Biggest fighter Barbados Joe Walcott beats?

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  1. Melankomas

    Melankomas Corbett beats your favourite fighter

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    Walcott was known for beating up men significantly bigger than himself. Examples would be 6'3, 200 pound Sandy Ferguson and 6'5, 215 pound Fred Russell.

    Who's the biggest fighter you'd favour him against?
     
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    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing

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  4. Blofeld

    Blofeld Active Member Full Member

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    Really just total guess work as no fight film of Joe. Maybe Jess Willard, why not? Who apart from being big didn't seem to have much else going for him (though to be fair he did show plenty of courage vs Dempsey).
     
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    That is AMAZING considering Barbados Joe was only 5'1. I have always been amazed at what he and Sam Langford was able to acomplish being as though they were so much smaller than their contemporaries Especially Joe! He must have been an absolute terror in his day, like a little Wolverine