Wlad on his best night vs Prime Joe Louis, assessed with your head, not y'r heart.

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  1. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    Are you sure of this?
     
  2. Marciano Frazier

    Marciano Frazier Well-Known Member Full Member

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  3. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

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    :lol:

    He'd definitely better go for slipping rather than parrying and blocking tho

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  4. OLD FOGEY

    OLD FOGEY Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yes. I know the Siberian Tiger is credited with it. I have never seen a film or anything to prove it though.
    My degrees are in other fields. All I know of tigers is knowledge picked up is as an interested layman, so I would yield if you doubt this is true.

    Of what I know of predators, the tigers probably select out younger and smaller bears. I doubt if they go after the huge old males.

    The Bengal Tiger does prey on the Gaur, so killing a bear seems within reason.
     
  5. Calroid

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    All things being equal, the T-Rex would annihilate the tiger. The T-Rex was the ultimate predator. Since when were land based predators not fast and agile? If it wasn't it would have died of from starvation a long time before it became top of the food chain.

    However, reality. The tiger would absolutely **** itself if it ever encountered a T-Rex and would run, :yep thus this fight would never happen.
     
  6. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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  7. JIm Broughton

    JIm Broughton Active Member Full Member

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    Very interesting matchup to say the least. Vlad would be the best big man Louis ever faced that's for sure. Both had suspect chins and have frequently visited the canvas. Both have power no doubt about it. As for pure boxing ability I have to go with Louis of course but not by a wide margin so I think this fight hinges on who gets who first. Louis was dropped by smaller men like Galento and Schmeling and hurt by others like Mauriello so it's not inconceivable that Vlad can land his right hand and end it but Joe always seemed to have a rather easy time with larger(though not as skilled)men like Vlad. With that said I still think that Joe would ko Vlad in a similar fashion as he did Baer. He's a better 2 fisted puncher and mentally he would be stronger as well. Make no mistake though, Joe would have to come to this fight in the right frame of mind, like he was for Schmeling II or Baer. That Louis wins big IMO but he would still have to be wary of Vlads size, relative skill and power.
     
  8. pugilist_boyd

    pugilist_boyd BUSTED UP PUG Full Member

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    This Is An Insult To Louis-louis Destroys Wlad By Round 6
     
  9. ljj

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    Wlad by decision