Great match-ups that were never made.

Beeston you are nuts. Gatti would have outboxed Hatton quite easily in my opinion. Watch the first half of the Ward fight or any of Gatti 2/3

 

Hatton is/was miles better than Ward mate.

Other than the chin department.

 

Better yes maybe, miles better ? No chance.

Gatti would have beat Hatton quite comfortably for me if he stuck to his boxing which at times was excellent. He could be forced into a scrap but I still think he'd stick it out :good

 

Scott Harrison V Michael Gomez. The Harrison that fought Mccullough or the medina rematch v the Gomez that fought Arthur.

 

Gatti - Hatton
Pacquiao - Mayweather
Mclellan - Jones Jr
Khan - Murrary
Cotto (prime) - Mayweather
Naseem - Mayweather

Lol funny how many of them have Mayweather in it, shows what a ducking barstard he is.

 

Any kind of fight between Benn/Eubank and Toney/Hopkins/RJJ

 

Bowe V Tyson
Holyfield V Frazier

 

Different times (I think) but id of loved to of seen Scott Harrison v Naz, Scott Harrison v Barrera or Morales, would of loved to of seen him twat Alex Arthur as well

 

Nelson-McGuigan...

Always remember Nelson and his entourage, after he'd stretched Pat Cowdell, pointing to the camera and shouting, "We Want McGuigan!!"

Would have been a great fight....as long as they did it in a cooler climate than Vegas during the daytime!

Hopkins-Toney is the one overseas I would have wanted to see more than any other....off the top of my head. The build up would have been mind blowing.

 

Bowe vs Tyson would have been great..... hopefully Riddick turns up in shape.

If he did I think he'd do Tyson :yep

 

Hatton and Gatti should of fight at LWW. Hatton I believe would have been to strong and bullied him at LWW.

 

Why do you hate Tyson so much Beeston?

 

It's not so much as I hate him.... though my posts on the subject would suggest that.

To me, he is just massively overrated, many people make him out to be this indestructable wrecking machine who would have been the best heavyweight ever if about 100 things hadn't gone wrong, and even now still make excuses.

If he hadn't left Rooney......

If he hadn't gone with King......

If he hadn't gotten involved with Robin Givens......

etc etc etc

Come on! An adult is responsible for making their own decisions, and one that isn't all there upstairs should ensure that someone who is capable is acting on their behalf and advising them.

In terms of great fighters that he defeated..... there aren't really that many - though in fairness he was pretty dominant over the guys he did face.

As for his overall standing, somewhere between 11 & 15 would be about right(perhaps slightly lower)..... to me you can't justify ranking him above the likes of Lewis and Holyfield (who are my two favourites granted) whilst Bowe in my opinion would be a tough H2H matchup for him.

 

Some cracking match ups on here.

Ones that I immediately think of are

McGuigan V Nelson

Eubank V McLellan

Lewis V Bowe

Benn V RJJ

And maybe Honeyghan V Jones