Fantasy Fights That Are Too Hard to Predict?

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Hearns vs Trinidad? At 147?

Who ever landed first.

Shit, might be the first HOF knockout at the same time.

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Hamed was a hard puncher but extremely overrated fighter by some fans. He was good, not a great. Unlike Hamed, Pac actually fought Hall of famers and legends at 126 beating Barrera, beating Marquez and a good fight with Morales. Pac proved he was the far better fighter than Hamed ever was.



Tito cannot knock out hearns. Hearns has a bit of bad wrap for having a weak chin but at 147 he was only knocked out 1 time against Leonard and that was in the 14th round. If that fight ended at 12 rounds he would have won. As he moved up in weight he was KO'd by Hagler in a war at 160, no shame there and again once more in '88 by Barkley, but Hearns wasn't the same fighter he was at 147.

Hearns would have a big size advantage over tito, a speed advantage, a power advantage and of course the far better fighter. Easy fight to call - Hearns by mid rounds KO.




I'll stop you right there. Yes he could. Whitaker was probably the pound 4 pound greatest fighter of all time as far as skills and talent go. I really don't think there is anyone in history at 135 that can for sure beat Whitaker.

Pacquiao actually only beat Barrera at 126. I respect the rest of your post though, different people see things differently.

So what are your fantasy fights that are hard to predict?

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Come on guys, I'm doing my best to make threads that are different than Floyd and Manny lol

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Norris vs Vargas at 154 I always felt would have been an ATG war.

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Pacquiao actually only beat Barrera at 126. I respect the rest of your post though, different people see things differently.

So what are your fantasy fights that are hard to predict?

Technically he should have got the win since one judge admitted he scored the first round incorrectly.

Hopkins vs Hagler is one I've wrestled with in my mind. I think that fight is a lot harder to pick then some people realize. Roy jones vs the g man is another .

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Trinidad is extremely unlikely to KO Hearns with a single shot. This "whoever lands first" thing is strange considering Tito rarely KO'd fighters with single shots. When he did, it was usually to the body.

He could do damage with single shots, change the momentum of the fight, or hurt/drop the guy and finish with the follow-up, but those were much lower caliber fighters than Hearns. And considering the fact that Hearns was able to last so long after taking a hammering from one of the best finishers ever in SRL, took a lot of shots from a hard-hitting MW in Hagler before finally going down, why are people acting like Trinidad is going to stop Hearns so easily? The only KO loss in which he didn't take sustained damage was Barkley, a guy who completely loaded up on a winging right hand, and then followed up with another right hand as Tommy was falling.

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Technically he should have got the win since one judge admitted he scored the first round incorrectly.

Hopkins vs Hagler is one I've wrestled with in my mind. I think that fight is a lot harder to pick then some people realize. Roy jones vs the g man is another .

Honestly I think Jones would have clowned Gerald.

Hopkins would have roughed up and outworked Hagler too. See, those are easy for me to pick. Different people see different things.

Who do you have - Pryor/Pacquiao @ 140?

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Honestly I think Jones would have clowned Gerald.

It's possible. But G-Man did beat Jones in the amateurs. It's possible he knew how to beat him.

Hopkins would have roughed up and outworked Hagler too. See, those are easy for me to pick. Different people see different things.

I agree with Hopkins winning but it's not an easy pick, it's not a 100% sure pick. More like a 60/40 or along those lines.

Who do you have - Pryor/Pacquiao @ 140?

Pryor. He beats most people at 140 I think.

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Hopkins vs Hagler is one I've wrestled with in my mind. I think that fight is a lot harder to pick then some people realize. Roy jones vs the g man is another .

Hopkins-Hagler is indeed very difficult to pick. Both guys were so well-rounded and versatile. Hopkins is physically bigger, and had so much experience and success against lefties. Hagler was a harder puncher, had such a brilliant jab, could fight in different stances.

I think Jones outboxes G-Man. He'd be extremely cautious though, so it wouldn't be the most entertaining fight.

Other mythical matchups that are close to 50-50 in my book:

Eusebio Pedroza-Salvador Sanchez

Marlon Starling-Oscar De La Hoya (there is no way that I can see this going any other way than a debatable decision)

Michael Spinks-Bob Foster

Floyd Mayweather-Aaron Pryor: while part of me thinks Pryor would outwork Mayweather, and Floyd has had some problems with pressure, I also think Mayweather is such a skilled and intelligent fighter that he'd do good work in decreasing Pryor's workrate. I also think that with Pryor being so wide open at times, that Floyd could take advantage of that, and also use spoiling tactics easier than he could against some other pressure fighters.

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Probably asked this before, but...


How about Pipino Cuevas vs Margarito?