Hypothetical Match-Up Game

[harrygreb]

prior gets the nod from me at 140 with the bottle.
mayweather is getting a pasting from the tornado that is aaron prior. in the 8th floyd goes down but gets up at 6 as the bell goes. he immediately sends a member of his team to sneak round to priors corner to snatch that bottle. team prior are ready for him though and a dummy blue bottle containing horlicks is soon in mayweathers clutches. he takes a swig, smiles to himself and comes out for the 9th ready to rumble. a jab from prior and an overhand right send floyd to the canvas for the full count.

prior KO 9

gerry cooney v oscar bonavena

[harrygreb]

i thought daniels was a texan.
what do you know about the toronto 5 - i need to know, buzz.

[raylawpc]

i thought daniels was a texan.
what do you know about the toronto 5 - i need to know, buzz.

Terry is from Texas but now lives with family members in Ohio. Three years ago, he was in pretty bad shape, suffering from the same type of Parkinson's as Ali, and living by himself in Houston. But Terry had surgery about two years ago and received electrial inplants in his brain. I understand these have eased his tremors considerably, and he has regained some of his balance. Last I heard he was much better.

[Goodnight, Irene]

Bonavena endures an early knockdown to stop Cooney in six. A short, violent war.

Once again, & for real, this time around...Castillo, at the height of his career, moves up to Jr. Welter to challenge the 140lb. version of Cotto. 12 rounds...

[allworld80]

Brutality on a seemingly all time level. This is a phone booth fight, and both fighters taking their turn wailing away on each other. I think Cotto has the game to finish Castillo however, and after being hurt several times himself, stops Castillo in the 10th round.

Castillo vs Tszyu @ 140

[Goodnight, Irene]

Tszyu by razor-thin decision in an epic.

The peak Tszyu moves on (& up) to face a prime Vernon Forrest in a twelve-rounder at 147...

[BoxBuzz]

Kostya is being outboxed until the 7th when he finds his mark dead on the money and Vernon is not given the same opportunity that Vince Phillips had to shake up the Rauskytralian.


Orzabek Nazarov

vs

Acelino Popo Freitas

at Lightweight

[My2Sense]

Orzabek Nazarov

vs

Acelino Popo Freitas

at Lightweight

Freitas tries to use his footwork and that awkward "boxing" style of his to keep the fight at long range, but Nazarov keeps the pressure on and finishes strong down the stretch to take the fight by decision or late TKO.


Next up:
Alfredo Escalera vs. Tony Lopez, "The Tiger vs. The Snake Man"

[yiddle]

escalera has to much all round in his game for lopez and wins by late round stoppage with lopez unable to see out of one eye



lloyd honeyghan vs ricky hatton

[alexpaterson]

Hatton KO 11th body work slows Honeygan down and Hatton pounces in the later rounds

Napoles vs Hatton LWW 15 rounds

[Goodnight, Irene]

Napoles on a clear decision. Hatton shows clear difficulty closing the gap.

Joel Casamayor (2002) vs. Manny Pacquiao (2008) at Lightweight...

[I Feel Fine]

I think Casamayor would win. Aside from Santa Cruz, Casamayor usually gets tough breaks, while Pac usually catches breaks. I think Casamayor was a very good, possibly great fighter, and I think he could have won a decision (if the judges don't rob him.)

Not sure if this has been done, but, Ken Buchanan vs. Esteban De Jesus...

[My2Sense]

Not sure if this has been done, but, Ken Buchanan vs. Esteban De Jesus...

Always been a tough fight to call, but I think I give the edge to DeJesus' cleaner, harder punching.

DeJesus by fair decision in a competitive, part-tactical part-slugfest type of fight.


Next up:
Panama Al Brown vs. Eder Jofre, bantamweights.

[raylawpc]

Not sure if this has been done, but, Ken Buchanan vs. Esteban De Jesus...

Finally! A fight between two guys from the same era who could have fought, but didn't. I assume this is circa 1972-1974, 15 rounds. I think Buchanan would have outworked DeJesus down the stretch and won a decision.

Since My2Sense beat me to it, Jofre in two over Brown.

Jack McAuliffe defends his title against a young Kid Lavigne, instead of Billy Myer, on September 5, 1892 in New Orleans, LA, Olympic Club. Referee Prof. John Duffy. On turf, eight post ring, 5 ounce glove. No limit on rounds.

[HomicideHenry]

McAuliffe wins via KO in 25th rounds...

After what I just seen, I have to make this MY main event!!!


