Hypothetical Match-Up Game

[Goodnight, Irene]

Bowe by clear decision. I hate Ibeabuchi.

Benitez vs. Napoles at 147...

[AngryGoon38]

Bowe by clear decision. I hate Ibeabuchi.

Benitez vs. Napoles at 147...

I have huge respect for both. I somehow see Benitez winning this one,obviously by extremely narrow means.

Benitez by one point SD ala Holmes-Norton,different styles=a more boxer chessmatch type match though of course.

Jimmy Young vs Michael Spinks

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Young for me. Probably fairly close, but Young was arguably the best (& definitely top-3, along with Norton & Quarry) contender in the golden 70's, while Spinks was a clever yet unconvincing Heavy, carefully and cynically managed.

Norton (1973-74) VS Quarry (1969-70)...

[AngryGoon38]

Young for me. Probably fairly close, but Young was arguably the best (& definitely top-3, along with Norton & Quarry) contender in the golden 70's, while Spinks was a clever yet unconvincing Heavy, carefully and cynically managed.

Norton (1973-74) VS Quarry (1969-70)...

This one would be obviously Miles Better than the 75 Bout.

I still think Norton would win because of the combination of Style,leverage,and punch angles. Size advantages equate in as well,to a lesser extent but still quite legitimately,being combined with the previously mentioned factors.

Norton by late round Tko. Lots of grit and tenacity from Quarry but too much Blood forces ref stoppage. Norton very narrowly ahead on the cards at the time of stoppage.

Chris Byrd vs Joe Bugner

[AngryGoon38]

I think Byrd would win by a 115-112 type decision.


Larry Donald vs Duane Bobick

[AngryGoon38]

No One posts in here anymore.

I think Donald-Bobick would make a good style competitive bout.
I would expect Donald to win by way of workrate in a good fairly close scrap.

Next Hypothetical (To be answered by myself in a few days if need be)

Mustafa Hamsho vs Juan Roldan

[m1kee50]

No One posts in here anymore.

I'm not always familiar enough with the fighters concerned to do it justice. I like to give a bit of a reasoning behind it, rather than some people who simply put 'KO1'.

[Goodnight, Irene]

Hamsho in a close one with Roldan IMO.

Michael Moorer vs Wlad Klitschko

[IRLangmaid25]

Hamsho in a close one with Roldan IMO.

Michael Moorer vs Wlad Klitschko

Wlad spends the opening rounds figuring out Moorer's Southpaw stance but is able to take his power and gets his jab going to take a wide points win

Next up.
Riddick Bowe v Michael Moorer.

[Goodnight, Irene]

Moorer overcame most of the bigger men he met, but he seemed to struggle with them more, I suppose unsurprisingly.

At any rate, Bowe's decision over Holyfield is a slam-dunk KO over Moorer, who would box too cautiously to really keep this (surprisingly-skilled, prior to 1995) giant at bay. Only a question of when...

Roberto Duran vs. Henry Armstrong (135)

Guaranteed to bring the house down!

[BoxBuzz]

We draft Prime Roberto Duran and jump into the "way back" machine and travel backwards roughly 76 years from today, to Feb 26th. Roberto finds himself stepping into the ring in place of Ritchie Fontaine who pulled his hambone and could not perform on this night. Duran hands Henry a shocking points defeat that was nearly textbook perfect on behalf of both men. Well executed by H.A., but Duran's superior power, speed, and ring generalship on this night were enough to impress all three judges on one of Henry's very few "off" nights.

Everyone wonders where this guy came from, (Roberto) and surprisingly he is never heard from again...(for many decades). But everyone in the Oakland crowd will remember for the rest of their lives where they were when the unknown man who referred to himself as "hands of stone" defeated the well known and celebrated H.A.

Ritchie Fontaine, on the other hand comes back a few days later and is defeated by a very annoyed H.A. and never scores his one big victory.

Henry's record or legacy is not changed one iota as a result of this anomaly.

Now 1940 Jimmy Bivins Vs 1976 Marvin Hagler

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Bivins to decision Hagler, IMO.

Gerry Cooney vs. Buster Douglas

[BoxBuzz]

Bivins to decision Hagler, IMO.

Gerry Cooney vs. Buster Douglas

LOL I love that! I've been trying to get an opinion on that fight for some time. And it's the one I was looking for. Thanks!....and I know I pained you with my Duran decision.

Cooney vs Douglas goes two different ways....typical night Cooney nicks it and catches him (only after being somewhat outboxed for most of the fight), however on the night of the Tyson fight, Cooney is dead meat.

Sorry for two outcomes...not really trying to have it both ways, but I do feel that Douglas has a very good one night "prime". As bad as Tyson was becoming, he had not lost it all on that evening, but Douglas "brought it" big time.

I'll post a hypothetical in just a moment.

[BoxBuzz]

I had to bump this.....

