Tito and De La Hoya would handily beat what we saw from Garcia and Guerrero

Nobody would dispute that, pal. :good

 

Even past their primes they win. And thats so sad for the fight game.

 

Thanks Cpt Obvious.

 

Well that's a given. You don't need to go all the way to undefeated, prime greats (or ATGs depending on your personal criteria) like Oscar and Tito to look at welterweights who would soundly defeat Garcia and Guerrero. A lot of the less accomplished fighters would defeat them too.

The late 70s/early 80s and the mid to late 90s were "glamour" eras at welterweight. Extremely high in quality, has "superstars" who attract casual fans. But I noticed that in between these eras, there were some very good welterweights who get overlooked. In between those eras, you had Donald Curry. Despite his career not going to expectations, I rank him very highly H2H at 147 during his brief prime. And he beat some pretty solid fighters too. Marlon Starling was a a very good fighter. Could be inconsistent, on a good night he sure as hell would not be an easy fight for Tito or Oscar. Simon Brown was a very good fighter too. Heavy hands, solid skills. Buddy McGirt was an excellent technician who soundly outboxed Brown, and was ranked in the top five P4P the first time he fought Pernell Whitaker, in 1993. Meldrick Taylor was still a good fighter up until the Terry Norris fight. Even after suffering the most heartbreaking of defeats against J.C. Chavez, and taking a horrible beating, he still moved up in weight and defeated a serviceable undefeated champ in Aaron Davis, whom I'd pick over some of the more recent welterweight titleholders (such as Andre Berto, Carlos Baldomir, Victor Ortiz, Marcos Maidana, Adrien Broner). Hell, I'd pick Glenwood Brown, whom Taylor also beat, over some of the recent WW titlists too.

Taylor ended up losing to Cristano Espana who was another good fighter who would have given lots of fighters issues with his height, range, and skills. He eventually lost his belt to Ike Quartey. I still maintain that Quartey, coming off 17 months of inactivity, should have won against De La Hoya pretty clearly on the cards since Oscar spent so much of the fight, particularly rounds 7 through 11, doing NOTHING.

Jose Luis Lopez was another talented guy. Not the most dedicated boxer, but he could crack and take a good shot. He put punches together well.

There were so many very good welterweights who seem to have been forgotten, or at the least, people forget how talented WW was between the two glamour eras of Leonard/Duran/Hearns/Benitez and De La Hoya/Trinidad/Whitaker/Mosley

 

Oba Carr would be a P4P GIANT in today's fight game

 

They'd beat them NOW.

 

No question

 

Thanks, Captain Obvious.