Would all the Top 80s Fighters be Champion in this era?

**pbftxrs316** · 05-22-2007, 06:35 PM

i'm sure they could be champions, but who knows? hagler vs hopkins, tyson vs wlad, and floyd jr vs leonard would be huge fights. also whitaker vs mayweather jr would be amazing, if they were both in their primes at lightweight.

**GEOFFHAYES** · 05-22-2007, 06:37 PM

The depth in the 80's was ridiculous - the top 20 of each of the welter, junior-middle and middle divisions were jammed

**GEOFFHAYES** · 05-22-2007, 06:38 PM

And yeah those guys would be the top man today, every last one of those

**El Jesus** · 05-22-2007, 06:52 PM

Originally posted by pbftxrs316

i'm sure they could be champions, but who knows? hagler vs hopkins, tyson vs wlad, and floyd jr vs leonard would be huge fights. also whitaker vs mayweather jr would be amazing, if they were both in their primes at lightweight.

whitaker mayweather would be the boringest fighter ever, they are too similar and their styles are all about waiting to see what your doing to do then adjusting to it, it would be 10 rounds of starting each other down and pot shotting because they are both so quick and so defensive, id be asleep by round 3

**Oasis_Lad** · 05-22-2007, 06:53 PM

Aaron Pryor would absolutely dominate the Junior Welterweight division today.

**Shanus** · 05-22-2007, 06:55 PM

Originally posted by OASIS_LAD

Aaron Pryor would absolutely dominate the Junior Welterweight division today.

He could then move up to Welter and do the same.

**Oasis_Lad** · 05-22-2007, 06:58 PM

Originally posted by Shanus

He could then move up to Welter and do the same.

That he could.

**guzi815** · 05-22-2007, 07:01 PM

Originally posted by RayLeonard82

Let's go division by division. Do you think the top fighters of the 80s in majority of the divisions would currently be champion today if they were in there primes in this era.

Mike Tyson -Heavyweight
Evander - Cruserweight
Michael Spinks - Light Heavyweight
Marvin Hagler -Middleweight
Mike McCallum- Jr Middleweight
Ray Leonard -Welterweight
Aaron Pryor - Junior Welterweight
Pernell Whitaker - Lightweight
Junior Lightweight - Chavez

It would be interesting to see Spinks vs Hopkins , Ray Leonard vs Mayweather jr , Aaron Pryor vs Ricky Hatton ,Tyson vs Wlad ,or even Hagler vs Hopkns at 160.

The 80's prize fighter was all about get it on. Sure they wanted to get paid too, but the winner should get the bigger purse period. Maybe that'll make these so called "defensive" fighters go toe-to-toe. I'd still go with the 80's Champs....way more disciplined, gave it all they had, and were used to sparring for a 15 rounder.

**aljon** · 05-22-2007, 07:03 PM

Most likely, and Hearns would KO Mayweather in spectacular fashion...

Would all the Top 80s Fighters be Champion in this era?