Carlos Palomino on points or early knockout. He was the better inside fighter of the two.

Controversial wrote: ↑02 Jun 2023, 07:06

elmersalsa wrote: ↑01 Jun 2023, 17:06 The referee of the Gerald McClellan vs Nigel Benn title fight was terrible. Very terrible!

In what way, the first round knockdown you mean on in general?

The first knockdown and the rabbit punches. That referee didn't refereed another big world title fight ever again. I could be corrected.

Did you think Benn was the beneficiary of a slow count in round 1 ? Definitely! He was out. The French referee helped Nigel Benn to recuperate by not allowing Gerald McClellan to continue and finish him off. He held McClellan for at least 20 seconds. Maybe more. Plus, he let Benn hit McClellan with...

The great Emile Griffith.

David Tua could be outboxed. When he was getting outboxed early, his coupe of grace was the lucky left hook in the later rounds. This is a very interesting fight. I would probably pick Joe Bugner. Tua had a lot of problems with bigger guys over 6'3" height. Bugner was 6'4" or 6'5" I b...

Ron Lyle wins before the tenth. Bigger and stronger. And hit harder. Does Lyle hit harder than the great Joe Louis? I don't know. But he can hit. Ask Big George

By the way, this would be one of the great Salvador Sanchez's easiest fights at 130lbs if he would have been still alive and move to that class.

Sanchez wins big, and by knockout. No matter the venue.

Nile4000 wrote: ↑01 Jun 2023, 14:48 I think Salvador wins by UD, but if I was him, I would not fight in Puerto Rico.

That's the same thing I have said about the great Carlos Zarate. Why did he go to Puerto Rico to fight a great fighter like Wilfredo Gomez above his weight class was beyond my comprehension.

Felix "Tito" Trinidad wasn't good enough. He had a well-cautious boxing career, while the great Luis Manuel Rodriguez was fighting top men ever since his 20th fight. This is a big gap in record and technically wise. Rodriguez is way miles ahead. Tito's not in his class. El Feo on points an...

The referee of the Gerald McClellan vs Nigel Benn title fight was terrible. Very terrible!

Seamus wrote: ↑28 May 2023, 22:57 I had it 147-141 for Benitez. A 17 yr old boy decisively defeated a Hall of Famer. At least on my card.

That's a good scoring, Seamus. I saw Benitez win 148-141. A teenager beats a grown man.

While I've never found confirmation, I know Sanchez was struggling to make weight at Featherweight in the end, and I've always suspected the basis for the talk of a fight with Alexis Arguello was because Sanchez was probably in the gym and feeling great at 135. Did he really ducked the great Eusebi...

I put on some thought about Mexican great Salvador Sanchez of his chances of becoming a top ten all-time great pound per pound boxer or simply the best boxer that ever happened if his career would have not been cut so short dying in a car crash in 1982. By the time of his death, Sanchez already acco...

Hector "Macho" Camacho by Unanimous decision. Back in 1983, and in his prime, Camacho had it all. He was a complete fighter. He could have been the Island of Puerto Rico greatest boxer. He was too fast. If the great Salvador Sanchez would have been alive, he probably would have had to figh...

And the question was leading up to the fight, who is this Wilfred Benitez? He wasn't well known all over the world not even in the United States, even though, he was really born there in the Bronx, a New York City borough, on September 12, 1958. Unbeaten in his first 25 fights, the young challenger ...

You have to be super really good to beat a guy like the great Kid Gavilan at his very best. Gavilan is one of my favorite all-time fighters.

Just because I don't think Duran should be at the top is not dissing.Here's a guy who lost to Kirkland Laing,twice to Vinny Pazienza,got blown up by Tommy Hearns,gave it the famous "No Mas and quit,and looked kike a dog against Leonard in fight 3 Don't see anything like that in Jofre's record....

Hey buddy what's wrong with you?.Eder Jofre #1.He never said "No Mas" in the ring. :lol: C'mon bro! Why are you dissing my main man! :lol: Great shout for the great Eder Jofre, though. :TU: Just because I don't think Duran should be at the top is not dissing.Here's a guy who lost to Kirkl...

That's a great list catalogue.

Here's my rough ranking: 1. Roberto Duran 2. Eder Jofre 3. Carlos Monzon 4. Jose Napoles 5. Carlos Ortiz 6. Alexis Arguello 7. Julio Cesar Chavez 8. Kid Gavilan 9. Luis Rodriguez 10. Ruben Olivares 11. Salvador Sanchez 12. Felix Trinidad 13. Wilfredo Gomez 14. Wilfred Benitez 15. Juan Manuel Marque...

Aaron Pryor in 5.

David Haye was not in the great Evander Holyfield's level. Holyfield by knockout in 7.

#68. Wilfred Benitez: Record: 53-8-1, 31KOs KO Pct is 58% Career: 1973-90. World Titles Held: WBA World Jr Welterweight Champion (1976-77), WBC World Welterweight Champion (1979), and WBC World Super Welterweight Champion (1981-82) Highlights: . Triple crown division World champion that was undefeat...

Now, this is the countdown so far: 100. Jersey Joe Walcott 99. Sonny Liston 98. Vicente Saldivar 97. Gene Fullmer 96. Mike Tyson 95. Eusebio Pedroza 94. Benny Lynch 93. Jack Britton 92. Tommy Ryan 91. Mike McCallum 90. James Toney 89. Tiger Flowers 88. Joe Brown 87. Ted "Kid" Lewis 86. Pet...

On April 1977, the great Carlos Zarate of Mexico was in one of the most explosive Bantamweight matches in boxing history against former champion and stablemate Alfonso Zamora. It was a fight between two undefeated world champions with unbelievable knockout records. It was called, "The Battle of...