Sure, these 5 and 7 round format fights need to be done to allow this type of tournament, but if this were done over a year instead of a few weeks, and all of the fights were 12 rounds, who do you guys think would be the best fighter?Many of these fighters have never even gone 12 rounds before. I personally think that Ishe would have knocked out Mora if he had been given another 5 or 7 rounds.
Longest fights for each fighter:
Gomez - 7 rounds vs Manfredo
Salmaci - 10 rounds (not since the 90's)
Gilbert - 6 rounds
Lange - 10 rounds
De La Rosa - 5 rounds
Cooper - 4 rounds
Bonsante - 12 rounds in a loss to Manfredo, 11 rounds in a TKO win vs Tony Ayala Jr.
Fraza - 10 rounds
Espino - 10 rounds in a MD loss to Daniel Edouard
Kaddour - 8 rounds
Turpin - (n/a) 6 rounds
Reid - 8 rounds
Smith - 12 rounds
Brinkley - 10 rounds
Manfredo - 12 rounds
Mora - 8 rounds
In my opinion, I would rank the top 5 this way if the fights were all 12 rounds...
1. Ishe Smith
2. Peter Manfredo
3. Jesse Brinkley
4. Miguel Espino - Has some nice performances against quality opponents in long fights - almost beat Manfredo too.
5. Alfonzo Gomez - Guy like him could probably last