Gene Tunney vs. Michael Spinks

U do know that Tunney wasnt LHW world champ right Loewe? Not that itmatters, I'll take Spinks, this is a pick em imo, would be a chess match at times, i just see Spinks in a close one, sticking to his gameplan of movement and speed of hand. But Tunney can get rugged and who knows? I just dont see him taking this one personally. I mean prime for prime at 175.

 

Spinks would win a UD imo. He can fight and adapt to any style at 175. This is a rugged contest, undoubtably.

 

I edge with Tunney because i know the human race is getting weaker as the decades goes by,M Spinks was a clever boxer who workerd very hard
(unlike Leon)

M Spinks is in the top 10 fighters of the 80s, Tunney still wins though

M Spinks was crafty but could be lazy,Tunney by wide UD

Prime for prime

 

I would not want to bet any money here.

My money would be on Tunney however.

When Tunney got it all together he was a peice of work. He was a deluxe boxer who happened to have punishing power at heavyweight, and was realy nasty.

Dempsey was lucky to finish both his fights against Tunney on his feet.

The Larry Holmes that Spinks beat would have been as well.

 

When in my youthful years ... i thought the old time boxers were weaker,the whole story of atheletics ,the Olympics ect tell people that they are faster ,stronger,ect(the myth is boosted by performancing enhancing drugs) but It does not work in boxing !

Look at the food we eat,???

Do you think M Spinks ate the same quality of steak as Gene Tunney ?

There is your answer

 

I like Tunney to take Spinks apart ... I like Michael a lot but feel he is over rated ...

 

Gene Tunney would be too fast, strong and mobile for Michael Spinks. Tunney is, I maintain, one of the most criminally underrated fighters of all time. He had hard, punishing punching power, and would have stopped Dempsey on both occasions that they fought if the bouts were scheduled for more than 10 rounds. The key to the fight would have been Tunney's greater discipline and skill, with his world class chin withstanding anything that Spinks could offer up. Tunney by a unanimous 15 round decision, with no knockdowns.

 

Tunney both times ,faster of foot and hand ,durable and underated as a puncher,I think he decisions the awkwardly effective Spinks.

 

To more properly answer your question, I think Tunney would win over Spinks both at lightheavy and heavy, both as I said, by decisions.

 

Spinks over Tunney by UD 15 at Lhwt, but at Hwy, a pick-em fight.

 

tunney never fought a puncher at 175(he avoided fighting the slatterys, berlenbachs, striblings, etc of his era) so this fight is a bit of a mystery