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Hagler vs. Hopkins

Leonard vs. De La Hoya

Trinidad vs. Hearns

Mosley vs. Duran

i prefer DLH over Leonard but apart from that all the 80's fighters....especially Duran, hes a legend

Hagler beats another Philly fighter (points).

Leonard, the original Golden Boy, destroys the pretender (I'd pay to watch Oscar get his face rearranged).

Duran-Mosley...please! It's an insult to even mention Mosley with Duran.

Hearns much too powerful for chinny Felix.

80's guys in a sweep.
Hagler KO's Hopkins in the 11th
Leonard unanimous decision against De La Hoya
Hearns KO's Trinidad in the 4th
Duran unanimous decision against Mosley, with a couple of knockdowns.

bennie wrote:Hagler beats another Philly fighter (points).

Leonard, the original Golden Boy, destroys the pretender (I'd pay to watch Oscar get his face rearranged).

Duran-Mosley...please! It's an insult to even mention Mosley with Duran.

Hearns much too powerful for chinny Felix.

I agree totally with every one of your picks

A massive gulf in class with every fight except MMH - BHop. Hagler on points anyway.

Grimm wrote:Hagler vs. Hopkins

Hagler points.

Grimm wrote:Leonard vs. De La Hoya

Leonard points. (Welterweight)

Grimm wrote:Trinidad vs. Hearns

Hearns TKO5 (Welterweight)

Grimm wrote:Mosley vs. Duran

Duran points or late TKO (Welterweight)

I'm older than all of you...you'd think I'd be more sentimental....or maybe i'm just getting senile but here's my thoughts.


Hagler vs. Hopkins I don't see a way for Hopkins to win this but he would likely see the last round.


Leonard vs. De La Hoya Competitive edge to Leonard but not a slam dunk. De La Hoya could surprise in any one fight. Still I'd go 2 out of 3 to Sugar Ray. NO KO's here.

Trinidad vs. Hearns The most competitive of the bunch...could go either way depending on who hits paydirt first. Tommy's chin could give way to Tito so that's the wild card. Trinidad likes to get up from off the deck and go back to work. Still when the money's down I favor Tommy. No Decisions here either way it goes it would be by KO.

Mosley vs. Duran Duran in a certain KO.

BoxBuzz wrote:I'm older than all of you...you'd think I'd be more sentimental....or maybe i'm just getting senile but here's my thoughts.


Hagler vs. Hopkins I don't see a way for Hopkins to win this but he would likely see the last round.


Leonard vs. De La Hoya Competitive edge to Leonard but not a slam dunk. De La Hoya could surprise in any one fight. Still I'd go 2 out of 3 to Sugar Ray. NO KO's here.

Trinidad vs. Hearns The most competitive of the bunch...could go either way depending on who hits paydirt first. Tommy's chin could give way to Tito so that's the wild card. Trinidad likes to get up from off the deck and go back to work. Still when the money's down I favor Tommy. No Decisions here either way it goes it would be by KO.

Mosley vs. Duran Duran in a certain KO.

Wow. Couldn't agree with you more. 100% the way I see it. Good job.

BoxBuzz wrote: Mosley vs. Duran Duran

Mosley facing the guys who sang "Hungry Like The Wolf"?

That guy had a mullet too... What the hell is goin on around here?

The guys from Social Distortion look like they might be able to scrap a bit. Id give them a shot at Mosely.

Havent seen it . Only seen them in film clips. Video etc. They actualy have a boxing video to a song I was wrong.

I would imagine those guys brought some energy.

There was a punk club bar here in Chicago that was real popular but it was back in the early 80s ,late 70s called O'Bannions . The place was wild as hell . Its been gone now for quite some time but for awhile there it was jumpin.

Grimm wrote:Hagler vs. Hopkins

Leonard vs. De La Hoya

Trinidad vs. Hearns

Mosley vs. Duran

IN my opinion i see an 80s wipe out
Hagler UD over Hopkins
leonard UD over ODLH
Hearns tko11 over Trinidad
Duran TKO10 over mosley

Just an observation (not saying right or wrong on picks), but have you ever noticed that when people make mythical matchups between stars of the past & stars of the present, the stars of the past are usually assumed to be the winners?

well alot of the matchups people make are between past legends and top p4p of the present. eg i saw a topic made of duran vs PBF, Duran a fully established legend to the game wereas you have PBF whos a top p4p.. i dont know if your getting me but what im saying is weve seen the highs and lows of those legends and the opponents fit for their game

JAHamilton77 wrote:Just an observation (not saying right or wrong on picks), but have you ever noticed that when people make mythical matchups between stars of the past & stars of the present, the stars of the past are usually assumed to be the winners?

