Send in your middleweight to beat Prime Michael Spinks

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  1. Pepsi Dioxide

    Pepsi Dioxide Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Robinson, Hopkins and Greb would be my picks as "best shot" they did some of their best work at middle. I dont consider Jones a 160 career fighter. Toney had multiple different weight class careers.

    That being said, though I think they would stand the best chance, I don't think they would win or win with any regularity. Spinks was an excellent fighter.
     
  2. richdanahuff

    richdanahuff Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Of the middleweights with the talent, speed and skills of modern fighter Nunn and RJJ are my two picks....people dont realize how great Nunn was before drugs caused his career to fall apart and his life later BTW he was recently paroled. Of the old time fights with a chance against Spinks I might go with Greb but Spinks style was very similar to Tunney and we know Tunney was able to beat him consistently so there you go
     
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  3. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    I guess you would try to find somebody who could at least surpass him at something.

    Harry Greb might well be able to outwork him.

    Roy Jones would at least be faster.

    Short of finding some angle like that, he is going to be very hard to beat.
     
  4. tommytheduke

    tommytheduke Active Member Full Member

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    None. Do Chris Byrd and Roy Jones count ?
     
  5. Ali Holmes

    Ali Holmes Active Member banned Full Member

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    They weren't career middleweights. But I guess if their prime was at middleweight, then yes.
     
  6. Tonto62

    Tonto62 Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    I don't see any middle beating a prime Spinks.
     
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  7. Ali Holmes

    Ali Holmes Active Member banned Full Member

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    Well send in your light heavyweight to beat prime Leon Spinks
     
  8. Journeyman92

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    “HuR DuR BuT GgG SpARs CrUiSeRS aNd WAs RoBbeD”
     
  9. Journeyman92

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    Charley Burley is my dark horse pick.
     
  10. Bronze Tiger

    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    James Toney ....he was a better heavyweight than Michael Spinks ...in my opinion
     
  11. Tonto62

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    H Johnson,Moore,Conn,Loughran,JonesJnr.
     
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  12. CleneloAnavarez

    CleneloAnavarez Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Are you autistic?
     
  13. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 MONZON VS HAGLER 2025 banned Full Member

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    So you have no sense of a humour?
     
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  14. BCS8

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    Preach the facts brother :deal:
     
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  15. Philly161

    Philly161 "Fundamentals are the crutch of the talentless" banned Full Member

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    Julian Jackson and just hope he can land a good one.