Can any fighter beat John L. Sullivan in a bar fight?

Herbert Slade arguably did.

 

I don't think there's such a thing as a generic barfight. So who knows.

 

How many bar fights did Sullivan have?

 

Anyone who has been involved in a bar scrap knows that the first couple of punches are crucial, and that they generally spell the end of matters.

 

If Sullivan is drunk then the list of sober heavyweights who could beat Sullivan would be extensive.

 

Bar fight is about who is willing to violate the unwritten rules first, for that reason I select John Fury to gauge his eyes out and defeat Sullivan.

 

Hard to say, because he made good copy for the press, so it is hard to say what is true.

I think that it is fair to say that he didn't have clean hands though.

 

He beat Slade like redheaded stepchild for years while on tour and when in the prize ring.

 

My money is on Rocky Balboa. Especially since Rocky proved his bar fighting skills when he destroyed Tommy Gunn in the ally.

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Yes, but then when they got into a bar fight, Slade seems to have taken him to the ground and held him there.

A bit like Rahman Lewis 1.5.

I guess you could call that a win for Slade.

 

Wouldn't count any of these out:

Danny Hodge
O'Neil Bell
Mike Tyson
Zhilei Zhang
Dillian Whyte
Vitali Klitschko
Hasim Rahman
David Tua

 

Sonny Liston

 

John L would suplex him into an even earlier grave. Too good, too strong and too capable a grappler.

 

John L’s wrestling credentials also pretty much eliminate all modern HWs as he’d just about abuse them with ease considering the gulf in a non grapplers capability.