Not happening. Pinklon is black. No way the Marine climbs into a ring with Pinklon waiting inside for him.
Took an all time great to really trouble Tunney, every time anyone Thomas stepped up in opposition he got beat and primarily badly. Tunney points, jabs, spoils and ties him up all night.
Leon? He could get outboxed, although he had a crazy style but Tunney could have figure him out. Michael on the other had was a fundamentally better boxer and I believe beats Tunney. Genie just can't run around on his bicycle like he did against dead legs Dempsey; The Spinks Jinx (and Pinklon) catch up to him eventually and drop him like Jack did. That combo that Dempsey dropped on Tunney was beautiful. You actually need to slow it down to see all the punches he threw and how they landed on Genie's chin.
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Pinklon was my man back in the day. He had serious drug problems, which hurt his career. When we talk about "Thomas vs Tunney" I'm comparing a non-coke head Thomas in the ring and not the shell that fought Tyson, Holyfield, Morrison.He had some very good wins: Mike Weaver, Ratliff, Tillis, Witherspoon to name a few.
Thomas was an excellent fighter. Tyson says that in one of his books. If Thomas hadn't lost his way with the white stuff then he'd have beaten Berbick. Still loses to Tyson but maybe actually wins a round or two before being Ko d. And as much as I respect Gene, Pinky had the tools, attributes and chin to get him a decision.
I agree with djanders, old and respected poster, who said above that Tunney was overrated. I agree. Greb, a much smaller man, beat him up without mercy in their first match, and did very well in other matches with him until Tunney got bigger and better and Greb lost an eye. Let's be honest here: Dempsey should have won by KO. He was fighting in a weak time for HW's....a good technician, very Mayeatheresque running abilities and hard to hit. But in any other age before his time and later, he would have been LWH champ maybe but not HW. Louis mauls him. Rocky obliterates him. Modern HW's (good one) would have no trouble finding him an KOing him.
What is all this racist bull**** from you. There was never any proof of Gene being a racist. Actually the opposite. He treated everyone the same. I love you people who are the real racists trying to paint others with your brush and defiling a great man's good n a me.
No he was not, what are you talking about ?! Spinks was 6.1 feet tall, Tunney was 6 feet. Spinks weighed around 200 lbs for the first Holmes fight, 205 lbs for the second one and 212 lbs for the Tyson fight. Tunney was 190 lbs for the both Dempsey fights.
I didn't say he was racist. I didn't mention the word. I just specifically said he wouldn't fight a black man because he never did fight one in his entire career. That's a fact. If he never got in the ring with an African American, it stands to reason that he wouldn't fight Pinklon. Simple logic here.
