Ezzard Charles vs Tony Tucker primes

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  1. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Could Charles with his masterful skills overcome the bigger and skilled in his own right Tony TNT Tucker? Say the Charles of the Louis fight vs the best version of Tucker?
     
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    Titan1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    No.
     
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    Mr.DagoWop Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Charles all day. I don't know where this myth came from that Charles couldn't beat heavyweights over 200 lbs. He beat a 220 lb Louis, stopped 210 lb Baksi, knocked out 201 lb Coley Wallace, decisioned 220 lb Bob Albright, stopped a 6'6" 260 lb nobody named Dave Ashley who was knocked out 10 previous times.

    Size was a non issue for Charles.
     
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    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    The Conk vs the Jeri Curl. Two dangerous guys here.
     
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  5. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    So who gets the win?
     
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    Charles outboxes him to a convincing decision.
     
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    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    I think Charles would have struggled against any number of skilled, mobile big men, including Tucker. Tucker UD12.
     
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    Tucker never really lived up to his promise. Still, he was formidable and durable and skilled. I think Charles, at his peak, figures out a way to get a decision.
     
    Seamus, Feb 22, 2018
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    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Like I lean towards Spinks to have gotten a decision against Tucker, I do the same with Charles. Not a foregone conclusion, though. But if there was a smaller man who could find a way to beat Tucker, Charles was it. You're right though about Charles struggling in this one.
     
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    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Well it would depend on who he was fighting...if it was say Lennox Lewis, I don't know about that.
     
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    Size is always an issue if the bigger man is quality.
     
    mcvey, Feb 23, 2018
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    BlackCloud I detest the daily heavyweight threads Full Member

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    Unless of course the smaller guy once fought Marciano, which, by default, raises their stock by 23-35% due to the laws of physics not applying by order of the Pope.
     
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    Charles the more quality fighter ,he'd win a decision ,though Tucker would show flashes of good work .Neither man is ever really hurt .
     
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    @LHW Charles for sure :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:
     
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  15. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    That's what I meant. If Charles were fighting say a bigger man like 6'6 245 lbs Jess Willard, size would be much less of an issue than if Charles was fighting 6'6 245 lbs Lennox Lewis, in which size could be the determining factor of the outcome.
     
    InMemoryofJakeLamotta, Feb 24, 2018
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