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Meant to type top 5 not top 10.

I'd personally have him number 3.

Didn't he get his shot by beating Laguna? That turned out to be a huge win. Good fight to judge and help place 2 fantastic fighters.

Saldivar handled Laguna more easily than Buchanan did, IMO, although I couldn't say what part weightmaking had in lagunas performance against saldivar, cant imagine it was easy for him making 126. FWIW I have winstone and Buchanan as being near-identical in terms of attributes and ability.

Counter-puncher wrote:Saldivar handled Laguna more easily than Buchanan did, IMO, although I couldn't say what part weightmaking had in lagunas performance against saldivar, cant imagine it was easy for him making 126. FWIW I have winstone and Buchanan as being near-identical in terms of attributes and ability.

That fight seemed to give Laguna the kick up the backside to move up in weight.
I don't usually struggle to decide a winner in a mythical match up. But the best one I ever got asked was Winstone against Hamed.

Winstone lost to a banger and Nas could bang but not as hard as saldivar.
Nas had a great under rated jab but winstones was better.
Nas was unorthodox had different angles but Winstone was great at judging distance.

Can't decide its took up an hour of my life thinking bout it and I'm going Winstone points

Winstone - Saldivar

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109-119 Saldivar

I probably should have picked a fight that he won for his first appearance on here.

Horse wrote:I probably should have picked a fight that he won for his first appearance on here.

Not neccesarily; this fight gave a fine showing of Winstone but also gave us an insight into the talents of an ATG fighter.
It's probably my favourite of the challenge so far

I watched the other 2 fights,they were great fights too,Winstone puts up a much better performance in the rematch

davie wrote:

Horse wrote:I probably should have picked a fight that he won for his first appearance on here.

Not neccesarily; this fight gave a fine showing of Winstone but also gave us an insight into the talents of an ATG fighter.
It's probably my favourite of the challenge so far

davie wrote:Not neccesarily; this fight gave a fine showing of Winstone but also gave us an insight into the talents of an ATG fighter.
It's probably my favourite of the challenge so far

It was a good display of Saldivar's ability, but I think he made Winstone look pretty ordinary by comparison.