Shortest way from John L. Sullivan to Tyson Fury?

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  1. janitor

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    Johnson definitely mixes the argument up, because he spent his ageing years, fighting fringe contenders, who were in it with the champions!
     
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  2. Seamus

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    Winner!
     
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  3. Journeyman92

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    I like this, reminds me of the Flyweight beats Lennox Lewis ABC logic posts aha.
     
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  4. The Fighting Yoda

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    John L. Sullivan
    Jim Corbett
    Bob Fitzsimmons/Jim Jeffries
    Jack Johnson
    Brad Simmons
    Tiger Jack Fox
    Ted Lowry
    Archie Moore
    Muhammad Ali
    George Foreman
    Axel Schulz
    Wladimir Klitschko
    Tyson Fury
     
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  5. Bukkake

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    Excellent!

    We've now cut the number of names between the two to 11... anyone wants to go for 10?
     
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  6. Pugguy

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    Exactly.

    “I can lick any son of addiction in the house!”

    But before doing so, John L liked to give his addiction a good shake before lecturing on it: The evils of John Barleycorn. You gotta know your poison inside and out in order to warn off other people from it. Prof. John L researched his subject thoroughly.

    As to intermediaries, we could be looking at Corbett, Schmeling and the Klits - involving a more civil connection than fighting one another.
     
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  7. The Fighting Yoda

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    @Bukkake Do you know an even shorter way? Or maybe you want to wait a little longer with the solution.
     
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  8. Bukkake

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    Yes, there's a 10-name solution... as we can make the Johnson - Ali connection using just 3 names.
     
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  9. janitor

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    Are you going to put us out of our misery?
     
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  10. Journeyman92

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    Question, it has to be a pro bout yes and not an exhibition?
     
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  11. mattdonnellon

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    Jim McCormick gets rid of Corbett and Jeffries.
     
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  12. Bukkake

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    Ok, the surprising shortcut is that Ham Pounder can be used instead of Fox and Lowry... as he fought both Simmons and Moore. This will get it down to 10 names between Sullivan and Fury.
     
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  13. janitor

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    Provided you accept it as a fight.
     
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