Terry Norris vs Jose Napoles

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  1. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Who wins?
     
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    Sweet Pea Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Napoles by KO within 3 or 4. Norris lacked the chin and poise (attributes Napoles had in spades) to hang with an extremely skilled, accurate power puncher like Napoles, regardless of his size advantage.
     
  3. Robbi

    Robbi Marvelous Full Member

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    Boxers like Napoles appear once a decade. Boxers like Norris come along once in a lifetime. Saying that Terry was a complete boxer is far off the mark. He was probably the best that ever lived. No average or even very good fighter beats a prime Leonard at his absolute peak.

    Norris ends this fight anytime he wants.


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  4. redrooster

    redrooster Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Again we have to go with Norris considering his effortless wins over the best of his era. You need a cannon to get him out of there if you have any hopes of winning because a win on points is out of the question. The reason because using combinations on a moving target is an exercise in futility as Ray Leonard himself found out. Close but unanimous decision for Norris.

    There's no substitue for the real thing-Redrooster
     
  5. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    napoles would take him apart with accurate power shots and KO him late