FANTASY FIGHT: Joe Gans vs Henry Armstrong 15 Championship Rounds at 135 lbs. This content is protected In one corner stands "The Old Master" - the pioneer of scientific boxing, armed with clinical timing, lethal counter-punching, and legendary knockout precision. In the other, "Homicide Hank" - a perpetual-motion buzzsaw who held three world titles simultaneously and attacked with non-stop, smothering volume. Two all-time lightweight immortals. Can Gans time and neutralize one of the greatest engines in boxing history, or does Armstrong’s pressure drown him over the championship distance? Drop your pick and analysis below! YOUTUBE POLL: http://youtube.com/post/UgkxaXy5f7sQyeCgSmQtQhprhuLikL2BXK0v?si=Q08dfK9aZhlwQAu_
Official Rummy's Corner Neutral Ground Rules: Distance: 15 Championship Rounds. Scoring: Standard modern 10-point must system. Weigh-In: Day-before weigh-in (24–36 hours prior) at the declared division limit. Equipment: Standard modern gloves (8 oz / 10 oz) and a 20-foot ring. Premise: Both fighters evaluated at their absolute physical and tactical peak at the weight. Looking to keep the focus on ring craft, style, and 15-round pacing. Cheers!
This is the hardest one yet Rummy.You could make a good case for either but at this weight just prefer Gans.Could easily be persuaded to change my mind
I think this is an extremely tricky one myself, for various reasons. But once again, it's apparently seen as a landslide across social media. Indeed, almost every fantasy match-up to date has been fairly one-sided in the polls, with the closest one being Duran-Crawford closely followed by Greb-Calzaghe. I honestly thought most of these would be much closer to 50-50 than they've been, which has me anxious to get the ball rolling with the first video on Saddler-Sanchez. The data coming in on these has been very interesting so far.
this could be the fight of the Century based on what we know of the two of them and the marvel that they both are. I have sided with Armstrong, not by first instinct, but simply, Boxing was Overall Better athletic wise & style wise by Hanks time. So therefore Hammerin' Hank gets the Verdict! mind you a teak tough old Prizefighting 'stylist' himself might just equally grind out a win, but I will stick with my head, based on Era's rather than my heart.
Running head first into Joe Gans like how Hank enjoying doing is a very bad idea. Even based on the limited footage available Joe shows how brilliant his defense and punching mechanics are. Might be a hot take but I’d favour him here.
It says on Boxrec that Joe Gans, born Antonio Camberlango (people probably from a formerly Moorish area) was 55-36-12. I think you might be giving him too much credit, Rum.
