Time travel to see one fight

Lee · 03-10-2014, 06:51 PM

If you could go back and watch any fight in history, which one would you pick?

Lots come to mind, but I am picking one that no film exists of and that is the first Greb / Tunney fight. It was a brutal affair by all accounts, Tunney's only loss and add to the fact that there is no film surviving of Greb fighting, even though he was in the ring 299 times.

Seems amazing that an all-time great could fight that many times and not one film survives.

IceTea · 03-10-2014, 06:54 PM

Dempsey vs Tunney I

Lee · 03-10-2014, 10:32 PM

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Dempsey vs Tunney I

That and Dempsey / Firpo made my short list too

javier_83 · 03-11-2014, 12:06 AM

Salvador Sanchez vs Wilfredo Gomez or Barrera vs Morales 1!!

Cap · 03-11-2014, 06:15 AM

I'd want to see the two Jeffries-Sharkey fights again.

Cap

bob_bask · 03-11-2014, 01:02 PM

Think my answer could change on an almost daily basis, but today I'd like to see Ray Robinson-Henry Armstrong in '43.

I know Armstrong was past it and the "love-fest" was held against Robinson, but still like see their style mesh-up.

Lee · 03-11-2014, 01:48 PM

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I'd want to see the two Jeffries-Sharkey fights again.

Cap

Oh the days of your youth

This is a good call though, I read Sharkey's book and these fights sounded brutal.

Antonin · 03-12-2014, 05:24 PM

Jack Johnson vs Tommy Burns.

bear · 03-12-2014, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by bob_bask

Think my answer could change on an almost daily basis, but today I'd like to see Ray Robinson-Henry Armstrong in '43.

I know Armstrong was past it and the "love-fest" was held against Robinson, but still like see their style mesh-up.

This fight and Papke Ketchel III were my short list.

I'll opt for Ketchel

Cap · 03-13-2014, 09:54 AM

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Jack Johnson vs Tommy Burns.

I thought about that one. Imagine the scene with 30,000plus fans under that hot Aussie sun and a few thousand US bluejackets amongst them with plenty beer no doubt. I'd want to be under a shady spot with a couple of cold ones to see that. I'd still be cheering for my boy Tommy.

Cap

Hanson Bros · 03-13-2014, 01:32 PM

I would use the time travel machine to watch all 4 Chacon/Limon fights live in one day ....

Cap · 03-14-2014, 10:14 AM

I'd also like to go back and see Duran-Leonard in Montreal again, just to sit with my dad again. That was one of the last live fights we saw together.

Cap

Hanson Bros · 03-14-2014, 01:22 PM

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I'd also like to go back and see Duran-Leonard in Montreal again, just to sit with my dad again. That was one of the last live fights we saw together.

Cap

on that note, would love to go see Marvin Johnson vs. Jean Marie Emebe last time I saw a live fight with my grandpa

bob_bask · 03-14-2014, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Cap

I'd also like to go back and see Duran-Leonard in Montreal again, just to sit with my dad again. That was one of the last live fights we saw together.

Cap

That's a fight that I watch maybe once a month and still get excited over.

LBWood · 03-16-2014, 07:03 AM

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Jack Johnson vs Tommy Burns.

Funny that you mention that one. It's the whole reason why I'm here and bought this game.

Cap · 03-16-2014, 12:57 PM

Well, if it hasn't already been said, Welcome to the Community! There's burgers on the Bar-B and help yourself to whatever's left in the cooler...

Cap

bear · 03-16-2014, 07:23 PM

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Funny that you mention that one. It's the whole reason why I'm here and bought this game.

Welcome

Jason · 04-21-2014, 06:21 AM

This is purely emotional, but Leonard/Hearns in 1981. I was 10 and it was the first time my dad let me stay up with him to listen to a fight on the radio.

03-10-2014, 06:51 PM	#1
Lee Global Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: The Scorched Desert Posts: 4,653	Time travel to see one fight If you could go back and watch any fight in history, which one would you pick? Lots come to mind, but I am picking one that no film exists of and that is the first Greb / Tunney fight. It was a brutal affair by all accounts, Tunney's only loss and add to the fact that there is no film surviving of Greb fighting, even though he was in the ring 299 times. Seems amazing that an all-time great could fight that many times and not one film survives.

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bob_bask Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,387	Think my answer could change on an almost daily basis, but today I'd like to see Ray Robinson-Henry Armstrong in '43. I know Armstrong was past it and the "love-fest" was held against Robinson, but still like see their style mesh-up. __________________ "I occasionally agreed to carry an opponent, almost always in what is known as a tune-up fight. I never considered it morally wrong as long as I was winning the fight. I was never a killer, like some fighters. I never enjoyed knocking out a guy who I knew had no chance to beat me." Sugar Ray Robinson

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Antonin Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,557	Jack Johnson vs Tommy Burns. __________________ "Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" - Johnny Rotten (Sex Pistols), San Francisco, 14 January 1978

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Cap Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Large Province in God's Country Posts: 8,068	I'd also like to go back and see Duran-Leonard in Montreal again, just to sit with my dad again. That was one of the last live fights we saw together. Cap __________________ "...There were Giants in Those Days.."

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Cap Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Large Province in God's Country Posts: 8,068	Well, if it hasn't already been said, Welcome to the Community! There's burgers on the Bar-B and help yourself to whatever's left in the cooler... Cap __________________ "...There were Giants in Those Days.."

04-21-2014, 06:21 AM	#18
Jason Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,855	This is purely emotional, but Leonard/Hearns in 1981. I was 10 and it was the first time my dad let me stay up with him to listen to a fight on the radio.