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If the following fighters would have fought a third time, say 1 year after their 2nd fight, which of the following fights would the guy who lost both times have had at least a 50% chance of winning?

Thomas Hearns-Iran Barkley
Saoul Mamby-Leroy Haley
Ray Mancini-Livingstone Bramble
Marco Antonio Barrera-Junior Jones

Who would have had the best chance of finally winning the third time?

Mamby is probably the only one who would have had about a 50/50 chance of winning a 3rd fight.

I fancy Barrera. He was a better figther IMO and always seemed to improve.

Ezzard wrote:I fancy Barrera. He was a better figther IMO and always seemed to improve.

I agree that Barrera was the better fighter, but Junior Jones just got his number. I don't see Barrera winning against him.

Decagon-I'm not sure what Walcott and Moore have to do with this topic. do you mean that they were guys who lost twice to another fighter but later won?

Usually when the same guy won the first two fights he did becasue he was better or at least had a style that really gave the other guys trouble.

I picked these 4 fights because I thought they were unique cases where the guy who lost the first two would have a very good chance if there was a third fight.

Hearns was clearly a better fighter than Barkley. Their second fight was pretty close. It's not hard to imagine Hearns winning a third fight.

I never saw the first Mamby-Haley fight but everything I hear about it indicates it was close. I did see their second fight and it was certainly close. Since the two fights they did have were so close I thought Mamby would have a decent chance in a third fight.

Mancini was a better fighter than Bramble. Their 2nd fight was close so I thought Mancini would have a decent chance in a 3rd fight.

The 2nd Barrera-Jones fight was close. Barrera was the better fighter (though the gap is closer than what many people probably think). A 3rd fight would probably have been close and maybe Barrea could pull it off this time.

...if this one was "fourth time a charm" box buzz would make a dozen entries using different names.....i mean names for himself...the two fighters names? aw come on....let's not be so obvious...