Lennox Lewis vs Gene Tunney

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  1. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Tunney would be one of the best fighters Lewis shared the ring with. Does Lewis get out boxed
     
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    Tunney because "they don't make 'em like that no more".
     
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    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    You got that right!
     
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    Golden_Feather99 Active Member Full Member

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    I'm getting better at this!!
     
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    Tramell Hypocrites Love to Pray & Be Seen. Mathew 6:5 Full Member

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    Tunney IMO proved he was more of a thinking fighter against the Manasseh Brawler. I'd lean on him to be a very superior thinker in today's game.

    Tough fight for Lennox to fight a big enough guy who had ring smarts.
     
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    Lewis did not have the niftiest of foot work,but the problem for the Marine is Lennox was just so damn big. Lewis wasn't a galumphing false alarm who couldn't hit like Carnera, he could box and really bang and ,at some point ,after following the skittering Tunney around the ring he is going to corner him, take yet another jab to the face and absorb a sharp right cross then land his own much heavier right hand and the man that licked Dempsey is going to be gravelled .
     
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    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Lewis by in absolutely Horrendous beatdown
     
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    Tunney's chances of victory are the equivalent of Lewis suffering an injury serious enough that he can't continue.
     
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    Lewis would be too big for Tunney. Gene never proved he could beat someone like him.
     
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    This !
     
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    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    Something like Vitali suffered against Byrd ?
     
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    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    How dare you libel Carnera like that!!!
     
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    I loved the Galumphing bit , made my day !
     
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    In fairness he was a oompa lompa type .
     
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    You'd have to fancy Lewis here, but Tunney would make it a lot harder than most here can imagine. He was a clever and durable boxer.
     
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