Tunney V Sharkey, Willard, Brennan,Miske, Firpo?

He outpoints them all.

 

Tunney had a great right hand. It was a feared weapon in his time. He beats by decision Willard, Sharkey and Firpo but stops Miske and Brennen.

 

Tunney had a great right hand i dont think it was enough to knockout Miske though, id take him outpointing them all though.

 

He beats them easy, maybe the Miske that drew with Dempsey gives him a stern test though and Sharkey is a reasonable challenge

 

Tunney would win all of these matches.

Oddly enough I think Firpo or Willard (the two worst on the list) would have the best chance to beat him. Willard based on his size and strength, and Firpo because he wild aggression might allow him to get lucky.

I dont see either happening though. Willard liked to fight at a snails pace. Over fifteen rounds against Tunney's classic style that would work against him. It would be an awful fight.

I think Tunney is too smart to let Firpo catch him with anything wild. He would hang on on in the inside and punish Firpo with body punches. Tunney was a great bodypuncher.

 

The combined opponents will be lucky to have won 5 rounds against Tunney.

He whoops them all, just another level of talent really.

 

I would personaly put Firpo at the bottom of the list in terms of chances of upseting him.

It would be very interesting to see how he would have handeled Willards size, since whe never saw Tunney in with this type of fighter. One Dempsey opponent who might have had a good shot at beating him is Fred Fulton.

Tunney could be beaten by a clever boxer, so Miske, Sharkey and a younger version of tommy Gibbons are all dangerous matches for him. I don't seed Brennan having anything that would trouble him.

Ultimately the question is not whetehr he would be favoured over these guys head to head, but whether he would have beaten them over the sime time frame, in the same circumstances. Tunneys decision to retire left the longevity question unanswered.

 

Well, if he took the long lay-offs Dempsey took, possibly not.

I think Tunney's longevity is decent. He was a world class fighter from 1922 to 1928, six years.

 

I am not sure how he would do against the size of Willard? I think Miske has a slim shot, and Sharkey could be interesting. I think he handles Firpo the easiest followed by Brennan. Individually he could beat them all in a gauntlet facing them consecutively he might pick up a loss or two along the way. I wouldn't pick Willard but I feel he has the best shot.