MANNY PACQUIA VS ROBERTO DURAN, 12 ROUNDS, AT 140!!!!

[harrygreb]

duran comes out of his corner like a tiger and whips in two handed assaults manny shoots out a left jab but is on a slow retreat. pac picks his game up in the third and some great combos puts a little doubt in robbo's mind.
great fight continues until the 8th when a right hook from manny is followed by a straight left of power to the chin of duran and he is down. beats the count but pacman stes him up for a right cross this time that settles the issue.

pacquiao KO 8


they talk the talk and write the fight but are they dopes inside the ropes?
literally, the heavyweight book championship of the world - 15 rounds
ernest hemingway v norman mailer

[Goodnight, Irene]

Mailer bulls & mauls his way to a decision. Tough old bastard. Hemingway didn't want it anymore after the ninth, but hung in to hear the judges score against him.

Main Event: Manny Pacquiao vs. Azumah Nelson at Featherweight!

Undercard: Fernando Vargas (1999) tackles Julio Cesar Vasquez (1994)...

[My2Sense]

Mailer bulls & mauls his way to a decision. Tough old bastard. Hemingway didn't want it anymore after the ninth, but hung in to hear the judges score against him.

Main Event: Manny Pacquiao vs. Azumah Nelson at Featherweight!

Undercard: Fernando Vargas (1999) tackles Julio Cesar Vasquez (1994)...

Undercard:
Hmmmmm... I think I'll go with the "upset" on this one. Vargas shows his greater all-around ability, outboxing Vasquez for long stretches, but Vasquez keeps on the pressure, lands some big bombs when and where he can, perhaps scoring a knockdown or two along the way, and eventually pulls the fight out with a late round stoppage.

Main event:
Another interesting match up. Pacquiao was not as cagey or well-rounded at this weight as he has been in recent fights, while Nelson was more perhaps stronger and more fierce than he would be at 130/135; though still, Nelson has shown some trouble with movement and southpaws. I think Pacquiao gives Nelson hell early, being quicker and more mobile, but Pacquiao fails to vary his attack and Nelson makes the adjustments, keeps the pressure on, and comes back late to take the fight by decision or late stoppage.


Next up (continuing the new Pacquiao trend):

Pacquiao vs. Arguello
@ every weight from 126-140 - does the weight make any difference?

[I Feel Fine]

Duran stopped by Pacquiao in 8? No way...

Arguello beats Pacquiao at every weight, I would say.

Nino Benvenuti vs. Thomas Hearns... 15 rounds at 154 or 160

[Robinson]

Id love to have watched Arguello vs Pacman.

[alexpaterson]

Id love to have watched Arguello vs Pacman.

That would be an absoulate classic

[hitman09]

Hearns KO7.
Continuing the Pacman trend...
Main Event
Pacquiao vs Tzsyu at 140

Undercard
Hatton vs Gatti at 140
Mayweather vs De La Hoya at Lightweight.

[alexpaterson]

Pacquiao wins by KO in the 7th Hatton KO in the 10th in an absoulote thriller and Mayweather UD in a masterful performance from PBF

Pacquiao vs Pryor 15 rounds LWW

Hatton vs Floyd Mayweather SNR WW 15 rounds (grudge match)

Floyd Mayweather JR vs Julio Cesar Chavez 12 rounds WW

[harrygreb]

duran KO'D by manny in the 8th? yeah, why not this is the hypo match up game and pac might have done it in the 1st had i wanted him to.

manny is ahead against prior until the 10th when perhaps he wants to save a little for the last couple of rounds but anyway he slows up. prior has it his way until the the 14th. manny tries to step it up but just has nothing in the tank. prior decks pacman in the 15th to take the round big and wins a split.

prior SD 15

i love the idea that this becomes a grudge fight after the hatton - manny bout.
however, mayweather finds it almost as easy as manny did and ricky is rescued by the ref after a pasting in the 6th.

mayweather TKO 6

PBF makes it a 1 - 2 - 3 for the states when he displays all his speed and ring craft and more than ordinary power to defeat chavez by wide decision.

mayweather UD 12


WHAT IS LEFT FOR THE CHIRPY MANC AFTER YET ANOTHER DISAPPOINTMENT AGAINST OLD MAN MAYWEATHER?

RICKY SIGNS TO FIGHT AMIR KHAN IN AN ATTEMPT TO RECAPTURE BOXING GLORY;

HATTON V KHAN

[observer1]

imo, A Green Khan takes a Faded Hatton in a Close UD.

Ruddock V Wlad