two long time champions at light heavy both of whom were great fighters but in both cases it was not clear if they were actually the light heavyweight of his day hill didnt really unify with gus certain guys didnt get title shots anyways who wins?
Gus Lesnevich would have beaten Virgil Hill. He fought in a much tougher era.Much tougher. He also beat heavyweights. Was he the best LH of his time ? Nope, as there was some chap fighting at the same time named , EZZARD CHARLES...
Hard to say. Hill has the height, jab, and footspeed over Lesnevich, and that might be enough to carry him to victory. Billy Conn and Joey Maxim both used similar attributes to beat Lesnevich, although Gus was reportedly competitive with both of them (and he was likely fading by the time he fought Maxim).
yeah hill does have jab-reach to win but i think gus is a better inside fighter and probably has more tricks but hill has better footwork hard to pick i think the type of ref you have would played a big part in the match
glad to see you stated all your wisdom by saying NO IT ISN'T lol and your right ofcourse because a fight between long time champs is always an easy pick
yes lesnevich did fight in a better era i agree with you but hill fought many many good fighters too http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=479&cat=boxer go throught his record fought the best americans and europeans at both light heavy and later at cruise guys like tizzo,jones, dariusz m,henry maske etc would be tough oppenents for a fighter in any era
