The distance complicates things a bit. 20 rounds will suit Willard just fine. Will Wlad try to pace himself for 20 rounds or put all his eggs in one basket and try for a knockout in a shorter period? Either way he has a world of problems on his hands.
i cant see wlad doing anything out of character he would be mindful of the 20 round distance and fight as such .
The difference between 12 rounds and 20 is huge. I agree that he would probably try to pace himself but it would not be easy.
Jack Dempsey was the world's highest paid athlete in 1925, a year in which he did not compete in an official match. Toledo was very far from a sellout, and that was the first major sporting event after WW I. It does in fact seem to be the case that exhibitions, rodeos, and acting were more lucrative than defending a title from before WW I until Carpentier challenged Dempsey for the first million dollar gate.
i have already posted that i think wlad would win by late ko between the 17th and 20th rounds and will admit i have little knowledge of willard .i think that willards only real chance would be to set a quick pace and pressure him making wlad fight a quicker paced fight than he would want to in the hope that the extra distance would work against wlad
I think a modern ref, with any humanity or compassion, stops this before the 10th. There would be no 20th round, or 12th even...
A modern reff with any humanity or compasion would have worked in a different business in those days.
Neither a Damascus experience, an epiphany nor an apostasy. Wlad beats his face into an tossed blood & pulp salad with bone croutons.