If Hagler/Hearns/Sugar Ray Leonard were fighting from 147-168 today......

[Sugar Adam Ali]

"tarver, pavlik, pascal, cloud"

Tarver had just made the Rocky movie and gained a lot of weight and had to lose it. He was drained. Kelly Pavlik was too little for the weight and Cloud is a power dummy. Neither of those opponents belonged in the ring with him at that period in time. Like I said before, Hopkins has fought better competition since getting older but no excuses for how selective he is about who he fights. These are facts.

I dont think hopkins is very selective... I think he got dodged in the late 90's but did stop a prime glen johnson,

He has fought prime jermain taylor twice, winky, calzaghe, pavlik who was a huge favorite in that fight, Tarver, Cloud, Pascal, Dawson twice, and that is since he was 40's old.....
He def would fight stevenson if given the opportunity...... Yes some have been cherrypicked like cloud, but for the most part, when given the chance he has fought the best guy available... I really cant think of a guy he has dodged, except for ward but who wants to see that anyway

[boxingsmash69]

Get theeeeeee fuccccccck outta here!

No I'd rather stay .

I just implied that Floyd has a CHANCE to win against them. In reality, ANYONE has a "CHANCE" to do anything.

Floyd, being as accomplished as he is, and given his defensive talents; is it really that hard to believe that he (along with the greatest welters of all time) wouldn't be able to score a win against anyone (even each other).

You really can't rule out any ATG not having a .000001% chance of a win against other ATGs.

Trust me, I'm a much bigger fan of Leonard and Duran, over any fighter in the last 3 decades.

However, I won't let that blind me into thinking only the 70's welters can beat each other.

[boxingsmash69]

Leonard was bigger, stronger, and faster than Floyd. His speed would have had Floyd on the defensive and taking punishment and not being able to hurt Leonard at all. Hearns would have stopped Floyd Cold. Floyd would never get past the non-stop lightning rod jab of Hearns and if you think Floyd was rocked by Mosley and Corley, that right hand of Hearns with the cat like speed would have dropped Floyd for the full count. Hearns would never have allowed Floyd past his jab and Floyd could not have fought Hearns on the inside...end of story. Duran of 1980 Montreal would have backed Floyd to the ropes and slowly broken him down for a late stoppage. Think of Castillo. Now add more crushing power, more defence, more physicality, more RAGE and you have Duran. End of story.

Don't forget... Duran is much faster than Castillo in all aspects.

Let's just say....

Castillo = Bootleg Julio Cesar Chavez Sr.

JCC Sr. = Bootleg Duran

Duran = Go figure.


DURAN TKO12 OR 117-112 UD, Floyd hitting the canvas once.

[Poet682006]

haha I would pay so much money to see Khan get hit with Tommy Hearns right hand hahahaha

Me too. It would be like watching "Scanners" :cool9:
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[MRBOOMER]

haha I would pay so much money to see Khan get hit with Tommy Hearns right hand hahahaha

He wouldn't get ko'd he Prbly hit him so hard he'd keeping waking back up but after the fight was over he'd be the most famous dancer in the world.

[Flash13]

Don't forget... Duran is much faster than Castillo in all aspects.

Let's just say....

Castillo = Bootleg Julio Cesar Chavez Sr.

JCC Sr. = Bootleg Duran

Duran = Go figure.


DURAN TKO12 OR 117-112 UD, Floyd hitting the canvas once.

Yeah I couldn't have honestly said this any better myself! If only we had another duran coming up.....