The term 'fab 4' is applied to four boxers who fought each other in and around the welter and middleweight divisions - Duran, Leonard, Hearns and Hagler. Some variations include Benitez as well. These boxers fought the top guys of the time and held titles from the late 70s intto the early 90s. But there was another 'fab 4' group in the 2000s who fought in the lower weight classes. Manny Pacquaio Marco Antonio Barrera Juan Manuel Marquez Erik Morales All four chaps were elite fighters and most of their fights occurred in and around the feather and lightweight divisions. Marquez and Morales never faced each other, but all other permutations were achieved and most of their fights match the original fab 4 in terms of quality and intensity. Why hasn't this 'fab 4' group achieved the same degree of popularity as the 80s gang?
Harry Z. Truman once said: The only new thing in the world is the history you don't know. But let me tell you this about that: If you compare great skill-sets to ultra-great-skill-sets, you're beating the devil's tattoo on the coffee table of hell. And hell is in the Classic forum. You tell those dogs you're coming and you're bringing hell with you. They're no daisies. Why, they're no daisies at all.
Having trouble closing the circle (with the everybody fought everybody else attempt) on late 1970s/early 1980s light heavyweights, but there’s a fab bunch to be bound among: Matthew Saad Muhammad Eddie Mustafa Muhammad Marvin Johnson Yaqui Lopez Michael Spinks Dwight Muhammad Qawi And maybe James Scott It’s sort of the end of one era (MSM/EMM) and the start of another (Spinks/Qawi) with Scott and Johnson and Yaqui crossing over to some degree.
