Time machine H2H where the earlier fighter doesn't know the later boxer

Ali.

 

Andy Ruiz Jr flashes into the 1890's. Fighters and ringside observers stare in bewilderment. Ruiz is here to win, but Sullivan and co. just laugh at him and he gets sent to a circus freakshow under the name 'The Great Blob'. The end. TKO Sullivan.

 

Lewis or one of the Klitschkos probably.

Mind you Usyk would be horrid for anybody without any knowledge of him to fight, especially since he knows how they operate. He's be the sort of fighter to really squeeze the knowledge sponge the best.

 

Andy finds too much to eat in the 1880s with lower population and an abundance of food sources, but steps in for Jake Kilrain in the Mississippi heat and collapses from 480-pound exhaustion during the referee’s instructions. No contest.

 

It's interesting actually. I think under the old rules John L would cream Ruiz.

 

Yeah it would be pretty unfair for the old timers if they can not study up imo. Jack Dempsey may see Lewis enter the ring and think he may be facing other Jess Willard.

 

Ali or Louis. One of them becomes all-time champion, still, with multiple fights against all of the other greats. (IMHO, of course.) After the first fight, the old timers would adjust. And Dempsey and Johnson would surprise a lot of them.

 

Some of the bigger guys would be impressive, but the size *alone* isn't likely to intimidate the guys post-1910, since you've got guys like Willard and later Carnera who were as big.

The modern guys will have a film advantage, but the film is mostly garbage quality, and they're not going to find any sparring partners who fight like the old guys anyway, so the impact is slightly reduced. Plus, they might think that the old timers look awful, and leave it at that, like Ali commented about Dempsey.

 

McAvoy vs Benn

 

Monzon handles them all on the fly.

 

The fighter with the stylistic knowledge, would have an enormous advantage.

Absolutely enormous.

Back when fight film was not routinely available, fighters traveled to see potential opponents fight from ringside.

Jack Johnson was not just traveling to watch guys like Jeffries, he was also traveling to watch guys like Kaufmann.

When Floyd Patterson was preparing to fight Johansen, D'Amato was sending spies to watch Johansen spar.

Bizarrely, the old timers then enjoy an advantage, simply because their is no good film of them!

How do you prepare for Sullivan for example?