Welterweight Tournament (Last 40 years or so)

[DrewWoodside]

I pick Ray Leonard as grand champ

Leonard is one of the most versatile fighters in the history of boxing. His ability to adapt with his natural athleticism and skill set is crazy. In fantasy matchups he should almost always get the nod. He's fought so many different styles and sizes.

[Chopper417]

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????

Not sure if you're being serious here or not, if you are it's absolutely one of the funniest things I've ever heard on these forums haha

[NChristo]

Round 1

Sugar Ray Leonard over Carlos Palomino

Roberto Duran over Shane Mosley

Oscar De La Hoya over Miguel Cotto

Thomas Hearns over Antonio Margarito

Vernon Forrest over Manny Pacquiao

Jose Napoles over Pernell Whitaker

Floyd Mayweather over Wilfred Benitez

Felix Trinidad over Paul Williams

Round 2

Roberto Duran over Ray Leonard

Thomas Hearns over De La Hoya

Jose Napoles over Vernon Forrest

Tito Trinidad over Floyd Mayweather

Round 3

Thomas Hearns over Roberto Duran (Poor Duran)

Jose Napoles over Tito Trinidad

Final

Thomas Hearns over Jose Napoles

Also where the hell are Marlon Starling and Donald Curry????

I'd of replaced Pac and May with these 2 if I was TS.

[4Corners]

Round 1

Sugar Ray Leonard over Carlos Palomino

Roberto Duran over Shane Mosley

Oscar De La Hoya over Miguel Cotto

Thomas Hearns over Antonio Margarito

Vernon Forrest over Manny Pacquiao

Jose Napoles over Pernell Whitaker

Floyd Mayweather over Wilfred Benitez

Felix Trinidad over Paul Williams

Round 2

Roberto Duran over Ray Leonard

Thomas Hearns over De La Hoya

Jose Napoles over Vernon Forrest

Tito Trinidad over Floyd Mayweather

Round 3

Thomas Hearns over Roberto Duran (Poor Duran)

Jose Napoles over Tito Trinidad

Final

Thomas Hearns over Jose Napoles




I'd of replaced Pac and May with these 2 if I was TS.

You gotta respect how good Mayweather and Pacquiao are though. It's not like they've had a walk in the park or anything. You'd put Palomino, Williams, Margarito, Cotto, Forrest, and Mosley over Mayweather and Pacquiao???

May and Pac are already ATG's, and hopefully they will enhance their legacies down the stretch of their last couple years. Hopefully they fight each other, or at least the best opposition out there. So far, it looks like Mayweather may fight Martinez and Khan next year, which will ultimately enhance his legacy. Pac seems to be fighting Bradley next, which will actually be a really good on his resume.

[The Big Dunn]

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.

Completely plausible except I'd have Hearns over ODH.

[NChristo]

You'd put Palomino, Williams, Margarito, Cotto, Forrest, and Mosley over Mayweather and Pacquiao???

No, but, I was under the impression this was a Welterweight Tournament and Floyd and Pac started at a lower weight then the rest of the boxers named.

Starling and Curry established a sucessfull Welterweight career, much more so then them 2.

[JAB5239]

I am just going to skip straight to the final 4

Leonard over Margarito

Wait, this means you have Margarito beating Hearns in the first round of the tournament.

Can you explain that one please?

[Rome-By-Ko]

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

SRL beats everyone of umm...The End..

[Russian Crushin]

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

Titos left hand would destroy Paul

[IronDanHamza]

Wait, this means you have Margarito beating Hearns in the first round of the tournament.

Can you explain that one please?

He thinks Margarito is a bad style match up for Hearns.



I'm not joking he actually does.