Kenny Norton Goes Back to the Future…

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  1. Ney

    Ney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Great Scott, this is heavy! Kenny’s got the keys to the DeLorean. How does he do against this past & future list?

    Wlad Klitschko
    Jack Dempsey
    Gene Tunney
    Lennox Lewis
    Jack Johnson
    Riddick Bowe
     
  2. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    Well…. He’s gonna need more than plutonium and a chuck Berry song
     
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  3. Ney

    Ney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    “You know that new sound you been lookin’ for? Well listen to this!”

    The thump of Norton’s head hitting the canvas against Dempsey provides the basis for the ‘doof doof’ era.
     
  4. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    Loses to all of them except Tunney and Johnson.
     
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  5. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    I’m not 100% sold on him beating Johnson. That guy had stamina and power and could linger in a ring until the next coming of Christ
     
  6. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    Admittedly don't know much about Johnson but remember him having a very low output. He's gonna need more than that to keep Norton off him. Of course I could very well be wrong and often am. :lol:
     
  7. Ney

    Ney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I am probably most intrigued by Norton v Johnson amongst the whole bunch.
     
  8. ThatOne

    ThatOne Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He would be competitive with virtually every champion who preceded him and would have whupped some of em.
     
  9. Ney

    Ney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I can’t see him making much of a fight of it against Dempsey or Liston, but to each his own.
     
  10. catchwtboxing

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    Lennox would annihilate him. Anyone else he would have a good chance against.
     
  11. Seamus

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    Wlad Klitschko - Wlad KO's Kenny in 6
    Jack Dempsey - Kenny KO's Jack in 8
    Gene Tunney - Kenny KO's Gene in 5
    Lennox Lewis - Lenny KO's Kenny in 3
    Jack Johnson - Kenny UD15
    Riddick Bowe - Ridiculous KO's Kenny in 9
     
  12. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s Full Member

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    He would lose to all of them for a variety of reasons he was in his perfect era and he wouldn’t hop in the DeLorean to go box.
     
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    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s Full Member

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    Kenny gets KO’d by ALL of them.
     
  14. Seamus

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    Kenny would clown Dempsey and Tunney.
     
  15. ThatOne

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    I edited it to virtually with Liston in mind. There's lots of champions who preceded him he would be at least a pickem or favorite