How many upsets would we get in time machine boxing matches?

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  1. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    I would expect to see upsets like Fred Fulton beating Ali, and Chris Byrd beating Joe Louis.

    I don't think that either of those outcomes is very likely, but I would absolutely expect a few things to happen, that upset my equilibrium to that extent.
     
    janitor, Jul 25, 2024
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  2. SonnyListon>

    SonnyListon> #1 Sonny Liston fan Full Member

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    Id bet my house, phone, car, social security number and passport on Liston.
     
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  3. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    What if Carnera beat prime Bowe by KO?
     
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  4. Barrf

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    You mean Foreman vs. Frazier?
     
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  5. BCS8

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    Imagine the brains exploding here when Vitali Klitschko pounds Joe Louis into a bowl of borscht.
     
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  6. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    No Tyson vs Frazier
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  7. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    :BangHead::BangHead::BangHead:
     
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  8. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    But then what if Jess Willard destroys Wlad Klitchsko??
     
    InMemoryofJakeLamotta, Jul 26, 2024
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  9. BCS8

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    Not a chance in hell. Only old-timer I'd give a sniff of a chance would be Dempsey because he was so fast and explosive. And I'd still favour Wlad who had a technical approach like Tunney only like 50lb heavier.
     
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  10. Dorrian_Grey

    Dorrian_Grey It came to me in a dream Full Member

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    Mike time-travelling to fight a bunch of random HW contenders in the 10s and 20s sounds like an episode of Mike Tyson Mysteries lol.
     
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  11. Totentanz.

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    Rip Norm Macdonald.
     
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  12. SonnyListon>

    SonnyListon> #1 Sonny Liston fan Full Member

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    Ur not sucking bro ur chewing
     
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  13. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Just telling the truth. Would be the same if you put Lennox Lewis or Riddick Bowe or Anthony Joshua in that period. Just a bunch of noncompetitve, one sided annihilations and massacres.
     
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  14. Barrf

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    Oh. MARVIS Frazier.
     
    Barrf, Jul 26, 2024
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  15. Barrf

    Barrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Imagine the nicknames those three would end up with. AJ would be The Black Goliath or something.
     
    Barrf, Jul 26, 2024
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