Title: Vacant Round 1 First Round 01. Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Pernell Whitaker 02. Thomas Hearns vs. Aaron Pryor 03. Felix "Tito" Trinidad vs. Pipino Cuevas 04. Roberto Duran vs. Vernon Forrest 05. Shane Mosely vs. Meldrick Taylor 06. Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Emile Griffith 07. Oscar de la Hoya vs. Carmen Basilio 08. Henry Armstrong vs. Paul Williams 09. Donald Curry vs. Zab Judah 10. Wilfredo Benitez vs. Floyd Mayweather jr. 11. Lloyd Honeyghan vs. Miguel Cotto 12. Mark Breland vs. Ricardo Mayorga Round 2: Winner of #: A) 01 vs. 12 B) 02 vs. 11 C) 03 vs. 10 D) 04 vs. 09 E) 05 vs. 08 F) 06 vs. 07 Round 3: Winner of: A vs. F B vs. E C vs. D Round 4: Winner of: # 1 = A/F vs. B/E # 2 = Winner of C/D vs. Ricky Hatton Round 5 - Title Bout Winner # 1 vs. Winner # 2 Winner = Welterweight King
Ok then I'll give it a shot. Round 1 01. Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Pernell Whitaker - SRL UD15 02. Thomas Hearns vs. Aaron Pryor - Hearns KO8 03. Felix Trinidad vs. Pipino Cuevas - Trinidad TKO9 04. Roberto Duran vs. Vernon Forest - Forrest TKO10 05. Shane Mosely vs. Meldrick Taylor - Mosely UD15 06. Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Emilie Griffith - SRR KO13 07. Oscar De la Hoya vs. Carmen Basilio - DLH MD15 08. Henry Armstrong vs. Paul Williams - Armstrong UD15 09. Donald Curry vs. Zab Judah - Judah TKO7 10. Wilfredo Benitez vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. - PBF UD15 11. Lloyd Honeyghan vs. Miguel Cotto - Cotto UD15 12. Mark Breland vs. Ricardo Mayorga - Mayorga KO5 Round 2 A) Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Ricardo Mayorga - SRL TKO 10 B) Thomas Hearns vs. Miguel Cotto - Hearns KO4 C) Felix Trinidad vs. Floyd Mayweather - Trinidad UD15 D) Vernon Forrest vs. Zab Judah - Forrest UD15 E) Shane Mosely vs. Henry Armstrong - Armstrong UD15 F) Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Oscar De la Hoya - SRR TKO11 Round 3 # 1 Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Sugar Ray Leonard - SRR MD15 # 2 Thomas Hearns vs. Henry Armstrong - Hearns UD15 # 3 Felix Trinidad vs. Vernon Forrest - Trinidad KO5 Round 4 Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Felix Trinidad - Robinson TKO12 Thomas Hearns vs. Ricky Hatton - Hearns KO6 Round 5 - Title Bout Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Thomas Hearns - Hearns SD15 Tommy Hearns is the Welterweight KING!
This tournament does not include Charley Burley, so is rendered non-offical. Is it also missing Napoles and Ted Kid Lewis?
I could have added guys like Ted Kid Lewis, Charley Burley, Kid Gavilan or Benny Paret, etc. But I chose to put in who I wanted to put in. I wanted to add second tier champs and top contenders otherwise Mayorga, Forrest, Taylor, Judah and Cotto wouldnt be there. I did the same for the HW and LHW tourney threads that I did. I figured it would combine Interesting Head to Head Match ups. Including ONLY ATGs in tournaments like this would inevitably lead to people to chosing the fighter with the greater legacy as opposed to the fighter who matches up better stylistically, which is not what the tournament is about. Truthfully given that this is the classic forum I should have went ahead an added only ATGs but I wanted to add fighters who have more film availiable so people can base thier opinions on from thier own perceptions and not what what historians chose to say about them.
Terrible tournament, I must say. No Gavilan, Napoles, Rodriguez, Ross, McLarnin... Yet Ricardo Mayorga stars :think
Please, there are plenty of all time greats to choose from in that list. Let's just pretend that Mclarnin, Ross, Rodriguez, and Napoles had the flu that evening.
Please? Please what? Don't 'please' me in that condescending manner. The tournament is ****, and so are you.
Again, the tournament is not meant to include ONLY ATGs it is meant for Tier 1 ATGs and a mix of Tier 2 fighters/champions. I could have included Burley, Ross or Gavilan but I chose not too. I wanted to include some modern fighters. "Bigtimeskills" The results for: Duran/Forrest Breland/Mayorga De la Hoya/Basilio Judah/Curry Are what my opinion is if the fights were to take place. It is conceivable that Forrest can beat Duran, Mayorga can stop Mark Breland, De la Hoya can outpoint Carmen Basilio and Judah can stop Donald Curry a fighter who couldnt hold on to his title even if his hands were made of velcro. The results are not set in stone and I may change my mind later. What I didnt want from this tournament is people to come in and compare legacies as oppossed to Head to Head analysis which is what this tourney was based on.
