1919 Jack Dempsey vs focused Anthony Joshua

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1919 Jack Dempsey vs focused Anthony Joshua

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  1. Fabiandios

    Fabiandios Member Full Member

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    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    MixedMartialLaw Combat sports enthusiast Full Member

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    There are numerous reason's Dempsey or his management would never let him in the same ring as prime AJ

    FYI Paul vs AJ is a decent size approximation of how Dempsey would look facing off with AJ (world's apart in skill of course)

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    Similar to Willard then?
     
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    Dempsey ko2 or less.
     
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    Willard needs to stand on a bucket with a telescope to see AJ in terms of skill and power. Moreover even a guy like Dempsey might not find it too easy to land on AJ without being blasted himself. On the other hand an iffy version of AJ might eat one down the pipe and decide he'd rather be back in the hotel room. Best possible versions though, I think I take AJ on size and skill.
     
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    Speed kills :cool:
     
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    Toledo Dempsey is charged with manslaughter...Joshua?....Are you kidding me? He's a STIFF...You guys must be young...amazing!! How far this group has fallen...Dempsey was once called "The most dangerous unarmed man in the world!"...Joshua was stopped by Andy Ruiz...Stunning!!!
     
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    Ruiz has modern sports nutrition science though
     
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    Ruiz would look like a freak of nature in 1919 compared to most boxers of that era. He underachieved in his career, mostly self-inflicted, but on his best night his hands were ridiculously fast for a man his size.
     
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    THIS.
     
  12. Melankomas

    Melankomas Corbett beats your favourite fighter

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    There’s a very good chance Dempsey catches AJ before he could really get into the fight, if he can’t do that in the first 4 rounds I think AJ eventually finds his timing and stops Jack. It’d be best for him to pursue this fight as cautiously as the Ruiz rematch for the early rounds.
     
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    We'll see about that
     
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    He's a fat middleweight
     
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    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    A fat middleweight with faster hands and more defensive discipline than Dempsey.

    Joshua KO3
     
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