Gene Tunney vs. George Chuvalo

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  1. CroBox29

    CroBox29 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Tunney would probably take the win but in a more difficult way because Chuvalo would manage to stay on his feet until the end of the fight...
     
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  2. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member

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    Tunney by U Dec,
     
  3. klompton2

    klompton2 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Tunney by wide decision.
     
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  4. Melankomas

    Melankomas Corbett beats your favourite fighter

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    Tunney earns a hard earned, but decisive, decision.
     
  5. KasimirKid

    KasimirKid Well-Known Member Full Member

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    We already saw a version of this fight when Ellis fought Chuvalo, and I see no reason why a second version would turn out differently.
     
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  6. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Tunney by a nice wide decision.
     
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  7. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    In beating a 1969 Quarry, Chuvalo holds the best victory, head to head, of either at heavyweight.

    If this is for 15, I see George winning. Tunney is mostly smoke and mirrors at heavyweight, especially when comparing to modern fighters.
     
  8. BoxingFan2002

    BoxingFan2002 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Tunney by dec.
     
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  9. Levook

    Levook Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Tunney comfortable UD.
     
  10. RockyValdez

    RockyValdez Active Member Full Member

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    Chuvalo lost a wide decision to Pete Rademacher. Tunney would easily outbox him.
     
  11. Devon

    Devon Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tunney at his best surely wins wide.
     
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  12. KasimirKid

    KasimirKid Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Chuvalo had trouble with just about any good boxer he faced throughout his entire career -- Baker, McMurtry, Erskine, Alongi, Folley, Corletti, Ali, Mathis, Ellis, and it would be no different against a craftsman like Tunney.
     
  13. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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  14. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    I disagree .. Tunney was exceptionally well conditioned, lighting fast, had an excellent , terrific speed , a good right hand and wa a terrific body puncher. I think the Dempsey he beat in Chicago is better than anyone Quarry defeated and Quarry himself. I like Chuvalo but he loses every round to Tunney ..
     
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  15. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    The Dempsey who was getting schooled by the middling Sharkey before landing an egregious low blow, the Dempsey was cum-drained and two steps slow after half a decade in Hollywood laying pipe rather than boxing? He couldn't have carried prime Quarry's jock.

    Chuvalo is too much man for Tunney.