Fights between All-Timers that would have occurred of Catchweights were around
A fight between Marvin Hagler and Michael Spinks was considered unthinkable when they were reigning champs in their respective divisions. However, during this catchweight era, this fight would definitely be hyped up by the masses, perhaps to the point where Hagler would accused of actually ducking Spinks. Imagine that.
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Just by definition catch weights have always been around. The bigger question is who would be considered the massive network darling and be handed 4,5,6 opportunities to play games with the weights and get away with it. Leonard v Lalonde comes to mind.
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Hagler did not duck Spinks
I know he didn't. I'm just stating that by today's standards, FANS would be hyping this fight up to the point of creating a narrative of Hagler being afraid.
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Hagler did not duck Spinks just as GGG did not duck Ward. Boxers go where the money is and it was staying a middleweight.
It would have been interesting if they could have fought at super middleweight. No idea who would win.
I do. Ward would win.
I was on about Hagler v Spinks if there was a super middleweight division.
Re: Fights between All-Timers that would have occurred of Catchweights were around
Catchweight fights have littered boxing history. A funny thing I thought about was how Cruisers never try for catchweights with some heavies?
What about Bungu vs Tapia at 119 around 97?
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Or Michael Carbajal v Ricardo Lopez. :)
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Or Michael Carbajal v Ricardo Lopez. :)
I always wanted Lopez vs Johnson. Lets say at 109.
