trickiness and penchant for leading his head and elbows. But, Pac really didn't start to come into his own till '02, I think...during the latter part of his reign at 122lbs.
     
  6. Drew101

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    Tricky guy, who went on a nice run, but I don't see him lasting with Lopez, and Alvarez at his best.
     
  7. Drew101

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    A dark horse pick for 108 might be Mauricio Pastrana, simply because he was able to defeat a version of Carbajal who was still pretty good. At 108, Jorge Arce was quite a force, too, and might warrant some consideration for inclusion.
     
  8. WhataRock

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    Arce could be tagged on that 108 list somewhere...He was beastly there with the size advantage he often had over his foes and he could really hit.
    Made my top 10 p4p punchers several years in a row whilst he was there and at fly.

    Most certainly a level below all the names mentioned so far however.
     
  9. asero

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    he was way behind on points against past prime carbajal and manage to escape with a KO win...
     
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    He was way ahead and he was the one who got stopped....
     
  11. asero

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    i would say it was a lucky punch...but knowing arce, it's not surprising...
    still arce can be beaten by any decent fighter
     
  12. WhataRock

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    It was from left field considering how in control Arce was...but Mike was landing that right well throughout the fight, just up until that point for the most part it wasnt stopping Arce from bashing him.

    Well depends what you mean by decent...He is also a damn good chance at manhandling and knocking out a lot of lightflys that have been around.

    He is not on the level of the guys mentioned...not really close. If you mean those guys are what you consider "decent" then yeah I see what you mean. But if by decent you mean any top contender or titlist that there has ever been at the weight, then I think Jorge is a pretty good chance of defeating a great deal of those.
     
  13. asero

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    decent fighter at flyweight to me means those outside the top 10 ever, maybe 11-20th...those inside the top 10 are hall of famers with the top 5 considered as ATG (wilde, lopez, villa, canto and perez....maybe lynch...
     
  14. WhataRock

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    I would say Arce is probably a top 10 light flyweight, maybe just scraps in, maybe doesnt..I dont know who I would have in the 11-20, but if you were to consider a guy Cazares making it in there (at the very best towards the end) Jorge would have tossed him aside with little trouble in his prime. Id probably say the same about Solis and most of the other lightflys around at the moment, though he would have more trouble with them more then likely.
     
  15. asero

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    i take the 108 and 112 combined...thus, i consider carvajal, gonzales, kingpetch, calderon and chang as decent fighters bec they are outside of the top 10