Tony Galento v. David Tua's Opponents (through 2005)?

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  1. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    How does Galento fare against Tua's opponents? How many losses does he suffer (if any)?
     
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    Knocks 'em all out in one night because he was Italian
     
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    He would get a messy record against Tua's early opposition, and would not look nearly as impressive.

    The expectations of him when he went up against the cream of the crop would be much lower.

    That might just be where things would get interesting though.

    He would either beat somebody who he wasn't expected to beat, or give somebody an unexpectedly competitive fight.
     
  4. Ken Ashcroft

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    So we are talking about the likes of:

    Lennox Lewis
    Ike Ibeabuchi
    Chris Byrd
    Hasim Rahman
    David Izon
    Oleg Maskaev
    John Ruiz
    Michael Moorer
    Darnell Nicholson
     
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    The Bum gets moidered!
     
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    How about Tua v Galento's opposition?
     
  7. janitor

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    He loses to Louis and Nova.
     
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    Interesting.

    He wouldn't be fighting three guys a night, that's for sure. The majority of Galentos career was spent fighting guys in back to back weeks and months.

    I think he would have a similar record to Tua.
    Maybe a bit worse.
     
  9. Ken Ashcroft

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    Maybe a real Italian like Primo could do it.
     
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    "With a little help from my friends"?
     
  11. mcvey

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    No way he loses to Nova, he sparks him!
     
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    There are basically two scenarios here.

    A. He beats Nova, significantly surpassing anything that he did in real life, and we have to reevaluate him.

    B. He loses to Nova, as was his manner against ranked opposition, and there is no need to reevaluate him.

    I suspect that scenario B is more likely, and that is what I have to give him based on his record.
     
  13. Big Ukrainian

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    Knocks out Maskaev. Can beat Izon and Nicholson probably, maybe Rahman on Hasim's bad day if Galento is lucky. Add Oquendo and there are 10 opponents. I think Galento record will be like 3-7 or 4-6 against them.
     
  14. BlackPanther(Comics)

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    Lol I would love to smoke the weed you smoke. Louis couldn't handle Max Schmeling's power but he is going to be able to handle Tua's? Just stop making comments kid. You are making yourself look bad.
     
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    Galento lost 25 times fighting guys who were usually cruiserweights by today's standards. Izon, Nicholson and Rahman would destroy fat butterball Galento in a few rounds.