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I would like to know what happen if Dick Tiger ever fight "Baaad" Bennie Briscoe?

Tiger would have stopped him.

J

Bennie Briscoe was stopped only once in his career and that's was Rodrigo Valdez who was the only man to stopped Briscoe in their second fight out of three. Tiger didn't have a big power like Valdez. Tiger would just out-boxed Briscoe or Briscoe beat Tiger by decision.

kovit wrote:Bennie Briscoe was stopped only once in his career and that's was Rodrigo Valdez who was the only man to stopped Briscoe in their second fight out of three. Tiger didn't have a big power like Valdez. Tiger would just out-boxed Briscoe or Briscoe beat Tiger by decision.

I will admit that after I hit "submit" on my first reply I thought "Perhaps that was a bit hasty!" But I DO think Tiger would have beaten him, and I'd accept that points would be more likely than a KO given Briscoe's record.

Don't forget though that Tiger was over 30 when he arrived in the USA and he had his biggest wins at an age where many fighters would be thinking about retiring. He was a damaging enough puncher and very durable...OK, so was Briscoe! But overall I just feel that Tiger would have had the edge.

J