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by elmersalsa
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Forum: Boxing History
Topic: Joe Frazier vs Jimmy Ellis: Frazier is Undisputed World Heavyweight Champ!
Replies: 5
Views: 230

Re: Joe Frazier vs Jimmy Ellis: Frazier is Undisputed World Heavyweight Champ!

Expug wrote: 16 Feb 2025, 16:17 What a left hook it was! When I think left hook, I picture that one. Right there with Bob foster stretching Mike Quarry and Patterson doing the same to Ingo.
Don't forget the left hook that Joe Frazier gave Bob Foster. Right on the button!
by elmersalsa
16 Feb 2025, 15:14
Forum: Mythical Fights
Topic: Oscar Bonavena vs Pinklon Thomas
Replies: 3
Views: 432

Re: Oscar Bonavena vs Pinklon Thomas

Pinklon Thomas by unanimous decision.
by elmersalsa
16 Feb 2025, 15:13
Forum: Mythical Fights
Topic: Rodrigo Valdez vs Alan Minter
Replies: 4
Views: 367

Re: Rodrigo Valdez vs Alan Minter

The only way that Alan Minter wins this fight is at Wembley Stadium in London, England. Outside of England, I will pick Rodrigo "Rocky" Valdez.
by elmersalsa
16 Feb 2025, 15:11
Forum: Mythical Fights
Topic: Beau Jack vs Julio Caesar Chavez
Replies: 1
Views: 169

Re: Beau Jack vs Julio Caesar Chavez

The great Beau Jack would be perfect for Julio Cesar Chavez. In the battle of the trenches, Chavez was better.

Chavez wins by late KO or unanimous decision.
by elmersalsa
16 Feb 2025, 15:05
Forum: Mythical Fights
Topic: Thomas Hearns vs Rubin Carter
Replies: 7
Views: 858

Re: Thomas Hearns vs Rubin Carter

I differ here. After all the bombing by the great Tommy Hearns, somehow gets careless and discouraged a la Iran "The Blade" Barkley fight.

A left hook by Rubin "Hurricane" Carter and that's all she wrote. The same scenario of the Barkley fight.
by elmersalsa
16 Feb 2025, 15:00
Forum: Boxing History
Topic: Joe Frazier vs Jimmy Ellis: Frazier is Undisputed World Heavyweight Champ!
Replies: 5
Views: 230

Joe Frazier vs Jimmy Ellis: Frazier is Undisputed World Heavyweight Champ!

On this date, fifty-five years ago at the New York City famous Madison Square Garden, Joe Frazier of Philadelphia, PA brutally stopped WBA World Heavyweight Champion Jimmy Ellis of Louisville, KY. The heavyweight division was a circus ever since the great Muhammad Ali was stripped from his crown in ...
by elmersalsa
15 Feb 2025, 12:30
Forum: Mythical Fights
Topic: Jimmy Carter vs Roberto Duran
Replies: 3
Views: 359

Re: Jimmy Carter vs Roberto Duran

Jimmy Carter's style would be perfect for the great Roberto Duran. Duran by knockout in 13 rounds.
by elmersalsa
15 Feb 2025, 12:28
Forum: Mythical Fights
Topic: Primo Carnera vs Deontay Wilder
Replies: 2
Views: 415

Re: Primo Carnera vs Deontay Wilder

Deontay Wilder by knockout in 4.
by elmersalsa
15 Feb 2025, 12:27
Forum: Mythical Fights
Topic: Sandy Saddler vs Alexis Arguello
Replies: 3
Views: 339

Re: Sandy Saddler vs Alexis Arguello

Sandy Saddler, a great featherweight and one of the greatest boxers of all-time, but his style was perfect for someone like the great Explosive Thin Man Alexis Arguello. It would be Arguello vs Escalera I and II all over again. A bloody mess with Arguello giving the best shots. Arguello by knockout ...
by elmersalsa
15 Feb 2025, 12:19
Forum: Boxing History
Topic: Buster Douglas vs Mike Tyson: After 35 Years, Still the Greatest Upset of All-time.
Replies: 25
Views: 2191

Re: Buster Douglas vs Mike Tyson: After 35 Years, Still the Greatest Upset of All-time.

I remember exactly where I was when I saw this upset. It was a totally unbelievable upset in my lifetime. Anderson to this day, I have not seen nothing like it. James "Buster" Douglas fought a great and brilliant fight. He wasn't scared of The Baddest Man on the Planet named Iron Mike Tyso...
by elmersalsa
14 Feb 2025, 13:19
Forum: Mythical Fights
Topic: Erik Morales vs Vasyl Lomachenko
Replies: 2
Views: 376

Re: Erik Morales vs Vasyl Lomachenko

Vasyl Lomachenko by decision.
by elmersalsa
14 Feb 2025, 13:18
Forum: Boxing History
Topic: Halfway Through the 2020's Decade, Who's the Decade Greatest Fighter?
Replies: 10
Views: 958

Re: Halfway Through the 2020's Decade, Who's the Decade Greatest Fighter?

keithmoonhangover wrote: 14 Feb 2025, 09:57 Inoue top for me.
It's going to happen the same thing that happened to his country man Fighting Harada. He got to fight out of Japan.

