If Wills Had Fought Tunney?

I think that Wills would have started to get old at just the right time for Tunney.

Wills vs Gibbons was another one that was talked about.

 

Tunney would have schooled Wills. Tunney offered the match to a past his prime Wills. Wills declined.

 

Tunney would not have schooled Wills in his prime. What top black fighters did Tunney ever face? What 6'3 210lb fighters with power and skills did tunney ever fight?

 

Tunney was the man to upset both Dempsey and Wills by 1926. Years earlier they would have been difficult fights to pick. Wills was the far bigger man and knew how to use his size advantage well, unfortunately by 1926 he had slowed down a lot. He had only fought twice in the past 2 years and those fights didn't last very long.

 

can't see wills, THAT wills, dealing with tunney's movement. 10, 12, 15 round masterclass imo

 

By 1926 Tunney wins, Wills was pretty far gone by then, 1924 and before Wills probably wins

 

The little footage we have does not suggest great mobility from wills. I have to go tunney, but its on only a small amound of real info.

 

I think the point was though Tunney would be the 1 facing a 210lb 6'3 fighter, something he'd never faced, Wills would just be facing another 6'0 fighter, nothing new size wise, maybe his fastest opponent though

BTW I think a 2 round bodyshot KO is as good as a 23second blowout when an opponent maybe still cold. Both are dominating and devastating

Wills was shot in that footage though

 

What about Tunney against Ruiz? Maybe Wills was only ever as good as Ruiz. Take away the film of Ruiz and you have a man who went 1-1-1 with the great Holyfield, was feared by Lewis (according to lefthook31), deserved to beat the 7'1 giant Valuev

 

God, that´s so getting on my nerves. Even quality postes act as if this would mean anything. It´s the quality not the size, guys.

 

A 7 pound weight difference in the lower weight divisions can mean everything but a 20+ pound difference at heavyweight does not?

When two fighters are as great as each other, you start looking for whatever advantages one may have over the other. When the other has never fought a legitimate 200+ pound heavyweight throughout his career, not to mention a man who imposed his size on his opponents, that's a definite advantage. That's not to say that Tunney couldn't deal with it, but we have no definite proof that he could against a man of Wills' class. Objectively you have to call that a potential factor in favour of Wills in this match-up, the same as if Wills had never fought anyone with Tunney's speed or footwork (you could argue he did though).