Thread: Name an All-Time fighter who is tailor made to beat another All-Time fighter

Ali and Tyson....look what Ali did to Liston, Patterson, & Foreman. No way Tyson takes Ali.

Tommy Hearns and Mosley, look at the guys that beat Mosley namely Forrest and Wright....Hearns just as tall and lanky but with killer power.

Holyfield v Ali (like Norton did)

Whitaker vs Tszyu, gotta agree big time with El Kabong on the Hearns vs Mosley matchup. I always thought that Mayweather would have made Trinidad look really bad...just my opinion though.

Originally Posted by chinchekked

Whitaker vs Tszyu, gotta agree big time with El Kabong on the Hearns vs Mosley matchup. I always thought that Mayweather would have made Trinidad look really bad...just my opinion though.

I agree with that.

Originally Posted by Majesty

Originally Posted by Sleepwalker

If you can pluck two different great fighters in which one fighter would handle the other without much difficulty due to factors like style, intelligence, stamina, etc......

People disagree with me on this but Tommy Hearns would be all wrong for Money Mayweather. Too much size, length, power, activity on the Hitman's side. (6'1", 78" reach). Just too much to overcome.

Gotta disagree with Hearns being tailor made to beat Mayweather, Hearns struggled against Benitez so I think he'd have his hands full with Mayweather and vice versa.

Lennox Lewis was tailor made to beat Marciano on a good day. But Lewis has off days where he gets caught with one shot and thats where Louis or Marciano could catch him.

How about All time greats from the same era that never fought?

Jack Johnson was tailor made to beat Jack Dempsey.

Tommy Hearns handily beat Wilfred Benitez, he didn't struggle with him much at all. I see the Floyd Mayweather fight being the same way, with Floyd Mayweather Jr losing a pretty decisive decision

Originally Posted by El Kabong

Ali and Tyson....look what Ali did to Liston, Patterson, & Foreman. No way Tyson takes Ali.

Tommy Hearns and Mosley, look at the guys that beat Mosley namely Forrest and Wright....Hearns just as tall and lanky but with killer power.

Hearns handles Mosley fairly easily at 147.

Tyson v Louis because Tyson started fast and Joe was slow. Tyson could jump him.

Ali v Joe Louis because Joe could not handle speed, boxing skills and good movement.

Originally Posted by Sleepwalker

If you can pluck two different great fighters in which one fighter would handle the other without much difficulty due to factors like style, intelligence, stamina, etc......

People disagree with me on this but Tommy Hearns would be all wrong for Money Mayweather. Too much size, length, power, activity on the Hitman's side. (6'1", 78" reach). Just too much to overcome.

I'm a big Floyd fan and I don't disagree that Hearns would be about as tough a fight as you could get for Mayweather. Styles make fights and that would be a tough one for PBF.

On the subject of Mayweather, I don't think Roberto Duran wins 2 rounds against Floyd Mayweather or Pernell Whitaker at LW. Not that Duran wasn't the better LW than those guys all time, but the styles were just poison for him.

Joe Frazier wouldn't last 3 rounds with Mike Tyson IMO either. They could fight 100 times and Joe would get knocked out 100 times.

Originally Posted by chinchekked

I always thought that Mayweather would have made Trinidad look really bad...just my opinion though.

He'd box circles around Trinidad.

Originally Posted by Beanflicker

Originally Posted by chinchekked

I always thought that Mayweather would have made Trinidad look really bad...just my opinion though.

He'd box circles around Trinidad.

Until he felt the power of Tito and then he would either be knocked out or lose a decision running on his back foot.

Originally Posted by Master

Until he felt the power of Tito and then he would either be knocked out or lose a decision running on his back foot.

If you fight Floyd, you better hope that your money punch is a straight right, like Hearns, because you're not landing a hard left hook on Floyd's chin. Hopkins embarrassed him, Winky embarrassed him, Oscar embarrassed him and got robbed... I can't see him beating Floyd.

Originally Posted by Beanflicker

Originally Posted by Master

Until he felt the power of Tito and then he would either be knocked out or lose a decision running on his back foot.

If you fight Floyd, you better hope that your money punch is a straight right, like Hearns, because you're not landing a hard left hook on Floyd's chin. Hopkins embarrassed him, Winky embarrassed him, Oscar embarrassed him and got robbed... I can't see him beating Floyd.

Tito had an OK right hand and the other fighters beat Tito at their best weight.

He had a nice right hand but I don't think it was anything amazing. Tito was a great boxer-puncher but he had his technical flaws... I don't think he puts hands on Floyd enough to win.

Of course Tito would struggle against Mayweather.

Don King purposely avoided Pernell Whitaker in the mid-90s because he knew Tito would look bad against him and didn't want to risk his cash cow losing stock. By 1999, Sweet Pea was toast.

Mike Tyson vs Ken Norton I mean there's no way around it Tyson is all kinds of shit Norton hated: durable, fast, strong, quick hands, big time power...Norton wouldn't last.