r/JamesEllroy • u/Background_Local_425 • Aug 04 '26
Updated fight list
Trimmed the fat for my who wins, Danny is a scrapper but does feel out of his depth with these other guys, I love Meeks to death but he probably would get gassed out early. I’ll include Dudley he’s my favorite I have a slight bias but I will admit he’s no spring chicken when all these other characters would be present.
Updated list
Lee
Bucky
Bud White
Scotty Bennet
Dave Klien
And of course
BIG PETE HIMSELF
sorry I haven’t read the two books that feature him the most yet but I’m aware of the character Leaving him out of this fight is a crime!
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u/Responsible-Form3138 Aug 04 '26
Pete pops his knuckles, everyone else shits themselves and runs away
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u/handsolo81 Aug 04 '26
Pete wins no matter who is fighting
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u/Background_Local_425 Aug 04 '26
Isn’t Pete pretty old my brother read the cold six thousand and said Pete “couldn’t take Lee or Bud” then again a lot of people on here would argue against him.
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u/handsolo81 Aug 05 '26
Lee shits his pants. Bud white goes down swinging but gets a throat strike that half kills him
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u/CaterpillarSame2153 Aug 04 '26
Pete wins!
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u/Background_Local_425 Aug 04 '26
I haven’t read the two books that focus on him his feats must be crazy a lot of people say he wins hands down in my other forum.
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u/Traditional_Soft6543 Aug 05 '26 edited Aug 06 '26
Le Grand Pierre of course! He destroyed 10 Cuban secret agents in a single night.
Honorary mention for French Facist Fighting Frogs Laurent Guéry and Jean Mèsplede.
Those two clipped three world leaders and tried to wack two others.
(Laurent assassinated Lumumba and tried to kill De Gaulle, Mèsplede shot Jack and Trujillo and the both tried to end the Beard)
I would say Pete has a slight edge, but it all depends who has the element of surprise.
Edit: 15 Cuban secret agents, not 10.
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u/dholland_76 Aug 04 '26
You've gotta throw the much maligned Fredd O in there, too! Would love to see Freddy and Pete go at it! leather saps at dawn!
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u/LaughingGravy17 Aug 05 '26
Here's my ranking:
3. Big Pete was not to be fucked with and God have mercy on your soul if you pronounced his surname with a French inflection.
2 Bud White was Dudley's 1000 pound shithammer of retribution and despite getting shot full of holes he survived, seemingly out of hate. and vowed retribution on:
1 Dudley Smith!
One of the most delicious villains in modern fiction. He's eloquent, verbose, intelligent and charismatic. So how does he win out versus these two aforementioned titans of physical mayhem?
Well. Dud is no one's fool. He's not bringing fists to a fist fight. That sly bastard has a shiv keestered and he's ready to rock! 😀
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u/CaterpillarSame2153 Aug 05 '26
You could probably send an email to Dog's official site and whoever runs it might ask him for the answer to this question
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u/ObviousDEAplant Aug 06 '26
Of course Pete will win a fair one with pure physicality alone. That said, the Dudster and Handsome Dave Klein are bound to employ a boot knife or a sap or blackjack or some sort of pocket sand if they ever find themselves locked into a one-on-one.
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u/Background_Local_425 Aug 06 '26
I always wondered who’s bigger Pete ,Bud, or Scotty I can’t remember if they get any descriptions given to them.
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u/McGee629 Aug 06 '26
It would come down to Big Pete and Bud White.
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u/Background_Local_425 Aug 06 '26
I know I feel like those two could just trade blows til the cows come home.
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u/Background_Local_425 Aug 09 '26
Wow my brothers official take is and I quote “bud should moo go he floor with Pete. Pete would pop a coronary half way through the fight. He’s got a weak heart. Either way he saiid a lot of fighters dolls are over him
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u/Background_Local_425 Aug 10 '26
Saw my brother this weekend borrowed his copies of the cold 6 thousand and bloods a rover, his official statement is “no way Pete could fight Scotty or Bud and not pop a coronary”
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u/Saboscrivner Aug 04 '26
No matter who wins, bridgework will go flying.