Prime Mike Tyson vs Prime Jack Dempsey

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Who wins and how

  1. Tyson KO

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    70.2%

  2. Tyson TKO

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    12.8%

  3. Tyson UD

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  4. Tyson SD

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  5. Dempsey KO

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    8.5%

  6. Dempsey TKO

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  7. Dempsey UD

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  8. Dempsey SD

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  9. Draw

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  1. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    The Jack Dempsey who wiped out Jess Willard in 1919 time travels to 1988 to meet
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    The Mike Tyson who bulldozed Michael Spinks in 1 round
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    How much of a chance does Dempsey have to beat the best version of Tyson?
     
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  2. Big Ukrainian

    Big Ukrainian Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I expect Tyson to win by KO, and early.
     
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    BlackCloud I detest the daily heavyweight threads Full Member

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  4. Minotauro

    Minotauro Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Tyson is pretty much a bigger, stronger and more durable version of Dempsey. It would be a great fight for the short period it would go.
     
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  5. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Must admit, this is the likely scenario in my mind
     
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  6. Grapefruit

    Grapefruit Active Member Full Member

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    I would look alot like dempsey vs firpo, except that dempsey is firpo here. Tyson wins, but dempsey might get a good shot in there, even so Tyson would destroy jack, unless he's too star struck by fighting dempsey who was his number one favorite boxer of all time
     
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    richdanahuff Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tyson was Dempsey 2.0 the bigger, stronger maybe faster more polished version ko's the original.....Dempsey runs from no one and he wouldn't start here which is his downfall....Tyson started fights fast like Dempsey but having all the advantages
     
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  8. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    I don't think this fight lasts that long. Two or 3 rounds tops.
     
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    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Dempsey.
     
    robert ungurean, Jan 31, 2018
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  10. Contro

    Contro Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Boxing fans win I'll tell you that much.
     
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  11. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Dempsey in 1. Way more power defense foot and hand speed better chin footwork HEART, SAVAGERY, DETERMINATION, TENACITY. A GREATER FIGHTER BY FAR. EASY MONEY!
     
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  12. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    It's wishful thinking that Dempsey stops Tyson in 1. I doubt he'd stop a circa 2002 Tyson in 1. This would be a 180ish pound fighter coming forward to trade with 218 pound Tyson who could do everything Dempsey could plus was more refined and hit harder. If anyone's going out in 1, it'd realistically be Dempsey.
     
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  13. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Tyson was like a nuclear blend of Patterson and Dempsey. Almost like if you could take the best of both fighters, mix them up and add some nuclear formula to it, you'd get a young Mike Tyson.
     
    InMemoryofJakeLamotta, Jan 31, 2018
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  14. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Wrong. Everything you said is wrong. You bigger is better boys will never understand the sport. It is obvious through your posts here and elsewhere you are a Tyson fanboy. Hey, I know, what if Hearns fought Tyson?
     
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  15. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Yep. Size matters in this tussle. Young Tyson isn't a lumbering Jess Willard by a longshot. Maybe size wouldn't be as big of a deal vs say Gerry Cooney or Trevor Berbick. But a fast, power punching, defensively sound, pin point accurate, very durable opponent who outweighs you by 20-30ish pounds of muscle, you bet size matters.
     
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