Jai Opetaia vs the following 1970s heavyweights

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  1. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Jai comes in at 6'3 200 vs
    Jerry Quarry
    Jimmy Ellis
    Ken Norton

    Does he go 3-0?
     
  2. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Opetaia clears the 70s apart from Ali, Foreman, Fraizer and MAYBE Norton
     
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  3. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    You're forgetting Holmes aswell and I also wouldn't be confident of Opetaia's face holding up against some of the big hitters of that era.

    Opetaia had his jaw rearranged from a past it Briedis.

    And a 40 year old Cinarka made Opetaia's face look like he'd been smashed into a brickwall.
     
  4. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Opetaia is a southpaw he beats Holmes
     
  5. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I don't put much emphasis on his loss to Nick Wells as an amateur.

    Holmes also lost to Duane Bobick as an amateur who wasn't a southpaw.

    Holmes simply improved leaps and bounds as a professional.
     
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  6. Smokin Bert

    Smokin Bert Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I think Jai would be fortunate to win one out of three here. No way he beats Norton.