Gene Tunney vs. Archie Moore both at their peaks?

Toss up, Tunney, Charles and Moore...Becasue Cahrles beat Moore three times...I think Tunney would have beaten my man moore...Charles and him would have been even better.

 

I like Tunney by dec,he is faster and more mobile,Moore would be pressing Tunney throwing out that short jab using the ring,and if Moore corners the Marine Tunney had a top chin,I pick Tunney to scrape by Charles ,so I must go with him to beat the Mongoose.

 

I think the fight to look at here is Charels vs Moore. CHalres was not as durable or as mobile as Tunney was, and he beat Moore 3-0 in the series.

I think Tunney would defeat Moore on points, but its far from an easy fight for Tunney.

 

Tunney.

 

A toss up, this one: I'll go with Moore- by close fought decision.

 

Tunney out boxes Moore and uses his Feet to good effect not to get cornered.Tunney by comfortable decision,but a tough fight for Gene.

 

Tunney is one of the most underrated fighters in history, who could fight on the front or back foot and would be far too versatile for Archie to outpoint and far too sturdy to be stopped. The man was only defeated once (Greb I, officially) and dropped once (the long count), I'd personally go with Tunney UD, and going away

 

I gonna go with Moore via decision.

 

A young Cassius Clay complimented Tunney some. Their boxing styles and pre-fight opponent analyses are similar.

 

Tunney by UD, if we're talking heavyweight.

Any other weight is still Tunney by UD, I'm just not quite as sure.

IMO The Mongoose is a poor H2H choice against ATGs. He had impressive longevity, sure, and the KO record...but his record against ATGs leaves something to be desired, to say the least.

His resume is impressive but his primary attribute in most matchups would be his cageyness, and the "wily veteran" ploy can only get him so far.

Tunney wouldn't fall for it.

 

History and a close look at both men's records would suggest that Tunney actually had the better defense. How many times was Moore ko'd, and decked in his career? How many times was Tunney? If Tunney was capable of rising to the occasion of defeating the great Jack Dempsey, not once, but twice, I think he could have defeated Archie Moore as well. Archie was very cagey, but he wouldnt have been that effective against a highly orthodox, discipline classic boxer like Tunney, who continues to be the most persistanly underrated, overlooked great fighter of all time. Tunney would have won a decision over Archie, but there exists the possibility that he would have worn down, or maybe even ko'd the Mongoose with those hard, accurate right hands. One things for sure, Gene wouln't have deserted his game plan and wildly gone after Archie for a ko. He would have been very wary of Moore's old tricks, and like I said, would have remained disciplined and outboxed his man.

 

Wonderful matchup, but I give a slight edge to Gene by decision because of his amazing footwork and consistent quick punches, but Moore had some cagey (albeit flatfooted) defense himself, and much better punching power.