1992 vs. 2002

fearthymullet · Post by **fearthymullet** » 18 Jul 2002, 11:40

what do you guys think of some of these matchups between the best fighters of 1992 versus the best of 2002?

heavyweight- lewis/bowe
light heavyweight- jones/hill (in '92 shape)
middleweight- hopkins/toney or j. jackson
light middleweight- de la hoya or vargas/norris
welterweight- forrest or mosley/mcgirt
light welterweight- tszyu/chavez
lightweight- mayweather/whitaker

fearthymullet · Post by **fearthymullet** » 19 Jul 2002, 10:48

some of these fighters have faced before (hill and jones) but all of the '92 fighters would be fighting at their '92 shape and potential.

Tomato-Can · Post by **Tomato-Can** » 19 Jul 2002, 14:55

The winners would be

Lewis
Jones
Hopkins
Norris
Forrest
Chavez
Whitaker

SonnyRollins · Post by **SonnyRollins** » 24 Jul 2002, 14:47

tomato can wrote:The winners would be

Lewis
Jones
Hopkins
Norris
Forrest
Chavez
Whitaker

I agree with each one of your picks, except for Norris. He'd get chinned by either Vargas or De La Hoya. The guy was just plain overrated. He had loads of talent, was a pretty good boxer, good puncher, but he had a terrible chin and he made his name beating the daylights out of washed up fighters (Taylor, Mugabi, Leonard, CURRY!, Blocker). He then got chinned by Simon Brown (another name guy who was supposed to be finished). To me, Norris was always just a glorified version of Mark Breland.
But, anyway, you're entitled to your own opinion

Tomato-Can · Post by **Tomato-Can** » 24 Jul 2002, 16:35

Mr Saxophone....6 outta 7 aint bad. Really though I had trouble with the 154 pick. I went with Norris because De La Hoya and Vargas have'nt done as much at 154 as Norris.

wouter · Post by **wouter** » 25 Jul 2002, 07:08

Lewis
Jones
Toney
DeLaHoya
McGirt
Chavez
Whitaker

McGirt's ability is way underrated, Norris' chin is way overrated