Take a fight card, rearrange the matchups, make a better show

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  1. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I don’t fancy moving guys up in weight to make matches (i.e. Chavez-Trinidad) when the smaller man has little chance due to size/power/whatever. In this case I don’t think you make a better card, you just get a better name matchup.

    Plus now you’re going to have Haugen fighting a Tijuana taxicab driver, lol.

    Although I’ll certainly take Nunn-McClellan. Maybe Trinidad-Norris would be fun.

    Just don’t think this one slices up evenly.
     
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  2. Saintpat

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    If I redo the Roberto Duran-Davey Moore card, can I put Duran in with Panama Lewis and take the padding out of Roberto’s gloves? Because I’m all in for that.
     
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  3. Dubblechin

    Dubblechin Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    How about:
    * Haugen-Alli to start the show
    * Nunn-McClellan - WBA Super Middleweight Title (Gerald was a super middle that night)
    * Norris-Trinidad (Blocker had moved up, Trinidad could, too. And Felix was a bigger threat to Terry.)
    * Chavez-Blocker for Blocker's IBF welterweight belt? (Julio could win a welterweight belt, or not.)
     
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  4. Saintpat

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    I could live with that.
     
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  5. Jel

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    I think if you're going to move Chavez up anyway, I like Chavez-Norris more. Then you could just match up Trinidad and Blocker early (same result) and you'd have a better card for sure.

    It might make Norris the biggest party pooper of all time beating Chavez in front of 130,000 Mexican fans but it was the second biggest p4p match up at that time after Chavez-Whitaker, which happened later that year at 147 anyway. This way Norris might avoid Simon Brown and get a crack at Whitaker and maybe that Trinidad-Norris matchup happens after all.

    I like McClellan-Nunn - interesting boxer v puncher matchup.
     
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  6. Dubblechin

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    They talked about Chavez-Norris for a while. But going up two weight divisions was too much for him.

    I think you could put Chavez in with Blocker, have him compete for a welterweight title against a tough welter, and keep 132,000 fans from tearing the place apart. Norris may have blown Chavez out. That would've been dangerous that night for all involved. (LOL)

    I think McClellan-Nunn would've been great.
     
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    Well, I meant Chavez-Norris at welterweight so no titles were at risk but yeah, I take your point!
     
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