Rocky Lockridge vs Pedrosa 1

How did you score it, round by round? Which rounds could not have gone any other way than to Rocky, thus making it a robbery?

Lockridge has a case for winning this one and the second Pedroza fight as well.

His resume would look a hell of a lot better if he got the wins over Pedroza and Gomez. And in light of his close points loss Chavez, he would be looked at in a much better light than what he is.

Would it have made him HOF worthy? Probably, notwithstanding the Laporte blowout. Probably hasn't got a case now, but if you think he did win the Gomez and Pedroza fights he should be HOF worthy in your estimations.

I actually had the first Pedroza fight a draw, 143-143, and the second one I had Pedroza edging by a point, 144-143. In both instances, I might have been a little kind to Pedroza, especially in the first fight.

My score breakdown in the first fight:

Pedroza winning rounds 7,8,9,10,12,14 ( 10-8 )
Lockridge winning rounds 1,2,3,4,5,11 and 15.
Rounds 6 and 13 even.

 

I had Lockridge winning the first fight and Pedroza winning the second right. I still stand by the fact that Pedroza was overrated.

 

Pedroze is overrated, barrera and pac both have vastly superior resumes. Im sure thay would be champs for 7 years, if they fought the mediocrities that eusbeio kept fighting.

 

Barrera got his ass handed to him by Junior Jones, what makes you so sure he beats the likes of Lockridge, Laporte or even a Bernard Taylor?

As for Pac if he's struggling with Marquez and an old Morales I'm sure he'd meet his match with some fighters in Pedroza's era as well.

 

Junior Jones in his heyday was a really good fighter, so I don't think there's any shame in losing to him.

 

I'm positive pedorza would have losses on his record if he fought true elites like hamed and morales. Even johhny tapia and kevin kelley are better than most of pedroza comp. At least he dominated a prime P$P fighter like hamed, which p4p fighter did pedroza beat, oh yeah none.

 

He was really good, and Lockridge was really good too, really, really good.

 

Prime Hamed is not as good as prime Lockridge imo. Hamed had a bigger rep because he blew so much hot wind up his own ass whereas Lockridge was down to earth and humble, but put them together and I'd take Lockridge to take Hamed's heart over 15 rounds. Hamed might score a ko win in a series between the two, but more often than not Lockridge takes him imo.

 

Lockridge was how far past it when he fought Tony Lopez, in your eyes? Who would win prime for prime?

 

I actually think the best Lockridge we ever was when he was very young. The Lockridge of the Pedroza fights was probably as sharp as he ever got. He did gain experience through those fights though, which probably made him sustain a consistent level whilst dulling down a little bit as the years progressed.

The first Lopez fight was probably the first real sign that I saw that he had markedly declined (bear in mind I didn't see the Knight or de la Rosa fights, which might have been the first signs that he was on the way down). He wasn't the same for Lopez as he had been for the Chavez and Michael fights, where even though not as sharp as he had been in the Pedroza days, he was still excellent. I think the Lockridge of the Michael or Chavez days knicks a close fight with Lopez. An even younger 130 Lockridge of Gomez and Mayweather vintage probably takes a clearer decision against Lopez.

 

Pedroza may have fouled the hell out of Arguello though.

 

Hamed is a true elite?

 

Is this post referring to my post? If so:

I gave the 15th to Lockridge, not to Pedroza.

And Pedroza was inactive for the first 5 rounds, not 7. Rounds 6 and 7 were not clear rounds for Lockridge.

About Hamed being too quick and powerful for Lockridge, well I'm not sure. I think Hamed could catch him and maybe stop him, but more often than not Lockridge would take Hamed's shots and break Hamed down with his great will to win.

Lockridge didn't have any trouble with the speed and power of Roger Mayweather, nor the power of Chavez, Gomez or Boza-Edwards.

As for Arguello beating Pedroza at 126, that's entirely possible, but if he does he will have to do so from way behind on the cards imo. If Arguello was haivng problems with Olivares and Marcel, he'd have his hands full with Pedroza as well.