It's april 2004,


Jirov gets sick and does not face James Toney for the IBF championship,(Toney won this fight) Meanwhile, Moorer was signed to fight Castillo...(a fight Moorer is destined to lose) so.... Toney needs a fight, Moorer wants it, they sign to fight in July, in place of the Castillo fight as an eliminator for Jirov's Belt. (Fact: in another few months Moorer beats Jirov).

James Toney vs Moorer July of 2004. Might want to think about this one.

[AngryGoon38]

I had to bump this.....

It's april 2004,


Jirov gets sick and does not face James Toney for the IBF championship,(Toney won this fight) Meanwhile, Moorer was signed to fight Castillo...(a fight Moorer is destined to lose) so.... Toney needs a fight, Moorer wants it, they sign to fight in July, in place of the Castillo fight as an eliminator for Jirov's Belt. (Fact: in another few months Moorer beats Jirov).

James Toney vs Moorer July of 2004. Might want to think about this one.

Toney by UD.


Johnny Tapia vs Carlos Zarate

[IRLangmaid25]

I had to bump this.....

It's april 2004,


Jirov gets sick and does not face James Toney for the IBF championship,(Toney won this fight) Meanwhile, Moorer was signed to fight Castillo...(a fight Moorer is destined to lose) so.... Toney needs a fight, Moorer wants it, they sign to fight in July, in place of the Castillo fight as an eliminator for Jirov's Belt. (Fact: in another few months Moorer beats Jirov).

James Toney vs Moorer July of 2004. Might want to think about this one.

Toney by UD.
Johnny Tapia vs Carlos Zarate

Depends on which version of Mi Vida Loca turns up. If he has the right head screwed on then he dismantles the big hitting Zarate. If not it then it is a Zarate KO.

Next up.
Herbie Hide v David Haye 12 rounds: Heavyweight.

[Goodnight, Irene]

Hide cuts off Haye's toe FTW.

Michael Moorer vs Ray Robinson (LHW)...

[AngryGoon38]

Hide cuts off Haye's toe FTW.

Michael Moorer vs Ray Robinson (LHW)...

Robinson wins by a relatively close decision. Robinson down in the 5th,Moorer down in the 7th. Pretty competitive and entertaining throughout.

Joe Calzahge vs Archie Moore

[BoxBuzz]

Hide cuts off Haye's toe FTW.

Michael Moorer vs Ray Robinson (LHW)...

Robinson wins by a relatively close decision. Robinson down in the 5th,Moorer down in the 7th. Pretty competitive and entertaining throughout.

Joe Calzahge vs Archie Moore

Moore catches Joe and it's lights out in the 7th round. Up to then it was cat and mouse with mouse holding his own. But the mouse was way annoyingly slappy and getting punches through that were reported to have perhaps "left a few marks".

Everyone on the other side of the pond claimed it was a "lucky punch" But Archie was in the business of mass producing "lucky punches", and took the feedback and accepted it "without predjudice" lol.

Jimmy Bivins vs Bernard Hopkins.

[AngryGoon38]

My money would be on Hopkins by a 116-112 type decision for a 12 rd'er,for a 15 rd'er,i'll say 145-140 for BHop.

Arturo Gatti vs Bobby Chacon at 130 (12 Rounds)

[m1kee50]

My money would be on Hopkins by a 116-112 type decision for a 12 rd'er,for a 15 rd'er,i'll say 145-140 for BHop.

Arturo Gatti vs Bobby Chacon at 130 (12 Rounds)

I think Chacon has too much for Gatti at 130, at that weight he had some fantastic contests against top fighters, not all of which were losses either! It wouldn't go the full stretch, I imagine Gatti, game as anything, getting dragged out by his corner before Chacon actually breaks something, either his hand or Gatti's face.

Thomas Hearns vs Julio Cesar Chavez, 147lbs
Now I now that JCC was not a classic welterweight, and Hearns started there and had room to go up, but indulge me...

[theone]

Chavez is my favorite fighter of all time but man, this is a massacre. Hearns would never lose to a fighter like him. Chavez IS going to get hit, and although he had one of the greatest chins ever, at this weight Hearns could probably knockout anyone who wasnt fleet footed.

Hearns tko 2 or 3.

Mickey Walker vs Jake Lamotta

[Goodnight, Irene]

Hearns would fucken massacre Chavez at 147.

Walker soundly over LaMotta. Different class of boxer.

Esteban DeJesus vs. Juan Manuel Marquez at 135...

[theone]

Hearns would fucken massacre Chavez at 147.

Yea...I wrote that.

Marquez wins clear decision ...Dejesus is overrated on these boards.

Jerry Quarry vs Jack Sharkey.

[Goodnight, Irene]

What you shouldnt have written was Marquez by clear decision over DeJesus...oh, dear

Sharkey by MD.

Jim Jeffries (1900) vs. Jack Dempsey (1920)