Tunney believed a heavyweight boxer could beat a 460 pound silverback

Are you kidding me, when that Ape gets a gander at Sonny Liston he'll jump out of the ring.

 

Uh, no...

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The claimed average height of Silver Backs is all over the place online.

Some claim 5 ft while others claim a bandwidth of 4’11” to 5’11”. Another claim was 5’5” when on all fours. If I checked elsewhere there would be likely a different claim again.

Average arm span, something like 91” to 102” thereabouts. That stat appears reasonably reliable. Their arm length is obviously highly disproportionate to their stature.

I have to wonder what “sweet”, superior, Homosapien move Tunney would have devised to avoid that charge (second vid)?

Of course his planned movement/pre med strategy would’ve also been severely impaired by him having **** his trunks in that very moment.

 

That in and out movement was on point.

 

Probably the point was Primo, but you get extra credit for using Harryhausen scenes.

 

They could.. but only with a hefty stick through the cage bars.. that's about it.