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Welterweight Tournament (Last 40 years or so)
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Originally posted by SCtrojansbaby View PostI am just going to skip straight to the final 4
Leonard over Margarito
Trinidad over Pacquiao
Leonard over Trinidad.
Also where the hell are Marlon Starling and Donald Curry????
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Round 1
Sugar Ray Leonard over Carlos Palomino
Roberto Duran over Shane Mosley
Oscar De La Hoya over Miguel Cotto
Thomas Hearns over Antonio Margarito
Vernon Forrest over Manny Pacquiao
Jose Napoles over Pernell Whitaker
Floyd Mayweather over Wilfred Benitez
Felix Trinidad over Paul Williams
Round 2
Roberto Duran over Ray Leonard
Thomas Hearns over De La Hoya
Jose Napoles over Vernon Forrest
Tito Trinidad over Floyd Mayweather
Round 3
Thomas Hearns over Roberto Duran (Poor Duran)
Jose Napoles over Tito Trinidad
Final
Thomas Hearns over Jose Napoles
Also where the hell are Marlon Starling and Donald Curry????
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Originally posted by NChristo View PostRound 1
Sugar Ray Leonard over Carlos Palomino
Roberto Duran over Shane Mosley
Oscar De La Hoya over Miguel Cotto
Thomas Hearns over Antonio Margarito
Vernon Forrest over Manny Pacquiao
Jose Napoles over Pernell Whitaker
Floyd Mayweather over Wilfred Benitez
Felix Trinidad over Paul Williams
Round 2
Roberto Duran over Ray Leonard
Thomas Hearns over De La Hoya
Jose Napoles over Vernon Forrest
Tito Trinidad over Floyd Mayweather
Round 3
Thomas Hearns over Roberto Duran (Poor Duran)
Jose Napoles over Tito Trinidad
Final
Thomas Hearns over Jose Napoles
I'd of replaced Pac and May with these 2 if I was TS.
May and Pac are already ATG's, and hopefully they will enhance their legacies down the stretch of their last couple years. Hopefully they fight each other, or at least the best opposition out there. So far, it looks like Mayweather may fight Martinez and Khan next year, which will ultimately enhance his legacy. Pac seems to be fighting Bradley next, which will actually be a really good on his resume.
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Originally posted by 4CornersKid View Post1st RD:
LEONARD over Palomino
DURAN over Mosley
DE LA HOYA over Cotto
HEARNS over Margarito
PACQUIAO over Forrest
WHITAKER over Napoles
MAYWEATHER over Benitez
TRINIDAD over Willaims
Best 1st RD fight: De La Hoya-Cotto or Pacquiao-Forrest
Quarterfinals:
LEONARD over Duran
DE LA HOYA over Hearns
WHITAKER over Pacquiao
MAYWEATHER over Trinidad
Best Quarterfinal fight: Whitaker-Pacquiao
Semi-Finals:
LEONARD over De La Hoya
MAYWEATHER over Whitaker
Best Semi-Fianl fight: Leonard-De La Hoya
Finals:
LEONARD over Mayweather
If the seeding were different, the outcome may be different in my mind as well. Styles make fights. Mayweather would have possibly the toughest road (Benitez, Trinidad, Whitaker), so he may not have made it. Being a Floyd fan, I see him winning those fights, but they could easily have gone the other way.
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Originally posted by 4CornersKid View PostYou'd put Palomino, Williams, Margarito, Cotto, Forrest, and Mosley over Mayweather and Pacquiao???
Starling and Curry established a sucessfull Welterweight career, much more so then them 2.
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Originally posted by 4CornersKid View PostI put my top 16 Wleterweights since 1970 or so in a tournament. I will not play it out. Single elimination, just like the NCAA tournament, with seeding and everything. I went by how good each were at the weight, as well as what they accomplished at Welterweight. Assume each fighter is at their absolute best at Wleterweight. How does it playout???
1) Sugar Ray Leonard vs. 16) Carlos Palomino
8) Shane Mosley vs. 9) Roberto Duran
5) Oscar De La Hoya vs. 12) Miguel Cotto
4) Thomas Hearns vs. 13) Antonio Margarito
6) Manny Pacquiao vs. 11) Vernon Forrest
3) Pernell Whitaker vs. 14) Jose Napoles
7) Floyd Mayweather vs. 10) Wilfred Benitez
2) Felix Trinidad vs. 15) Paul Williams
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Originally posted by CHOWWOKKA View PostSugar Ray OVER Carlos Palomino
Roberto Duran OVER Shane Mosely
Oscar De La Hoya OVER Miguel Cotto
Thomas Hearns OVER Antonio Margarito (favorite matchup)
Vernon Forrest OVER Manny Pacquiao
Pernell Whitaker OVER Jose Napoles
Floyd Mayweather OVER Wilfred Benitez
Paul Williams OVER Felix Trinidad
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