Tough one for you all today. Your challenge: Find two elite fighters who: 1) Never actually fought, but 2) You would confidently predict would draw if they faced each other in a 12 round fight. And no shenanigans! You can't pick the Klitschkos and say they'd intentionally split rounds with each other, for example.
This is a tough one, I have to cheat: Canelo vs Cotto, too darn close, both men walking thrithe other man's punches... I think it needs to be a war of attrition aka 15 rounds until someone wilted. Also me thinks Tyson vs Toney, in 2003, not because it would be a novelty but on the premise of play don't kill each other. Tyson would be swinging for the fences so his conditioning would have to be up there if we're taking it to the 12th. Toney would be dipping and dodging, displaying defence so Mike couldn't hit him. The big question is: WOULD Toney BE ABLE to HURT him?? Idk.. he didn't hurt Rydell Booker when giving him a beatdown, also Holyfield ko was more from an accumulation of punches and tiredness that tired him out. Tyson to his credit, has gone 12 hard rounds before.
I was going to say George Dixon and Young Griffo, but then I checked their boxrec to double check that they didn't fight. Turns out they did, and all three times were draws
I'm quite pleased with myself My pick would be Nicolino Locche and Sammy Angott. Angott would be all over Locche like a rash, and he'd care little for what comes back. His 'clutch', would be awful for an economic, powerless technician like Locche, and Sammy would work him badly, as he did Willie Pep. However, Locche would make him look like a complete amateur at times and the ugly stop-start action, combined with the fact that Locche has moments of brilliance in front of his home crowd lead to a draw.
