The best fighter you'd favor Tony Galento over

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  1. 1899sharkey

    1899sharkey Boxings golden age Full Member

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    That one made me do a double take. Jeff would of used Tony for a heavybag.
     
  2. My dinner with Conteh

    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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  3. Kalasinn

    Kalasinn ♧ OG Kally ♤ Full Member

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    :lol::rofl:lol::rofl:lol::patsch

    Even young Wlad murders that bum.
     
  4. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Jeffries was an unskilled lug, who used his left paw as both guard and spear on wore out old, over the hill lightheavies. He never defended against a genuine heavyweight power hitter.

    Galento KO7
     
  5. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    Jack Johnson, of course.

    After years of sending big, Anglo-Saxon farmboys against Johnson, America discovers to its horror that its "Great White Hope" is a fat, balding, Italian-American bar owner.
     
  6. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    To be fair, this was likley posted when Wlad had sustained a few setbacks.

    After the Brewster fight, I don't think anybody would have predicted his curent sucess.

    I was a pro Wlad renegade back then!
     
  7. JWSoats

    JWSoats Active Member Full Member

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    I think he would stand a good chance against Henry Cooper. In his autobiography he states that he avoided matches with rough, brawling style fighters. He mentions Marciano, Liston, and Frazier as examples of who he would not fight. While I would definitely put Galento in a class below these guys, his style fits this category. Interestingly, Cooper said that he would step into the ring with Ali anytime.
     
  8. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Tony Thompson, Owen Beck, Clifford Ettiene, etc.....
     
  9. Rock0052

    Rock0052 Loyal Member Full Member

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    :rofl:lol:
     
  10. PetethePrince

    PetethePrince Slick & Redheaded Full Member

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    Good work Dr. Phil.

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