That's why Manny Pacquiao is rated. He came to America and fought the very best.
by elmersalsa
14 Feb 2025, 03:08
Forum: Mythical Fights
Topic: Yaqui Lopez vs Bob Foster
Replies: 4
Views: 853

Re: Yaqui Lopez vs Bob Foster

This would be a war, but the great Bob Foster was seemingly invincible at 175lbs. Foster by knockout in 7 rounds in a war.
by elmersalsa
14 Feb 2025, 03:04
Forum: Mythical Fights
Topic: Tommy Morrison vs. George Chuvalo
Replies: 15
Views: 1730

Re: Tommy Morrison vs. George Chuvalo

Punch for punch, and chin for chin, I would pick George Chuvalo. He was ten times more hombre than Tommy Morrison.

In a great slugfest, Chuvalo by knockout in 6.
by elmersalsa
14 Feb 2025, 03:02
Forum: Mythical Fights
Topic: Donald Curry vs Matthew Hilton
Replies: 3
Views: 432

Re: Donald Curry vs Matthew Hilton

I got to go with Matthew Hilton on this one. I liked Donald Curry. He was a terrific boxer. But, Hilton would be too strong and powerful at 154lbs.

Curry's chin will betray him. Hilton by knockout in 9 rounds.
by elmersalsa
14 Feb 2025, 02:59
Forum: Mythical Fights
Topic: Joe Louis vs Gene Tunney
Replies: 7
Views: 1047

Re: Joe Louis vs Gene Tunney

Joe Louis would be fighting one of the smartest boxers ever in Gene Tunney. Tunney was a thinking man's fighter. He was just like Sugar Ray Leonard and Michael Spinks who had a strategy before and during the fight. If there's a trilogy, Tunney wins the first fight by decision. It won't be surprising...
by elmersalsa
14 Feb 2025, 02:51
Forum: Mythical Fights
Topic: Carlos Zarate vs Miguel Lora
Replies: 2
Views: 312

Re: Carlos Zarate vs Miguel Lora

A great fight here. But, I think Carlos Zarate's strength and conditioning would be too much against Miguel Lora.

Zarate hits too hard and throws a lot of text-book impressive combinations. This fight could be over by the tenth, even though, Lora was a complete boxer.
by elmersalsa
14 Feb 2025, 02:48
Forum: Mythical Fights
Topic: Esteban De Jesus vs Azumah Nelson
Replies: 1
Views: 258

Re: Esteban De Jesus vs Azumah Nelson

Esteban De Jesus speed is the key here. This would be the great Professor's third weight class at lightweight. Still, not enough to beat a craftsman boxer like De Jesus.

De Jesus by decision.
by elmersalsa
14 Feb 2025, 02:42
Forum: Boxing History
Topic: The Top 100 Greatest Boxers Pound per Pound of All-Time
Replies: 1767
Views: 66573

Re: The Top 100 Greatest Boxers Pound per Pound of All-Time









Michael Spinks vs Larry Holmes (II)
Saturday, April 19, 1986. Las Vegas, NV
by elmersalsa
14 Feb 2025, 02:32
Forum: Boxing History
Topic: The Top 100 Greatest Boxers Pound per Pound of All-Time
Replies: 1767
Views: 66573

Re: The Top 100 Greatest Boxers Pound per Pound of All-Time

The rematch was set on Saturday night of April 19, 1986 at the Las Vegas Hilton Center in Las Vegas, NV. Michael Spinks, the unbeaten Lineal and IBF Heavyweight Champion of the World, defends his crown against the former and great champion Larry Holmes. No longer undefeated, for Holmes is revenge ti...
by elmersalsa
14 Feb 2025, 01:34
Forum: Boxing History
Topic: The Top 100 Greatest Boxers Pound per Pound of All-Time
Replies: 1767
Views: 66573

Re: The Top 100 Greatest Boxers Pound per Pound of All-Time

A rematch has to happen, and it did. Even though, the great Larry Holmes of Easton, PA wasn't the Undefeated Heavyweight Champion of the World anymore, he demanded a rematch. But, in the eyes of many, what really Holmes got to prove? He has been champion for 7 years, he made a lot money, he is a mil...
by elmersalsa
11 Feb 2025, 12:43
Forum: Mythical Fights
Topic: Emile Griffith vs Bernard Hopkins
Replies: 5
Views: 746

Re: Emile Griffith vs Bernard Hopkins

Bernard Hopkins by decision. Too strong for Emile Griffith if both fighters fight on the inside.
by elmersalsa
11 Feb 2025, 12:41
Forum: Mythical Fights
Topic: Sonny Liston vs Ingemar Johansson
Replies: 6
Views: 618

Re: Sonny Liston vs Ingemar Johansson

Sonny would have bumrushed Ingo. Liston in 5 at the most.