Fuji vs Lopopolo

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  1. Tin_Ribs

    Tin_Ribs Me Full Member

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    Outside of Cokes, Rodriguez, Napoles and Lopez (against who I see him having little joy) I'm nothing near clued up enough on the others apart from Harris, whom I've only read about.
    I do get the impression though that parallels could be drawn with Hatton: the powerfully physical and effective(ish) but limited type who struggled once he moved up and found that he couldn't rag the other other bloke any which way.
     
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    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    I think Hatton is better, and would beat him.

    But yeh, he wont have much success at Welter IMO.

    Interestingly JWW was a pretty decent era when Fuji came tops, you had Perkins, Locche, a young Rodrigo Valdez etc..
     
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  3. Tin_Ribs

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    I agree that Hatton would have probably beaten him. Try to 'box' him as he did Tackie. I've got a bit of a soft spot for Ricky if I'm honest.

    The Locche/Perkins/Lopopolo/Hernandez era is underrated at times. It was the only era where Valdez was stopped I think (though it was only his 10th fight).
     
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  4. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    Nah, Hatton has to smother him to win, if he stays on the outside for too long he is going to get tagged and KO'd.
     
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