If you had to send in one boxer, and bet your house, that he'd beat...

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  1. KuRuPT

    KuRuPT Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Sugar Ray Leonard at WW, who would you pick? You can't pick SRR or Thomas Hearns. The fighter you choose would have to complete a same day weigh-in for this WW fight. Who do you pick?
     
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  2. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing

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    1984 Donald Curry
     
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  3. lufcrazy

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    Duran obviously.
     
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  4. Mr.DagoWop

    Mr.DagoWop Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Kid Gavilan.
     
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  5. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    Maybe a prime Shane Mosley based on his own speed, power, stamina and chin .. the pickings are very slim .. Ray was the best right after Robinson ... maybe Charley Burley who fought Izzard Charles at 150 .. maybe if he makes 147 ..
     
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  6. reznick

    reznick In the 7.2% Full Member

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    Joe Walcott

    Honorable Mentions:
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    Kid Gavilan
    Henry Armstrong
     
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  7. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Napoles im considering
     
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  8. he grant

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    A welter who has become terribly under rated is Tito Trinidad who never lost a fight at 147.
     
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  9. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I think the same-day weigh-in would do him in.

    Wouldn't bet my life, or life savings, on it but I'd take a flyer on Gavilan having a chance of pulling it off.
     
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  10. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member

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    Oscar De La Hoya.
     
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  11. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member

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    Vernon Forrest.
     
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  12. BCS8

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    LIving in a cardboard box ain't so bad ... is it?

    That said, Duran.
     
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  13. Wass1985

    Wass1985 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Henry Armstrong....
     
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  14. he grant

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    I like Forrest too .. the size, speed and over all skill level ..
     
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  15. JohnThomas1

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    You'd be silly to back your house on anyone excepting SRR or Hearns.

    We would obviously be talking post Hearns SRL i reckon, and this version would be PEAK.

    A good gamble would be Montreal Duran but imo Leonard had learnt enough and progressed to the point of beating him. I could be wrong tho.

    I think he'd stop Napoles on cuts. He'd beat Curry for mine. I think he'd decision Gavilan and he's naturally too big for Armstrong imo.

    Out of left field someone like Luis Rodriguez with his excellent jab and hand speed could provide problems.
     
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