Which of the following would beat Tubbs at his best?

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  1. Perry

    Perry Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Keep looking oh dumb one and maybe one day you will understand what you are looking at. Right now you are as lost as they come.

    Tyson Furys jab is better than Tommy Loughrans jab.......every time I think I've heard it all you come up with another gem.
     
  2. Unforgiven

    Unforgiven VIP Member banned Full Member

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    Tubbs was a bum, let's face it.
     
  3. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    Almost a year later, I just picked up on the OTW reference.
     
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  4. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    He'd likely out point a few of them but untimely he picks up some losses too.
     
  5. dpw417

    dpw417 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tubb 'at his very best' would beat that list...I would go for Conn and Loughran if they were slightly bigger, and could punch I consider them more skilled and complete fighters, but not punchers. But with that said, TNT Tubbs could box, and he was quick for a big man...He beats that list IMO.
     
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  6. VVMM

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    In this "weak" era Bruno and McCall couldn't be world champion.In the 90s Mccall destroyed Lennox Lewis
    easily. The 80s era is vastly underrated .Show me a stronger list than the following; Tyson,Holmes,Spinks,Holyfield,
    Tucker,Ruddock,Douglas,Pinklon Thomas,Berbick,Witherspoon,James Smith,Tubbs ,Bruno,Mason,Carl Williams,
    Cooney,Page etc.
     
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  7. Big Ukrainian

    Big Ukrainian Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Agree with you.

    That 80's era is underrated. So many skilled boxers. Who had speed, great jab and footwork. Watch Carl Williams for example. And he wasn't even a beltholder in that era.
     
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  8. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Nate or Tony?????? You can't just go dropping surnames willy-nilly sans context!
     
  9. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    Agreed. I'm mad that the change to the new forum format wiped away the old poll results.
     
  10. Man_Machine

    Man_Machine Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Can you activate a new poll?
     
  11. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    I checked under “thread tools” but I didn’t see any poll-adding options.
     
  12. Man_Machine

    Man_Machine Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    How frustrating - it's a great thread and to get people voting on this one again would be interesting.
     
  13. JohnThomas1

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    It would be nice to look back at who voted what too.
     
  14. Man_Machine

    Man_Machine Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    True - and I wonder if anyone voting then, after a couple of years to think about it, would change their vote today.

    The question posed is interesting (and clever) because Tubbs is, in the main, considered sub-elite - albeit that he is also perhaps seen as an underachiever. The general perspective of Tubbs, therefore, elicits the spark of a possibility - in some - that Pioneers and Old Timers, such as Sullivan and Corbett for example, renowned in their time, might beat him.

    But, Tubbs on one of his better days, weighing in at 230lbs (+/- a few pounds), was was terrific operator and, Head-to-Head, would pose an above-average problem to solve, for any modern-day, top-level heavyweight, in my opinion - let alone those at the embryonic stages of the sport.
     
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  15. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    Started a new thread with a poll option: https://www.boxingforum24.com/threa...ing-would-beat-tony-tubbs-at-his-best.609859/