The Thing people dont get about Willard vs Dempsey

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  1. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    21, and he wasn't a slow starter either.
     
  2. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    :huh
     
  3. itsa

    itsa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    whose to say the 3 KD rule would even be in place? You know not every fight has that rule right?
     
  4. andrewa1

    andrewa1 Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    I agree, the point is, its just as credible as Swag's claim that Frazier was a slow starter and would have beat Foreman if he'd warmed up.
     
  5. andrewa1

    andrewa1 Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Also, Williard was ancient for the era, around 38. There's as much claim that he could have beat Dempsey if he was prime as Frazier Foreman
     
  6. mcvey

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    I'm just addressing the idea that Willard was a slow starter .Against Johnson in temperatures that Willard described as ,"hotter than hell,"over a 45rds distance ,employing war of attrition tactics against the older less conditioned man was the sensible option.
     
  7. itsa

    itsa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    exactly. and also take into account Willard starting at 27.
     
  8. janitor

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    Who is to say that it would not be in place? You know some fights have it right?
     
  9. Richmondpete

    Richmondpete Real fighters do road work Full Member

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    Lol he got his ass beat bro
     
  10. WhyYouLittle

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    AND his three years of inactivity.
     
  11. itsa

    itsa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    not all of them do. You made it seem like all of them have it
     
  12. itsa

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    Another FACT I forgot. Thanks
     
  13. swagdelfadeel

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    No it's not because I'm taking a different version of Frazier and pitting him against the same Foreman. You're literally taking the same exact versions of the fighters, and having the exact same fight, just in a different time period. :lol:

    You know the definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. :yep:deal
     
  14. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    Maybe you could make a case if it wasn't a total beat down. But it was. :think
     
  15. itsa

    itsa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The rule changes between dempsey v willard and the modern era has the ability to change a fight a lot more than "Frazier changing his gameplan".

    You are a fool, get out and go back to your dumb thread.