Originally posted by eli porter
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Honestly, yes, I think it would be different we were talking about Joe Frazier or Jack Dempsey or even Vitali. I'm a Wlad fan, and he's obviously not a pussy but I do think there is an innate roughness that he lacks that would be way more important in the bareknuckle area than his strengths. He's a very "clean" kind of fighter who's style doesn't really translate to that era. Now I've obviously never seen an 1880's bk match, but I feel like I can get a picture of it from what I've read. Move the time frame forward to 1905-1915 and I think Wlad could be a champ. Jeffries would be a problem, but I don't like Johnson's chances. Johnson relied a lot on his own prodigious size and strength (for the era). Actually, while it's aesthetically different, what Wlad and Johnson do in the ring is pretty similar. Wlad is just bigger, stronger with a LOT more power. Fitzsimmons and Langford would just be too small for sure.
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