Marco Antonio Rubio vs Sugar Ray Robinson

Robinson was winning that fight, it's well known how he lost.
Maxim was better than Rubio.

 

I like these Dubal Speek threads because they force us to seriously consider how much of an advantage weight is over class. Frankly I'd say a great small fighter will demolish a big lunk every time, but the certainty of his victory diminishes the closer they come in terms of quality.

This is obvious but the question is really where is the point where a few pounds make up for a little less quality?

One of my favourite fighters ever was Igor Vovchanchyn, and he amply demonstrated that great quality could make up for almost any amount of weight by absolutely destroying 3 x 300lb monsters ON THE SAME NIGHT.

The videos of his fights vs Fred Floyd et al should be on youtube should anybody be curious.

 

On the flipside of the coin (and this just came to me now, so I am sort of shafting my previous post) we have the humungous Bob Sapp that beat the snot out of Ernesto Hoost, who should have won easily on the "quality vs quantity" argument.

 

too obvious b, u had me 4 a couple days tho.

 

The first time I ran into him he reeled me in and hung me up to dry

 

It might :blurp

 

Rubio was very mediocre and not much bigger if any than Robinson

Robinson almost won the 175 title against Maxim but ran out of gas.

Robinson humiliates Rubio in less than 5 rounds.

 

The skill difference is just too great.

Size isn't everything.

 

Golovkin isn't that much heavier than Robinson.

 

How many rounds? Also, are they fighting in an air conditioned arena or in suffocating 110 degree heat? And, would Rubio have put on 20 lbs in one day, or does he get to weigh in the day before?