How would Monzon have done at LHW?
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He was a good boxer but had avantages in height and strength at middleweight.
He would lose these against lhw's I think he would not win a championship at that weight and if he did he certainly would be beatable. -
Carlos would get his behind handed to him repeatedly.Comment
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- -Monzon and Bob Foster eras near identical, so he ain't beating the freakishly tall ko artist Foster
Monzon could handle the riff raff contenders, but there'd be no $$$ or accolades in it, so why bother other than to satisfy future internet riff raff fans? Doing an all time number on the middle div was quite enough, thank you.Comment
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Today Sulaiman would make him a belt. In the old days, maybe not. No one was ever able to put much test on him at middleweight--he was too great a ring general to even allow it. He was not fast, so he controlled distance. He made everyone fight the way he wanted.Comment
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Does anyone know what Monzon's walk-around was? What did he enter the ring weighing?
It's easy to say he was cutting massive weight, but he just seemed to have a super lean frame. He wasn;t bigger than Hopkins. He might have had 5 pounds on Ray.
I doubt he does well at Light Heavyweight in any era. Even if he entered the ring as a true Light Heavyweight, he would have lost the natural advantages he exploited at Mw.
that's part of why I don't rank him very high. He had magnificent performances at Middleweight, but he never braved the LHw division. And I think we all know why.Comment
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