cuba v europe fantasy all time

mike222 · Post by **mike222** » 03 Nov 2005, 12:30

Cuba having defeated USA in our match up-how would they fair against a european select-Match ups-48 hernandez/Petrov 51 Reyes/Lessov 54 Rigondeaux/Kovacs 57 Herrera/Tischenko 60 Kinderlan/Tsyzu 64 Vinent/Kulej 69 Hernandez/Benvenuti 71 Garbey/ Lagutin 75 Hernandez/Papp 81 Romero/Parlov 81/91 Savon/Alekseyev 91+ Stevenson/Povetkin-I think Cuba still win.

walshb · Post by **walshb** » 04 Nov 2005, 08:56

I see four hot favorites, Hererra, Vinent, Savon and Stevenson......

walshb · Post by **walshb** » 04 Nov 2005, 09:03

A slightly older Khan would be amazing against Kindelan....and I see him winning....

locoxelbox · Post by **locoxelbox** » 04 Nov 2005, 13:14

Khan is already at 63,5 so he'd probably had to fight Vinent.

walshb · Post by **walshb** » 09 Nov 2005, 16:50

Would a certain Todorov not fair better against the Cubans...he was a brilliant fighter from Bulgaria...see link below on Worlds best...I think he won 3 worlds

http://www.gbrathletics.com/sport/boxing.htm

ogii3 · Post by **ogii3** » 09 Nov 2005, 17:58

He is 3 times Euro, 3 times world, 2nd in Atlanta, won "Russel cup" for best fighter in Worlds, and "Nikiforov-dennisov" for best fighter in ECH

locoxelbox · Post by **locoxelbox** » 09 Nov 2005, 23:38

OK, I'll give it a try even though I haven't seen many of the older boxers. I may not be objective as I tend to favour modern day boxers as I believe today's boxers in general terms are better than the old ones.

48 Hernandez-Petrov
Really a tough one to call

51 Reyes/Lessov
The cuban beat Lessov in the 1983 World Cup and was the best of his era. Lessov got his olympic gold on a cut.

54 Rigondeaux/Kovacs
Both great technicians but Rigo far more powerful.

57 Herrera/Tischenko
Great match. But it's too early to tell if Tishenko is good enough to cope with an all-time great.

60 Kindelan/Tszyu
At this weight Tszyu still wasn't at his best and it wouldn't be enough to beat a prime Kindelan

64 Vinent/Kulej
Never seen Kulej but he wouldn't beat Vinent who totally dominated the division for years

69 Hernandez/Benvenuti
Another great match where I will favour the modern day fighter

71 Garbey/Lagutin
Lagutin decisioned Garbey 5-0 in the final of the 1968 Olympics

75 Hernandez/Papp
Papp was really a light middle so I go with Hernandez

81 Romero/Parlov
Parlov won everything you can win and he'd beat Romero... maybe

91 Savon/Alekseyev
Easy match for Savon, probably by stoppage

91+ Stevenson/Povetkin
The russian hardly beat Pedro Carrion so he'd be soundly outboxed by Stevenson, maybe stopped.

Result:

Cuba 9
Europe 3