How would you rate these 80s beltholders against today's WW kings?

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  1. Sweet Pea Pacquiao

    Sweet Pea Pacquiao Boxing Addict Full Member

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    80's Champs:
    Donald Curry
    Lloyd Honeyghan
    Marlon Starling
    Mark Breland
    Aaron Davis

    Today's Champs:
    WBC - Andre Berto
    WBA - Shane Mosley
    WBO - Miguel Cotto

    IBF and Ring are vacant.
     
    Sweet Pea Pacquiao, Jun 16, 2009
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  2. drunkenspaniard

    drunkenspaniard Active Member Full Member

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    I know he's technically not a belt holder at the moment, but why not mention PBF too?
     
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  3. PopeJackson

    PopeJackson Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Curry and Breland whup all their asses for sure.
     
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  4. Sweet Pea Pacquiao

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    You can if you'd like but I'm only talking about fighters with belts today. Otherwise I'd include PBF, a non-plastered Margarito, Collazo, Judah, even Pacquiao as he's had one fight at the weight. But then I'd think this thread would go a million places. Then again, it's a free country haha.
     
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  5. Sweet Pea Pacquiao

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    Why do you say that? Handspeed? Superior power? Breland had a great jab.
     
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  6. Thread Stealer

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    I think Curry and Starling beat all of the current WW titleholders, but I'm not sure about Breland.

    I wouldn't pick the 2000-01 Mosley to beat "on" versions of Curry and Starling, let alone a nearly 40 year old Mosley.
     
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  7. drunkenspaniard

    drunkenspaniard Active Member Full Member

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    True story. I was just thinking along the lines of a PBF-Curry chess match.
     
    drunkenspaniard, Jun 16, 2009
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  8. fatony

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    Mosley could hang with all three. Not sayin he would win, but he'd be trouble. Berto is fast enough to give any of them fits. Cotto could beat Marlon Starling. And all of Honeyghan's losses were by ko, so Cotto being the hardest hitter of today's welterweights has a chance to ko him. And Mayweather would beat all of them.
     
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  9. JMP

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    curry/starling beat everybody today.
     
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