Could RJJ make it out of the 1940s undefeated

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  1. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    I wonder what Harry Greb would of looked like hopped up on anabolics or EPO. Or Archie Moore doping.
     
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    Moore fought HWs and beat some of them so RJJ would pose no problem for him.
     
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    Jones would get his **** pushed in if he had to make those weights on the same day and fight. He might make LHW at a pinch and probably HW. He'd surely do well but his chin isn't going to let him go undefeated. There's sharks in the water.
     
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    Wait he doesn't get roids because 1940? Problems for RJJ
     
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    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    These sharks have names. Names like Archie Moore, Jimmy Bivins, Ezzard Charles, Bert Lytell and Lloyd Marshall
     
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    thistle Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    This

    and this is what people ALWAYS Overlook in these types of scenarios...

    in the 1940s Jones is L-HW cum HW, middleweight wouldn't even enter his mind just like all the other fighters then Jones' height & build. . most men then fought either side of their Natural Stature, they didn't have 4-6 months to Cut Weight a Division or TWO Down.

    it never even entered their minds, because it wasn't the done thing then.

    He's getting Tarvered lots.
     
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    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    In this scenario, we're taking Roy as he was IRL. If we made an Ezzard Charles vs Anthony Joshua thread, we can say that what if Ezzard Charles existed in the modern heavyweight division and got the same PEDs that Holyfield did and he came into the ring at a lean 215-220 pounds with the same skills and reflexes he had weighing 175-185 pounds. But that's not the Charles that actually existed.
     
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    Lol. Impossible for anyone, even Superman. He'd certainly be competitive in that era, and in any multi-fight series would certainly be capable of a win over anyone, but undefeated when he's got to fight like 6 of the best guys he ever fought, per year? Lol
     
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