'97 Mike Tyson vs. '27 Jack Sharkey

[guilalah]

15 rounds, Mike Tyson (coming off the 1st loss to Holyfield) replaces Jack Dempsey (coming of his 1st loss to Tunney) as an opponent for Jack Sharkey. Who takes it, and how?

[Vic-JofreBRASIL]

Hard one tbh....I would pick Tyson, too strong, Sharkey would give him some trouble though......
I think Sharkey would be ahead in the scorecards but Tyson would get the TKO eventually....

[janitor]

If I could trust Sharkey to keep his head in the pocket, I might even make him favourite here.

[guilalah]

Sorry, I screwed up the thread title ... can anyone fix it to '97 Mike Tyson vs. '27 Jack Sharkey ? (rather than '97 Mike Tyson vs. '127 Jack Sharkey ).

[Vic-JofreBRASIL]

Originally Posted by guilalah

Sorry, I screwed up the thread title ... can anyone fix it to '97 Mike Tyson vs. '27 Jack Sharkey ? (rather than '97 Mike Tyson vs. '127 Jack Sharkey ).

Click twice in edit in your op and you can change it.

[KidDynamite]

Tyson KOs any of those black and white old timers in a single round

No one before the 70s has a chance

[IntentionalButt]

Originally Posted by guilalah

Sorry, I screwed up the thread title ... can anyone fix it to '97 Mike Tyson vs. '27 Jack Sharkey ? (rather than '97 Mike Tyson vs. '127 Jack Sharkey ).

Sure.

For future reference, you can fix it yourself. (in forum view, double click the empty space to the immediate right of the title, and it will open it for editing. Only your own threads, obviously...)

[guilalah]

Thanks, Vic-JofreBRASIL and IntentionalButt

[Johnstown]

Originally Posted by KidDynamite

Tyson KOs any of those black and white old timers in a single round

No one before the 70s has a chance

What about a Ali who was filmed in black and white? Does the process of being filmed in old timey camra technology actually make one less of a fighter?

[Nightcrawler]

Originally Posted by janitor

If I could trust Sharkey to keep his head in the pocket, I might even make him favourite here.

i forget who said it but a trainer claimed sharkey was the best fighter in the world...from the head down

i don't know how close to prime sharkey was by this point. i honestly love sharkey and he had a brilliant fucking left hook that still stands the test of time. a quick glance shows he still had the form to beat loughran and stribling...but this is tyson

grrrrr this is a tough one