I wish Michael Spinks was around in the 1940s

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  1. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    It would have been fun seeing him fighting Ezzard Charles, Archie Moore, Lloyd Marshall, Joey Maxim, Billy Conn. If Spinks remained undefeated, he would be incredible. He probably would have also fought as a heavyweight.
     
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    Ney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Would it ever.
     
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    I think he’d have still done very well and been one of the top light heavyweights of the era, but given differences in scheduling, the frequency of fights and the overall quality of competition there’s no way he’d have remained undefeated. That’s not a criticism of Spinks, just a reflection of how different an environment it was to fight in then.
     
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    Yes but he wouldn't have been able to order a pizza.
     
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  5. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

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    Think he would have gotten a trilogy with Ezzard Charles or Archie Moore or Billy Conn?
     
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    wouldn’t have happened in those days. Not only would he be up against the stiffest opposition that division has ever seen but he’d be fighting triple the amount of fights or more. Nobody got out of that 175 lb era undefeated.
     
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    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Montell Griffin would have
     
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  8. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

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    Do you think Montell Griffin makes it undefeated?
     
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    Oh yeah sure.
     
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  10. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    I can picture him laying waste to Conn, Charles, Marshall, Moore, Maxim, Lesnevich. Can't you?
     
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  11. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    Absolutely. Take Muhammad Ali and multiply him x five and you just MIGHT have Montell Griffin
     
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