Re: Gene Tunney vs Floyd Patterson, primes
Posted: 27 Jun 2011, 18:25
Patterson reminds you of the Klitschko brothers? 
Not in any meaningful sense. The 'K's' are good against the competition they face. I do not like their style of boxing. I do admire their heart.SaadOffTheDeck wrote:Patterson reminds you of the Klitschko brothers?
Then why did you say they did?The Second God wrote:Not in any meaningful sense. The 'K's' are good against the competition they face. I do not like their style of boxing. I do admire their heart.SaadOffTheDeck wrote:Patterson reminds you of the Klitschko brothers?
I might have been out of my mind. I wouldn't say it today. I feel good today.SaadOffTheDeck wrote:Then why did you say they did?The Second God wrote:Not in any meaningful sense. The 'K's' are good against the competition they face. I do not like their style of boxing. I do admire their heart.SaadOffTheDeck wrote:Patterson reminds you of the Klitschko brothers?
I hear you. There was no quit in Patterson as a fighter.The Second God wrote:Goodnight, Irene wrote:Patterson was down for the count twice against Liston, since you said you couldnt recall him ever staying down. Not that Tunney could KO Patterson, but speaking of Tunney, inactivity was only an issue for Dempsey once. Though not the full fighter he had been, he was a well-prepped man second-go round.The Second God wrote:Good matchup. Tunney the higly regimented marine. I recall that he trained for one fight by doing his road work behind the city busses. Breathing in the exhaust as a way to harden himself. I'm sure it made sense at the time he did it.
Tunney had the smarts and skills to defeat a Dempsey who may have been in a disapated state due to lack of activity.
How he meets a fresh Combination throwing Patterson with the quickest hands ever in the heavyweight division remains to be seen.
Patterson went down a lot. I do not recall him going down and not getting up. (my memory may be faulty) He had the heart of a true champion.
Did Tunney encounter foes with the ability to hurt him like Patterson did. Liston was in his prime when he destroyed Patterson. However demnpsey was not in his prime when he was beat by Tunney.
So comparing the two you need to take the demographics and history of not only the participants, but of those they fought and when they fought them in their carreer. I wonder if the Dempsey that decimated Jefferies would have lost to Tunney. I doubt it.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OeeCfbahwQ
Yeah, but even after being knocked out, patterson did not want to stay down. I think that is what I meant. Sure liston stopped him twice in the first round.. It was one of those two fights that got me interested in the sport.
Look at what Ali did to him. I didn't like the way he hurt him, I thought it was cruel. None the less Patterson did not quit. But Ali was virtually unbeatable at that time even though past his prime.
Patterson was a class act, Tunney was a solid well trained fighter, he reminds me of the 'K' brothers today due to his highly structured and well disciplined performances in the ring.
I'm glad you're feeling better.The Second God wrote:I might have been out of my mind. I wouldn't say it today. I feel good today.SaadOffTheDeck wrote:Then why did you say they did?The Second God wrote: Not in any meaningful sense. The 'K's' are good against the competition they face. I do not like their style of boxing. I do admire their heart.
If I implied or said that it was not my intent. The 'K's are good against those they fight. I'd love to see one of them take on a prime Liston, Williams or Marcianio.
Right now they are fighting mediocre opponents and you do not develop a legacy of greatness doing that. But you do earn lots of money doing that.
The comma's indicated he was talking about Patterson. Either way I don't see the resemblance. Particularly with Floyd though.Goodnight, Irene wrote:I was sure from the context he was saying Tunney reminded him of the K-bros? Well-prepped & methodical?
I dunno. Guess not.
Yes that is it. I didn't recall saying what was attributed to me, perhaps I said it. the 'K's show the traditional signs of trainng from that part of the world. American training does not produce fighters with those styles. We have another way of going about it. That's what I have noticed.Goodnight, Irene wrote:I was sure from the context he was saying Tunney reminded him of the K-bros? Well-prepped & methodical?
I dunno. Guess not.
I didn't think I was doing anything but having a conversation.Goodnight, Irene wrote:You just conceded to Saad, though, you were talking about Patterson?
