Smaller weight fighter that you wish fought at a higher weight class

Tommy Hearns

 

Seeing a Heavyweight Willie Pep would have been hilarious. He obviously wouldn't be as fast and elusive as he was in reality, but he was an incredibly smart and naturally talented fighter that understood the deeper nuances of Boxing.

Him fighting the Heavyweights would really showcase the insurmontable difference in class between a P4P all time great and your average ranked Heavyweight. I'm confident that a 6'1 200 lb Pep would clown everyone today aside from Usyk, who would put a decent showing but would still lose a pretty clear decision.

 

I'd say I'd like to see a featherweight Miguel Canto try and outbox Vicente Saldivar. That'd be a cool fight.

 

Salvador Sanchez. Possibly Alexis Arguello.

 

light heavyweight Korean Hawk.

 

If you made Fighting Harada a 160lber he would never lose.

 

Ricardo Lopez first to come to mind. A friend of mine once said of him, “If you could make a 160lb version of the guy, he would beat any fighter today, in any weight class.”

 

And put him in that late 70's-early 80's era.

 

Benitez would have been interesting as a heavyweight fighter.

Duran's skillset at HW would have been special.

Would've liked to see what a prime Naz looks like at MW.

 

A fun and interesting guy would be Aaron Pryor at say light heavy. Bouncing around, shooting (hard) shots from all angles, getting knocked down off balance and bouncing up to go to war … he’d be something.

 

So, a version of Deontay Wilder who is skilled?