Is it a lock no matter how good you are.. Someone will have your #?

[CarlosG815]

It seems like certain fighters have had others numbers. Even if they are equal or even lesser in talent..

Examples..

Barkely over Hearns..
Forrest over Mosley..
Foreman over Frazier..
Leonard over Duran..

Countless others...
Agree??

Joe Frazier was nowhere near his best and at the tail end of his career when he fought Foreman.

I think when you take two great fighters at their peak it's always going to be a toss up. As far as having somebody's number? Unless the person losing isn't really the real deal, then he shouldn't always lose.

[Sugarj]

If by "somewhat past it" you mean "more shot than Ali was against Berbick" then I'd agree with you as it relates to Duran.

Come on.......Duran wasn't anything like as shot as the Ali that met Berbick. He still mixed well with some of the guys in the mid 90s at the fringe of world class. He even bagged a world title shot with Joppy in what 1997.

It was Ray Leonard who never won another fight.....