Tunney believed a heavyweight boxer could beat a 460 pound silverback

"So, humans evolved and thrived mainly around stamina and intelligence, right?"

"Yeah, like how we hunted in groups."

"So, most fights that we were able to take in the far-off past were likely due to that stamina and intelligence alone, right?"

"Yeah, like how we could make weapons and track animals for long periods of time."

"So, to beat a silverback gorilla, we'd probably need to use our stamina and intelligence in similar ways, right?"

"Nah, I think I could probably beat a silverback alone with my bare fists."

Tbh it would've been hilarious if Tunney died/got permanently injured because he actually TRIED to fight a gorilla, but unfortunately, we don't live in a world where that happened.

 

better.

 

Man… lol

You could take prime Wladimir, Lewis, Vitali etc and the could get the first sucker punch with everything they got on a Silverback and that would spell REALLY bad news. lol What happens when a pissed off Silverback grabs ahold of anyone of those guys and starts BITING AND GNAWING their arm/hand off out of pure rage??? You think they could break that grip?! I just can’t envision a fight with a pissed off Silverback working out very well. I imagine a Silverback defending itself would be mainly biting off chunks of body parts. Probably how the fight! lol

Now prime Wlad’s straight right might stumble the beast but that’s probably it

 

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Guy brought a baby Gorilla out to where a Silverback was. Look at the rage and speed that 500lb creature moved at him with…

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Now imagine punching it

 

The man in your avi KOs a healthy tiger.

 

That last sentence makes it clear that He did not want to be the one testing out that theory:
"Unfortunately, I am no longer in fighting shape. However, I would like to take up the offer for any one of a dozen third-rate heavyweights I know."
If You ask me, He wanted to see if He can set somebody up to do it - and maybe make some money in the process. I mean, I would gladly take the offer like that for a couple forum members I know also ).

 

Tunney drifted into some strange ramblings later in life, of which this is but one.

 

Y'all sure there's no racial under tone here?

 

Exactly. With a body shot, no less? Yeah, that'll stop it.

Gene Tunney could memorize Shakespeare, but he was a moron.

 

Exactly.

 

The bit that made me think maybe some double talk happening is the clinching. Maybe Tunney knows a lot more about ape behavior than I, but I've never seen any do this. More like ragdoll and hammer fists. Johnson was very clinchy though. I might even go as far as calling him a stall master.

I don't mean to make this a race debate thread. I just replaced gorilla with Johnson, read it again, and thought, **** maybe.

Maybe though, I had it backwards? Like you say, during then, some of us are treated more ape than man. Perhaps then it isn't beyond reason to say a person who believes along these lines might watch a black man and relate his actions to an ape. The vice versa if you will.



But really I found Tunney's depiction of the "one attack the gorilla knows" really interesting in that, this dude ever even seen a gorilla attack? I don't pretend to know apes super well, average knowledge on that front I'd say, but I do have youtube get me?


Just a very weird description of any ape attack.


That said, the clinch was Jack's main criticism. Well, I mean skills and in ring ability wise. Of course his being black was the the main criticism.

 

No. Their skulls are so much thicker and neck and abdominal muscles so much larger. I would imagine it would barely even flinch after receiving a punch from any heavyweight, no matter where they hit it.

 

Primo proving he's the GOAT once again. Incredible P4P victory. Joe had to foul as he couldn't take the heat. We should show this to the GOATs detractors.

 

Not. Gorilla like that would rip Tunney limb from limb.

 

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