Ezzard Charles w/ weight handicap vs Ingemar Johansson

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Who wins and how

  1. Charles KO/TKO

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  2. Johannson KO/TKO

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  3. Charles Decision

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  4. Johansson Decision

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  5. Draw

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  1. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    The Johansson of 1959 fights the 175 pound Ezzard Charles of 1948. The light heavyweight Charles that didn't hold back and was fast as a streak of lightning.
     
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  2. Ioakeim Tzortzakis

    Ioakeim Tzortzakis Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Charles' preferred weight was around that area. And he's just plain better.

    So yeah, Charles
     
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  3. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    How do you say Ezzard Charles wins?
     
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  4. Ioakeim Tzortzakis

    Ioakeim Tzortzakis Well-Known Member Full Member

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    If it's pre-Baroudi, probably by stoppage. UD if it's after Baroudi.
     
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  5. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Remember, Johansson would have an over 20 pound weight pull over 175 Ezzard Charles and has a right hand that can plaster all but the most iron chinned of 175-200 pounders.
     
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  6. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 MONZON VS HAGLER 2025 Full Member

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    James Toney beat the S out of HW’s it ain’t much to imagine a better guy around the same “size” smacking around a Swedish meatball who was really a LHW.
     
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  7. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Haha, I thought @InMemoryofJakeLamotta was going to treat Ezz like a horse in a handicap race and make him wear a backpack with a couple of 50-pound dumbbells or something.
     
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  8. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    What if Charles had to fight Ingo while wearing a backpack with a couple of 50 pound dbs?
     
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  9. PRW94

    PRW94 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Charles whips Ingo even if he’s made to wear concrete boots.
     
    PRW94, Jul 13, 2025
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