Originally posted by Red Cyclone
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Joe could have won a UD on volume and workrate.
Andre could have won a UD based on cleaner, more effective shots.
Joe would not have beaten him easily.
He's fought two guys in his career who were roughly the same size as Andre, and who like Andre, lacked huge power and who could fight really ugly at times:
Bernard Hopkins and Sakio Bika.
He struggled in both of those fights.
Although Andre can fight dirty at times, skill-wise, he's obviously on another level to Bika.
At 32 years age (or whichever version of him you chose) he wouldn't tire and look for breaks like how Bernard did at 43. Had Bernard not tired, that could have been a different fight altogether. I hated Bernard's tactics. They were ugly and horrible. But he needed to do it because he didn't have the stamina.
Joe also struggled with Robin Reid.
It's just a fantasy to say that Joe would have beaten him easily.
Like I said previously, you're either trolling or you have zero knowledge.
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