Max Baer v.s Jack Johnson

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  1. Bad_Intentions

    Bad_Intentions Boxing Addict Full Member

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    yes ima start the classic thread with this fantasy fight :D

    predictions?
     
  2. brownpimp88

    brownpimp88 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Jack Johnson via wide ud.
     
  3. My dinner with Conteh

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

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  4. Rattler

    Rattler Middle Aged Man Full Member

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    Jack Johnson shows Max Baer what "toying" with your opponent is all about - scoring a wide UD.
     
  5. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    If you had to hand pick a champion for Johnson to make look bad then Baer would be a sound choice.
     
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    Rattler Middle Aged Man Full Member

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    I would pick Leon Spinks, but Baer turns the trick too.
     
  7. Zakman

    Zakman ESB's Chinchecker Full Member

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    Baer would have a puncher's chance, but if Johnson was on his game, I have to agree that he wins a wide UD over him. Baer was very talented, and tends to be underrated by boxing fans today, but he could be outboxed, as his record shows.
     
  8. Amsterdam

    Amsterdam Boris Christoff Full Member

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    In the older, more rough house fights of the Johnson era, Baer has as good a shot as the overrated Willard did.

    I'll go against the grain and take Baer by KO 11.
     
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  9. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    I personaly cannot see a slugger beating Johnson unless he is of the swarmer type.
     
  10. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    I agree. I think that Johnson would have fun with Max, or at least do a really good job of pretending to.
     
  11. Bad_Intentions

    Bad_Intentions Boxing Addict Full Member

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    agreed.
     
  12. Holmes' Jab

    Holmes' Jab Master Jabber Full Member

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    Johnson, by wide UD.
     
  13. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    Johnson was 37yo, untrained, fighting a 45 round fight, in 100+ degree Cuba. Johnson was ring rusty as the racist powers that be forced him out of boxing and the country

    He won every round until Willard caught up with an exhausted Johnson.

    I presume this is prime Johnson-Baer over 15
     
  14. C. M. Clay II

    C. M. Clay II Manassah's finest! Full Member

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    I agree with most people here. Johnson by wide UD 14-1.:good
     
  15. JimmyShimmy

    JimmyShimmy 1050 psi Full Member

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    They both couldn't resist having verbals with each other, I'm sure.

    Johnson UD.