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Briscoe was one of the great fighters who never won the World Middleweight Title because he was at the right place at the wrong time. He fought Carlos Monzon twice as he drew with him in their first fight and lost to Monzon for his middleweight title. He failed to beat Rodrigo Valdez (twice for the WBC and World Middleweight Championship) three times as Valdez was the only man that knocked out Briscoe in their second fight. He fought former and future champions like "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler, Emile Griffith, Luis Rodriguez, Vito Antuofermo, Vicente Rondon and Eddie Mustafa Muhammad. He also fought contenders like Stanley "Kitten" Hayward, George Benton, Tom "The Bomb" Bethea, Rafael Gutierrez, Billy "Dynamite" Douglas, Tony Mundine, Eugene "Cylcone" Hart, David Love and Vinnie Curto. Briscoe was a dangerous puncher as he can take anyone out with either his left hook and right hand and had good chin. Also, he can work on the body well.

Do you think today that if "Bad" Bennie Briscoe in his prime fight any fighters like GGG, Miguel Cotto, Sergio Martinez, Felix Sturm and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, would Briscoe be World Middleweight Champion by making the fighters I mentioned look "Bad"?

Bennie is a fan favourite and much loved fighter.

He'd beat Cotto. Not sure Bennie and Chavez Jr would ever been in the same division had they fought in the same day weigh-in era.

Golovkin? Too soon to say. Right now Golovkin looks the business but it could all unravel so I'll reserve judgement on that one.

Sturm would be a fantastic fight. I'd lean towards Bennie but this feels like a genuine 50-50.

Martinez would most likely have beaten him...but not definitely.

Yes, if he fought Cotto and Soliman, probably if he fought Quillin, no if he fought GGG. Might go the distance though

Yeah today would be his best chance . Titles scattered about , Cotto the lineal champ. I'd put money on Briscoe

I'd make Briscoe the favorite over any middleweight today (I could care less if JC Chavez JR weighed 200 lbs, Briscoe would steamroll him into a bloody pulp) not named Golovkin.

dempseyfire wrote:I'd make Briscoe the favorite over any middleweight today (I could care less if JC Chavez JR weighed 200 lbs, Briscoe would steamroll him into a bloody pulp) not named Golovkin.

I like Golovkin and all but until he beats someone higher than a B level fighter the question mark is still out on him and I'd pick Briscoe.

As somebody old enough to have seen Bennie fight, to the original question, he would certainly have won an alphabet title if given the opportunity today. IMO, 3G would be his only current threat to becoming THE "world champion" at middleweight. A younger Briscoe would probably have won a 154 belt as well

For me, "Bad" Bennie definitely would have won the light middleweight title, but he would made other alphabet boys beside GGG look "bad" and was the first step to win every middleweight titles before fighting GGG in a unification bout for the world middleweight title.

You gotta believe it he could have won it in a lot of eras. He was so good for so long, just never had the timing right. Would he have beat the Serge Martinez that Cotto did? Yes, on any night between about 1966-1978. Imagine that he was a top contender type for thirteen years, very tough.