Welterweight Tournament (Last 40 years or so)

[4Corners]

I 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

[CHOWWOKKA]

Sugar 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

[boricuajr23]

I got

1st round Best fight to watch....Oscar De La Hoya vs Miguel Cotto. (Majority Decision)

2nd Round
(1) Leonard vs (8) Mosley
(4) De La Hoya vs (5) Hearns
(6) Pacquiao vs (3) Whitaker
(7) Mayweather vs (2) Trinidad

Best fight in round 2: Leonard vs Mosley

Semi-Final
(1) Leonard vs (4) De La Hoya
(3) Whitaker vs (7) Maywather

Best fight in semis: Whitaker vs Maweather. Split Decision

Finals
(1) Leonard vs (3) Whitaker

Sugar ray Leonard.

I think the seeding made a big difference. My opinion though.

[Doctor_Tenma]

Sugar 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

I was with you all the way until that last one, Tito kills Paul. Also, Whitaker and Floyd face VERY VERY tough tasks, VERY.

[Unknown Champ]

I pick Ray Leonard as grand champ

[CHOWWOKKA]

I was with you all the way until that last one, Tito kills Paul. Also, Whitaker and Floyd face VERY VERY tough tasks, VERY.

I know where you're coming from but I think that one would be the upset. I'm not sure how tall Paul was during his WW days but I'm assuming his reach was much longer then Tito's and that would be the difference.

[JAB5239]

I 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 Leonard

8) Shane Mosley vs. 9) Roberto Duran Duran

5) Oscar De La Hoya vs. 12) Miguel Cotto Oscar

4) Thomas Hearns vs. 13) Antonio Margarito Hearns

6) Manny Pacquiao vs. 11) Vernon Forrest Forrest

3) Pernell Whitaker vs. 14) Jose Napoles Napoles

7) Floyd Mayweather vs. 10) Wilfred Benitez Floyd

2) Felix Trinidad vs. 15) Paul Williams Tito

Second round

1. Leonard over 14.Napoles
2. Tito over 11. Forrest
4. Hearns over 7. Mayweather
9. Duran over 5. Oscar

Third round

1. Leonard over 9. Duran
4. Hearns over 2. Tito

Final

Leonard over Hearns

Winner

Leonard

[SCtrojansbaby]

I 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????

[JOM'S]

Based on the rankings...

1) Sugar Ray Leonard vs. 16) Carlos Palomino
1-SUGAR RAY

2) Felix Trinidad vs. 15) Paul Williams
2-TRINIDAD

3) Pernell Whitaker vs. 14) Jose Napoles Napoles
3-WHITAKER

4) Thomas Hearns vs. 13) Antonio Margarito
4-HEARNS

5) Oscar De La Hoya vs. 12) Miguel Cotto
5-OSCAR DE LA HOYA

6) Manny Pacquiao vs. 11) Vernon Forrest
6-PACQUAIO

7) Floyd Mayweather vs. 10) Wilfred Benitez
7-MAYWEATHER

8) Shane Mosley vs. 9) Roberto Duran
8-ROBERTO DURAN

Quarterfinals
1) Leonard-Duran (Leonard)
2) Trinidad-Mayweather (Maywaether)
3) Whitaker-Pacquiao (Pacquiao)
4) Hearns-Dela Hoya (Hearns)

Semis

1) Leonard-Hearns
2) Mayweather-Pacquiao

Finals Options

Leonard-Pacquaio, Leonard-Mayweather or Hearns-Pacquiao, Hearns-Mayweather...

As a pacquiao fan, I would let manny win but Leonard and Hearns have big size advantage over manny so its either Leonard or Hearns, me leaning more to Sugar Ray to win the tournament...

[4Corners]

I 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

1st 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.