Versus

1983 Sugar Ray Leonard vs. 1983 Aaron Pryor

Nerds On Network — Sun, 17 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0600

The long-awaited return of Versus is finally here! In this episode, we tackle one of the best fights of the 1980s (I mistakenly said 1990s in the show) that never happened.

The following are what I relied on for research to make this episode possible:

World Championship Boxing Podcast

Pryor and Leonard signed to fight in the fall of 1982

Legendary Nights - Pryor knocked down Leonard as amateur and pro

Compubox punch stats for Aaron Pryor vs. Alexis Arguello I

Punches per round for Leonard-Duran I

Sugar Ray Leonard fights

Aaron Pryor fights

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1992 Duke Blue Devils vs. 2007 Florida Gators

Nerds On Network — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 04:00:00 -0600

'92 Duke and '07 Florida were the last two college basketball teams to win back-to-back national championships. Stacked with talented rosters and great coaching, which team would win?

Duke vs.: Florida vs.:

#7 St. John's #12 Kansas

#18 Michigan Tennessee

#23 Florida State #10 Oregon

#9 North Carolina #7 UCLA

#22 LSU #1 Ohio State

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1993 Riddick Bowe vs. 1993 Lennox Lewis

Nerds On Network — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 05:00:00 -0600

In 1993, Riddick Bowe was supposed to fight Lennox Lewis but instead he threw the WBC belt in the trash. The fight never happened. Who would have won? Let's find out on this episode of Versus.

Riddick Bowe vs. Evander Holyfield

Lennox Lewis vs. Razor Ruddock

Evander Holyfield speaks on the best he faced, including Best Jab

Mike Tyson speaks on the best he faced, including Biggest Puncher

Bowe having second thoughts about facing Lewis-Ruddock winner

Futch has to be convinced to take Bowe on. Also, $20 million site fee in China

Futch on why he left Bowe, and that he thought Bowe would be the best heavyweight he ever trained.

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Contact Jadi Mwendo at nerdsonnetwork@gmail.com or Twitter @gangstallectual or @nerdsonnetwork