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Sexiest cross-era matchups (can include current fighters)?

Posted: 21 Feb 2008, 17:25
by Jaybee From The Castle
Let's say you have a wondrous time machine, but it can only whisk Boxers from one time to another. I'll start:

1) You guessed it...Tyson '88 Vs Ali '67;

2) Foreman 68-74 Vs Lennox 92-02;

3) Saddler '40 Vs Hamed '95/Pacquaio '03;

4) Eubank '91 Vs ...? Can't think of a fellow maverick @ 168 from across time...

Over to you good gentlemen!

Posted: 21 Feb 2008, 22:46
by observer1
Possibly the 361st thread of the same kind but w/e.

Tyson '88 v Frazier '71 Would have been an interesting Match up.

Posted: 21 Feb 2008, 22:49
by Goodnight, Irene
Foreman wasn't pro in 1968. I'm not sure what you're asking, in any case --- are you saying those are the fighters' prime years (as appears to be the case with Ali & Tyson)? But there is a hell of a difference between the Lewis in 1992 & 2002, as there is between Foreman 1969 (his pro debut) & 1974.

Posted: 22 Feb 2008, 06:11
by Jaybee From The Castle
Goodnight, Irene wrote:Foreman wasn't pro in 1968. I'm not sure what you're asking, in any case
The thread title gives this away.
--- are you saying those are the fighters' prime years (as appears to be the case with Ali & Tyson)?
Not to the year, this is open to interpretation. But general ball-park.
But there is a hell of a difference between the Lewis in 1992 & 2002, as there is between Foreman 1969 (his pro debut) & 1974.
I'll give you that, so you can use 1974 if you wish. Lennox had a very long peak IMO, although yes, he went from being a fast, hard puncher to a slower, harder puncher in that decade.

Posted: 22 Feb 2008, 08:39
by Diamond WEAPON
'88 Chavez vs. '78 Duran

'90 Chavez vs. '83 Pryor

'71 Frazier vs. '93 Holyfield

'97 Hamed vs. '46 Pep

'82 Sanchez vs. '02 Barrera

'67 Saldivar vs. '04 Pacquiao

'90 Moorer vs. '54 Moore

'89 Jackson vs. '84 Hearns

Posted: 22 Feb 2008, 10:06
by Minotauro
78-80 Wilfredo Gomez vs Erik Morales 97-00
38 Armstrong vs Chavez 87-88
47-48 Ike Williams vs Duran 76-78
69 Ruben Olivares vs Zarate 77
47 Jersey Joe Walcott vs Floyd Patterson 60
76-77 Wilfred Benitez vs Aaron Pryor 82-83
46-48 Ezzard Charles vs Gene Tunney 23-25
38-42 Joe Louis vs Mike Tyson 88
46-50 Sugar Ray Robinson vs Sugar Ray Leonard 81
52-54 Rocky Marciano vs Joe Frazier 71
88-90 Meldrick Taylor vs Floyd Mayweather Jr 04-05
59-60 Sonny Liston vs Lennox Lewis 97-02