Have the lower weights Fab four reach the mythical 80's fab four status?

[RoyJonesJrp4pno1]

heroine's a hell of a drug my friend

00's fab 4 fights
Morales vs Barrera trilogy
Morales vs Pac trilogy
Pac vs JMM twice with a possibility of a 3rd fight
JMM vs Barrera
Pac vs Barrera twice

None of them fights were bad. Morales vs Barrera 1 and 3 are epic fights. JMM vs Pac 1 and 2 are amazing. JMM vs Barrera was a great fight. The Morales-Pac trilogy was awesome. Pac vs MAB 1 was good, 2 was probably the worst fight out of these 4 guys fighting each other.

80's fab 4 fights
Hagler vs Hearns
Hagler vs Leonard
Hagler vs Duran
Leonard vs Hearns twice
Leonard vs Duran trilogy
Hearns vs Duran

Hagler vs Hearns is the best fight and that had 1 good round. Morales vs Barrera 1 was much better. Hagler vs Duran was a spectacular KO. Hagler vs Duran was boring. Hagler vs Leonard was good. Leonard vs Duran 1 was good but alot of holding, 2 and 3 God awful. Leonard vs Hearns is a cure for insomnia, the second fight was an ok fight.

No way does the fights between the 80's fab four come close to the fights between the featherwights of the 00's. No way no how this was an epic era point blank period.

[MELLY-MEL...]

no way in hell.

[RingTech01]

al bernstein has been on a role as of late. couple weeks ago he said roy jones wasn't a great fighter.

[warp1432]

It comes close in terms of action wise. They aren't as good of fighters though.

[TheGreatA]

Marquez wasn't really in the mix until Barrera and Morales were already pretty much done. I'm not sure if I'd call them a Fab Four...

[warp1432]

Marquez wasn't really in the mix until Barrera and Morales were already pretty much done. I'm not sure if I'd call them a Fab Four...

You could argue the same for Hagler...They were in their primes for the good years, but he didn't become a factor until 1983 when Duran moved up in weight and then Hearns fought him too.

[Pullcounter]

Marquez wasn't really in the mix until Barrera and Morales were already pretty much done. I'm not sure if I'd call them a Fab Four...

yeah, jmm started out too late. we never saw jmm/morales and it wasn't that competitive a fab 4, because pac beat all of them.

80's fab 4 is probably better.

[warp1432]

yeah, jmm started out too late. we never saw jmm/morales

We probably will. When/If Marquez loses to Floyd don't be surprised if this is his tune up fight before taking on top contenders at 135 again.

[TheGreatA]

You could argue the same for Hagler...They were in their primes for the good years, but he didn't become a factor until 1983 when Duran moved up in weight and then Hearns fought him too.

Benitez could also be added in and Hagler taken out since he fought Leonard, Duran and Hearns when they were close to their best.

Hagler vs Hearns/Leonard were memorable fights though.

[Chups]

Only time will tell.