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How about Eder Jofre v. Olivares, or Zarate v. Panama Al Brown. Jose Napoles v. Henry Armstrong?

Jofre v. Olivares:

You didn't specify bantamweight or featherweight, so I'll tackle both.
At bantam, I think Olivares at his very best takes Jofre into the deep waters and drowns him (decision win), but anything less and Jofre wins because he was far more consistent and the better boxer. If pressed, I like Jofre by 15rd decision.

At feather, I like Olivares because Jofre was better suited to bantamweight and Olivares looked so good in his losing effort to Arguello where he outboxed the bigger man beautifully until he was caught. He looked more natural at 126lbs than Jofre.

Zarate v. Panama Al Brown

I like Panama Al Brown by decision. Zarate has never faced a taller bantamweight than him and I don't think he would react well. He would have to punch up to land to the face and head and mess up the natural arc of his punches. That would nullify some of the power and Panama Al would keep him at distance with that long, steady jab (76 inch reach).

I don't know as much about Napoles to gauge a fight against Armstrong, but this would be best at junior welterweight because from what I've read Napoles was a monster at that weight earlier in his career and 140 was easy for Armstrong to make and fight in his windmill style.

I think that, at Bantam, Olivares has his best shot. In the fights that I've seen Jofre in, the two with Harada and one with Joe Medel, he is obviously a very good puncher, a good boxer though he had trouble with pressure attacks and got hit rather freely in all 3 bouts. Olivares was an underrated boxer as the Arguello fight indicates and he stayed at you all the time and puched better than either Harada or Medel. The Zarate v Brown fight is very interesting to me, as Zarate was a favorite of mine. Watching tape of his fights I've noticed several things that he does every time that he only gets away with because of his height and reach advantages over most all other bantams. I would be very curious to see how he would fare against another tall bantam. Napoles and Armstrong... If Armstrong does not bust Napoles up and win via tko (cuts) I belive that Napoles would stop Armstrong sometime after the 9th round.