Lennox Lewis vs Gene Tunney

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  1. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    I can't see it.

    Tunney would be on the back foot constantly and I think he gets caught eventually.
     
    cuchulain, Aug 11, 2019
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    I'd agree Tunney would probably be on the backfoot quite a bit but that doesn't mean he couldn't be effective while doing so. Lewis also blew hot and cold and if he had an off night things might get interesting. His fight against Billups, for example, was a stinker.
     
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    SambaKing1993 Don't do it Zachary! Full Member

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    A little birdy told me you have now watched Mike Tyson: The Fallen Champ over 87 times, Fergy.
     
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  4. Fergy

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    88 me old China !
     
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  5. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Yeah
     
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  6. Bronze Tiger

    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I’ve always said that Lewis would struggle with an opponent who could really move ... I mean hell ...isn’t that the reason we think Muhammad Ali could beat him ?
     
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    GOAT Primo Carnera Member of the PC Fan Club Full Member

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    Because "Jack Dempsey woulda knocked them both out the same night." - Gene Tunney after Norton - Holmes, Caeasars Palace 9/6/1978
     
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  8. emallini

    emallini Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    LENNOX
     
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  9. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    Tunney might be able to make things tricky, but would get broken down and stopped IMO.

    He was a great Light Heavyweight, not really a great Heavyweight though.
     
    BitPlayerVesti, Aug 11, 2019
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  10. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    On questions like this, I think the assumption is that we are talking about the best version of both fighters.
     
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  11. Grapefruit

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    I imagine this looking like Herbie hyde vs Bowe except over alot sooner.

    Lewis by a brutal stoppage before the 3rd round
     
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  12. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    I think Tunney's chin is being sold short, he recovered very well from a really nasty series of punches by Dempsey, including multiple on the way down.
     
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  13. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    He actually said that?? Surely he was being hyperbolic. Don't know about Norton, but even if he did stop Holmes, which is far fetched, he'd have to go through hell to do it
     
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  14. GOAT Primo Carnera

    GOAT Primo Carnera Member of the PC Fan Club Full Member

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    Like Willard would get up seven times for round two after 49 unanswered punches against Lennox Lewis, getting punched in the squat as soon as he got up??

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  15. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    If Lennox Lewis could stand over a fallen foe and continue to pummel them, especially with those horse hair gloves, people would be left crippled or dead. Same goes for Mike Tyson.
     
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