Sonny Liston -vs- Gene Tunney

Oh come on !!. Its not even close, sonny dishes out a one sided beating

 

I disagree i think that liston had some ability and he would do it competitive

 

I don't think Tunney had anything that would bother Liston. Sonny had a bigger punch, better jab, better technique..I doubt Tunney had the lateral movement and foot speed to bug Liston.
No !!! Its one sided and Liston is the winner.

 

went liston points, none of the choices would suprise me tho.

 

Liston could cut the ring just like a grandmother easy to outbox like hell.
Tunney would frustrate the hell of him , would make listón look stupid , he wins by decision and later the woman of the ugly liston go to **** with tunney

 

Machen in a rematch with the same healthy right hand he used to knock out Nino Valdes with a single body shot in their rematch, and Sonny knew it.

Nobody questions that Liston was the harder puncher, but all the hardest shots in Liston-Machen were landed by Eddie's hook, which buckled Sonny towards the ropes with 30 seconds left to go in round eight. If Machen's right arm had not been injured in training, but was in the same condition which allowed him to put 217 pound Nino down for the count, then Liston may well have been down and possibly out in an eighth round KO loss.

With a single healthy left arm, Eddie had Sonny flinching, ducking, retreating, buckling and being bulled into the ropes and roughed up.

"I don't like to alibi, but I hurt my shoulder six days ago in training and couldn't use my right too well. I want very much to fight him again when I have two hands." - Eddie Machen

Fighting Machen again is the last thing Liston wanted to consider, and everybody who's seen the Machen-Valdes knockout knows how severely hampered Eddie's right was for Sonny, and how completely unafraid and unimpressed Machen was of Liston anyway.

 

Don't be so quick to pick Liston by KO. Tunney could take a shot. Sure, he was down vs. Dempsey... but he got up and was fine after that. People seem to forget that he also put Dempsey on his a-s-s.

Tunney, Marciano, Bowe, and Fury (give it time) are the only Lineal HW Champs who were never stopped.

 

Is this a serious question. Liston within 5 rounds.

 

Why?

Liston stopped Patterson x2, Folley, and Williams x2. He beat Machen by decision.

Tunney went 3-1-1 vs. Harry Greb, he also beat Dempsey x2, Battling Levinsky, he drew with Tommy Loughran, he beat Georges Carpentier, Tommy Gibbons, and others. He was a very good boxer and he was durable. 79-1-4 overall.

6'1" with a 76" reach and solid at 190 Lbs.

I think he'd last the distance with Liston at least.

 

If an old Dempsey can corner Tunney...a prime Liston would...and he would finish it...Liston KO6

 

Any version of dempsey had faster feet than liston

 

True. Dempsey had the better burst to get to a point quicker, but Liston would apply steady pressure, and would carry Tunney into a fast pace...Liston would close the gap. IMO.

 

If a past prime Dempsey can knockout Tunney I don't see why a monster like Liston can't.

 

Gene Tunney was never knocked out... the same can not be said about Sonny Liston. As a matter of fact Liston was stopped 3 more times than Tunney.

 

If my aunt had nuts she'd be my uncle. Tunney beat Dempsey twice people. Dempsey dropped Tunney, he didn't stop him... Tunney also dropped Dempsey! Get over it! Dempsey and Liston were two very different fighters.