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Originally Posted by don1234
Back in the daze the Trunzo boys would customize 2 fighter's cards ( yes, those dark and dank manual days) to reflect how they felt they would do against each other. They usually repeated the warning several times: This Is To Be Used For This Match Only! It was a lot of fun and a real treat.
This came up for me when I matched a prime Larry Holmes up against a prime Joe Frazier. The TB key to this matchup, which favors Larry, is in his B/S rating. His CFs are 11/12. Frazier, built from the ground up by Durham to hunt down and destroy boxers (Ali), is a 13/10. Pitting them against each other gives Holmes a puncher's advantage against Frazier- something I find a little tough to live with.
The B/S dual CF is a wonderful tool in TB. This is one of those rare times when I may override it for a This Match Only moment. Larry, unless desperate and going for the "win by a knockout" late in the bout, may have to fight Joe as a boxer.
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That's an excellent analysis. For that reason, I actually have Larry Holmes rated as a boxer only in my game universe.
When you get right down to it, every fighter can box a little if they want to. Tommy Morrison did it against an old George Foreman. And every boxer can slug a little too if they want to. Pernell Whitaker did it against
Diosbelys Hurtado and Ali turned slugger against Bob Foster when a cut threatened to end the night prematurely.
I consider a boxer/slugger to be more like a Joe Louis, Alexis Arguello, Shane Mosley, Oscar DeLaHoya, etc.
Larry Holmes would really be at a disadvantage against Joe Frazier's seek and destroy style. Ali had trouble keeping him off him and his chin kept him in the fight. Holmes didn't have the ability to soak up the type of punishment Ali did and still be standing.
That's a great idea, though, changing the fighters for one fight. It solves the problem with having a missing style, too (the pressure or swarming styled fighter).
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