Jersey Joe Walcott vs Ezzard Charles HW primes, who gets more wins in 100 fights against each other?

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by Devon, Jan 24, 2025.


Who wins more out of 100 fights against each other?

  1. Walcott

    18.2%
  2. Charles

    81.8%
  1. Devon

    Devon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    They fought 4 times, 2 a piece, Charles won the fights when Walcott should’ve been at his best, and lost when Walcott should theoretically have been declining. Talking H2H here, we never really got to know who was the better fighter H2H against each other.

    If you could hypothetically put the best version of each against each other 100 times, who wins more times?
     
  2. SixesAndSevens

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    Do they stay at the same age for each fight, or do they slowly age throughout each fight?

    I'll take Charles, unless they age- Then it's Walcott's game.
     
  3. McGrain

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    Very clearly Charles. Really, Walcott shouldn't have got the third shot. Or maybe he should , but it was unusual.
     
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  4. Devon

    Devon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    They’re at their peak for all 100 fights, no wear and tear from the fights and they also don’t figure each other out based on the previous fights, it’s like rewinding it at the end of the fight and letting it play out however it plays out again.
     
  5. SixesAndSevens

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    I'll pick Charles to win most of the matches.
     
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  6. Devon

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    I think of Walcott uses his size in an educated manner, like he did in the 3rd and 4th fights, pressures and forces the errors out of Charles, he wins most of the time.
    He lost in the first fight because he tried boxing with him, it was literally just a mistake of game-plan, so if he’d used the right game-plan at 33 (which was his prime), there’s no reason he wouldn’t do better than he did at 37 and 38 IMO.
    Sized up, I’d go with Charles confidently, but as they were, I’d pick Walcott most times for the reasons I’ve gave.
     
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