The Super Fight

Round 1:
Jack Dempsey KO7 Jim Corbett
John L. Sullivan W15 Jim Braddock
Joe Louis KO15 Jess Willard
Bob Fitzsimmons W15 Jack Sharkey
Max Baer W15 Jack Johnson
Rocky Marciano W15 Gene Tunney
Jim Jeffries KO10 Jersey Joe Walcott
Muhammad Ali W15 Max Schmeling

Quarter Finals:
Jack Dempsey KO7 John L. Sullivan
Joe Louis TKO10 Bob Fitzsimmons
Rocky Marciano TKO13 Max Baer
Jim Jeffries W15 Muhammad Ali

Semi Finals:
Jack Dempsey W15 Joe Louis
Rocky Marciano TKO14 Jim Jeffries

Final: Rocky Marciano KO13 Jack Dempsey

Challenge: Rocky Marciano KO13 Muhammad Ali

 

I remember listening to all those fights on the radio in college....then going and seeing the Theater Rock-Ali fight.

 

Interestingly, Gene Tunney came closer than anyone to beating the Rock. What were the scores in the the Tunney Marciano fight?

Based on computer fights, the atg top 10 would ahve been something like:

1. Marciano
2. Tunney (only person to take Marciano the distance and has 2 real victories over the runner up)
3. Dempsey
4. Jeffries
5 Louis
6. Sullivan
7 Baer
8. Fitzsimmons
9. Ali

 

LOL You guys are hilarious... you realize they were using some dinky old computer to "simulate" what would happen.
You would get a more accurate simulation by sticking on computer generated fights in EA Sports Fight Night 2003... seriously the computer power is 10XXX times larger now.

 

The computer had Rocky knocking out Ali in the 13th round.

Here's all you need to know about computer fights. In September of 1970, they used the same computer that produced the Marciano-Ali fight to pick the winner of the Joe Frazier vs. Bob Foster heavyweight title fight in November of 1970. The computer picked Foster to stop Frazier in the sixth round. Since Frazier knocked Foster out in the second round, the computer could not have been more wrong. In fact, Frazier hit Foster so hard that he injured his ankle while he was going down.

 

They also did a middleweight tournament, didnt they?

 

Yeah, small computers that is why the simulation was not accurate, it would be much more accurate now that computer power has increased.atsch

 

Yes, Robinson won

He beat Dempsey TKO-11
Fitzsimmons TKO-3
Walker W-15
Ketchel W-15

 

There actually doing that with films of both boxers boxing each other. Tommy Gallagher of the contender is one of those who are working on this and he also wants me to help out as a boxing historian.

I saw a short film of one of the bouts (just the beginning). They already asked me about several bouts BUT I can not say anything else. Hopefully they can get it going soon.

 

Wow, Some controversial wins there.

 

I don't know if that was right, I will check it out.

Here's what I came up with:

Here's all the bouts, just click on the link if you want to read about each bout.

http://www.trivia-library.com/a/boxing-simulation-all-time-middleweight-champion-part-1-history.htm

Sugar Ray Robinson W TKO 11 Jack Dempsey
Stanley Ketchel W TKO 7 Gene Fullmer
Mickey Walker KO-9 Dick Tiger
Harry Greb W TKO 14 Tony Zale
Bob Fitzsimmons W-15 Jake LaMotta
Marcel Cerdan KO 4 Carmen Basilio
Rocky Graziano W KO 11 Tiger Flowers
Emile Griffith W 15 Kid McCoy

Sugar Ray Robinson W TKO 3 Bob Fitzsimmons
Stanley Ketchel W KO 11 Rocky Graziano
Mickey Walker W 15 Harry Greb
Marcel Cerdan W TKO 10 Emile Griffith

Sugar Ray Robinson W 15 Mickey Walker
Stanley Ketchel W KO 12 Marcel Cerdan

Sugar Ray Robinson W 15 Stanley Ketchel

 

Its been a long time from ive read this so forgive me if not 100% accurate. I think it was in 'The Greatest' by richard durham the topic of the computer fight comes up, and if memory serves me right, its claimed there were several endings to satisfy the different markets. i.e. Marciano by KO for the italian market, Ali by stoppage for the African market etc. As i said before,my minds very hazy on this but i DID read this somewhere. Maybe its BS as i havent heard anyone on here mention it and there are many wiser men than me here

 

Not "small" computer... a 60-70's era computer that likely has the processing power of a modern day calculator... not to mention there programming techniques were incredibly rudimentary...