Tony Galento v. Adam Kownacki?

I'd take Kownacki to easily beat Galento. I'm sure I'll have to read about how strong, tough, hard hitting, etc. Galento was, and how he had an abundance of things (intangibles) that don't show up on video... But I've seen Kownacki defeat an opponent that I know is a good fighter. Kownacki beat Danny Kelly, losing only one round on one judge's card. I had seen Kelly fight a war at the regional Golden Gloves a few years prior and Kelly is a much bigger, stronger, and better fighter than Galento.

Kownacki also beat a 6-6, 245 pound southpaw recently, the kind of guy who in Galento's time wouldn't have been able to get fights. Kownacki. Easily.

 

Kownacki is way too green to be in the discussion with a seasoned vet like Galento. Kownacki's footwork and timing are even worse than Parker's. Galento would be slipping Knowcki's lazy shots and would knock the kid out.

 

Of course I have. I've seen plenty of Galento's fights and not just the fights that are on youtube, but almost all of his fights from the early to mid 30's on 8mm and 35mm film. Galento knew how to get leverage on his punches, cut-off the ring, and had efficient footwork.

In boxing efficiency and timing is king and Kownacki lacks both while Galento mastered both. The fact the Kownacki gasses very easily shows how wasteful his footwork is and his timing is awful. Also, Kownacki hasn't even beaten a ranked opponent yet, so he's completely unproven, so the idea of a hypothetical fight with Galento, who beat plenty of top opponents and was even ranked #1 is laughable. Kownacki's best wins are Szpilka and Martin, who were both coming of a one year layoff, which far from proving Kownacki can even hang with the best. Jennings would outbox Kownacki and Jennings wouldn't come close to being a ranked fighter in the 30's.

I haven't forgot a thing. Stribling actually beat top 10 competition before and was proven at the top level while Parker was merely at the right place at the right time. Parker despite being a former world titlist doesn't have a single win over a top 10 fighter and both times he stepped up he couldn't cut the mustard. Parker has a good chin and fast hands, but his skill just isn't good enough at the top. Parker has shown in the Ruiz fight, Fury fight, and Joshua fight that his footwork is completely ineffective. Joshua noticed it and beat Parker easily on cruise control. Whyte was completely out of shape and had no problem timing Parker, who's sloppy footwork kept leaving him out of position. If Whyte showed up 10lbs lighter he would've easily stopped Parker and I don't need to mention what Widler or Ortiz would do to Parker.


Also, I don't just judge a fighter on the number of fights, but also the quality of their competition. The only way a fighter can get experienced and master their skill-set is by fighting a lot, since training isn't the same as fighting and learning what works and doesn't work. Parker lack of ring experience clearly has caught up with him and Kownacki would get badly exposed if he stepped his competition up.

 

Kownacki was the type of guy that Two Ton would bash around inbetween his plate of chips at his local pub.

Different breed back then. Back breaking work down in the coal mines. Meat and potatoes with no GMOs, and less chemtrails in the Sky.

Two ton by 3rd round KO having played with his food in the first two rounds.

 

TNT would moida da bum.

And I say that based on publicly available YT footage.

 

And good ol' beer. Alot of it.

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I get it that Galento was not the most aesthetically pleasing of heavyweights, and he was not truly among the best and brightest of his own era.

Make no mistake however, he was dangerous.

He was exactly the sort of man you did not want to match your up and coming contender against.

When he was at the top of his game, it probably took another contender to beat him.

 

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galento was one of the dirtiest fighters ever. he´d get dq´ed for sure.

 

But he wouldn't!

Galento was a contender, who beat other contenders.