Kryptonite fights: The worst possible match-ups for these fighters

[SBleeder]

Prime for prime, what are the absolute worst match-ups for the following fighters? It could be a hypothetical fight, or a fight that actually happened.

Roberto Duran @ 135

Harry Greb @ 160

Eder Jofre @ 118

Ricardo Lopez @ 105

Ali/Clay @ Heavyweight

Gilberto Roman @ 115

Roy Jones Jr. @ 168

Henry Armstrong @ 126

Archie Moore @ 175

Evander Holyfield @ 200

Thomas Hearns @ 154

My picks will be forth-coming.

[EMSLDB]

Duran id say ike williams
Greb not sure
Jofre probably fighting harada
Lopez no one maybe alvarez
ali i think larry holmes
roman i say too sharp johnson
rjjr @168 i think Frankie Liles
Armstrong I think Saddler
Moorer/Ezzard Charles beat him 4 times
Holyfield at cruiser i say toney would have the best chance
Hearns ar 154 id say mccallum

[New England]

Prime for prime, what are the absolute worst match-ups for the following fighters? It could be a hypothetical fight, or a fight that actually happened.

Roberto Duran @ 135

Harry Greb @ 160

Eder Jofre @ 118

Ricardo Lopez @ 105

Ali/Clay @ Heavyweight

Gilberto Roman @ 115

Roy Jones Jr. @ 168

Henry Armstrong @ 126

Archie Moore @ 175

Evander Holyfield @ 200

Thomas Hearns @ 154

My picks will be forth-coming.

duran - whitaker (easy answer, but it's probably the truest in terms of a style that duran wouldnt want to go against)

greb - no footage exists of his fights, so i cant be confident with this.
but he was known as a windmill and speedster who was tough and dirty and worked very hard
gonna go with james toney. he's the best counterpunching middleweight i can come up with off the top of my head. and he was also very big on the night of a fight at MW

Ali - Frazier. go watch the fights
nobody made him work like that. nobody gave him those sorts of problems when he was at his best.


Jones - Yall musta forgot!
there arent many great names at 168 and i cant name any who i believe are all wrong for roy.
maybe the g-man. because i got a soft spot for the guy, and he beat roy twice in the AMs. he was also big and fought tall and was a legendary puncher, not a great guy to jump in on.

armstrong - sanchez and kid chocolate
the kid was a buttery boxer, and i might see him winning rounds on the purity of his boxing alone
and sanchez is the best counterpuncher i can think of at 126 who punched with the sort of angles with his fists that would land over a rolled shoulder, or under a tucked chin


gonna attack some of the rest later
i gotta run


good thread, homie

[IronDanHamza]

duran - whitaker (easy answer, but it's probably the truest in terms of a style that duran wouldnt want to go against)

greb - no footage exists of his fights, so i cant be confident with this.
but he was known as a windmill and speedster who was tough and dirty and worked very hard
gonna go with james toney. he's the best counterpunching middleweight i can come up with off the top of my head. and he was also very big on the night of a fight at MW

Ali - Frazier. go watch the fights
nobody made him work like that. nobody gave him those sorts of problems when he was at his best.

Jones - Yall musta forgot!
there arent many great names at 168 and i cant name any who i believe are all wrong for roy.
maybe the g-man. because i got a soft spot for the guy, and he beat roy twice in the AMs. he was also big and fought tall and was a legendary puncher, not a great guy to jump in on.

armstrong - sanchez and kid chocolate
the kid was a buttery boxer, and i might see him winning rounds on the purity of his boxing alone
and sanchez is the best counterpuncher i can think of at 126 who punched with the sort of angles with his fists that would land over a rolled shoulder, or under a tucked chin


gonna attack some of the rest later
i gotta run


good thread, homie

Ken Norton?

I feel the worse stlye match up for Ali is Ken Norton.

Good thread TS. I see you chose mainly fighters that seem unbeatable in he respective weight class at thier absolute peak

Some tough descions I'll have to think and get back later.

