Hypothetical Match-Up Game

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Arreola KO3 LeDoux: Arreoa brutally massacres him

Klitschko UD Thompson: BOOOOOORRRRRING!!!

Froch KO9 Collins: Exciting slugfest with Froch rising from the deck to stop Collins.

Riddick Bowe vs. Shannon Briggs

Bowe cripples Briggs, but who is this Thompson fella standing in for Witherspoon?

Anyway, Witherspoon & Klitschko split six fights, three a-piece. Too close to call, IMO.

Joe Frazier vs. Gene Tunney...10 rounds

[IRLangmaid25]

I am going for Gene Tunney on pts as he has the better all rounder boxing ability than Joe Frazier and would just keep smoking Joe away from him with his jab, and I do like the sound of Froch Collins as I have got it down as an utter slugfest.

Next up
Ricky Hatton v Arturo Gatti: 12 Rounds Light Welter

[Diamond WEAPON]

I am going for Gene Tunney on pts as he has the better all rounder boxing ability than Joe Frazier and would just keep smoking Joe away from him with his jab, and I do like the sound of Froch Collins as I have got it down as an utter slugfest.

Next up
Ricky Hatton v Arturo Gatti: 12 Rounds Light Welter

Ricky Hatton enters the ring at 151 lbs. to Gatti's 159, both look ready to battle as they walk to the ring.

The fight begins with Hatton charging out into a left hook after a missed Gatti hook that lands flush and knocks Gatti down. Gatti, more off-balance than hurt, realizes how quick his opponents is in closing distance and so decides to play as a counter puncher rather than charging recklessly himself. Gatti lands flush right crosses on Hatton coming in, which Hatton returns with combinations immeditely afterward. The second round again begins with Hatton charging at Gatti, only this time Gatti has him timed and Gatti charges forward and throws a fully leveraged lead right that Hatton walks right into, dropping him hard. Hatton gets up on wobbly legs and clinches and mauls Gatti for the next minute as he recovers his bearings. The two trade leather viciously until the end of the second bell. The two of them continue with this furious pace for the first 4 rounds, after which in each corner their cutmen have their work cut out for them. Gatti's eyes are quickly swelling shut and he has a scraping cut on his cheek, while Hatton has cuts over both eyes and a knot below his left eye from the numerous right crosses he's taken. Both fighters come out in the 5th with a seeming disdain for all boxing skill as they take turns hitting each other low and headbutting each other on the inside in a mauling brawl, and furiously trading bombs on the outside. In the 7th Hatton slips a Gatti left hook and lands one of his own, rocking a nearly blind Gatti badly into the ropes. Hatton charges forward with power shots that rock Gatti against the ropes and at all corners of the ring until Gatti throws and lands a haymaker left hook that drops Hatton and further tears open the cut over his left eye. The ringside doctor finally stops the fight in light of Hatton practically squirting blood out of his cut, giving Gatti a dramatic TKO win as he was barely behind on the scorecards.

BTW, sorry about the mistake G,I, I did mean to put Witherspoon, but I just made a bit of a freudian slip with he and Tony Thompson.

Tye Fields vs. Butterbean in a battle of Top Rank's white freakshows. Prime vs. Prime, Fields weighs in at 275 and 'Bean comes in at 335.

[SaadOffTheDeck]

I guess Fields by decision. That would be ugly.

Edison Miranda vs Juan Roldan 10 rds
Gene fullmer vs Michael Nunn 12rds

[King Carlos]

Roldan over Miranda, no doubt about it. Different class of brawler.

Fullmer vs Nunn is a hard one to call. If it's the Nunn that showed up for most of his bouts, I'd call a Fullmer UD simply on the basis of out-working him. Otherwise, it could get interesting.

[allworld80]

Went looking for this thread and no one left a fight :x

Here's one that never happened, but should have...

