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15,175, who wins?

SRR-points.

I'll bet Yaqui edges SRR on points. Very close, but Yaqui wins.

It looks like SRR fought only one legitimate, fully-sized light-heavyweight in his career. That of course was Joey Maxim. Do you guys think Maxim was better than Yaqui Lopez? I don't.

My point is that SRR would be facing an entirely different challenge in Lopez. Think about it: Yaqui could move with speed and grace, jab, box the ears off almost anyone, and trade punches like a permanently exploding hand-grenade. He could bang some too.

Lightheavyweight is a bridge too far for Robinson

tiny_acres wrote: ↑20 May 2023, 16:53 Lightheavyweight is a bridge too far for Robinson

Depends on who he fights and what the temperature is.

oogiebe wrote: ↑20 May 2023, 18:00

tiny_acres wrote: ↑20 May 2023, 16:53 Lightheavyweight is a bridge too far for Robinson

Depends on who he fights and what the temperature is.

The temperature was always 140 F when Lopez fought.

Sugar gets melted.

The weight class would be too much for the great Sugar Ray Robinson. Alvaro "Yaqui" Lopez by decision. It could be the first time in Robinson's career to be really knocked out for a ten count. Yaqui had some decent light-heavyweight punching power.

elmersalsa wrote: ↑20 May 2023, 18:41 The weight class would be too much for the great Sugar Ray Robinson. Alvaro "Yaqui" Lopez by decision. It could be the first time in Robinson's career to be really knocked out for a ten count. Yaqui had some decent light-heavyweight punching power.

Yaqui didn't have big, one punch KO power. However, any single power shot from Yaqui could daze or hurt a foe. From there, Yaqui's follow-up combinations would secure the knockout.

In this sense, Yaqui's power was kind of like Monzon's or Ali's. That means one good punch to hurt the guy, then another eight, ten, or 15 to finish him off.

Yeah, I agree with your claim that Yaqui might have a shot at KO'ing Robinson.

1173348 wrote: ↑20 May 2023, 18:52

elmersalsa wrote: ↑20 May 2023, 18:41 The weight class would be too much for the great Sugar Ray Robinson. Alvaro "Yaqui" Lopez by decision. It could be the first time in Robinson's career to be really knocked out for a ten count. Yaqui had some decent light-heavyweight punching power.

Yaqui didn't have big, one punch KO power. However, any single power shot from Yaqui could daze or hurt a foe. From there, Yaqui's follow-up combinations would secure the knockout.

In this sense, Yaqui's power was kind of like Monzon's or Ali's. That means one good punch to hurt the guy, then another eight, ten, or 15 to finish him off.

Yeah, I agree with your claim that Yaqui might have a shot at KO'ing Robinson.

Yes, you're correct. He had like Carlos Monzon or Muhammad Ali kind of power but he wasn't a devastating puncher.

Robinson lost his LHW shot from heat exhaustion. He was easily up on all scorecards.

Lopez wouldn't stand a chance.

While I think Yaqui would give Sugar Ray absolutely everything he could handle, I think Ray at his best could outbox Lopez.

I could certainly see Lopez stopping Ray as many of you do, but I think Robinson had the goods to beat a guy like Lopez. That being said, this is probably about the best level of guy he could defeat as a Light Heavyweight, and it would take everything he had to do it.