A time machine that only lets you go back to watch one fight before 1900

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  1. Melankomas

    Melankomas Prime Jeffries would demolish a grizzly in 2 Full Member

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    What fight would you choose, and why?
     
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  2. Greg Price99

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    George Dixon vs Oscar Gardner to see an ATG in his prime over 25-rounds in one of his key victories.
     
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  3. Melankomas

    Melankomas Prime Jeffries would demolish a grizzly in 2 Full Member

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    Dixon is someone I'd definitely want to see, though I'd probably choose one of the Griffo fights personally.
     
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  4. Ioakeim Tzortzakis

    Ioakeim Tzortzakis Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Bob Fitzsimmons vs Jack Dempsey
     
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  5. Philosopher

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    Corbett v Choynski
     
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  6. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    If I choose one in 1888 in London, do I get to hang around long enough to solve the Jack the Ripper killings? Because that would be cool.
     
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  7. he grant

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    Two:

    Sullivan vs Flood

    Jeffries vs Sharkey 2
     
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  8. The Undefeated Lachbuster

    The Undefeated Lachbuster On the Italian agenda Full Member

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    Sullivan vs Kilrain or Jem Mace vs Tom King 1
     
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  9. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It would probably be very uncomfortable and smelly. They had it a lot rougher than we do.

    I also don’t have the proper wardrobe. I think I’d pass.
     
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  10. janitor

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    What if you found out that it was Florence Nightingale?
     
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  11. BCS8

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    I'd like to see Greb vs Tunney to work out what all the fuss was about.
     
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  12. AntonioMartin1

    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    Sullivan vs Kilrane is the only fight I know, but given hisr fame, I might choose a Daniel Mendoza one. Or the first famous woman boxer..cant remember her name but she was the "lady champion of England"...
     
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    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    That WOULD be cool!
     
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  14. mcvey

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    Jeffries v Sharkey 2. Epic scrap
     
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    Before 1900?
     
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