How Many Men Over 175lbs Did Corbett Beat?

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  1. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Simple question, inviting a simple answer.
     
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  2. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    How many of his fights even had weigh ins?
     
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  3. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Let me put this to you another way how many of his wins were over opponents who generally weighed 175 lbs or more?
    Will that satisfy the pedant in you?
     
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  4. CaravanDweller

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    Corbett couldnt knock the skin off a rice pudding
     
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  5. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Sullivan and Kirlain are his best wins above that limit. He also drew with Sharkey and Jackson. Very thin resume, but not close to the worst ever among lineal HW champions.
     
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  6. mcvey

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    He beat 2 Sullivan and Kilrain .Sullivan was a washed up alcoholic 34 years old who hadn't fought for 3 1/2 years.Corbett ran away for the first 12 rounds, until Sullivan's legs began to go, and then upped the ante.
    Smart tactics .
     
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  7. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Even if you completely downgrade Sullivan win (which is not easy, because John lost only once - against Corbett), Kirlain was still very good fighter.
     
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  8. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    I have faith that he would have beaten Holyfield at CW
     
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  9. BCS8

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    Corbett would have danced around Holy, using his old time skills to befuddle the slower, bigger man, and then he'd counter-punch the daylights out of him. Holy never fought anybody like Corbett :deal:
     
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  10. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Yep!
     
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  11. janitor

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    That is kind of like asking how many men over 200 lbs Rocky Marciano beat.

    the number was irrelevant at the time!
     
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  12. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Not at all. Marciano beat lots of heavyweights .Corbett beat 2 men who were over the light heavyweight limit. And if you are going to match Corbett against HEAVYWEIGHTS as we know the term from the birth of the lightheavyweight division onwards, you need to examine how many HEAVYWEIGHTS he actually beat,and the answer is 2.

    However inconvenient it might be to admit it!
     
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  13. KasimirKid

    KasimirKid Well-Known Member Full Member

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    That settles it for me!
     
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  14. lufcrazy

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    Was the LHW division in existence during his tenure as champion?

    If not the 175 cut off seems a bit obscure.

    But either way, I'd have to buy Pollacks book to know, my knowledge on the era is thin.
     
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  15. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    The only question is would Holyfield be wheeled or carried out of the ring? My bet is on carried.
     
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