Erik Morales vs Juan Manuel Marquez @ FW

Oddly enough, Golden Boy, and Richard Schaefer specifically, have said recently they'd like to make this fight happen eventually.

[Diamond WEAPON]

Morales wins a close but clear decision in a war where he drops Marquez late. Morales was just a little too good in his prime and he wasn't quite open enough for the fairly cautious Marquez to capitalize fully with counters, Erik's rangy 1-2 plays a big role here in keeping JMM at bay.

Gerald McClellan vs. Kelly Pavlik

[IRLangmaid25]

Hmm both big tall Middleweights with plenty of punching power, I am going Pavlik with a 9th round KO as he drags McCellan into deep water.

Next up.
Marvin Hagler v James Toney 12 rounds Middleweight.

[SaadOffTheDeck]

Hagler by wide decision, Toney's pension for laying on the ropes would catch him a beating against Marvin.

Chris Byrd vs Michael Spinks

[King Carlos]

Hmm both big tall Middleweights with plenty of punching power, I am going Pavlik with a 9th round KO as he drags McCellan into deep water.

First Buchanan/Williams, now this? And LMAO at Locche beating Duran earlier. I think it wise for me to just stay out of this thread.

[Diamond WEAPON]

Hagler by wide decision, Toney's pension for laying on the ropes would catch him a beating against Marvin.

Chris Byrd vs Michael Spinks

Spinks is able to match speed with Byrd and uses his superior strength and power to make Byrd shell up too much to score himself, thus outworking him for a competitive UD.

Ike Ibeabuchi vs. Vitali Klitschko

[SaadOffTheDeck]

Hmm both big tall Middleweights with plenty of punching power, I am going Pavlik with a 9th round KO as he drags McCellan into deep water.

First Buchanan/Williams, now this? And LMAO at Locche beating Duran earlier. I think it wise for me to just stay out of this thread.

It's all in fun, you just have to roll with the punches. Gatti could never beat Hatton, not in a million years.

[Goodnight, Irene]

Maskaev UD's Izon in my book.

Danny Lopez vs. Naseem Hamed. Interesting...

[SaadOffTheDeck]

Hamed by stoppage in 5 or 6 rounds of absolute war. I could see it going the other way, I just have to favor the faster guy of the two bombers.

Heavyweight triple header

Gerrie Coetzee vs Buster Douglas
Vitali vs Jimmy Young
Ken Norton vs Jimmy Bivins

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This thread should be a sticky!

Coeztee decisions Douglas, & Young does the same (quite narrowly, though) against Klitschko. Ditto for Norton over Bivins --- again, close.

Azumah Nelson vs. Manny Pacquiao at Feather...

[Diamond WEAPON]

Pacquiao wins a razor-thin decision in a brutal back-and-forth affair that shows Pacquiao frequently hurting Nelson with his speed but getting caught himself by counters when trying to press a staggered Nelson.

Julian Jackson vs. Felix Trinidad at 154 or 160 (whichever you think makes the fight better)

[chucktaylor]

Pacquiao wins a razor-thin decision in a brutal back-and-forth affair that shows Pacquiao frequently hurting Nelson with his speed but getting caught himself by counters when trying to press a staggered Nelson.

Julian Jackson vs. Felix Trinidad at 154 or 160 (whichever you think makes the fight better)

I'd pick 154 and Trinidad to win in 7 rounds. Tito's chin was much better, but Jackson had a ton of power, making that a pretty interesting element. Jackson might give Trinidad problems early, but would succumb to Tito's superior footwork and crisper combo punching. I think the fight would feature mostly Tito boxing/jabbing with sporadic trading.

Marco Antonio Barrera vs Sandy Saddler at 125?

[Diamond WEAPON]

I assume you mean 126, but either way it doesn't matter much. Barrera wasn't much of a drainer at this time either, coming in usually in the low-130s so this is a rare even-match between a recent and past great.