Very true, in 20 years, Mayweather will beat everyone hypothetically

JAHamilton77 wrote:Just an observation (not saying right or wrong on picks), but have you ever noticed that when people make mythical matchups between stars of the past & stars of the present, the stars of the past are usually assumed to be the winners?

Are you kidding? Modern fighters always come out on top. The amount of times I've read that Butterbean would have beaten Louis, Marciano wouldn't have lived with Bowe, blah, blah, blah.
It's sickening.

bennie wrote:

JAHamilton77 wrote:Just an observation (not saying right or wrong on picks), but have you ever noticed that when people make mythical matchups between stars of the past & stars of the present, the stars of the past are usually assumed to be the winners?

Are you kidding? Modern fighters always come out on top. The amount of times I've read that Butterbean would have beaten Louis, Marciano wouldn't have lived with Bowe, blah, blah, blah.
It's sickening.

Are you talking about people saying Butterbean would have beaten Louis or Marciano in the Boxers of the past forum? Because I have never seen that. I can't even recall very many people thinking top fighters of the last thirty years would have beaten Joe Louis. I really don't know if you are serious, I tend to think you are intentionally giving an absured example to prove a point that you think the old time fighters are being short changed.

I think there is a great deal of sentiment in this forum for fighters of earlier eras. Just pull up some of the older threads where people rank fighters in their all time top fifty list or top ten or twenty five and you will see evidence of this. However since the title of this forum is Boxers of the past that is somewhat understandable.

kick asner wrote:

bennie wrote:

JAHamilton77 wrote:Just an observation (not saying right or wrong on picks), but have you ever noticed that when people make mythical matchups between stars of the past & stars of the present, the stars of the past are usually assumed to be the winners?

Are you kidding? Modern fighters always come out on top. The amount of times I've read that Butterbean would have beaten Louis, Marciano wouldn't have lived with Bowe, blah, blah, blah.
It's sickening.

Are you talking about people saying Butterbean would have beaten Louis or Marciano in the Boxers of the past forum? Because I have never seen that. I can't even recall very many people thinking top fighters of the last thirty years would have beaten Joe Louis. I really don't know if you are serious, I tend to think you are intentionally giving an absured example to prove a point that you think the old time fighters are being short changed.

I think there is a great deal of sentiment in this forum for fighters of earlier eras. Just pull up some of the older threads where people rank fighters in their all time top fifty list or top ten or twenty five and you will see evidence of this. However since the title of this forum is Boxers of the past that is somewhat understandable.

I know this forum ran a thread about Butterbean vs John L. Sullivan, which was disappointing. But I have rarely come across a forum where the old-time fighters - those not in the forefront of the memory - get their due credit. You say otherwise. Great.

"I have rarely come across a forum where old time fighters-those not in the forefront of memory-get their due credit"

I'm sure their are some ommisions of old time fighters not being mentioned anymore probably due to the passage of time, just like their have been forgotten Civil War battles that played a prominent role in shaping history. As a whole however if you have not found threads in this forum that pay homage to the earlier eras then take a little time to do a review because you might be surprised. Just not to long ago their was an excellent thread on great black heavyweights of the past. As far as ranking the older fighters with more modern ones Ray Robinson is a consensus number one ranked fighter as a welterweight, the same could be said about Ezzard Charles as Light heavyweight and those are just a couple of examples.

If it was the Butter Bean thread I am thinking of the person making the comparison was ridiculed, as was anyone else who has brought his name up in a serious context. Sometimes you have to question if the person was even serious or someone who thought it might be funny to sit back and see how people would respond. I myself don't take those kinds of threads seriuously.

borinken25 wrote:

BoxBuzz wrote:I'm older than all of you...you'd think I'd be more sentimental....or maybe i'm just getting senile but here's my thoughts.


Hagler vs. Hopkins I don't see a way for Hopkins to win this but he would likely see the last round.


Leonard vs. De La Hoya Competitive edge to Leonard but not a slam dunk. De La Hoya could surprise in any one fight. Still I'd go 2 out of 3 to Sugar Ray. NO KO's here.

Trinidad vs. Hearns The most competitive of the bunch...could go either way depending on who hits paydirt first. Tommy's chin could give way to Tito so that's the wild card. Trinidad likes to get up from off the deck and go back to work. Still when the money's down I favor Tommy. No Decisions here either way it goes it would be by KO.

Mosley vs. Duran Duran in a certain KO.

Wow. Couldn't agree with you more. 100% the way I see it. Good job.

I also agree with this.