Michael Spinks v Jack Johnson

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  1. Eye of Timaeus

    Eye of Timaeus Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I've got Spinks on points here though Johnson might knock him down early. Thoughts?
     
    Eye of Timaeus, Apr 4, 2020
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  2. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Spinks dominates.
     
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  3. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    If Spinks comes in crisp at 175, he kicks the **** outta Johnson.
     
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  4. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Johnson is overrated when you start saying he beats Michael Spinks
     
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  5. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    I honestly think Spinks beats him from pillar to post then JJ gets DQ'd for excessive holding
     
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  6. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    PAPA JACK BY 13TH RD KO. ONLY BECAUSE HE WANTS A LONGER FILM. SPINKS ISN'T IS JACK' S LEAGUE. FEW , IF ANY ARE.
     
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  7. Unforgiven

    Unforgiven VIP Member banned Full Member

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    Johnson would maul him and give him a savage beating with his uppercuts.
    I don't know why people don't understand how formidable Jack Johnson was. The man was a beast. Most of the film of him is just him toying with guys he could obliterate if he needed to, or him old and out of shape.
     
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  8. Devon

    Devon Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Spinks and the right hand set up by the jab of left hand feint would be key because Spinks is taller than Johnson and when you throw a punch at johnson, he pulls back with the left hand down and would be a sucker for the straight right hand
     
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  9. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    I can see JJ doing some real damage on the inside with those vicious uppercuts.
     
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  10. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Prime Michael was far and away better than the primitives that Jack fought. Put Michael in that heavyweight era and he'd have been as beastly as he was at light heavyweight
     
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  11. Unforgiven

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    Jack Johnson was far and away better too.
     
    Unforgiven, Nov 27, 2020
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