According to this forum 1988-1991 Mike Tyson allegedly beats every heavyweight in the 1920s

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  1. RockyValdez

    RockyValdez Active Member Full Member

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    Sure he would... Because the late 20th century fighters who are bigger, faster, stronger, and better schooled would be so much easier than the "super heavyweight" farm boy lummoxs Miske fought like Tom Cowler, Fred Fulton, and Carl Morris. None of whom were championship material or even close.
     
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    He didnt look like he knew how to clinch anything other than the ring ropes against Dempsey. He just held on for dear life and turned his back!
     
  3. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Tom Cowler would have replaced guys like Buster Douglas and Tony Tucker
     
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    HistoryZero26 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Fulton and Morris were better than the champ during their primes the belt was frozen because of the war.

    Fulton was the most dangerous superheavy of the early 20th century. "Not even close to championship level". You can't be serious.
     
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    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    No.
     
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    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    Yup then Tyson catches a murder charge. Nothing funny about that!
     
  7. RockyValdez

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    Did Buster Douglas and Tucker consistently lose to light heavyweights? Sometimes by stoppage? Because Cowler did in his prime.
     
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    Your dangerous "super heavyweight" consistently weighed under 220 pounds in his prime. There isnt anything super about that in the modern era. Today hed be a lanky cruiserweight. He was basically the same size or smaller than Tyson opponents Alderson, Richardson, Nelson, Scaff, Jaco, Jameson, Green, Ribalta, Ratliffe, Smith, Tucker, Biggs, Holmes, Thomas, Tubbs, Bruno, Williams, Douglas, Tillman, Stewart, Ruddock, and on and on and on. Basically Fulton was unusual for his size in his time. He was average in Tysons. And that doesnt even touch on the wide skill gap between Fulton's time and Tysons.

    Calling Fulton the most dangerous super heavy of the early twentieth century is simply looking at him with rose colored glasses. Youve never seen him fight. We arent talking about what he could do in the 1910s against a bunch of white hope farm boys. We are talking about what he could do against a professional wrecking machine of the 1980s who just happened to have a knack for bowling over "big" heavyweights.

    Fulton's manager Mike Collins said he had no heart. Guys like that tended to lose the fight while Tyson was walking to the ring.
     
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