I'd say Barrera takes a close but clear decision in a fight largely resembling Barrera's foul-filled scrap with Agapito Sanchez. MAB was not somebody to intentionally fould because he'd come right back and do anything to get revenge including body slams, low blows, head butts, and plenty of other stuff. Saddler gives Barrera some major issues with his reach and power, but MAB is fast-handed enough to get inside and punish Saddler with combos to the body and head which leads into much of the fouling, with both men deducted a number of points and nearly getting DQ'd before the final bell.

Barrera by close but clear decision.

Thomas Hearns vs. Gerald McClellan at 160

[Goodnight, Irene]

I assume you mean 126, but either way it doesn't matter much. Barrera wasn't much of a drainer at this time either, coming in usually in the low-130s so this is a rare even-match between a recent and past great.

I'd say Barrera takes a close but clear decision in a fight largely resembling Barrera's foul-filled scrap with Agapito Sanchez. MAB was not somebody to intentionally fould because he'd come right back and do anything to get revenge including body slams, low blows, head butts, and plenty of other stuff. Saddler gives Barrera some major issues with his reach and power, but MAB is fast-handed enough to get inside and punish Saddler with combos to the body and head which leads into much of the fouling, with both men deducted a number of points and nearly getting DQ'd before the final bell.

Barrera by close but clear decision.

Thomas Hearns vs. Gerald McClellan at 160

I definitely would favour Saddler over Barrera, but I agree it would be something else to see Barrera's reaction to Saddler's filthy tactics. I tend to think Saddler gets the better of that particular battle, but once p!ssed off, Barrera was a grub. It'd be fun :)

Intriguing clash, WEAPON. Hearns was better, McClellan, bigger. He drained something fierce to make 160lbs, & he could positively kill you if he caught you right. Hearns had much better skills, but I think this is going to be a punchers' fight (at some point), & while Hearns' chin was shaky, McClellan's was absolutely rock-solid. Hearns is better, but I think McClellan --- bigger & tougher --- gets him. KO5.

Sandy Saddler returns for the next bout, clashing with Aleixs Arguello at 130lbs...

[chucktaylor]

Saddler by stoppage in the 13th. Arguello has success throughout the first half, controlling range, but can't keep Saddler off of him forever. Saddler could endure incredible punishment and assuming he could get away with his usual bunch of tricks, he would frustrate and wear down Arguello, and probably cut him about the face.

Cleveland Williams vs Travis Walker?

[Goodnight, Irene]

Johnson decisions Walker. Interesting bout to watch.

Aaron Pryor vs. Shane Mosley --- 12 rounds, at either Light, Jr. Welter, or Welter (your choice)

[Counter-puncher]

nice matchup, not sure i've seen that one on this thread which is a surprise as its something of a natural

I'll call this one at 140 even though Shane never fought there.

they both have similar attributes in terms of chin, speed, stamina, but Shane with the extra size and proven power all the way up to 154 simply has to be favourite here, IMO, seeing as i couldn't see this turning into a chessmatch.

Shane by late stoppage after a load of humungous exchanges. Shane's niceguy glove-touching attitude may well be a little put out by Pryor along the way, though.

ummm.

McCallum - Antuofermo at 160lbs

[Goodnight, Irene]

nice matchup, not sure i've seen that one on this thread which is a surprise as its something of a natural

I'll call this one at 140 even though Shane never fought there.

they both have similar attributes in terms of chin, speed, stamina, but Shane with the extra size and proven power all the way up to 154 simply has to be favourite here, IMO, seeing as i couldn't see this turning into a chessmatch.

Shane by late stoppage after a load of humungous exchanges. Shane's niceguy glove-touching attitude may well be a little put out by Pryor along the way, though.

ummm.

McCallum - Antuofermo at 160lbs

BALCO over the Blue Bottle, huh?

Modern drugs working wonders

[Counter-puncher]

ha better living through chemistry

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Prime Donald Curry vs Prime Felix Trinidad