Jim Corbett vs. Winky Wright

Trent · Post by **Trent** » 23 Dec 2005, 23:52

I think lot of these oldtime champions are overrated. And that is why Jack Johnson cleaned up the heavy weight division so easliy cose the guy had skill.

theone · Post by **theone** » 24 Dec 2005, 09:04

I think lot of these oldtime champions are overrated. And that is why Jack Johnson cleaned up the heavy weight division so easliy cose the guy had skill.

Ive been singing this song since I first joined this site. Wright would have embarressed Corbett.

BrocktonBlockbuster49 · Post by **BrocktonBlockbuster49** » 24 Dec 2005, 14:10

BrocktonBlockbuster49 · Post by **BrocktonBlockbuster49** » 24 Dec 2005, 14:10

Trent wrote:I think lot of these oldtime champions are overrated. And that is why Jack Johnson cleaned up the heavy weight division so easliy cose the guy had skill.

yeah ur right, i mean guys like sam langford, sam mcvey, and joe jeanetee were not that good

theone · Post by **theone** » 24 Dec 2005, 17:51

yeah ur right, i mean guys like sam langford, sam mcvey, and joe jeanetee were not that good

Alot of them Brock, not all.

BrocktonBlockbuster49 · Post by **BrocktonBlockbuster49** » 24 Dec 2005, 22:17

theone, i can see why u dont think corbett matchesu up well vs other heavyweight greats, but to say a junior middleweight like winky wright smokes him is absurd.

dalek · Post by **dalek** » 25 Dec 2005, 09:13

wright would have creamed lloyd marshall and harry greb.its easy to play this game decagon.lol.

The Great John L · Post by **The Great John L** » 26 Dec 2005, 11:20

Hmmm, I just watched the Ali Foreman fight and was SHOCKED!! Ali just leaned on the ropes and let Foreman beat on him until he fell over from exhaustion. And Foreman was throwing these wide slow punches, and a lot of times when he missed, he fell into the ropes completely off balance. Complete amatuers. It was pathetic!! Chris Byrd or Vitali would have made those guys look like toughman competitors.

ferroz · Post by **ferroz** » 27 Dec 2005, 07:53

Decagon wrote:
The Great John L wrote:Hmmm, I just watched the Ali Foreman fight and was SHOCKED!! Ali just leaned on the ropes and let Foreman beat on him until he fell over from exhaustion. And Foreman was throwing these wide slow punches, and a lot of times when he missed, he fell into the ropes completely off balance. Complete amatuers. It was pathetic!! Chris Byrd or Vitali would have made those guys look like toughman competitors.
Really? It sounds more like you watched the first round or so, and then read a popular description of the fight. If you'd actually paid attention, Ali won every round except the first.

I think he's joking.

The Great John L · Post by **The Great John L** » 27 Dec 2005, 08:10

Decagon wrote:
The Great John L wrote:Hmmm, I just watched the Ali Foreman fight and was SHOCKED!! Ali just leaned on the ropes and let Foreman beat on him until he fell over from exhaustion. And Foreman was throwing these wide slow punches, and a lot of times when he missed, he fell into the ropes completely off balance. Complete amatuers. It was pathetic!! Chris Byrd or Vitali would have made those guys look like toughman competitors.
Really? It sounds more like you watched the first round or so, and then read a popular description of the fight. If you'd actually paid attention, Ali won every round except the first.

There's one born every minute!!! It was sarcasm aimed directly at you my friend. And you bought it. Priceless.

And if you try re-reading your last post, you also helped to poke holes in your premise for this entire thread. Of course, you probably can't see that...

Ambling Alp · Post by **Ambling Alp** » 27 Dec 2005, 13:25

Winky Wright vs James Corbett? Well, I have to admit I never would have thought of this matchup! Of course Corbett would win, not sure how long it would have lasted. Wright is a great fighter, but there is no way that he would beat a skilled heavyweight like Corbett.

KO Artist · Post by **KO Artist** » 27 Dec 2005, 17:01

BrocktonBlockbuster49 wrote:
Trent wrote:I think lot of these oldtime champions are overrated. And that is why Jack Johnson cleaned up the heavy weight division so easliy cose the guy had skill.

yeah ur right, i mean guys like sam langford, sam mcvey, and joe jeanetee were not that good

Yeah, I mean a guy who was decked 5 times by Julio Vasquez, was much better than Corbett, Langford Johnson etc

In the 40's and 50's Winky would be a good journeyman, nothing more.

theone · Post by **theone** » 27 Dec 2005, 23:26

In the 40's and 50's Winky would be a good journeyman, nothing more.

Agreed. Turn of the century however, Wright would have schooled Corbett and alot of fighters like him.

dalek · Post by **dalek** » 29 Dec 2005, 04:27

vasquez was fairly unskilled yet he managed to drop wright on numerous occasions.put him in 20-25 rounders with the likes of ketchel let alone the heavies and he's gonna get ko'd.

BrocktonBlockbuster49 · Post by **BrocktonBlockbuster49** » 29 Dec 2005, 05:59

corbett took peter jackson 61 competitive rounds, peter jackson would have knocked winky out. corbett outboxed 6'2 220lb jeffries for 23 rounds when corbett was aging u , do you think winky would handle jefffries??

Sherlock · Post by **Sherlock** » 29 Dec 2005, 09:11

BrocktonBlockbuster49 wrote:corbett took peter jackson 61 competitive rounds, peter jackson would have knocked winky out. corbett outboxed 6'2 220lb jeffries for 23 rounds when corbett was aging u , do you think winky would handle jefffries??

BB, your obviously missing the point. At 6'2 220 Jeffries would be weaker physically than the 5'10 160 Wright. Wright has the benefit of fighting in the modern era with new technology to make him stronger.

And when you think about it, it was the early 20th century, they probably didn't know how to measure correctly, especially looking at the sources you take them from. The newspapers embelished his height and weight, as the've never seen the powerful built boxers of today. Jeffries was in reality only 5'4 120 lbs and would be bullied by the stronger, quicker, prettier, more intelligent, fancier, better cook, better dancer, more luck with the ladies, more outgoing, more bashful, more mascular, more feminine, more in touch with reality, more down to earth, more wordly, more respected, more charismatic Wright.

By the way, I'm being sarcastic.

The Great John L · Post by **The Great John L** » 29 Dec 2005, 09:24

Sherlock wrote:By the way, I'm being sarcastic.

It's much more fun when you leave out this part. Usually the posters who start these types of threads are the ones that aren't capable of recognizing sarcasm, even when it's pretty apparent. I wonder why?

The Great John L · Post by **The Great John L** » 29 Dec 2005, 16:55

Decagon wrote:No, I recognized the sarcasm. I was just drunk, and I thought I'd be clever in attacking the basis for the sarcasm.

Yes, from your posts we can all see that you are a very clever guy.