Pinklon Thomas,Tony Tucker ,&TimWitherspoon In The 1930's?

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by mcvey, Sep 10, 2016.


  1. choklab

    choklab cocoon of horror Full Member

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    My bad. Sorry, I noticed you said transported back "through a cosmic port hole" complete as they were.

    Under those circumstances each guy being full sized I imagine there is enough reason for each to be as effective on occasion as they were within the 1980s for individual contests using performances from their best night.

    With this scenario there would only be so many "good night's" to select. If we keep using the one night over and over it won't tell us what the next performances bring since in back to back fights Witherspoon lost to Thomas after beating Page and Thomas lost to Berbick right after beating Weaver.

    Tucker is as hard to judge too. He didn't really beat anyone before he won a vacant Title, he did as well against Tyson as Tommy Farr did against Joe Louis... then after a bunch of nobodies was very lucky to get a decision over Orlin Norris who appeared to beat him out of sight.

    It seems his best two wins that Tucker had, on paper, were Norris and Douglas. That's it. but if we consider that one win was undeserved and the other was before Douglas was anybody it is very underwhelming when making a case for him to go through a port hole and arrive on the other side of a spangled curtain into another era with just that to go on.

    This is why I prefer the training and living in the era scenario.
     
  2. HerolGee

    HerolGee Loyal Member banned Full Member

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    the best would be tim in terms of how high he would fly.

    tucker was more talented but burnt out faster. He'd win the title even, then fade fast.

    the fastest to self destruct would be pinklon, and I don't think he'd win a title either.
     
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