tumblr site counter  Fantasy Five - Middleweights  By Samuel
Lee: The Middleweight division in boxing is probably the most
competitive in the history of the sport. The name itself implies
that this is the category for the "average" weight fighter. Not
too heavy, not too light. Some have remained and dominated, such
as Carlos Monzon, Marvin Hagler and Bernard Hopkins, while
others have used it as a stepping stone from
Welterweight/Junior-Middleweight or to Light-Heavyweight/Super-
Middleweight.  What better division, then, to conjure up fantasy
match-ups from! Always steep in talent, particular in the last
30 years, I don't need to mix and blend the eras. So my fantasy
match-ups and their outcomes will be conjured from matches that
could easily have occured at the time but for one reason or
another never did.  'Marvelous' Marvin Hagler vs Herol 'Bomber'
Graham, April 1987, Atlantic City  If Sugar Ray Leonard had
remained retired and Hagler was still intent on breaking
Monzon's Title record, a match with tricky