World title fights that had the same gap in terms of reach as Hagler v Duran

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Yes based his style counter/pressure fighting like his hero Duran, but AJ couldn`t use his reach advantage as well as Hagler did without running and pot shotting the way he did in that rematch, could you imagine if Ruiz could have used Duran`s moves v AJ?!
     
  2. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    At the age of 31 I couldn`t see Spinks going on to have much of a career if he didn`t meet Tyson, fighters faded far quicker in them days, their bodies weren`t trained and in as good condition as modern fighters like AJ and Wilder, who at 34 is older than Spinks was in `88.
     
  3. PernellSweetPea

    PernellSweetPea Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Well Spinks moved up which meant he had to struggle to deal with the guys punching harder. He could have fought at 175 for years I think. The competition is not the same as it was then. And Wilder and Joshua at this stage are where Spinks was at 26 or so.