I believe that is the intention.Goodnight, Irene wrote:Im officially perplexed.
SaadOffTheDeck wrote:No, I just responded to what you said and now you're having a debate with yourself over whether you actually said it or not. Why don't you just read your own post at the top of the page? Or you can just move on to your next rambling statement. Either way works, it isn't a big deal. Not to mention you've already disagreed with yourself and set the record straight.
SaadOffTheDeck wrote:No, I just responded to what you said and now you're having a debate with yourself over whether you actually said it or not. Why don't you just read your own post at the top of the page? Or you can just move on to your next rambling statement. Either way works, it isn't a big deal. Not to mention you've already disagreed with yourself and set the record straight.
And I don't recall Dempsey ever decimating Jefferies or Jeffries, for that matter . . .Goodnight, Irene wrote:Patterson was down for the count twice against Liston, since you said you couldnt recall him ever staying down. Not that Tunney could KO Patterson, but speaking of Tunney, inactivity was only an issue for Dempsey once. Though not the full fighter he had been, he was a well-prepped man second-go round.The Second God wrote:Good matchup. Tunney the higly regimented marine. I recall that he trained for one fight by doing his road work behind the city busses. Breathing in the exhaust as a way to harden himself. I'm sure it made sense at the time he did it.
Tunney had the smarts and skills to defeat a Dempsey who may have been in a disapated state due to lack of activity.
How he meets a fresh Combination throwing Patterson with the quickest hands ever in the heavyweight division remains to be seen.
Patterson went down a lot. I do not recall him going down and not getting up. (my memory may be faulty) He had the heart of a true champion.
Did Tunney encounter foes with the ability to hurt him like Patterson did. Liston was in his prime when he destroyed Patterson. However demnpsey was not in his prime when he was beat by Tunney.
So comparing the two you need to take the demographics and history of not only the participants, but of those they fought and when they fought them in their carreer. I wonder if the Dempsey that decimated Jefferies would have lost to Tunney. I doubt it.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OeeCfbahwQ
raylawpc wrote:And I don't recall Dempsey ever decimating Jefferies or Jeffries, for that matter . . .Goodnight, Irene wrote:Patterson was down for the count twice against Liston, since you said you couldnt recall him ever staying down. Not that Tunney could KO Patterson, but speaking of Tunney, inactivity was only an issue for Dempsey once. Though not the full fighter he had been, he was a well-prepped man second-go round.The Second God wrote:Good matchup. Tunney the higly regimented marine. I recall that he trained for one fight by doing his road work behind the city busses. Breathing in the exhaust as a way to harden himself. I'm sure it made sense at the time he did it.
Tunney had the smarts and skills to defeat a Dempsey who may have been in a disapated state due to lack of activity.
How he meets a fresh Combination throwing Patterson with the quickest hands ever in the heavyweight division remains to be seen.
Patterson went down a lot. I do not recall him going down and not getting up. (my memory may be faulty) He had the heart of a true champion.
Did Tunney encounter foes with the ability to hurt him like Patterson did. Liston was in his prime when he destroyed Patterson. However demnpsey was not in his prime when he was beat by Tunney.
So comparing the two you need to take the demographics and history of not only the participants, but of those they fought and when they fought them in their carreer. I wonder if the Dempsey that decimated Jefferies would have lost to Tunney. I doubt it.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OeeCfbahwQ
What...in God's name...!? Where else could such a creature survive, much less thrive, than in the cesspool of CS?SaadOffTheDeck wrote:He is a welcome addition. I have a guy in CS who can't even form a sentence proclaiming he is a neurosurgeon that would like to help my father while pming me that he is a karate black belt along with his address so we can fist fight.
Goodnight, Irene wrote:What...in God's name...!? Where else could such a creature survive, much less thrive, than in the cesspool of CS?SaadOffTheDeck wrote:He is a welcome addition. I have a guy in CS who can't even form a sentence proclaiming he is a neurosurgeon that would like to help my father while pming me that he is a karate black belt along with his address so we can fist fight.
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