Berbick V Baer?

Best of Max would be too dangerous for Berbick.

 

Baer was supposedly dangerous but lost to journeyman Jim Braddock. If he clowned against Berbick, he wouldn't just get outboxed, he'd got pounded.

 

It wasn't Baer at his best though, this performance was closer to his worst in fact.

 

He clowned vs. lots of other guys thought and waited to knock them out just because he knew he could, except it backfired vs. Braddock. It's not like Berbick would be standing back doing nothing through all the rounds Baer spends clowning around.

 

Painting Braddock as a journeyman is very misleading.

Jim was a talented guy who had a cast iron chin (one of the best in light-heavy history imo), a very good right hand and was a good ring general.

His journeyman record is a product of chronic injuries, poor management/training and starvation brought on by the Great Depression.

He beat a legitimate ATG (as in a top 5 LHW OAT - level ATG) in John Henry Lewis, and beat top contender Tommy Farr after his courageous performance vs Louis and obviously was the man to beat Baer.

People often paint him as a bottom 3 HW champion of all time, that's just wrong imo. He's more accomplished than Briggs, and I'd bet a pretty penny on him beating Neon Leon, Willard, Hart or old Foreman.

Braddock is one of the most underrated HWs of that era imo.

 

Braddock beating Old Foreman lol

I doubt Braddock beats Adilson Rodriguez

 

AIDS ridden Tommy Morrison could run away from Foreman all night, let's not pretend like he's unbeatable.

 

Berbick by decision unless lands something big ( which could happen. )

 

Max was hot and cold. On his best night he knocks out Berbick imo. On an average night, he'll be out worked.

 

Braddock was better than Trevor.

 

Good call.

 

How is this thread not about Razor Ruddock? Typo? Confusion between Canucks?

 

Agree on all points expect beating Old Foreman... just no.

 

Braddock may have give prime Foreman a good scrap.