Mythical Match-ups - past and present

[NateJR]

Thought it would be interesting and maybe spice some things up a bit.. So I made a list of mythical match-ups to see how the greats from the present and the past would match up against each other. Some of the match-ups are between guys from the same eras but for what ever reasons never fought but would have been high profile fights if they had been made. This is just for fun and there is no right or wrong answer, lets hear your opinions and keep is civilized.


Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Aaron Pryor @140

Meldrick Taylor vs. Kostya Tszyu @ 140

Miguel Cotto vs. Felix Trinidad @ 147

Fernando Vargas vs. Canelo Alvarez @ 154

Bernard Hopkins vs. Marvin Hagler @ 160

Prime Roy Jones Jr. vs. Ray Robinson @160

Bernard Hopkins vs. James Toney @ 160

Roberto Duran vs. Manny Pacquiao @ 135

Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Erik Morrales @ 135

Mike Tyson vs. Joe Frazier @ HW

Lennox Lewis vs. Young George Foreman @ HW

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Henry Armsrong @ 147


Feel free to add your own match-ups..

[NateJR]

George Foreman vs Sonny Liston

Rocky Marciano vs Joe Frazier

Oliver McCall vs Ike Ibeabuchi

Wladimir Klitschko vs [b]Lennox Lewis[/b]

Larry Holmes vs Muhammad Ali

Riddick Bowe vs Vitali Klitschko

Floyd Patterson vs Jersey Joe Walcott

Archie Moore vs James Toney (LHW)

Ezzard Charles vs Michael Spinks (LHW)

Bob Foster vs Matthew Saad Muhammad (LHW)

Andre Ward vs Joe Calzaghe (SMW)

Nigel Benn vs Carl Froch (SMW)

Iran Barkley vs Juan Domingo Roldan (MW)

Michael Nunn vs Bernard Hopkins (MW)

[b]Marvin Hagler[/b] vs Carlos Monzon (MW)

Gerald McClellan vs Chris Eubank (MW)

Jake LaMotta vs Carmen Basilio (MW)

Nino Benvenuti vs Sergio Martinez (MW)

Mike McCallum vs Ronald 'Winky' Wright (LMW)

Terry Norris vs Felix Trinidad (LMW)

Oscar De La Hoya vs Sugar Ray Leonard (WW)

Thomas Hearns vs Sugar Ray Robinson (WW)

Kid Gavilan vs Jose Napoles (WW)

Emile Griffith vs Donald Curry (WW)

Ike Quartey vs Paul Williams (WW)

Aaron Pryor vs Manny Pacquiao (LWW)

Lucas Matthysse vs Kostya Tszyu (LWW)

Meldrick Taylor vs Timothy Bradley (LWW)

Alexis Arguello vs Juan Manuel Marquez (LW)

Henry Armstrong vs [b]Roberto Duran[/b] (LW)

Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Pernell Whitaker (LW)

Ray Mancini vs Brandon Rios (LW)

Julio Cesar Chavez (Sr) vs Azumah Nelson (SFW)

Mikey Garcia vs Antonio Esparragoza (FW)

Naseem Hamed vs Yuriorkis Gamboa (FW)

Hozumi Hasegawa vs Jeff Chandler (BW)

[ReggieDiggs]

Felix Trinidad vs Floyd Mayweather (@147) - woulda loved to see Floyd deal with Felix's pressure & power

[NateJR]

cool

i think the only pick u made that actually shocks me is napoles over gavilan

the others that i may not lean towards are at least pretty possible

With the little bit of footage I've seen of them, I was actually just winging it.. I only made picks on the ones I was more familiar with, but there were some names there I just haven't seen enough of to make a knowledgeable pick on. Didn't really have the time to do much research or search for footage on them.

[NateJR]

Felix Trinidad vs Floyd Mayweather (@147) - woulda loved to see Floyd deal with Felix's pressure & power

Well they are my 2 all time favorite fighters.. But I do tend to lean towards Floyd. Floyd would pot shot and hold Trinidad and get him frustrated in route to a UD IMO.. But Trinidad would def. have a punchers chance and could have made it a tough night for Floyd.

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Roberto Duran -v- Aaron Pryor @ LWW

Joe Frazier -v- Evander Holyfield @ HW

Thomas Hearns -v- Bernard Hopkins @ MW

Pernell Whittaker -v- Floyd Mayweather Jr @ LW/LWW/WW*

Billy Conn -v- Michael Spinks @ LHW

*Take your pick

[NateJR]

Roberto Duran -v- Aaron Pryor @ LWW

Joe Frazier -v- Evander Holyfield @ HW

Thomas Hearns -v- Bernard Hopkins @ MW

Pernell Whittaker -v- Floyd Mayweather Jr @ LW/LWW/WW*

Billy Conn -v- Michael Spinks @ LHW

*Take your pick

[NateJR]

def see whitaker beating fmj

It's really a pick'em fight for me.. I feel Floyd is more disciplined than Whitaker was. Not that I think it's a easy fight for Floyd I just feel he'd get Whitaker out of his game plan and Whitaker would be forced to be the aggressor. That cute stuff that Whitaker did against guys that came forward, that's not going to work in the middle of the ring against Floyd. Floyd IMO is faster and a much more rounded fighter.. Whitaker was all natural talent, Floyd is a much more schooled fighter with that natural talent on top of that.. I feel Floyd has all the tools to beat Whitaker and vice versa, I just think Floyd would be more likely to stick to his game plan and Whitaker would be doing a lot of things out of character.

