Biggest Names That Conn Possibly Beats AtHeavy?

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  1. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    I'm never quite sure where to actually place Conn at heavy, though obviously he came within a fleas whisker of beating one of the greatest.

    Give me Heavyweight fighters, you think Billy could beat.?
    Past or present??
     
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  2. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The Cinderela man Jimmy Braddock?
     
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  3. Fergy

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    Good one and yes, I can see that's a possibility.
    I'm thinking maybe Ingo or perhaps Jersey Joe, but he's gotta to get the faded version.
     
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  4. thistle

    thistle Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Conn's not beating JJW, not in 4 of 5 tries.
     
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  5. Fergy

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    The first couple of Walcott v Charles fights were not the best for Joe.
    Not on top form as such.
    Can't rule him out there.
     
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  6. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Leon Spinks
    Michael Moorer
    Max Schmeling
    Jack Dempsey
    Gene Tunney
    Marciano/Conn = tossup
    Patterson/Conn = toss-up.
     
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  7. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    Could? Possibly?

    Liston.
     
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  8. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Intriguing. How do you see a winning fight for Conn going?
     
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  9. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    No way in hell Conn beats Dempsey or Marciano.
     
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  10. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    I'm making the assumption that Liston is similar enough to his role model, Joe Louis, that Conn can use similar tactics.
     
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  11. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Might be a hot take, but I can see him beating Foreman.
     
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  12. Del Boy

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    Size would hold him back against anyone who came after him. But over 15 I think he’d have enough to outbox Jefferies.
     
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  13. BoxingFanOfIranianDescent

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    Conn gets blasted out by Dempsey, worn down by Marciano, Patterson/Schmelling are tossups
     
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  14. greynotsoold

    greynotsoold Boxing Addict

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    David Tua.
    Conn was 3 inches taller, and had a reach advantage.
    Tua was much heavier; as a result he moved slower than a sloth, a glacier, or a large boulder rolling up hill.
    Tua would see so little of Conn that, by the end of the fight, he wouldn't recognize him as the guy that he shook hands with when the fight started.
     
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  15. Ken Ashcroft

    Ken Ashcroft Boxing Addict Full Member

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    A Conn vs Moorer fight would be a more intriguing match up at light heavyweight than at heavyweight.
     
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