Could Tunney do anything to Usyk?

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  1. Melankomas

    Melankomas Corbett beats your favourite fighter

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    Take the best versions of both, could you see Gene having any success against Oleksandr?
     
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    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s banned Full Member

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    Size is probably too big an issue, big enough good enough different enough but Tunney is a world apart as a boxer and if Tunney was the size of Ali he’d never lose.
     
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    I think Usyk would be simply too big and fast for starters. But Usyk also doesn't attack in straight lines he's always trying to create angles and to disrupt whatever the opponent is doing. A jabber like Tunney would ideally like to have his target in front of him and coming directly towards him. Usyk is basically a bigger fighter fighting like a smaller fighter and I'm not sure it would work out well for Tunney.
     
  4. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Honestly I think Usyk is so overrated it's not even funny and I'm half Ukrainian so theirs no extra sentiment. Tunney would do just fine here IMO. He's more than capable of taking Usyk
     
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    Smokin Bert Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I might favor Usyk. But, Tunney would be a live dog in this fight. Usyk seems to have more problems with speed and skill, than size. Tunney would bring skill, conditioning , and, a disciplined fight plan against Usyk. It would be a chess match.
     
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  6. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Tunney isn't near the boxer that Usyk is. Have you ever watched the sport?

    Usyk KO6
     
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    themaster458 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Easy fight for Usyk Tunney is good for his time but a skilled mobile southpaw like Usyk would be a nightmare for him
     
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    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    What's the most Tunney ever weighed in at? Because I think this would be a mismatch.
     
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    Absolutely,

    Tunney was one of the tinkers of his era.
     
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    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s banned Full Member

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    Oh yes there a world apart Usyk is an amateur fighting as a pro, Tunney is a pro amongst pro’s I don’t think Usyk would lose but only because he’s 210-225lbs or whatever, Tunney would savage him if they were the same size.
     
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    Make Tunney still function at 6ft3 215lbs he never loses at heavyweight. One of the greatest boxers of all time, zero doubt in my mind.
     
  12. Seamus

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    Tunney wouldn't even step into the ring against a brother. He was a tap-tap, static, on the line fighter who was as simple as Simon. Usyk got swivel in his hips, his angles, ain't afraid of nobody. A 160 pound Usyk makes Tunney look like the prima donna he was.
     
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    Nah you need to study up Seamus ya arrogance is blinding you’re wrong on multiple fronts other then Tunney drawing the colour line… Tunney was simply one of the best specimens in boxing and your impression seems to just be drawn from the JD fights. Usyk is an amateur fighting for pro money Tunney was not he was a real professional fighter.
     
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    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Read and studied more about that dude than most. I find him simple. Light feet. A tapper. A guy who throws at the target, not through it. A poor man's Maske.
     
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    Oh stop it :sisi1 you know I learnt a lot from you in the old forums as a teen lurking… but now you're a parody. Watch Tunney jab if you think he threw “at” people look how bent his arm was at touch down… but you already knew that.