Kid Gavilan - head-to-head monster?

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  1. Manassa

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    Who'd beat Gavilan at 147lbs?
     
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  2. teeto

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    Robinson:lol:
     
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  3. bodhi

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    Not many. I think Armstrong could but wouldn´t necessarily. Napoles has a good shot as have Griffith and Rodriguez. Leonard could do it too. I´d bet on Hearns to beat him.
     
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  4. El Bujia

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    That about covers it.
     
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  5. Swarmer

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    I think Ted Kid Lewis could do it.
     
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  6. TheGreatA

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    Doug Ratford
     
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  7. teeto

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  8. Manassa

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    It does seem Gavilan & Robinson's peaks were slightly separated. I'd bet on the 1951 Gavilan to fare a bit better against a 1948 Robinson, if only slightly on account of being less open to Robinson's counters. I reckon Gavilan could grab one in a trilogy.
     
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  9. El Bujia

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    Negative.
     
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  10. TheGreatA

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    If the question were who could rob Kid Gavilan at 147 lbs then the list would be a lot longer.
     
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  11. teeto

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    I'll put it nice and simple

    Robinson
     
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  12. Swarmer

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    He had the speed. He had the strength up close. Lacking in finer points on the outside, but Gavilan couldn't hurt him and he'd get in.
     
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  13. Vic-JofreBRASIL

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    Me too.....
     
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  14. Manassa

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    When did you become this annoying?
     
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  15. El Bujia

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    Well, Britton had his number, and McFarland was a level above either man. I just don't see someone like Lewis being on the level of a Gavilan, nor having the style to gain any kind of upper hand (on the inside he'd be nullified and out-pointed, on the outside he'd be out-jabbed and out-boxed). I think he gets a bit overrated.
     
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