[SCtrojansbaby]

Prime for prime, what are the absolute worst match-ups for the following fighters? It could be a hypothetical fight, or a fight that actually happened.

Roberto Duran @ 135 no one

Ali/Clay @ Heavyweight Larry Holmes

Roy Jones Jr. @ 168 no one

Archie Moore @ 175 Bernard Hopkins

Evander Holyfield @ 200 no one

Thomas Hearns @ 154 Antonio Margarito

Guys that could stay on the outside ands box would give Ali a lot of trouble. B-Hop would eat Moore up on the inside and smother Moore's offense. Hearns is easy he loved to mix it up and its obvious Margarito has awesome chin Hearns has bad chin.

[BigStereotype]

Guys that could stay on the outside ands box would give Ali a lot of trouble. B-Hop would eat Moore up on the inside and smother Moore's offense. Hearns is easy he loved to mix it up and its obvious Margarito has awesome chin Hearns has bad chin.

Hmmm, that's funny. I'd say that Hearns is one of the only guys I'd pick to KO Margarito at his best. Margarito would run into that 1-2 over and over and over. Other guys, his chin holds up. Against Hearns, I doubt it. Hearns boxes the **** out of him...Hearns has an incredibly awkward style that makes him hard to beat. He can usually outbox you and if he can't, he can usually outslug you too. I would actually pick a crazy brawler like Mayorga to have a chance against Hearns, though. The way to beat him was to throw caution to the wind and hope that your power and chin hold up longer than his...Margarito would do this but in the wrong way. Margarito wants to chop you down, Mayorga wants to blow you the **** out. I still don't think Mayorga beats him (obviously) but I'd pick him to upset Hearns a couple of times.

[joseph5620]

Guys that could stay on the outside ands box would give Ali a lot of trouble. B-Hop would eat Moore up on the inside and smother Moore's offense. Hearns is easy he loved to mix it up and its obvious Margarito has awesome chin Hearns has bad chin.

If Margarito couldn't take Mosley's punches or beat Paul Williams he would go to sleep against Hearns(who could also box). Going straight into Hearns with a lack of speed is a terrible match up for Margarito IMO. Especially since Margarito has been very unimpressive at 154 while Hearns never lost at that weight.

[joseph5620]

Prime for prime, what are the absolute worst match-ups for the following fighters? It could be a hypothetical fight, or a fight that actually happened.

Roberto Duran @ 135 Pernell Whitaker
Harry Greb @ 160

Eder Jofre @ 118

Ricardo Lopez @ 105

Ali/Clay @ Heavyweight Ken Norton
Gilberto Roman @ 115

Roy Jones Jr. @ 168

Henry Armstrong @ 126 Willie Pep
Archie Moore @ 175 Michael Spinks

Evander Holyfield @ 200

Thomas Hearns @ 154

My picks will be forth-coming.

Just off the top of my head.....

[joseph5620]

Prime for prime, what are the absolute worst match-ups for the following fighters? It could be a hypothetical fight, or a fight that actually happened.

Roberto Duran @ 135

Harry Greb @ 160

Eder Jofre @ 118

Ricardo Lopez @ 105

Ali/Clay @ Heavyweight

Gilberto Roman @ 115

Roy Jones Jr. @ 168

Henry Armstrong @ 126

Archie Moore @ 175

Evander Holyfield @ 200

Thomas Hearns @ 154 Mike McCallum, Sergio Martinez

My picks will be forth-coming.

I think he could have given Hearns some problems with his style. And Martinez being a southpaw with fast hands and deceptive punches, is a stylistic nightmare for just about anybody.

[Rockin']

For Hearns at 154lbs I would say that John Mugabi would give him alot of trouble if not stop him. People tend to think that Mugabi was just a big puncher, but he had some skill. Mugabi could box with him to a certain degree but with the power that he possesed in each hand I would just see it being very tough for Hearns to last 12 rounds with such a puncher. Mugabi earned a bronze medal in the olympics and gave Hagler all that he could handle in a great fight........Rockin'