[ReggieDiggs]

Jorge Paez vs Naseem Hamed - most competitive ring attire & ring entrance fight ever

[NateJR]

Arturo Gatti vs Brandon Rios (LW)

[NateJR]

Jorge Paez vs Naseem Hamed - most competitive ring attire & ring entrance fight ever

[sucracristo]

i'd love to see prime (pre jan 1947 plane crash, which took a lot out of him) willie pep at feather (or 130) against ANYBODY from the 1960's-now. even though he lost 3 of his 4 saddler fights after that pep still cleanly beat guys saddler had a hard time with when pep wasn't at his best. would be amazing to see prime pep against the best of each decade.

pep v rigondeaux
pep v pacman
pep v floyd
pep v jmm
pep v terrible morales
pep v barrera
pep v hamed
pep v paez
pep v fenech
pep v nelson
pep v mcguiggan
pep v pedroza
pep v arguello
pep v davey moore
pep v ?

would also like to see all these guys fight saddler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a_wt60Wn9M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4aUnUVLWdQ

[ReggieDiggs]

Mike Tyson vs George Foreman - bout is under Dempsey era rules where you could punch a mfer as he's getting up from a KD

[ralphk]

Interesting topic, my 2 cents worth or less:


Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Aaron Pryor (W) @140

Meldrick Taylor (W) vs. Kostya Tszyu @ 140

Miguel Cotto vs. Felix Trinidad (W) @ 147

Fernando Vargas (W) vs. Canelo Alvarez @ 154

Bernard Hopkins vs. Marvin Hagler @ 160 - lean toward B-Hop in split decision, but this could have been really close

Prime Roy Jones Jr. vs. Ray Robinson (W) @160

Bernard Hopkins (W) vs. James Toney @ 160

Roberto Duran (W) vs. Manny Pacquiao @ 135

Juan Manuel Marquez (W) vs. Erik Morrales @ 135

Mike Tyson (W) vs. Joe Frazier @ HW

Lennox Lewis vs. Young George Foreman (W) @ HW

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Henry Armstrong (W) @ 147

George Foreman (W) vs Sonny Liston

Rocky Marciano (W) vs Joe Frazier

Larry Holmes vs Muhammad Ali (W)

Floyd Patterson (W) vs Jersey Joe Walcott

Archie Moore (W) vs James Toney (LHW)

Ezzard Charles (W) vs Michael Spinks (LHW)

Bob Foster vs Matthew Saad Muhammad (W) (LHW)

Andre Ward vs Joe Calzaghe (W) (SMW)

Nigel Benn vs Carl Froch (W) (SMW)

Michael Nunn vs Bernard Hopkins (W) (MW)

Marvin Hagler (W) vs Carlos Monzon (MW)

Jake LaMotta (W) vs Carmen Basilio (MW)

Nino Benvenuti (W) vs Sergio Martinez (MW)

Mike McCallum vs Ronald 'Winky' Wright (W) (LMW)

Terry Norris vs Felix Trinidad (W) (LMW)

Oscar De La Hoya vs Sugar Ray Leonard (W) (WW)

Thomas Hearns vs Sugar Ray Robinson (W) (WW)

Kid Gavilan (W) vs Jose Napoles (WW)

Emile Griffith (W) vs Donald Curry (WW)

Aaron Pryor (W) vs Manny Pacquiao (LWW)

Lucas Matthysse vs Kostya Tszyu (W) (LWW)

Meldrick Taylor (W) vs Timothy Bradley (LWW)

Alexis Arguello (W) vs Juan Manuel Marquez (LW)

Henry Armstrong vs Roberto Duran (W) (LW)

Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Pernell Whitaker (W) (LW)

Ray Mancini vs Brandon Rios (W) (LW)

Julio Cesar Chavez (Sr) (W) vs Azumah Nelson (SFW)

Naseem Hamed (W) vs Yuriorkis Gamboa (FW)

Hozumi Hasegawa vs Jeff Chandler (W) (BW)

Sandy Saddler (W) vs Eusebio Pedroza (FW) - 2 of the dirtiest fighters ever

Salvador Sanchez (W) vs. Alexis Arguello (FW)

Carlon Monzon (W) vs Bernard Hopkins (MW)

Marvin Hagler (W) vs Roy Jones, Jr. (MW)

Sugar Ray Robinson (W) vs Sugar Ray Leonard (WW)

Willie Pep (W) vs. Henry Armstrong (FW)

Muhammad Ali (W) vs Mike Tyson (HW)

Joe Louis (W) vs Rocky Marciano (HW)

[Onekrazyrican]

Nice ones

How about
Edwin Valero vs Adrian Broner?