Benny Leonard vs Floyd Mmayweather-135

[The Surgeon]

thank you champ

duran.
whitaker (i'd pick floyd at WW.)
ike williams (though i'd have the least confidence in williams of all of the men listed.)
old master gans.

a few. perhaps i could dig a few more up with some thought.


ww's is a longer list. i put four up a few pages down in the section and i'll throw them back up here.

hearns via knockout
ray leonard decision
burley decision
robinson knockout

Id agree with all of those picks too with the exception of Whitaker who i think Floyd out guns for a points win.

Nice to see Burley get some WW credit he fought close to 40 fights there and of his prime years - 1939 to 1942 he fought 27 times, of those 12 were at WW. He also beat Holman Williams among others and took Zivic to a disputed points loss - that he twice avenged.

[New England]

"Colleges"(meaning knowledge of the human body) is responsible for better athletes.

lol not to the degree you believe evidently


competititon is responsible for better athletes.


college athletletics are more responsible than the academic work they do for creating better athletes.


academics being responsible for faster swimmers, runners, etc?
you need to turn off the "sports science" show with that little rat looking dude

cmon, bro
do you read stuff after you post it?

[Barry Halls]

I haven't taken any nutrition or sport medicine classes. But the most basic things are better medicine, better workouts, better equipment, better doctors etc etc. Manny Pacquiao works with people who have Masters degrees from UCLA I think its safe to say they might know a few more things about the human body than the cutman from rocky

Better medicine? Is this slang for peds or what?
Of course the medical field has highly advanced since the early 1900s, but how would that influence a fighters ability to compete? It would if anything lengthen their careers, due to better injury treatment.

Better workouts. Yeah, what is that? Boxing is an extremely primitive sport, and all you'd have to do is read one of the books that maps out legendary fighters training routines and you would see theres not much new when it comes to that area.

Floyd admittedly eats chicken, steaks, rahmen noodles and twinkies.
I'm not so sure how applicable the advancements in sports nutrition is to that fact.

[New England]

Id agree with all of those picks too with the exception of Whitaker who i think Floyd out guns for a points win.

Nice to see Burley get some WW credit he fought close to 40 fights there and of his prime years - 1939 to 1942 he fought 27 times, of those 12 were at WW. He also beat Holman Williams among others and took Zivic to a disputed points loss - that he twice avenged.

certainly a possibility
i felt that floyd would have to go out of character most to win against whitaker


and as for burley the guy was one hell of a welterweight with a good chin, great punch, and great skills
i think they go tit for tat and burley wins on the harder punches


that one might be a robbery, though, with burley's luck
and floyd's clout

[RubenSonny]

I can say u are no fan boy and a solid poster. I happen to agree Mayweather would take this one.

Out of interest who are the LW's u pick over PBF?

I second that.

[The Surgeon]

that one might be a robbery, though, with burley's luck
and floyd's clout

Lol very true!

In regards to Sweet Pea, Mayweather seems like he is equally great at walking a man down as he is at moving and pot shotting and his uncle Roger seemed to tag Whittaker with plenty of right hand leather, i think Floyd goes one better but hey everyone has their own opinion

[SplitSecond]

"Colleges"(meaning knowledge of the human body) is responsible for better athletes.

wtf is wrong with this guy?

[McGoorty]

funny guy.

So he's a funny guy, is he ?????..... Mate when I compare your posts that I've read to the one's that he does,.... it's you that comes out looking funny. I don't always agree with some of his opinions, but when I ask him to explain himself, he goes about things smartly, and he makes sure of his facts............ The guy is a true historian, but so far I have not seen you argue your case too well,... you just make short statements and diss somebody, but you don't back up your own statements,................ I agreed with his above post, but all you could come up with a silly laughing head and just 8 letters.

[SCtrojansbaby]

I don't understand how you can think working with people who have supreme knowledge of the human body isn't going to make you a better athlete.

[New England]

I don't understand how you can think working with people who have supreme knowledge of the human body isn't going to make you a better athlete.

they are called trainers
they are not new to boxing. you don't need "science and technology" for that.

you don't learn how to train a fighter in a book or in a classroom. you learn by being around fighters and trainers. over time the sport has evolved in that sense.
i'm not saying it's going to hurt you to read a book, or have a doctorate

i'm saying if that's all you're going on you're going to get your fighters ass kicked