Boxing 88 : Tyson - Dempsey

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  1. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

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    Dempsey and Tyson might have displayed a mutual respect. Or gone to unprecedented lengths to prove their toughness. Dempsey shelves the razor to look meaner,Tyson turns off the water in his shower to smell meaner. The possibilities are a publicists dream.

    These two would leave finesse at the ballet. Dempsey knew only one way, but his atempts to bully Tyson would fail. Dempsey's 6 title challengers weighed an average of 190 pounds. Tyson, bigger, stronger and just as quick as his foe, would gladly ram heads in ring center. Punch for punch it would be no contest.

    Attempting to smother Tyson with a blizzard of blows, Dempsey would run blindly into a house wrecking hook. Boom! There would be three more knockdowns in round 1. (Dempsey's manager Doc Kearn, would have insisted on waiving the 3 KD rule.) Add two more crash landings in round 2 and you have a second round Tyson victory.

    "I forgot to duck - about 27 different times," Dempsey would say at the postfight press conference. "And i forgot to hit him".

    That's all right Jack. Our guess is Babe Ruth wouldn't have hit Roger Clemens, either.
     
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  2. dpw417

    dpw417 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I respect Dempsey as one of boxing's immortals...but that pretty much sums up a fight between him and Tyson at that time....:good
     
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  3. Longhhorn71

    Longhhorn71 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    JT:

    You can say wild things about Dempsey, but please
    not about "The Babe".

    :lol:
     
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  4. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

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    Twasn't "i" that said any of it :D
     
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  5. BUDW

    BUDW Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Dempsey pounds over rated Tyson into dream land,Tyson couldnt take Holyfields pressure just think what jack would do to him
     
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  6. BUDW

    BUDW Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Babe takes roger out of the park, when he was on roids or before.
     
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  7. radianttwilight

    radianttwilight Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Tyson KO1 Dempsey. Seriously, this is about as bad a mismatch as it gets for Jack.

    I have no doubts that Tyson would've gone undefeated against most pre-Patterson lineal champions' competition.
     
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  8. Amsterdam

    Amsterdam Boris Christoff Full Member

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    You're on the right track, only he'd be KTFO cold in about 30 seconds, not two rounds mate.

    Good try though, I appreciate a measure of realism here.:good
     
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    Amsterdam Boris Christoff Full Member

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    It's likely he'd have gone undefeated for a long time against most pre-80's champion's competition. I can't find any reasons to pick Ali against Tyson, and seeing that Ali was the best of the bunch.

    Foreman has a good style clash, but is too slow and too hittable.

    Liston doesn't have what it takes, realistically, to beat Tyson.

    The rest?:yep

    Please.
     
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  10. Sonny's jab

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    JohnThomas, who wrote that crap?
     
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  11. crippet

    crippet Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Imagine using Demspeys rules and Tyson is able to stand over a dropped opponent.
    Tyson KO within a minute
     
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  12. Jack Dempsey

    Jack Dempsey Legend Full Member

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    I love Dempsey as you can imagine, but I can't see him ever beating Tyson
     
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  13. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

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    There's nothing better than a big fan with a dose of reality

    :good
     
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  14. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    I wonder how many 100+ MPH balls the Babe ever nailed.
     
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  15. Sonny's jab

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    Why is it a "dose of reality" ?

    It's pure FANTASY.

    I take it this was written in 1988.

    As of 2008, Dempsey was obviously a far better FIGHTER than Tyson. I'd favour him in a quick brutal two-sided fight.

    The REALITY is that Tyson never showed the toughness required to make him favourite over Dempsey.

    The article talks about Dempsey walking into a "house wrecking hook" but says nothing about what Tyson might walk in to !
    And Tyson never got off the deck to win a fight !

    It's a big pile of ****, or just one man's opinion, surprising well-received and lapped up by some people here who I really thought might know better. It's certainly not "reality", since Dempsey was an old man before Tyson was even born, they never fought, it's pure speculation. Oh, I guess in they'd been matched in 1980, a 14 year-old Tyson would have literally KILLED any 85 year-old Dempsey. But I hear he was more inclined to mug grandMOTHERS rather than grandpas at the time.
     
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