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Quote Originally Posted by THE THIRD MAN View Post
Interesting question:

Frazier V Ali 1 :The reason is, up until this fight Ali was considered unbeatable, the lay off for almost 3 years would affect him and the world had changed dramatically in that short time. The world of boxing changed completely after that fight. It took Ali three and a half years to regain the title.

Arguello V Olivares : The dynamo that was Ruben Olivares was stopped by Alexis Arguello after a great fight in November 1974 ( i had Olivares winning this up until round 12) the changing of the guard had arrived. Olivares had one last great win against Bobby Chacon some months later and that was it.

Leonard V Duran 2: This fight signaled the end of the aura of invincibility that Roberto Duran had in boxing circles for the previous 10 years. It was a strange, dramatic, puzzling and extremely disappointing result for a fighter who was already a legend by this time.

Hatton V Tszyu : The generational changeover that really didn't shock that many people, Hatton was 9 years younger than Tszyu who was injury prone and inactive for almost two and a half years with weight problems, fighting at home, with a local referee and he had the hunger. Tszyu approaching 36 was not going to win this fight.
This list is strange. Not sure you understood the question. Duran fought for about 20 years after his loss to Leonard, how was it a generational handover? Plus the younger guy won the fight.


What he means is which fights, between the old warhorse and young heir elect actually to the surprise of everyone went the way of the old warhorse.[/QUOTE]

Not according to the opening post on the thread, Marciano KO'd Louis, Tyson KO'd Holmes, that means the younger guy beat the old warhorse.

As for Duran, should he have fought on for another 20 years? Duran is arguably the greatest fighter of the 1970's, is he on your list of the greatest fighters of the 1980's? After Leonard 2 Duran lost to every A list fighter he fought, Benitez, Hearns and Hagler and then lost to some fighters not good enough to carry his gym bag 10 years earlier. Duran handed over the generational baton with No Mas. Duran was at his peak in the 70's, he gave us one last peak performance in Montreal then the generational changeover took place. I actually think this is the most significant changeover of them all. The fact is Duran hung around the periphery in the 1980's.