Boxing triangles

[soul_survivor]

Honestly, I think Ali whoops Tyson. Yes its probably the most famous fantasy match up of all time and YES casuals get dragged into it but as a boxing fan, what can Tyson do? He is shorter, slowe and has maybe a 5 or 6 round tank. ALi taller, longer reach, much quicker, better skills, better heart, better stamina and better chin.

Tyson would be damn competitive for about 3 rounds but a prime Ali would overwhelm him, it would lookl ike the last few rounds of Ali/Liston.

Anyway, back to the topic. Barrera, mOrales and Pac had a great series of fights.

Pac simply overwhelmed Barrera with speed and power and beat him up down the stretch. Yet Barrera almost always had the answer to Morales awkward height and grazing punches because MOrales rarely overwhelmed anyone. Yet that range and awkwardness proved too much for Pac in the first fight and although it was close, MOrales edged it.

[TonyGe]

I don't think I've seen someone dodge punches like Benitez did. His defense was pure art.

Yeah one of the top defensive fighters I've ever seen. His main problem apparently was he didn't really believe in training. Not a good belief system for a fighter. LOL

[E10Rifle]

Collins, Benn, Eubank. The U.K. excels at super-middle for some reason. Incredible series of clashes, though Benn was sadly on the decline by the time Collins stopped him. Collins was unbeaten in the four fights, but the decision when he ‘beat’ Eubank the first time was absolutely disgusting home cooking. Poor decision in Benn-Eubank II as well (a draw when Benn won reasonably comfortably).

[W1LL]

Did you know that Carl Froch knocked George Groves out in front of 80,000 people at Wembley?

[_Rexy_]

Yeah one of the top defensive fighters I've ever seen. His main problem apparently was he didn't really believe in training. Not a good belief system for a fighter. LOL

yeah I heard that he barely trained for the Leonard fight.


Some guys are like that though, they are such gifted and natural athletes that they get by entirely on that. Ron Simmons (former football player and pro wrestler) used to just be able to walk into the gym, bench press 400+ for reps and leave. Apparently he only worked out like once a month if that.

[IronDanHamza]

Aren't you the one who used to have that crazy triangle theory posted in your signature? I can't remember exactly what it said, but it mentioned how some current decent fighter was the GOAT because his wins traced back to someone who beat Ali?

Nah I think that was Bojangles.

[Derranged]

Nah I think that was Bojangles.

I think you're right. And thinking back, I think it traced all the way to Sugar Ray Robinson.

[Dodger07]

Barrera beat Morales
Pacquiao beat barrera
Morales beat pacquiao

Pacquiao beat Bradley
Marquez beat Pacquiao
Bradley beat Marquez

Vargas beat winky
Trinidad beat Vargas
Winky beat trinidad

[Banko Villas]

Certainly a lot of interesting answers!