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Ok, the UK vs the world angle turned out fairly one sided.
Let's take another look at this era of middleweight greatness
We'll match up the best of the 90's middleweight scene with the fabulous four who all passed through the 160lb division in the mid-80s

Mike McCallum vs Thomas Hearns
Roy Jones Jr vs Sugar Ray Leonard
Bernard Hopkins vs Marvin Hagler
James Toney vs Roberto Duran

I would fancy Hearns to decision McCallum but wouldn't be shocked if it was the other way round.

The Leonard of the Hagler fight just edges Jones, again this could easily go the other way.

Hagler would win a wide decision over B-Hop

Toney outpoints Duran pretty comfortably.

hagler beats Hopkins pnts
toney beats duran pnts
jones beats leonard pnts
hearns v mccallum could go either way, cant decide so will go for the draw

I've got:
Hearns over McCallum in a 60/40 fight
I have Jones Jr having too much for Leonard
Hagler 117-112 over Hopkins
Toney vs Duran I'm really struggling with.

littlepug wrote:hagler beats Hopkins pnts
toney beats duran pnts
jones beats leonard pnts
hearns v mccallum could go either way, cant decide so will go for the draw

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davie wrote:I've got:
Hearns over McCallum in a 60/40 fight
I have Jones Jr having too much for Leonard
Hagler 117-112 over Hopkins
Toney vs Duran I'm really struggling with.

McCallum KO's Hearns out in 2... Like Hagler did -- but more the way McCallum took out Julian Jackson -- who punched WAY harder than Iran Barkley.

Yup!! Roy Jones knocks Leonard out in 7 or 8 rounds... Just too big, tall, strong, fast, skilled, and a Heavyweight Champion of the World as well.

Hopkins boxes the fk out of Hagler... Much the way Leonard boxed him -- but with more mastery size, height, strength etc. than Leonard could muster.

You know that Toney vs Duran is the easiest pick of all... Duran-Barkley was an even fight dude.. Toney wiped out Barkley out like he wasn't even there -- like he would Duran.. Toney beat Heavyweights like Guinn, Holyfield, and Rahman without even trying... He'd have no trouble with the midget.

Kalan wrote:

davie wrote:I've got:
Hearns over McCallum in a 60/40 fight
I have Jones Jr having too much for Leonard
Hagler 117-112 over Hopkins
Toney vs Duran I'm really struggling with.

McCallum KO's Hearns out in 2... Like Hagler did -- but more the way McCallum took out Julian Jackson -- who punched WAY harder than Iran Barkley.

Yup!! Roy Jones knocks Leonard out in 7 or 8 rounds... Just too big, tall, strong, fast, skilled, and a Heavyweight Champion of the World as well.

Hopkins boxes the fk out of Hagler... Much the way Leonard boxed him -- but with more mastery size, height, strength etc. than Leonard could muster.

You know that Toney vs Duran is the easiest pick of all... Duran-Barkley was an even fight dude.. Toney wiped out Barkley out like he wasn't even there -- like he would Duran.. Toney beat Heavyweights like Guinn, Holyfield, and Rahman without even trying... He'd have no trouble with the midget.

Not a fan of the fabulous four?

Kalan wrote:

davie wrote:I've got:
Hearns over McCallum in a 60/40 fight
I have Jones Jr having too much for Leonard
Hagler 117-112 over Hopkins
Toney vs Duran I'm really struggling with.

McCallum KO's Hearns out in 2... Like Hagler did -- but more the way McCallum took out Julian Jackson -- who punched WAY harder than Iran Barkley.

Yup!! Roy Jones knocks Leonard out in 7 or 8 rounds... Just too big, tall, strong, fast, skilled, and a Heavyweight Champion of the World as well.

Hopkins boxes the fk out of Hagler... Much the way Leonard boxed him -- but with more mastery size, height, strength etc. than Leonard could muster.

You know that Toney vs Duran is the easiest pick of all... Duran-Barkley was an even fight dude.. Toney wiped out Barkley out like he wasn't even there -- like he would Duran.. Toney beat Heavyweights like Guinn, Holyfield, and Rahman without even trying... He'd have no trouble with the midget.

right where do i start..... jackson punching harder than barkley has no bearing on anything, jones winning a heavy strap has no bearing on anything and finally toney beating barkley has no bearing on anything, your using a fighters whole career as evidence he can beat another which is ridiculous.

Understand Duran's inclusion to complete the Fabulous Four, but seeing as everyone will probably be in agreement that he'd be way too small for Toney, is there not another genuine 80's middleweight that would be a better choice?