A tournament for pro's that sees greats from yesteryear matched up with ATG's post 1955...who would you pick to win each match up? Who have I forgotten to pick as a representitive for their era? Let's see your picks... Pre 1955 v Post 1955. FLYWEIGHT...................WILDE v FIGHTING HARADA BANTAMWEIGHT.............TONY CANZONERI v OLIVARES FEATHERWEIGHT.............HENRY ARMSTRONG v SALVADOR SANCHEZ LIGHTWEIGHT.................BENNY LEONARD v DURAN WELTERWEIGHT..............SUGAR RAYROBINSON v FLOYD MAYWEATHER MIDDLEWEIGHT...............GREB v HOPKINS LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT.......LANGFORD v ROY JONES JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT................DEMPSEY v ALI Had a hell of a time picking someone to go in with Wilde...
I'd say the cut off point to there being a true difference is around 1925-35, personally. I consider, say, Armstrong and Robinson to have fought a modern style of boxing, unlike Wilde or Greb. FLYWEIGHT...................FIGHTING HARADA BANTAMWEIGHT.............OLIVARES FEATHERWEIGHT.............HENRY ARMSTRONG LIGHTWEIGHT.................DURAN WELTERWEIGHT..............SUGAR RAYROBINSON MIDDLEWEIGHT...............HOPKINS LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT.......ROY JONES JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT................ALI
You guys are RELLY underated Cani. I give the fights to the old timers expect Dempsey and Ali. For the record Cani DOES beat Olivares.
Wilde Canzoneri Armstrong by a nose Duran SRR Greb Langford & Jones is very close call.I think Sam is better,but can he deal with Roy's athleticism. Dempsey.
I agree; however the point was more to split tha pantheon of gloved boxing into two (roughly) equally sized peices and see what got coughed up. Robinson may have a "modern style" (i'd like that defined if you feel like it) but he belongs in the first half of boxing's first 120 ish years of gloved combat, haveing started as a pro in 1940. Nobody would like too see different fighters in any of the births?
I`ll coment on the ones Ive seen footage of.... Robinson KO`s Mayweather Ali Decisions Dempsey Ps. Ive seen olivares, sanchez, duran, hopkins & jones, just not much of their opponents. :good
I think Arcel, who trained Leonard and Duran, would tell you without hesitation that Leonard was better, and would have won. I'll also pick Robinson and Greb Dempsey Ali is by far the hardest for me to call. Dempsey is very underrated, and would be more than just a handful for Ali. I still think Ali will find a way through his ability of "magic".
