Heavyweight Tournament with a Twist: Second Round (Holmes/Tunney)

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  1. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Remember, read the Question!!!

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    You do not win a LPR fight by KO, you win when your opponent fails to come up to scratch and toe the line...

    And clearly as they are fights to the finish, you do not win a LPR fight on points!!!
     
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    Holmes wins this he is bigger stronger with every physical advantage, plus he could hang with Tunney for boxing ability.
     
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    :lol: didn't read the rules. I think that to a degree though many fights would pan out the same. Except for those where 1 fighter wins a decision but is getting man handled down the stretch or a smaller man is trying to outpoint but not hurt his opponent, then again a smaller man would be able to hurt a larger opponent more because he will be punching bare fisted

    Fights would be allot slower paced, each punch would have much more effect, fighters would need to be cautious to not throw wild punches that could smash their knuckles, this means combination throwing is probably out too. Wrestling likely comes into play so the bigger stronger man who can throw the other gains an advantage having another way.
     
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    This is a great fight. I think Homes might get a little overconfident, and tunney is cagey enough to develop any winning strategy. I see tunney seeming to struggle with holmes early and taking a lot of knees. Holmes showboating a little bit, would start Dancing and look in total control. But i see that at about the 20th knockdown/Round, Tunney starts to land hard and big, as Holmes Tires from the dancing. And unlike Tunney, Holmes is too proud to take a knee. By the time Tunney finally knocks him down, Holmes is warn out and finished. Tunney KO 21 -35 minutes