Michael Dokes v Tony Tubbs

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  1. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    How would this titanic tilt have gone down in the mid 80's?

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  2. Titan1

    Titan1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Michael could record a unanimous decision over Tony, due to his faster hands and busier workrate, if he's not too coked up.
     
  3. joebeadg

    joebeadg Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Not shire about mideighties, but I think Tubbs cleverness would out ox Dokes, any version of him, but if it's a Dokes that is still a very marketable upcoming guy or champ, king would see to it that Mike gets the decision, like with Young, and the two questionable fights with Weaver
     
  4. Foreman Hook

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    Are they BOTH gonna have White-Line-Fever?? :yep

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  6. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    I don't know.. Dokes struggled with slick boxers like Ossie Ocasio in his first meeting with him, and even had some trouble decisioning the very crude tex cobb from what others have said on here over the years... I think Tubbs has a got a good chance of getting a close decision, but their talent levels are too close to draw any clad iron conclusions.
     
  7. Titan1

    Titan1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    If Dokes has a chance of ending the fight, it would have to be early, and there's a slim chance he might pull it off.Tubbs may have superior boxing ability, but Dokes would probably want it more, therein lies the difference.
     
  8. Vic-JofreBRASIL

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    :lol:
     
  9. DonBoxer

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    :lol:
     
  10. Foreman Hook

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    Mike "Cokes" Dokes be all "Raaaaaaw i'm gonna give it to ya, like cocaine straight from Bolivia!!" :ibutt

    Tony "Treble Line" Tubbs retorts - :rasta

    You see I'm a dynamite
    So all you got to do is hold me tight
    Because I'm out a sight, you know
    'Cause I'm a dynamite

    But everytime I walk in the rain
    Man, o man, I feel a pain, I feel a burning pain
    Keep on burning in my bloody brain

    I've got cocaine runnin' around my brain
    I've got cocaine runnin' around my brain
    I want you to dig me soul brother and soul sister
    I want you hold me tight because I'm a dynamite - yeah
    I've got cocaine runnin' around my brain

    No matter where I treat my guest
    You see they always like my kitchen best
    'Cause I've cocaine runnin' around my brain
    cocaine runnin' around my brain, yea



    Foreman Hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooook!:smoke
     
  11. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    A man who understands the intention of this matchup.
     
  12. MRBILL

    MRBILL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Depends. Both are close in age, but Dokes peaked earlier in 1982 and 1983... Tubbs didn't hit his peak until 1985 when he came in lean at 229 pounds to out-box a lethargic Page for the WBA title.. Later in '86, Tubbs went back to his old ways of being a slob and blew his title to Tim Spoon and weighing a soft and jiggly 244 pounds....

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  13. salty trunks

    salty trunks Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Tubbs was faster and better than Dokes in my opinion. Both were very good fighters at their respective best I just think Tubbs was a little slicker quicker and better.
     
  14. Seamus

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    I've heard from a couple trainers that Dokes had the fastest hands of any heavy they had ever seen.
     
  15. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :lol:
    is he having it 2 in there ?